Patton Oswalt, a favorite comedian of mine, recently gave the commencement speech at the high school he graduated from, and it’s one of the best I’ve heard in a while…
Patton Oswalt Commencement Speech
An Honor That W Is Unlikely to Embrace
The New York Times reports on “an honor that W is unlikely to embrace:”
the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
Gummi Lighthouses?!
The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century is right on the money in its description of these Gummi Lighthouses (probably/unintentionally NSFW) “candy design [gone] terribly, hilariously wrong.” 🙂
10 Worst Ways To Behave At Concerts
MuchMusic.com’s list of the 10 Worst Ways To Behave At Concerts is pretty much spot-on, although I feel like a crotchety old man for agreeing so wholeheartedly… 😉
Ken Griffey’s Untainted Journey to 600
With all of the controversy surrounding steroids in sports, Jack Wilkinson’s Sports Illustrated article Griffey’s journey untainted was quite refreshing. Ken Griffey, Jr. recently became the sixth person in major-league history to hit 600 home runs, and as Wilkinson says, “Junior’s achievement was not only extraordinary, but untainted.” Well said.
10 Drunk Photos You Don’t Want To Be In
Sloshspot Blog’s list of 10 Drunk Photos You Don’t Want To Be In is right on the money… 🙂
Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency latest list Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less makes classic literature fun. ;-p
FeedFlix
FeedFlix.com claims to “Make The Most Of Your Netflix Subscription,” and by all accounts it does a decent job. As Lifehacker summarizes:
See how many people are renting what you’re renting, track the actual cost of your rentals, and satisfy your data-nerd tendencies with FeedFlix, a free Netflix-tracking service that puts Google chart-generating API to good geeky use.
Weezer – “Pork and Beans” Video
Weezer’s recent single Pork And Beans is a fun song, and the music video (YouTube video) is awesome. It’s chock full of Interweb personalities, including “Numa Numa, evolution of dance, K-Fed, the dramatic chipmunk, Will It Blend, Lauren Caitlin Upton, the Mentos and Diet Coke guys, afro ninja, Tay Zonday, and Chris Crocker;” Buzzfeed has conveniently linked to all of the original videos. Also check out the Wired magazine interview with Matt Cullen, the director of the video.
Barack Obama Truthiness
Slate Magazine author Christopher Beam’s article Rumors Barack Obama’s campaign shouldn’t try to correct offers some tongue-in-cheek advice on how to defuse rumors.
