Alright let’s see what we have today. First up, I’m really hoping I can figure out a way to go see this, but here is the first poster of NPH as Hedwig.
Chris Christie, Governor of NJ, is a giant asshole. He’s on the record stating that if one of his kids was gay, he would tell them they had no right to get married. No, I take that back, he’s not an asshole, he’s a fucking monster.
A medal was struck to commemorate Pope Francis’s first year and it quotes Lesus. Yep, they misspelled Jesus.
That’s it for now, I’m not sure if the Youtube Videos are going to work, they’ve been a bit wonky lately (as has the whole site, actually). They’ll be some big updates coming next year (when the new version of Joomla is released), so we’ll just stick it out until then. Hopefully!
NPH is going to be playing Hedwig on Broadway, and I need to go and see that. If you’re unfamiliar with “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” it’s the love story only made possible by a back alley castration in East Berlin before the fall of the wall. Seriously.
And America’s Best Christian, Betty Bowers is back:
That’s it for now, see, really short! Have a great one!
First up, the music video made from all stock footage:
If you haven’t seen it yet, the saddest map in America: by state, how most people post in Craiglist’s missed connections.
I’ve mentioned it before, but just a reminder, the Republicans are only okay with the Violence Against Women Act if it specifically doesn’t protect the LGBT community.
I talked about it before, but the AP has finally come to its senses and is using the accurate terms ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ for all married couples.
And the human jukeboxes:
Rob lays it out. Remember, if you exercise free speech for your faith (and the haters agree with you), it’s okay. But use that same free speech to disagree, and you’re satanic.
Hey all, quick update for everyone before I head back to my novel (left than 9K to go!)
First up, my friend Patrick put together an awesome video around DC:
Sooooooo, this is strange. And what happens when there isn’t a separation of Church and State. Also, it’s kind of ridiculous the CoE still won’t allow women bishops. As we’ve said before, the penis is not a direct link to Jesus.
NPH has an awesome new show coming to Nerdist:
And if you’ve watched Crash Course World History (or even if you didn’t), here’s their second blooper reel:
There is a Star Wars convention coming up in Orlando. Even though I’m a huge nerd, I didn’t know about this. But most importantly, they are giving away custom cereal! I really want the Admiral Ackbar cereal, but I’m afraid it’s a trap. Check out Greedo’s and Raisin Han, too!
Not a picture, but it was an awesome video. More reasons why I love Rep. Grayson!
An Anglican church in New Zealand has some awesome billboards, including this one which I absolutely love:
Here is the other one I’ve found from them:
Did you follow along with the Old Spice one day social media blitz? It was pretty awesome, but I loved reading about how they pulled it off. Sounds tiring, but worth it!
These girls are in sixth through eighth grade. Good gravy they are amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvUVPlvs3E
As a quick wrap up to the Olympics, Virginia has a great article over at That’s Church, make sure to check it out.
Looking for good, online entertainment? Check out this year’s nominees from the Streamy’s. I recommend The Guild (and also The Legend of Neil), but I’ll be using the nominee list to find new programs, I’ll let you know what I find that I recommend.
Did you know that the earthquake in Chili shifted the Earth and made the axis about three inches shorter? Which in turned shortened our days by about 6.8 microseconds. I believe it was Carbolic Smoke Ball that took that opportunity and ran with it.
Weird confession time: I love signs. Ask anyone who has ventured out into the real world with me, if I have my camera, I inevitably made them stop so I could take a picture of a sign. And now Slate is running a series of articles all about signs! I haven’t had a chance to read any of it yet, but I’m super excited! So geeky!
Take a look at this awesome chart. DRM may be all but extinct from music, but there’s still more to worry about, namely at the moment: books.
See! I told you Avatar was really Pocahontas. Again, not that’s a bad thing, there are only so many stories that can be told. But I will be made if Avatar wins for best editing, I thought that part of the movie was done poorly in a few spots that really stood out.
Good job, D.C! Check out an awesome video over on Slog. I think I read that they have been together for 13 years already, so good for them!
