The actual title of this article is “G-8 Leaders Pledge to Cut Emissions in Half by 2050.” Really? Will any of these people even be alive in 2050 to be held accountable for such a stupid goal? And is “cutting emissions in half” really a big deal? Don’t we have plenty of 1/2x solutions around right now? Isn’t the issue that such solutions aren’t really good enough for the long term (like 2050). I don’t really know whether or not carbon emissions cause global warming, or if we’re the cause of this crap, or if it’s even happening at all (beyond just a bit of randomly driven variance) … but I do know that it really annoys me when governments set goals and make commitments that they can’t possibly be held accountable for. The G8 is stupid.
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alcohol and booty calls
yoga ball
lemons: going to yoga class, only to find that the yoga instructor isn’t coming.
lemonade: inventing yoga ball. a two on two sport, with two yoga balls, and two yoga mats placed on opposing sides of the yoga floor — where the object of the game is to score 10 points before the other team. a point is scored by getting a yoga ball to touch the opponent’s mat. an extra point is added if this is achieved by kicking the ball from beyond the halfway mark.
final score of yoga ball game 1:
omar + stella: 12
geetika + rajiv: less than 12
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This video and its Tagore powered music just make me happy.
You can view it at a better quality at: http://wherethehellismatt.com/videos.shtml
Slightly related: I remember hearing aout this guy back when he started. I didn’t realize he was making a dancing video … just thought it was a blog. There was an article in the Seattle Times about it — it’s good to see that he finished his trip and put this all together. Really cool… way way way cooler than just a travel log.
3 days ago - Comments (View)Maybe LA has good food
I went to Tre Veneizie today in Pasadena ($70 a person), kind of a celebration. I ordered the Bollito misto, which is basically a bowl of different kinds of meat; the meats vary by day but today was Harris Ranch something or other and it was great.
The meat was nothing compared to the awesome spices/condiments they give on the side to flavor it. They were probably the most flavorful set of condiments I’ve ever tasted.
Not bad for first night’s fine dining (and last for a while I assume).
Also, yelp gives this place only 3.5 stars (though it has a US Michelin star). Fuck yelpers.
In my personal experience, LA actually has better food than the Bay Area. Seattle is kind of better than either … but then again, I have the tastes of a white man in many ways.
Viva El Torito.
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Comedy
BROOKLYN, NY—Mark Mendicus, 26-year-old Staples employee and principal owner of the fantasy baseball team Beat With Uggla Stick, blasted his underperforming team in the media Monday, going so far as to single out individual players, criticize their recent play, and question their commitment to winning.
“They all suck,” a visibly frustrated Mendicus told reporters following Beat With Uggla Stick’s head-to-head 8-2 loss to division rivals The Mark Currys. “[Alex] Rios sucks, Delmon [Young] sucks, Pedro [Martinez] fucking sucks. Everybody on my team sucks.”
“The Beat With Uggla Sticks have a proud tradition of winning,” continued Mendicus, whose team has made the playoffs the past two years, including a league championship win in 2006. “But apparently that means nothing to this group of players. Apparently they’d rather just lose every single 5x5 category. Apparently my players don’t care about winning the 12-team Yahoo! Plus ‘Mmm…Fantasy Baseball’ league pennant as much as I do.”
Mendicus had high expectations for his team coming into the season, but his players have been plagued by injuries and inconsistency, losing six of their first eight matchups en route to a 22-46-14 overall record. The historically temperamental owner did not hold back his opinions after their latest humiliating defeat, telling the New York Post that Prince Fielder “had better start hitting some fucking home runs already” before making several vicious personal attacks on the first baseman, calling him a “fatass,” a “fat bastard,” and a “fat fuck” in the course of one statement.
“I paid $38 for [Fielder], and this is what I get?” Mendicus said, directing reporters’ attention to Fielder’s “putrid” Yahoo! Game Log. “Twelve home runs. Twelve goddamn home runs. When you pay $38 for a guy, you had better give them a hell of a lot more than 12 home runs through the first half. I got you for your power, buddy, not your walks. This is a batting average league, anyway, not an on-base percentage league, so walks don’t fucking matter. It’s like these guys don’t understand that.”
Mendicus continued his heated rant, calling shortstop Felipe Lopez a “talentless hack whose multiple position eligibility is the only thing saving his ass from waivers,” claiming that pitcher Ian Snell is “killing [him] in WHIP, absolutely killing [him],” and encouraging outfielder Brad Hawpe to “go eat shit.” He then accused the whole team of not stealing enough bases and “not playing like true Beat With Uggla Sticks.”
He did, however, reserve some praise for hot-hitting second baseman Dan Uggla upon learning that Uggla homered twice that day, saying, “That’s you, Danny.”
With his team already down 9-1 in this week’s matchup against Gary Sheffield’s Head Vein, Mendicus issued an ultimatum, claiming that unless his team delivers at least a tie, there will “be some changes around here.” Mendicus said that “no one is safe,” and had particularly strong words for pitcher Chris Young, who three weeks ago was hit in the face with a line drive and has not made a single start since.
“Toughen up, you little baby,” Mendicus said. “You don’t throw with your face, do you? I already got Phil [Hughes] in the DL slot, so you better get your ass back in action.”
