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From Bean: But a good one, and appropriate for the day.

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There are two identical pictures that will appear on the screen. Almost 8,000 people were tested to see if they could find the 3 differences in the two pictures and only 19 found all 3. There is a voice that comes on in a few seconds to give you hints so have your speakers turned on. See how observant you are. If you find all 3, you're one of very few people who are able to do this.

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From Rollins: Bob Barker's retiring.

$160 million spent on negative ads Bob sent the tag and link.

Santorum calls Sean Hannity the greatest American. Well sort of. The exact quote is "does more to help the cause of goodness and greatness here in the United States of America than anybody else."

Awesome.

This one's from Bean-o. Nice job Bean.

From will: Save the McRib... I don't really know what this is all about, but if it McComes from where I McThink it does. I don't wanna McEat it!!!!!

From jm: I'm not going to pretend to completely understand what is going on in this New Scientist article regarding Elastic Bands. However, the movies were fun to watch.

I'm filing everything under DB until a Science category is born.

That's what Tech is for. -ed

Check out this news broadcast which contains a pic for a rapist on the loose. From miolla.

From boot: Willie Nelson's rant on why "we have a lot to learn from horses"

"Daaaaamn Ezel, you need to stay off that crack, man" - Smokey

Kanye West proves himself giant crybaby at MTV Europe awards. From Jason.

I thought the Killers were from Vegas. Did I miss something? -ed.

Profile of a UChicago econ grad prof. Levitt, the dude that wrote freakanomics, calls him the smartest guy he knows. And pretty much everyone agrees. Good lord.

The first 6 minutes of tenacious d and the pick of destiny
with an appearnce by ronnie james dio

from derek.

Onion A/V interview with Tina Fey.

I've been enjoying '30 Rock' for the past few weeks. Tracy Morgan acting completely insane really fits his skills.

12 Signs you drank too much. Photo expose - probably NSFW.

You eat pieces of shit like this for breakfast. Mildly NSFW from miolla.

Strange things are afoot for this Mustang. From brick.

Two CMU kids break into Heinz field. They're on $1 million bail. From shek.

From Nate:This is Faith Hill's reaction to not winning a CMA award.

Today, she said she was "just joking." And I was just joking when I said she could suck it. But seriously.

Jason also sent this in and pointed out that Faith Hill pulled a Zoolander and How proud Tim McGraw must be.

He's brother Tim, right? Country music licks nuts. Excellent use of the Douche Baggery category. -ed

Brown, Menedez, Casey win Senate races

No one claimed this, but it's pretty freakin' awesome. Let's hear it for complete governmental gridlock! -ed

This one's all miolla, in case you couldn't tell: DOOGIE HOUSER M.D.! Hot off the CNN site. It really changes the way you view his role Harold and Kumar as well as his new hit show How I Met Your Mother (does anyone even watch that?)

Rummy Quits

Shek and Brick sent this in with Brick adding Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

Tech gadgets that will be in short supply or not available by Christmas. This one's from coltz. In related news, Kid Ic, Pilot Wings, and some more classic games are announced for Wii.

Bronco II rollover with idiot driver and unbelted kids nets $31million from Ford. Hopefully this will be reduced on appeal.

From decker: This article describes the actions of a man who was TMQ's "Biggest Jerk in Sports for November," even though it was merely one week into the month. The commisioner of a youth football league fired the coach of a team because the coach played the commisioner's son on offense instead of defense for the last game of the regular season. The firing came just before the team was about to begin the playoffs, and the team forfeited out.

This one has D-Baggery written all over it.

Video of some F-14s launching off a carrier. The bit at the end with the audio from a pilot's first launch is pretty funny. NSFW due to language.

Dear Fat People,

Lose weight or stop sitting next to me on the plane. The next time I can't put my arm rest down and foresee waking up with a sore shoulder, I'm going to extract the proverbial pound of flesh from you. Except it's not going to be proverbial. I'm gonna get literal on your (giant) ass.

-Brian

CLS55 + buggy

I don't dig the louvered hood, but this is pretty sweet.

The girls I have dated. Keep in mind it's the title of the post, not me saying it. I felt bad for most of the girls but there are some great lines in this. This is off of Fark, and may or may not be completely made up.

Absolutely NSFW due to graphic language. Also, if you're easily offended (or female), you probably don't want to click through.

You called me 2 months later to say you had an ovarian cyst and you wanted to know if I caused it? Yeah, I did - just after I disrupted the Earth's magnetic field. Flake.

Fratboys sue Borat.....

NBC picks up nine more episodes of Studio 60. It was looking a little grim there for a bit. I've really enjoyed the show up until the last episode, which was kind of a clunker. It's fun to watch each episode and play 'name that plot device' from previous Sorkin outings.

