Oh my Lord, shut it down, here is the greatest moment in the history of C-SPAN: A (very Southern) mama called into one of their shows to yell at the guests. Not because she disagrees, but because the guests are brothers and both her sons and she is sick and tired of their shit.
Like many a brand before them, Best Buy was forced to remove a tweet and apologize over its attempt at creating #content on Twitter.
The big box retailer that's featured prominently as the alleged location of a real-life murder in the insanely popular podcast Serial sent a tweet on Thursday that pokes fun at one of the underlying questions in the 15-year-old case.
Here's a screenshot:
Best Buy pulled the tweet — referencing the reported lack of a pay phone at a Maryland Best Buy, which is increasingly an attraction for fans of the show where prosecutors said 17-year-old high school student Hae Min Lee was strangled in 1999 — and apologized less than an hour later. Read more...
More about Best Buy, Business, Marketing, and SerialDisney movies are kind of screwed up; we all know this and suspend our disbelief to watch them. The geniuses over at Screen Junkies created this trailer that describes, in a spot-on and almost too real fashion, how the Little Mermaid would be summed up if we were being honest with ourselves. Watch, laugh, and then dive back under da sea of blissful ignorance. 
LindseyjdavisUgh. Improv comedy. if only i could be gifted.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill may have been the stars of 22 Jump Street, but Jillian Bell was the real comedic talent.
The Workaholics cast member, who starred as Zoe Saldana's unapologetically cruel college roommate, only appeared in a handful of scenes in the film, but Bell's completely improvised, ageist insults at Hill's expense were undoubtedly the best moments
Now, you can view all of Bell's one-liners online, featuring gems like, "When you read The Grapes of Wrath, were you like, 'Ugh, totally'?"
Need some motivation to start your day? We've got the perfect fix in the form of Apollos Hester, a wide receiver for the East View Patriots from Georgetown, Tx., and definitely the most enthusiastic high school football player we've seen
After his team won the game Friday, he turns his post-game interview for TWC News Austin into a motivational speech that'll make you feel like you can achieve anything
"Keep smiling, no matter what you're going through. If you fall down, just get up. If you can't get up, your friends are there to help you. Your momma's there, your daddy's there, God's there...hey, I'm there to help you up. You're there, it's gonna be alright, just keep smiling, man," he says. Sounds a bit over-the-top for a high school football game, but Apollos delivers it so well that you actually believe him Read more...
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Already pre-disgusted by Ben Affleck's performance as Batman? Don't worry, a few more actors are set to give the Dark Knight role a shot in the near future.
There's no such thing as too many reboots, right?
See also: 18 Pieces of Sage Wisdom From Batman
Animation Domination, Fox's late night cartoon program, created this video to give us all a little hope for the future of the caped crusader — complete with some seriously skilled impressions of actors like Matthew McConaughey, Mark Wahlberg and Owen Wilson
Laugh, and then get in line behind us to wait for Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates With Justice releasing in 2023. Read more...
More about Video, Blockbuster, Movies, Batman, and Dark KnightI can’t tell the difference between my cucumbers and my zucchini.
My house is so long that we had to get two wifi routers, one for each side.
When OnDemand doesn’t upload my show fast enough if I missed it the night before.
I can’t buy clothes online because different brands fit me differently so I have to actually drive to the store and try them on.
I hate it when I wear suede shoes and then it starts raining.
I have so many clothes that I have to keep my off-season clothes in storage.
Sometimes I forget my EZ pass so I have to wait in the cash lane on the toll roads.
I hate when I can’t fast forward through the commercials when I am watching a show OnDemand.
When my backup camera on my car is dirty so I can’t go in reverse anywhere.
My iPad and my iPhone are both almost dead but I only have one charger.
When I don’t have my auxiliary cord in my car and have to listen to am/fm radio.
I can never tell if celebrity that I am trying to follow on Instagram is real or if it is a fake account.
When I have to wait for more than five minutes for my favorite tanning bed at the salon.
When I cross the boarder into Canada and my GPS stops working.
The daily struggle is real. My wifi froze today while I was trying to watch Netflix.
Sometimes I get to yoga one minute late and they have already closed the door so I can’t go in. #namaste
My AC gets too cold in the summer and my thick blankets are packed away.
My dishwasher broke so I had to hand wash all of my dishes for a week.
I am never anyone’s #wcw
I’m unemployed.
When the barista messes up my order at Starbucks but I have already driven away and I don’t feel like parking.
The pool in my apartment building doesn’t open until noon so I have to lay out on my balcony in the mornings instead.
When I mix up my shampoo and conditioner.
When I get a text while I am viewing a snapchat and it disappears.
When I can’t comment on someone’s Facebook status because I will get notifications for all of the other people who comment so I just like it instead.
