Category — Pop Culture

For those 'The Deadliest Catch' fans, Capt Sig Hansen of the Northwestern will be at Epcot next weekend along with brothers Edgar and Norman. Sig will sign autographs and pose for pictures in the Norway Pavilion.

Event Times:
July 10: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
July 11-13: 2:00pm - 4:00pm and 6:00pm - 8:00pm

See ya on Thursday night, Sig!

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The world has lost a comedy LEGEND… George Carlin (1937-2008).

Carlin's jokes constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with his routine on the "Seven Words" — all of which are taboo on broadcast TV and radio to this day. When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, freed on $150 bail and exonerated when a Wisconsin judge dismissed the case, saying it was indecent but citing free speech and the lack of any disturbance.

When the words were later played on a New York radio station, they resulted in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government's authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language during hours when children might be listening.

"So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I'm perversely kind of proud of," he told The Associated Press earlier this year.

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Via Mike

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This homemade music video using Mac apps for The Bird & The Bee's "Do it Again" takes the old "Made on Mac" tagline to the extreme. Enjoy….

Awesome.

PS - If you're digging the song, it's available on iTunes.

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I'm sure many of you have heard about Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch's Last Lecture.

The Wall Street Journal called it "the lecture of a lifetime", and it truly is.

If you haven't, please find 70 minutes to watch and listen - it may change your life.

Free download from iTunes or YouTube.

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Mike has a great post asking (in a very Seinfeld-esque way) what's the big deal with FriendFeed?

For those not familiar, FriendFeed is a social aggregation site collates all the variouos feeds from all your various friends, and adds comment functionality. In other words, it's a way to combine all the lifestreams of all your peeps.

I've created a FriendFeed (here), but — like Mike — I just don't get it.

My biggest complaint would be that FriendFeed doesn't offer more than just the titles from most feeds. If you post from your blog, for example, only the post title is represented. Ideally FriendFeed would honor full-content feeds (or provide an extended excerpt, at a minimum).

For me, Tumblr is a much better alternative, if for no other reason than it publishes more than just a post title from a feed. Contrast my FriendFeed against my Tumblog and I think you'll agree that my Tumblog is much richer representation of my lifestream than my FriendFeed.

Tumblr doesn't allow commenting at this time, but if I want to comment on your Flickr picture, I'm still very inclined to comment over at Flickr and interact with that full community.

It's well established that I just don't get social networking. So… FriendFeed me if you want, but just know that there are better, richer ways to stalk me online.

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You're living a very active, high-tech lifestyle, but lack the time to throw the tennis ball for your beloved weiner dog.

What's a guy to do???

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Today is Pi Day 2008 (3.14 = pi, for those of you who missed that day at school!)

There are a lot of ways to celebrate Pi Day. You can take pi to 1 million decimal places while sporting your pi t-shirt, and singing pi day songs.

But, in my book, there's no better way to pay homage to pi than to pay celebrate its tasty homophone - pie.

Big Kev's 3.14 Favorite Pies

1. Cherry
Without a doubt, the cherry pie is the greatest pie ever conceived by man - or anyone else, for that matter. Think about it - crisp, flaky crust, cherries, and all that good.

2. Pecan
I have a very nostalgic love for pecan pie. For as long as I can remember, there have been pecan pies at all the best holidays. Thanksgiving - check. Christmas - check. Boxing Day - check. (OK, so that's probably leftover Christmas pie, but you get the drift.) In fact, I think you can judge the importance of any festive gathering by the mere presence of pecan pie - or lack thereof.

3. French Silk Pie
Have you ever seen a more beautiful pie than the French Silk Pie? I haven't, and I've seen a lot of pies. Creamy, whipped goodness, topped with more creamy whipped goodness. But that's not all - oh no. French Silk Pie adds little chocolate shavings. Chocolate. Shavings. Yeah. I rest my case.

0.14 Apple Pie
A word of caution - do not let me anywhere near your apple pie if I have been drinking heavily, or I will eat your whole apple pie. This is not a theory. This is a fact.

Y'all have a great Pi Day and an fantastic weekend. I'll see you on the flip!

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As I have *long* suspected, it turns out you might be adding much more to your water than just lemon.

They sampled 76 lemon wedges from 21 different restaurants and found that nearly 70% produced some form of microbial growth in the lab. In total, they were able to find 25 different forms of bacteria and yeasts on the sampled lemon wedges.

Ew.

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This just in… I saw my shadow. I could swear it's been following me.

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I'm a little behind on this, but it cracked me up.

I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -Mitt Romney

I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -John McCain

I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -Rudy Giuliani

I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -Ron Paul

America deserves a new milkshake. -Barack Obama

I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -John Edwards

I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -Hillary Clinton

It depends on what your definition of "milkshake" is. -Bill Clinton

Global warming is melting your milkshake. -Al Gore

We're making good progress in the war on milkshakes, and make no mistake: we will prevail. -George W. Bush

— from Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat

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From Fanblogs, college football causes crime.

(Thanks, Rob!)

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As in, eww… gross… disgusting… keep your shoes on… and don't even touch the bed….

10 Dirtiest Hotels in the U.S.

1. Hotel Carter, New York, New York
2. Ramada Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, New York
3. Nashville - Days Inn Vanderbilt/Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee
4. Red Carpet Inn, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
5. Regency Inn & Suites, New York, New York
6. St. Augustine Beachfront Resort, St. Augustine, Florida
7. Travel Inn Civic/Medical Center, Miami, Florida
8. Eden Roc Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
9. Days Inn Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
10. Pacific Sands Motel, Santa Monica, California

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OK. I confess - I like Kellie Pickler. I think she's cute, but I am glad that she's a celebrity now because… honestly, she really does need someone looking out for her in this world.

Found via BPC

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