Mendicus has a reputation for following his players’ performance with intense scrutiny and personal investment, often to a fanatical degree. It is rumored that he monitors their progress on multiple Yahoo! Sports box score windows on his computer screen, and will erupt into obscenity-laden tirades at work after a mere groundout or caught stealing.
“Fuck you Edwin, you good-for-nothing piece of shit,” Mendicus was overheard as saying while angrily clicking the “Refresh” button on his web browser 14 times after pitcher Edwin Jackson loaded the bases with three straight walks. “Throw the ball over the goddamn plate. I need a win here, you idiot. I’m getting killed in wins.”
For some players on Mendicus’ team, the demand for instant results, the constant threats to be released or traded, and the nonstop verbal abuse is too much. Pitcher Jeremy Guthrie has been dropped and picked up by Mendicus seven times already this season, and he says he doesn’t like playing under such volatile conditions.
“I wish he’d have a little faith in me,” Guthrie said. “I don’t like being picked up the night before my start and then simply dropped the next day. It wears on you as a player. And now I have to explain myself to my kids when they read in the papers that their daddy is a ‘shit-for-brains asshole who can’t even get five strikeouts when that’s all we needed to win the category.’”
“I’m sorry, but when I have runners on first and third and one out, I’m going to go for the double play to get out of the inning, not the strikeout,” Guthrie added. “Even though they don’t give out ‘points’ for double plays.”
Some players, however, praised Mendicus for his fiery attitude and desire to win, saying they prefer that to the kind of owners who treat their fantasy teams like nothing more than a fun distraction from their real jobs.
“It’s good that he cares,” said Beat With Uggla Stick catcher Jorge Posada. “Some owners, like Garrett Baldwin of the Smilin’ Joe Randas, or Mike Broberg of Tiny Damon, they just sort of check in every once in a while to see how we’re doing, but that’s it. In fact, I’ve been on the Tiny Damon’s bench since I went on the DL in April, and they don’t even have anyone in the catcher slot. That’s just shoddy ownership.”
“But there’s also a thing called caring too much,” Posada added. “You can only be called a worthless shitbag after popping out so many times before it starts to sting. It’s at the point where playing for Mendicus is almost as bad as playing for Hank Steinbrenner.”
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No, had I written it, I would have used a correct title. That part bugs me. And by claiming that I could’ve written it, you imply certain things about my character. Never mind that they’re correct. You bitch.(via subcon)
holy fuck did you write this rajeev? if you say no i probably won’t believe you.
sigh…if only the good ones went for the single guys
Hey Rajeev, wanna be my new best friend? Now that Vamsi’s into stealing friends and all…
oh wow. just wow.
5 days ago - Comments (View)I will confidently reblog this without even watching it first.
DIDDY GIVES SEXMAN A RUN FOR HIS MONEY AND REVIEWS “HANCOCK”
BEST QUOTE “FUCK BATMAN, SUPERMAN, ROBIN WITH HIS BITCHASS, UNDERDOG AND THE MUTT MOTHERFUCKER. HANCOCK BITCHES. HANCOCK.”
Huey Lewis has still got the goods.
Check out their new track, the theme from “PINEAPPLE EXPRESS” (You might have scroll down in the playlist to find it)
There are a few things on this planet that consistently make me happy. One of them is comedy, and another one is Huey Lewis & the News. I’ve seen them in concert not once, but twice (judge all you want; he did a split onstage at age 55). The fact that they recorded the theme song to Seth Rogen’s new film is further evidence that Mr. Rogen is living my ideal life.
This new song is pretty sweet. I distinctly remember an evening in 1986 where my older sister and I each performed a choreographed musical number for my parents and grandparents. Megan chose “Material Girl” by Madonna, which she performed while wearing a princess costume and carrying a fake credit card. I picked “Heart of Rock and Roll” (or “Hot of Wock and Woll”, as I pronounced it at the time), and wore a clip-on tie, a windbreaker, and carrying a velcro wallet in my hands, because for some reason, I thought Huey Lewis meant big money. I was extremely proud of this performance.
Other great things about Huey:
- He had Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott sing backup on “Hip To Be Square”.
- Huey is wildly popular with the developmentally disabled.
- Ray Parker Jr. had to pay Huey a settlement because the “Ghostbusters” theme song rips of “I Want A New Drug”.
- In Short Cuts, Huey appears full-frontal, but with a prosthetic penis. A similar scene appears in the unrated director’s cut of Duets. (Not really.)
i was going to reblog to say they are playing at mountain winery in sept, but turns out its canceled. i was amused that their official website, http://www.hln.org is actually a wiki page.
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CNN keeps doing this shit.
and you read neither - instead you clicked on the Pregnant skydiver link. well done Srini.
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I have arrived
I have arrived in LA. More specifically, South-Central LA. To be exact, Cerritos. The smog is thicker than I remember. The air has a certain sauciness to it.
It is 90 degrees here. That’s like double the temperature in SF. I don’t think the dog knows how to deal with heat; this may be the first time ever she’s been in temperatues above 85 degrees…
Solutions:
- take the dog to the beach.
- air conditioning
- don’t look at as smog. look at it as forest fire prevention. less oxygen = harder to get a fire going.
- move back
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My friend Sal is on a roll with the links today. (Video was from him too).
i had 3 people send me this link today. fyi, im already loud and obnoxious.
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