From Bob: SeasonShot.com

Shotgun shot which is made out of hardened pellets of seasoning, so when you ill a bird and cook it, you dont have to remove shot from the carcass. This is f'in genious.

Russ Feingold says he's not running for Pres. I guess this means no secretary of hockey for Rob.

Two white-collars singing a song about the MBNA / BoA merger... and its real. This one's from JT.

This is so fucking sad and wrong and disturbing I'm having a tough time writing anything. I made it to about 1:20 and had to stop it. This kind of shit makes me want to start a comune and be a damn dirty hippie. Or find these guys' chevy malibus and break the windshields. Something tells me this is gonna inspire Fight Club II. Don't get me started on how wrong it is to butcher 'One'. -ed

Kylie Minogue makes her comeback. No one claimed this, but it has to be Bob. He adds All is well, once again.

It is nice to see. -ed

From will: A little Indian guy dancing... I've watched this roughly 80 times in the past couple days. It's just too good. The slow-mo part is my favorite. Brick also sent this in calling it the greatest video clip ever.

All from decker: First, watch how Vince Carter's buzzer-beater limply bounces off the back of the rim into the basket. The new NBA ball is crazy. It's like the opposite of Super Happy Fun Ball.

Second, Rutgers is the BCS computers' 2nd ranked team in college football. Factoring in the polls, they come up 6th in the total BCS rankings, however. The computer rankings are supposed to take into account strength of schedule, so how can Rutgers be ahead of Ohio State? Probably because OSU's best victory was against Texas, which lost again and is now below Louisville (the only "good" team that Rutgers has beaten)... who has only beaten WVU... who has only beaten Maryland... who has beaten only Clemson, which is only #25 in one poll. I wonder if the Big East teams have insolated their schedules so much from good teams that it's become difficult to even evaluate their SoS. Anyway, it's crazy, but I would love to see Rutgers somehow sneak its way into the championship game only to get blown out like the Giants would to the Mini Ditkas (this completes 2 SNL references for Will to recognize).

My cat's breath smells like cat food. -ed

Is Dane Cook Funny?

Somebody submitted this but didn't claim. The most interesting bit was the Jim Breuer bit at the front.

I think Retaliation is funny. It's ridiculously funny. Tourgasm was horrible and his last HBO show was meh, as discussed before. I don't know about ripping off the bits from people (and it seems weird that if he ripped off Louis CK that Louis would turn around and go on Tourgasm), but don't rail on him if you haven't listened to Retaliation. I'd like to thank the Marriott for these delicious cashews.

Tara Reid looks normal - and good.

I think the last time we remarked on her here at bhendrix.com, her boob was falling out and she didn't notice. Anyway, she came clean about her body and plastic surgery. I typically can't stand celebrity journalism, but The Superficial is worth an RSS add. I still think Joel writes it, but I was wrong that one other time about that other thing.

From boot: the 2nd best video ever followed by the best video ever

I'd be amazed if any of you vanilla faces can make it past 1 minute on each of these, but it's well worth it if you can.

Great Ganesh are these horrible. -ed.

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

I think I still might take the coupe, but good lord is this hot.

Boot brings us this brain-buster:

With $160K, you could buy
-a fully appointed 911 Turbo with an extended warranty
-a modest home in a city not on the east or west coast
- a 3lb White Truffle
-an annuity that pays out $10K a year for the rest of your life

Which would you choose?

iPod integration coming to airliners

From Brick, who adds Sweet.... I wonder what United's policy will be regarding watching porn on my seat-back monitor.

From mayes: Another Movie from the guys who did "Bro Rape." At least one drinking rule is envoked during the clip. It's mildly NSFW only for language, so put on those headphones.

Seinfeld on the Daily Show I usually can't take it when stand ups are interviewed because all they do is hit softballs with their material. This is really funny. It's funny just to watch Stewart gobble his knob.

Ben Folds covering Such Great Heights If you don't like Ben Folds, you're gonna hate this. I dig it.

Bob Burnquist now has his own Mega Ramp. And in case you missed it, he BASE jumped into the grand canyon off a rail.

Shek brings this excellent news: Al Jazeera English Launches Today!

OJ Simpson to reveal how he would have killed his ex-wife and Ron Goldman on FOX.

"Had he done it.

Which he didn't."

Filed under douche baggery for profiting off of the murder of his ex-wife.

Decker beat Bob to this one.

From jm: Not only is December 22 the winter solstice and shortest day of the year (by definition) it is also Global Orgasm Day. Get pumped and God Bless the Ivy League.

(this is science, not tech)

From miolla: It's actually pretty awesome. The video was shot then cut together without any alterations. Not a bad toon.