As part of the release of his new book, Glenn Greenwald has published almost 200 slides of leaked documents. Some of which scream "Windows 98" more than "sophisticated global espionage."
We tend to think of the National Security Agency as an omniscient entity lurking silently in the shadows. And it is. But, in conjunction with the release of his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald has published 194 pages of top-secret NSA documents obtained by former U.S. cyberspy Edward Snowden. And--apropos of what we've gleaned so far--the images inside scream "Windows 98" more than "sophisticated global espionage."
Have you visited Pleated Jeans today?
In the last ten years, what's gotten more expensive? And what's gotten less expensive?
Here's a fascinating snapshot of the last decade in American prices...
It comes from Annie Lowrey's look at U.S. poverty, which is appropriate, because you occasionally hear conservatives say that poor people aren't really poor because, you know, they have refrigerators and TVs, don't they? Yes, they do. More than 80 percent of low-income households have a fridge, TV, microwave, and stove. They can heat food and cool food and watch American Idol, no problem.
But the power to alter the temperature of your food and watch FOX is not quite the same as being rich. Tens of millions of families remain uninsured, millions more can't afford to go to (or finish a degree at a high-quality) college, and millions more struggle to pay for daycare for their children. Meanwhile, used HD televisions are dirt cheap and it's never been more affordable to buy simple electronics. Why does it seem like the least important things in life—TVs, toys, and DVD players—are getting cheap while the most important parts of the economy are getting more expensive?
Two observations here.
1) On poverty: Jordan Weissmann nails it: "Prices are rising on the very things that are essential for climbing out of poverty." The road to upward mobility is uncertain, but we know the checkpoints. Graduating from college—whose sticker price is actually rising faster than its actual cost—correlates with higher employment and richer earnings. Chronically sick children affect parents' mental health, and chronically sick parents hurt a family's well-being. Single moms and dads who can't afford daycare and wind up spending lots of hours watching after their kids have trouble finishing school or establishing themselves in the workforce. Just as the benefits of wealth create a virtuous cycle of behavior, the challenges of poverty start a vicious circle that continues to spin down through multiple generations.
2) On productivity: When you look at the items in red with falling prices, they largely reflect industries whose jobs are easily off-shored and automated. The secret to cutting prices (over-generalizing only slightly here) is basically to replace American workers. If you can replace U.S. labor with foreign workers and robots, you're paying less to make the same thing. Look back at the items toward the bottom of the graph. Our clothes come from Cambodia. Our toys come from China. Meanwhile, Korea, a world-leader in electronics and auto manufacturing, has the highest industrial robot density in the world. Cheap things aren't made by American humans.
Now consider education, health, and childcare, the blue sectors above where prices are rising considerably faster than average. These are service industries that employ local workers. They are not, to use the economic term, "tradable." They are not globally supplied. You don't ship your child to Mexico when you get in your car to go to work (unless you live in Mexico), and most U.S. students aren't importing their college classes from Bangalore. In fact, as Michael Spence's research has shown, about 90 percent of job growth went to such "untradable" sectors between 1990 and 2007. These industries are mostly gaining jobs, not shedding them.
Every time somebody raises the point that health care, education, and child care are getting more expensive, somebody makes the observation that these are all government-dominated industries. Are regulations responsible for raising prices? Sometimes. Childcare has rules requiring a certain number of employees per child, which is partly responsible for rising prices. But in the case of public college tuition, the cost of attending school is rising mostly because state governments are cutting higher ed spending, shifting the costs to families. In the case of health care, countries with more government intervention in pricing have lower overall costs. So it's not as simple as: More government = higher prices.
Fundamentally, health care, education, and childcare have entirely different products than a television or iPod. Their product is people: healthy people, educated people, and safe baby-people. And it's quite natural that a rich country use its productivity gains in tradable, globalized, automated industries to make ourselves healthier and happier. Everybody's doing it.
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This post originally appeared on The Atlantic.
Shauna Luedtke est une directrice artistique et designer graphique basée au Canada. Elle a réalisé une série amusante intitulée « Jerks Balloons » dans laquelle elle inscrit des messages à ses ennemis en jouant avec une variété de typographies conçues par Neil Summerour, Ale Paul, Stephen Rapp et Mark Simonson.
LindseyjdavisI cannot believe i got to share this before Miller.
Video Promises, Delivers.
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This wonderful little ten minute documentary shows two very different women, both in the early 70′s taking their first flight ever. The little film is elegant and simple and ever so very touching. And the lesson is quite clear. Never stop trying new things. We can all learn from these two how to face our fears, (or lack thereof) with charm and charisma. These two ladies are just wonderful
The post An and Ria’s First Flight: Two Grandmothers Fly for the First Time [video] appeared first on The Good Men Project.
Self-defense has never been so cute.
