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Hurt Locker

Husky fans, back me up on this.  Every time you see a headline about the movie Hurt Locker — and there have been a lot lately — your brain only processes those keywords and assumes QB Jake Locker has been injured somehow.
Haven’t seen the movie, but already don’t like it for that reason.

Frozone (Shani Davis) Wins Gold!

According to wikipedia, Pixar modeled Frozone (from The Incredibles) after Olympic speedskater Shani Davis.  So you don’t have to feel bad about commenting on their striking resemblance.

Congratulations to Shani Davis and all the Olympic athletes.

Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials – 2010

1. Google.  Does Google even need to advertise?  I believe this is the first time I’ve seen a Google ad on TV.  Very clean and simple, yet tells a great story.

2. eTrade.  I love these talking babies.

3. Bridgestone. A Hangover-inspired whale rescue mission, made possible by great tires.

4. Hyundai.  The future is full of uncertainty, [...]

Super Bowl Snack Stadium

If you didn’t have enough Super Bowl munchies yesterday, you’ll have to build one of these next year:

I Found a Lump, But I Think It’s Benign

Rough life.

Working Smarter, Not Harder

This guy has got it figured out!

Two Standard Deviations from the Mean

We found a height-to-age-estimator on the wall of the kids section at H&M.  Poor Bryn, according to the chart, she’s only 13.

Funny Usernames

The following are the best of the best of Shoes ‘R Us member usernames.  These are not personally identifying in any way.  I’ve made some slight edits, and inserted the text as images to protect them from spiders/spambots/other bad guys, and to maintain their privacy as outlined in our privacy policy.
And just like the list [...]

Superlative Culture

We live in a superlative culture.  If a thing isn’t super, ultra, extra, power, etc, it’s not much of anything anymore.  Here’s an example:
Phones –> cell phones –> smartphones –> Google’s new Nexus One “superphone”
If you have an important business meeting you can put on your power suit.
Politicians cinch up their power ties before a [...]

Jack Bauer One-Liners

In honor of Sunday’s premier of the 8th season of 24, I’ve compiled this list of Jack Bauer one-liners from some online sources.  Dammit, we are running out of time!
Jack Bauer named his cat ‘Chuck Norris.’ Why? Because He’s a pussy.
If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he [...]