Thursday, February 5, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
Happy Dog/Sad Dog Story
12:31PM Jess McGuire | Thank you, The Daily Mail, for delivering to readers not one but two gripping dog-related stories today. One is heartbreaking and sad. The other? Heartwarming and joyous. And both include photos of gorgeous canines. Get ready to melt/feel outraged/feel good inside. First, the Sad Dog Story. A gang of children aged as young as 10 were caught trying to roast a pair puppies over a bonfire. Passerby Melanie Johnson spotted them kicking the pups and holding them over the fire on a canal bank. The youngsters fled, abandoning the dogs, when she challenged them. Has there ever been a more gut-wrenching opening line to an article in the history of journalism? I think not. I want my mummy. But it’s okay! The puppies are fine! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
12:02PM Jess McGuire | You know what’s way better than Lipps Inc* doing Funky Town?
A KOREAN POP STAR TOTALLY OWNING THAT SHIT.
It’s wrong that I love this version a fair bit and ran around the house singing “FUNKY MAN” a lot when I first heard it, isn’t it?
*I only just got the cleverness of this band name, you know. Lipps Inc! Lip Sync! I now see what they did there! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
12:02PM Jess McGuire | You know what’s way better than Lipps Inc* doing Funky Town?
A KOREAN POP STAR TOTALLY OWNING THAT SHIT.
It’s wrong that I love this version a fair bit and ran around the house singing “FUNKY MAN” a lot when I first heard it, isn’t it?
*I only just got the cleverness of this band name, you know. Lipps Inc! Lip Sync! I now see what they did there! More »
People
9:46AM Jess McGuire | At the beginning of the week, I was shocked and appalled by an article I’d read in The Guardian titled ‘He two-timed me on Facebook. But our divorce will be for real’. I couldn’t work out if it was simply a horribly written piece about horrible people or if it was satire, and asked “Is this an amazing example of over-sharing via newspaper? Is Georgina a comic genius? Should I cry a little for the state of mankind?”
Thankfully someone over in the UK has gotten in contact with me and filled in the blanks a little. Now, providing what they have told me is true, I can cease weeping for my fellow humans… at least until Metro Station have another hit.
Here’s what they told me about the writer and her ex: More »
From The ‘Were We Lied To?’ Files | Facebook May Not Be Responsible For That Divorce After All
9:46AM Jess McGuire | At the beginning of the week, I was shocked and appalled by an article I’d read in The Guardian titled ‘He two-timed me on Facebook. But our divorce will be for real’. I couldn’t work out if it was simply a horribly written piece about horrible people or if it was satire, and asked “Is this an amazing example of over-sharing via newspaper? Is Georgina a comic genius? Should I cry a little for the state of mankind?”
Thankfully someone over in the UK has gotten in contact with me and filled in the blanks a little. Now, providing what they have told me is true, I can cease weeping for my fellow humans… at least until Metro Station have another hit.
Here’s what they told me about the writer and her ex: More » 
William Shatner: ‘George Takei Needs To Be Vetted Like A Horse’
9:43AM Seth | William Shatner’s obsession with George Takei reared its ugly head once more on the YouTube talk show he co-hosts with his daughter. More »
Super Bowl Porn Watchers Offered Ten Bucks As Hazard Pay
9:28AM Kyle Buchanan | We already thought that Super Bowl watchers in Tucson were the luckiest fans ever, what with the free porn that briefly graced their televisions. Now, they’re getting paid to have watched it. More »
Has Sean Penn Hired A Voice Coach To Master The Nyuk-Nyuk?
9:16AM Kyle Buchanan | The Farrelly brothers’ adaptation of The Three Stooges has been hit with about as many casting rumours as the upcoming, unwritten Batman sequel. Now, though, there may be proof that Sean Penn is suiting up. More »
Will Miley Cyrus’s Racist Indiscretions Keep Her From Awards Glory?
9:11AM STV | Kidding! It’s rhetorical! Clearly it’s not such a slow news day that we would actually contrive to ask that question, right? Right. But someone would — you get one guess who. More »Who Wouldn’t Want to Get into David Archuleta’s Pants?
8:47AM Kyle Buchanan | To save the homeless, David Archuleta doffs jeans. [Us] More »
Tom Cruise Bucks The Jessica Simpson Trend
8:34AM Seth | Dazzling locals on the South American leg of his Valkyrie promotional tour, Tom Cruise unveiled a lean physique and taut set of abdominal muscles poolside in Rio de Janeiro. More »