I love the idea of this chalkboard table, but the guy who came up with it came up with all kinds of uses I would have never even thought of! Makes setting the table a breeze! And no more placemats to wash!
I have to check with the Myst/URU folks, but there may be some weird copyright conflict going on here with the OA’s new program Mysterium Compass. Mysterium is the annual Myst conference. Yes I’m a nerd, no I’ve never gone, yes I always lobby for it to be held in Pittsburgh, and yes, I really want to go to one held in Spokane so I can get a tour of Cyan’s headquarters.
Foe everyone keeping track at home, Fucking retard Sarah Palin didn’t get a good response on Leno, it was added in by a sound engineer. Original article here. Again, I’m allowed to say that Sarah Palin is a fucking retard, it’s satire, just like Rush Limbaugh (did I even spell that correctly?) and Steven Colbert told me.
Another quick political thing, I love Rep. Grayson. So much! Watch him with crazy Bachmann (who looks frightened) on Larry King Live:
I can’t embed it, but go watch Jon Stewart take on Chat Roulette and the other news stations “investigating” it.
Alright, I hope everyone had a good weekend, I’m back with all kinds of stuff, enjoy everything!
First, I’m going to kill you with cuteness. This monkey sounds like R2D2!
Last year it was announced that Joss Whedon was going to direct an episode of Glee. And now it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris will guest star in that episode!
Conan put the Tonight Show up on Craigslist, although it has already been taken it down, you can check it out at The Consumerist.
And here is the most expensive sketch, from his final night:
Speaking of, this is how the late night wars went down, according to a Japanese news station. I don’t understand either:
Watch this clip of Gov. Rendell (The Gov. of Philadelphia, I mean, Pennsylvania), does me make some sort of slip implying that he’s gonig to run for Senate, or am I reading too much into his comment about “some of us” losing our races:
This is floating around out there, but apparantly, the number of Crayola crayons doubles every 28 years:
If you didn’t watch the Hope for Haiti telethon last Friday, here is my favorite performance of the night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBSaCo39EaI
If you haven’t heard, the fear-mongering and hateful Focus on the Family will be running an ad during the Super Bowl. Which is interesting, since CBS doesn’t show ads “touches on and/or takes a position on one side of a current controversial issue of public importance.” Right…
I don’t like cats. Never have. However, I do have to give this cat credit. A lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0fYZirSv8
The guys over at the NOH8 campaign have an awesome blog post called “Redefining Republican,” written after the two McCain’s (Cindy and Meghan) joined the campaign. Worth a read.
Speaking of Prop 8, you’re telling me that the LDS church didn’t want anyone to know that they were involved? I’m supposed to be surprised, right? Here’s the followup, it’s just as important as the first link, as it corrects some of the reporting. Basically, it’s not a direct quote, but how a witness observed the communication.
Patrick, once again, has an awesome blog post, this time about the Internet as support group, including a note from “The interwebs.” A little past Cluetrain, but still related, so I’m going to tag it.
The following video is supposedly DVR proof. The concept is sound, and I believe proven. If you keep your product in the middle of the screen, even someone fast forwarding through the commercials will see it long enough to make an impression in your brain. And while yes, that is true, this ad misses the mark. Seeing a picture of a grasshopper does in no way make me want to purchase their phone, it doesn’t even correlate, because the brand isn’t in my mind first of all, and secondly, since it isnt, there isn’t enough time for me to see the tiny phone and make the connection. Not bad for effort, but totally missing the mark:
Caution, more fun animals: Ok, moose are funny enough when they walk or run, they appear as though they just have extra joints and their limbs just kind of flail about. And the music in this video is awful. But watch it anyway, just on mute.
Have I mentioned how much I love Representative Grayson? And I’m still trying to learn more about the Supreme Court decision, apparently it doesn’t’ change as much as first thought, but it’s still a scary precedent, to be sure!
The guys from the Woot! podcast went to CES and made this video. If the Wii by itself destroyed TVs, than that bowling ball is going to make so many, many people cry. Who would think that that is a good idea?
What would The State of the Union be like of Steve Jobs delivered it? Slate finds out.