I'm looking to get some new snowboard/ski goggles. Any suggestions/feedback on what you've had good/bad luck with?

I was looking at a pair of Spy Orbits.

I had good luck with my Arnettes, but they're beat and I can't get lenses for them.

Need to work well with a helmet.

jm reprises his role as the newscientist filter guy and sends this report:

Red wine boosts athletic endurance. The part in question is resveratrol, which is supposed to be the magical antioxidant and the reason red wine has been getting all the press lately. Maybe the house needs to switch to red wine pong to take down the record. Granted, the 100 glasses a day might prove to be a problem...

Milton Friedman passes away from Shek

Filed under 'Tech' to piss off jm. -ed

This is from bw with link via Red Tom (not Red Tim):

Unsure which to buy? Perhaps this will help make up your mind between a PS3 and a Wii.

I don't really care which one you choose...we build the processors for both..and the XBOX. Thanks for paying my mortage.

Maybe NSFW due to scantily clad girl.

This is from ab - I'm going to fly into Pittsburgh on Monday the 4th and work in WV for the week. Who do I know there? Is there anything going on? Is that finals? I'm thinking Monday night is my best night to hang out in the 'burgh, but I can do it through the week too, if it's worth my time to drive up from WV. Unfortunately, my old wheelman is a total pussy and won't come out because his wife won't let him. I know the feeling -ed. How sad. (labelled DB because I'm involved)

I keed. I keed. -ed.

V12 CLS cop car 730HP good for 225MPH. It's based on the civilian version from a couple years ago.

Test your reaction times against some sheep. I think I've posted this or something like it before, but it's worth a few seconds.

From ab: I'll bet this guy is a real dick.

From miolla:

Gentlemen. Help a brotha out with making a decision on a new snowboard. I am trying to decide between the three board listed below and I have included my thoughts, likes and dislikes. If anyone has experience or suggestions, I'm wide open. I have been riding a Lib Tech Dark series 03' which I like a lot but it's time to do something new. I'll be riding the board for a few years so I'm trying to get it right.

Lib Tech - Travis Rice 157 blunt w/ magne-traction

THOUGHTS:My BIL (brother-in-law) rides last years version of this and loves it. Won a 2006-07 good wood award. I like the blunt tip for the low swing weight because I'm a fat shit and need all the help I can get when it comes to spins. I dislike the fact that I can't get a 158 or 159. The size could be a hair small (not quite like the Wild Duck 149 I used to ride but that's another story...)

Lib Tech - TRS 159 w/ magne-traction

THOUGHTS:This also won a good wood award and has the sweet magne-traction system that peeps are talking about. I like the size and stance location. I dislike the graphics (not really that important but it deserves to be acknowledged) and it is the most expensive of the lot.

Lib Tech - Matt Cummins McKink 158

THOUGHTS:This is a sleeper as it's a small run deck offering from the snowboarding giant. There is a major x-factor with this deck. I used to ride the original version of this board back in 96' and it is my favorite all time deck. This updated version utilizes all the current technology and is the cheapest board listed. I dislike the lack of magne-traction (but maybe that's just in my mind at this point) and the possible limited availability if I don't purchase one soon.

Finally, I'm probably just going to get the Burton Cartels but if people have suggestions on bindings, that would be awesome too. I ride Drakes now and they're nice but heavy. Rome? Newest Drakes? Tech Nine? Bent Metal? Lamar? (Not Lamars)

From Bean:

Public Service Announcement

www.CleanButt.com

You know how gmail has those web links towards the top of your page that often are very relative to your email conversations? (Which to me is a feature that, while quite innovative, creeps the shit out of me, but that's another topic altogether.) Well, this was the link at the top of my gmail inbox recently, so it really makes me wonder just what I've been discussing with people over email. But, in the end (no pun intended), I know of at least a few bhendrix.com readers that could make use of this. So, enjoy. And, possibly NSFW due to subject matter, but the images are harmless.

Bill O'Reilly hates iPods And he doesn't even have a good reason like I do. I guess sometimes he just runs out of things to say. I guess?

Caldeira sends us Michael Richards going nuts (in a bad way) on stage.

Yikes.

NSFW due to language. -ed

From ab: Normally, free speech and the right to protest is a great thing. However, when it interferes with the greatest "Folk" dancing joint in the US, I draw the line. This place is Awesome with a capital A. The only downfall is that it's alcohol free. . . but that just saves my money for other things. If you are ever in Tampa, run, don't walk to the Mons Venus. (classified as "Art" because they dance)

“God is not impressed with the size of your breasts! God is not impressed with your talent!”

Actually, he probably is. -ed

MBNA gets cease and desist letter from Universal for their lame-ass version of 'One'. MBNA says it wasn't viral, either.