In a video uploaded to YouTube last week, two tykes barely old enough to use a sippy cup duke it out in a baby judo competition. At such a young age, the moves involve less Chuck Norris-style sparring and more gentle nudging until one of them falls down.
It's a tough match to call — if you bow so forcefully that you knock yourself over, does that count as a point for you or your opponent? Regardless, they'll both win your heart. Watch it go down, above
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LindseyjdavisTo Richard & Mason. I'm emailnig them.
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In this classic viral video, Tripp and Tyler – one of the funniest comedy duos on YouTube – poke gentle fun at all the things you hear Christian men say all the time.
What things do the guys in your community say that are so common you can’t help but crack up?
The post Shoot Christians Say – Another Great Tripp and Tyler Video appeared first on The Good Men Project.
Thought everyone has read or seen Harry Potter? Meet six brave souls who have resisted the boy wizard and gathered all their knowledge about the series by osmosis. These folks wouldn't be able to tell a thestral from a horcrux or a muggle from a squib, and yet here they are, recapping the series in the most honest and incorrect way possible.
    
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Lindseyjdavisyes. snowboob.
A swiftly moving, blinding snow squall moved across parts of frigid Toronto this morning, causing several multi-vehicle pileups, including one involving upwards of 100 cars. The video of the event shows a towering wall of snow, similar to a haboob, which is a type of dust storm that was first identified in the Middle East but also occurs in the Southwest U.S
Check out this incredible photo of the snow squall just north of Toronto taken from the CTV Toronto chopper pic.twitter.com/z37h7mJ5Go
— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) February 27, 2014
More about Weather, Toronto, Snow, Us World, and WorldThis captures the giant #snowboob squal in Toronto (via CP24) https://t.co/dOcvbA8P0Z
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TOP 3: Meirl
TOP 4: A very excited crow (Pepe) visiting his favourite person. From a helpless, wounded chick to a self-sufficient bird thriving in the wild, all thanks to the woman’s compassionate care and tireless efforts.
TOP 5: Captain’s use only
TOP 6: Should try boys
TOP 7: An absurdly absurd question
TOP 8: Fizzy juice “eats through” 62lbs of stubborn fat
[Rob Ford, celebrating the Canadian women's hockey team's overtime gold-medal win yesterday.]
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The average fare for a flight from the U.S. to Europe will vary by $256 from when a ticket is first offered to the day the plane takes off. A flight from the U.S. to South America will fluctuate in a $262 range over the same period. This is according to Kayak, a travel website, which analyzed millions of searches made by US travelers over the past year.
Kayak found that the cheapest fares from the U.S. to Africa were just 33 days before departure, while the cheapest to Europe were 53 days before departure, and the cheapest to South America were 162 days out. The cheapest flights to Asia were booked 270 days—a full nine months—in advance.
Challenging the conventional wisdom, the most expensive fares typically appear when purchased far in advance of a flight. For example, the average ticket to South America was more than 20 percent higher than the subsequent cheapest fare when booked more than 300 days before departure.
Only flights to Europe were more expensive when bought on the day of departure instead of 350 days in advance.
In general, the price of flights to all regions jump significantly during the week of departure. Fares from the US to Europe rise by 15 percent in the seven days before departure. However, even with this big price increase, a ticket to Europe is almost always cheaper than one to Asia or Africa, no matter when you book.
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Fred Savage fans, rejoice! The Wonder Years, the popular ABC television show that ran from 1988 through 1993, is finally coming to DVD later this year.
StarVista Entertainment/Time Life, a company known for making classic television shows available on DVD, announced Wednesday that it will release The Wonder Years in the second half of 2014, according to a release.
"The Wonder Years has long been the most-requested TV show yet to be released on DVD, and we're thrilled to have the incredible opportunity to bring this iconic show to its many fans," Jeffrey Peisch, StarVista Entertainment/Time Life's senior vice-president of entertainment programming and marketing, said in a release. "As we've done with many other classic TV shows, the series will be treated with the care and attention it fully deserves after all these years, with deluxe packaging, robust extras and a lot more. We're really big fans of the series, too." Read more...
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The start of a new year is a time to reassess our work and projects, and that often means looking for new challenges and clients. Working in the creative industry can be competitive, but fortunately there are numerous high-quality niche job boards that feature professional, specialized listings
This post highlights 13 of the leading job boards that cater to those in the creative industries, from designers, photographers and fashion stylists to web developers and architects.
It's important to note that generic job listing sites such as Elance and oDesk have been omitted, along with "bidding" sites such as 99Designs, as this is an industry-specific roundup. Read more...
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Perhaps you just went through a few of these yourself. Now, as we’re getting closer to the kickoff of next semester, it’s time to brace ourselves for a few more. All nighters like clockwork is most certainly the college way.
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