“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” ~ John Burroughs

In The Know: Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don’t Give A Shit?

Mad Men- If you watch tv then you’ve already heard the hype; believe it.  You’ll be entertained and learn more about racism, sexism, and American culture from the 60’s than any civics class or textbook.

Breaking Bad- It’s an AMC original series about an over-qualified chemistry teacher having a heck of a mid-life crisis. After being diagnosed with end stage cancer he faces the financial realities of leaving behind a special needs teenager and wife expecting an unplanned baby.  With no solution for his mounting bills he teams up with a junkie to start producing meth.  I’d be surprised if Bryan Cranston didn’t win another Emmy.  The one time anti-dentite is good.  Anna Gunn is exceptional as the most sympathetic and believable bitch of a wife I’ve seen.

Battlefield Bad Company 2- BC2 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 are the two alpha dog military shooters right now.  COD has nice Michael Bay set pieces with the same Axe body spray stories to match.  Bad Company follows a small squad through an improbable doomsday device yarn.  Think of it as Deep Impact to COD’s Armageddon.

An informative review of Wendy’s.

Today’s dose of WTF?

You can’t touch this.

This is what I think of your freedom.

You get what you pay for.

There’s a fish hadouken and a real life hadouken.

Beware of bears in snow.

Classic America in living color.

It must be something with the metric system.

Ever thought of taking a vacation to Rio?

7 scientific reasons a zombie outbreak would fail.

“‘If there’s a camel up a hill then it’s asbestos flaygon, you too you too!”
~ This guy

“But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.” -Homer

“Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.” -Bertrand Russell

A horrible way to commit suicide. It’s just not worth it.

Another reason to avoid McDonalds.

WTF photos that demands explanation.

Cracked breaks down Back to the Future problems like the Zapruder film.

Well played Cup-o-Noodle

7 items that tell people you’re a douche.

Super Mario Bros classed up.

Dog vs vuvuzela

7 classic Disney movies based on R-Rated stories.

No one makes Christians look worse than Christians.

6 things from history everyone pictures incorrectly

I was at dinner with my 7 year old nephew last night and he was asking me questions about a video game called God of War.   “When did Zeus turn evil?” he wondered.  I tried to explain to him that sometimes good people do bad things and vice versa.  Then I posed, “If a person treats his family well is he a good person? (him nodding) What if that person is mean to everyone else though? (puzzled look)”  I’m not sure if a boy that age could understand the nuances of moral ambiguity.  But then I thought it would have been easier if I just had him watch LeBron’s masturbatory special “The Decision” (btw masquerading it as syngeristic charity for The Boys and Girls Club was putting a dollop of whip cream on on a turd pie).  My first reaction, since I’m so removed from the slow death it is to be a Cleveland sports fan or just living in Cleveland, was that he gave them 7 great years already and he was ready to move on.  But if Hakeem had left Houston with a narcissistic tv special while referring to himself in the 3rd person 5 times before 1994 to join Patrick E-wing and the Knicks then maybe I would’ve staged my own LeBronfires.  Now having a little more perspective I feel ESPN could’ve skipped their 60 minute gang bang of Cleveland and just looped  this video clip.  Here are a few of my favorite fan reactions:

“Closest example to what LeBron did with Cleveland: Instead of proposing to your girlfriend, dumping your wife on the Jumbotron. At the Super Bowl.”

“Imagine you’re an average dude in high school. Somehow, you begin dating the hottest girl in school. It goes good not great, but hey, she’s beautiful and you aren’t really going to complain. Senior year, she breaks up with you and begins dating the new quarterback that just transferred into the school. Except she did this on stage at the homecoming coronation, embarrassing you in front of the whole school. This is what LeBron did to the city of Cleveland.”

“My wife could sleep with my father and I wouldn’t feel this betrayed.”

“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.” -Mark Twain

“The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men”  -François de la Rochefoucauld