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Posted Without Comment of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 01:31 PM PDT

- Posted Without Comment of the Day


Says @chiefbrody1984: “If you’ve seen a better picture of a dog dressed as two pirates carrying a treasure chest today, I don’t believe you.”

[unlikelywords]


Tagged: posted without comment

Marketing Campaign of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 12:57 PM PDT


Apparently, most women have hard-and-fast “rules about what they won’t put in their vaginas.” This new spot for Sir Richard’s condoms elicits said rules — though they seem to involve specific types of men, more than anything else — and promises the condom brand won’t add any chemicals, either.

Happy National Women’s Health Week.

(See also: Sir Richard’s spot defending sluts.)

[adweek]


Tagged: Marketing Campaign, sir richard's condoms, vagina rule

Kickass Kid of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT

- Kickass Kid of the Day


As 9-year-old Josef Miles and his mother walked around Kansas’ Washburn University campus last weekend, he noticed a group of Westboro Baptist Church members picketing as people headed to graduation ceremonies.

Josef asked mom if he could create his own sign, and promptly staged a one-man protest. His sign, written in pencil on a tiny sketchpad, read simply, “God Hates No One.”

[augustachronicle]


Tagged: gay rights protest, Kickass Kid

Sing-Along Song of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 12:16 PM PDT


Even an innocent harp seal can’t escape the musical stylings of Parry Gripp.

[parrygripp]


Tagged: harp seal, parry gripp, Sing-Along

Another Movie Poster of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 11:58 AM PDT

- Another Movie Poster of the Day


Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film, drops October 24.

[imwithkanye]


Tagged: james bond, Movie Poster, skyfall

Lunchtime Links

Posted: 17 May 2012 11:38 AM PDT

- Lunchtime Links


Today on The Daily What Geek: The first clip from Arrow, which premieres this fall

Elsewhere on the Internets:

  • Official: Saturday is MCA Day in NYC
  • Memorialized: Maurice Sendak, by illustrators everywhere
  • Backpedaling: Rep. Mike Coffman, after claiming Obama’s not an American
  • Suspended: The war-crimes trial for Ratko Mladic
  • Compared: Wool, to Fifty Shades of Grey, after the film rights were snapped up today

Lunchtime Leisure: The Good Ship Higgs Boson
Lunchtime List: The Strangest Source Material In Movie History

[image: facebook]


Tagged: Lunchtime Links

Kickass Cover of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 11:30 AM PDT


If you listen to one cover of Gotye’s chart-topper “Somebody That I Used To Know” today (other than this one, this one, this one, this one, or this one), make it fun.’s lovely rendition of the song for BBC Radio One, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams singing the Kimbra part.

Ironically, all these covers of “Somebody” have elevated the song to the number one spot on the iTunes charts, displacing fun.’s big hit, “We Are Young.”

[nme]


Tagged: fun, Gotye, Kickass Cover, somebody that I used to k

Sticking It To The Man of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 11:10 AM PDT

- Sticking It To The Man of the Day


In a largely symbolic — but nonetheless commendable — “f*ck you” to the likes of ticket vendors who charge exorbitant service fees, one jam band has scalped tickets to its own show.

Here’s how it went down, according to the New York Times:

One Friday afternoon recently, about 50 fans and friends of the band String Cheese Incident took $20,000 in cash to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to take a small stand against the system — in this case, Ticketmaster.

With money advanced by the band, each person had enough to buy eight tickets at $49.95 apiece for the group’s show in July. Once all tickets were in hand, almost 400 of them, they were carried back to String Cheese headquarters in Colorado and put on sale again through the group’s website — for $49.95.

“We’re scalping our own tickets at no service charge,” explained Mike Luba, one of the group’s managers. “It’s ridiculous.”

SCI still charged $12 for postage to mail the tickets, so fans really only saved about $5, but still — movement’s gotta start somewhere.

[uproxx]


Tagged: Sticking It To The Man, string cheese incident, ticket scalping

Lego Art of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:59 AM PDT


PBS’ behind-the-scenes explainer series Off Book documents how Lego bricks made the transition from beloved toys to a medium for sculpture: “Lego opens up all possibilities. I can literally create anything I want.”

[theaggregate]


Tagged: lego art, off book

Beer Opener of the Day

Posted: 17 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT


A chainsaw may be the manliest way to crack a beer. Problem is, man-flats masquerading as loafers ruin the effect — they’re really no better than soccer sandals with black socks.

[bitsandpieces]


Tagged: beer opener, chainsaw