Porsche GT3 mini-site It includes a three-camera version of a lap around a track. The best is watching the front wheel during counter-steering. That, and watching and listening to a fast car.

The newscientist filter sent this: Sleep replacement techniques are well on their way. I don't think I can stress how bad an idea I think this is, though it's probably pretty inevitiable.

From will: CNN Money's list of dangerous toys... I'll save you the time by pointing out the following:

Toys 1, 2 and 3 are the same stupid "choking hazard" warnings. Anyone who sticks a lincoln log in their mouth deserves to turn purple. Those things taste nasty.

The hazard group for toy 4 is "Excessively loud toys". Muy peligroso.

Toy 5's hazard group is "strangulation"... which sounds awesome. If your kids asks you for a yo-yo ball, you might just wanna get him a ball gag and some assless chaps instead.

You got yer bag o' glass. From our bag o' line... bag o'nails, bag o'syringes...

Rollins sent this notice: Taco Bell offers $12,500 in Taco Bell bucks for a PS3.

Holiday greetings Burger King style Sent by BK Rocks. Good for a chuckle, but not much else.

Video of soldiers teasing Iraqi kids with water. I assume they're American because they sound like Beavis and Butthead. Here's hoping an IED finds its way up their asses in the near future.

boot sends the following: David Hasselhoff in a legit video that somehow never made it to the US and Chacarron with the most imaginative lyrics since the "whisper song" by Ying Yang Twins.

Filed under Art, not just becuase Art is the default.

The Hasselhoff video is "Hooked on a Feeling", which has been kicking around for quite some time. -ed.

Megapixels don't matter. Dude took a 13, 8 and 5Mp photo and blew them all up to 16x24. The only person that could tell the difference was a photography professor.

I will say that the more megapixels you have, the better enlargements of crops seem to be. But that assumes you're cropping out a lot of stuff.

From decker: Former Russian spy got jacked with polonium 210. I don't even know what that is, but it sure sounds like it sucked. The belief seems to be that the Kremlin is using cold war style tactics to silence its critics abroad. Filed under "News" just because "James Bond type shit" isn't an option... yet.

There's more information from Los Alamos and of course Wikipedia. Something about the phrase "Po-Po distance is 3.352 Ĺ" makes me chuckle. If there's a rash of posts relating to "James Bond type shit", the editorial board will take it under consideration. -ed

Dude in trouble after kissing wax Kylie Minogue's ass. Includes pic. Worth a chuckle. Stolen from Fark.

From derek: A Video/Musical Tribute to Tom Brady
There are gayer things in this world, but not many.

How come this wasn't in the Neiman's book?

Someone sent this in but didn't claim it.

boot sent this: Man kills his friend over the Clemson / South Carolina game.

Marshall doesn't count.

Maddox on Sony screwing its fans. This one's from Brick, who checked the NSFW box due to the word "bullshit" in the URL.

Here's your opportunity to see Britney's... how you say?... Va-gene.

Someone sent this and didn't claim it. Seems like a miolla-ism.

Edmunds got their 335i coupe to do 0-60 in 4.8. They went one step further to see how that's possible by measuring it against an actual owner's car.

Follows up on this conversation.

Beer Goggle formula deciphered. Jane sent this along. It may be a repost, but I couldn't find it.

H2 eats it.

From polega: Sales of iPods banned to North Korean

You get 'em, GW. The axis of evil will definitely fall apart without their iPods.

(there's no wishful thinking category)

From decker: Snoop is arrested after performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for drug and gun possesion.

The use of RFID in baggage tracking. I guess there's some resistence, but considering how much this costs airlines in both actual costs (delivery, etc.) and customer satisfaction, it seems like a no brainer. Obviously not.

Power outlets in airports. I thought I was the only one with this problem. Guess not. Albuquerque has some folding tables and 20-outlet surge protectors set up. It's pretty convenient.

Canon SD800 vs. Sony T50 The concept of a touch screen on a camera seems pretty stupid. I could use the image stabilization, though.

Naj (and a few other people) are looking for a camera. All suggestions welcome.

Troops crushing an Iraqi's car for stealing wood. I play tough guy on the interweb. These guys are actual douche bags. Way to win those hearts and minds. Stealing stuff is bad. It's not crush-a-car bad.

To follow up, this guy says the water-teasing soldiers are under investigation. I've seen this in a couple of spots, but can't confirm it with any reliable media source. Bust out the salt.

The Burton movie - "For Right or Wrong" - available for download.

The bro-brah dude-isms are laid on extra thick, which annoyed even me. Good riding at about 7 minutes, 36 minutes, 39 minutes, and 43:15. If nothing else, go to about 30 minutes in for the aforeposted Mads Jonsson hip jump. You will crap your pants.