31
Jul
Hollywood cat fights are awesome, ain’t they?
No, according to the guys of HBO’s “Entourage” — and especially not in the case of Seth Rogen. Turtle (Jerry Ferarra) and Drama (Kevin Dillon) dismissed Rogen and Heigl’s fictional relationship, insisting that real life is not that generous to less attractive people. (Turtle’s relationship with hottie Jamie-Lynn Sigler is explained by the fact that she finds him to be “cute.”) The argument wasn’t exactly mind-blowing, but the script did manage to get under Seth Rogen’s skin with some digs about his looks:
Turtle: His ugliness is oddly fascinating. Especially in Blu-ray. It just pisses me off.
Drama: Why would you be pissed off? I’m the one who was too good-looking to even get an audition for the role.
Could have sworn that would just be a joke but, uh…hey, defend yourself Seth Rogen.
“Yeah, those guys are a–holes,” Rogen told E!’s “Daily Ten.” “I actually ran into Matt … Kevin Dillon in a Starbucks. And he’s like, ‘You know, I’ve got to kind of apologize because apparently the guy who created our show doesn’t like you so much.’ And I said, ‘Well, I have reason to believe because I think [showrunner] Doug Ellin is a moron from all I can understand, so it makes sense he doesn’t like me.’ And I’ve kind of said some disparaging things about the show. Although in our defense, [producer] Mark Wahlberg called us misogynistic in an interview, so I think they kind of started that. It’s on. Luckily, I never have and never plan on watching ‘Entourage.’”
I don’t think I can look at Seth Rogen the same again. I mean, I figured he was a funny dude. But, he gets put on the spot here and then drops two of the LAMEST insults you can muster up. He first hit Kevin Dillon with the funnier/more famous brother line and then the “I DON’T WATCH IT ANYWAY SO HA.”
Turns out dude is bitter he pitched a similar idea to HBO and they didn’t roll with it.
31
Jul

Wikipedia has themselves embroiled in some controversy.
Yet in the last few months, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been engulfed in a furious debate involving psychologists who are angry that the 10 original Rorschach plates are reproduced online, along with common responses for each. For them, the Wikipedia page is the equivalent of posting an answer sheet to next year’s SAT.
They are pitted against the overwhelming majority of Wikipedia’s users, who share the site’s “free culture” ethos, which opposes the suppression of information that it is legal to publish.
Uh, you know, there’s only TEN of these things that Wikipedia published so here’s a very, I think, interesting idea:
MAKE SOME NEW ONES.
For those of you who have seen these inkblots in the past and gone, “Shit, that’s a fucking bat. Am I stoned? What is this going to prove about my psyche? That’s a bat, has to be…maybe with a hint of a butterfly, but, no, I’m convinced it’s a bat,” can rest easy knowing in that inkblot was indeed a FUCKING BAT WITH A HINT OF A BUTTERFLY (and a moth, but only the nerds get that).
31
Jul
Five months after saying that steroids users should be banned for a full year, Ortiz was snared in baseball’s long-running scandal.
I don’t know if it just makes me overly cynical, but, I like it when they people that are most vocal towards the steroids problem wind up getting caught. That is apparently what has happened here, as, reportedly, David Ortiz (along with Manny Ramirez) are said to be on the list of 103 names of MLB players that tested positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs in 2003.
It really should shock no one that Manny is on the list, but Ortiz is a bit different since he was so outspoken against steroids use.
These guys tested positive in the 2003 season. They won the World Series in 2004 (I know that because I watched a Lost repeat, Jack and I were STUNNED). You want to asterisk that World Championship? Eh, probably not. Afterall, since everyone was doing it then, it’s not like they truly, as a team, got a leg up on the competition.
So, now 3 names from the list of 103 that was supposedly confidential has been revealed. Three big names in Manny, Ortiz and A-Rod. So, uh, yeah, clearly the game had a problem.
31
Jul

This post doesn’t need me barkin’ words about it to make it more worthwhile.
The “Seinfeld” reunion Larry David swore for a decade would never happen is finally happening — but only within the fictional universe of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
The seventh season of David’s improvised HBO comedy, which returns on Sept. 20, will be centered around the TV version of David finally agreeing to do a reunion of the defining ’90s sitcom. All four “Seinfeld” castmembers — Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards — will play themselves in multiple episodes, and the season finale will feature extensive snippets of the show-within-the-show.
I haven’t had HBO for a year, but will certainly consider re-upping for this.
Larry: What’s the guy, 4 years old? He’s got to meet Julia Louis-Dreyfus! What kind of person is that?!
Cheryl: He’s a fan.
Larry: What does he expect to gain from such meeting? What does he think? He’s gonna go over there, she’s gonna be so charmed by him that all of a sudden they’ll start becoming friends? They’ll talk on the phone and go out to dinner together, go to the movies? What, start e-mailing each other? Summer vacations? Is he out of his fucking mind?!
30
Jul

"Which one of us is North Korea again?"
Lynch, professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies, tells Steve Inskeep he has always been a rap fan and is interested in parallels between rap, political science and international reactions.
I’ve known this since 1992. Ever since hearing the words,
WORD TO YOUR MOM I CAME TO DROP BOMBS.
You know, I don’t know if House of Pain was speaking about the Middle East when they penned Jump Around, but, I think what this article is getting at is that they might have.
Also, they are saying that Jay-Z is the United States and The Game is like Iran and North Korea. For those who did not know (read: me) The Game is a rapper and he said he was going to take Jay-Z’s puppy away from him. Then Jay-Z wrote a response track (I believe they called this a “battle rhyme”) in which he stated how sad he would be if he lost his puppy. Then, in verse, The Game said, “Damn right you’ll be that sad.” At which point, Jay-Z lost it and that is why these parallels to North Korea come in to play.
And all of this is chronicled to NPR by a damn professor. In the article, this professor is, I assume, telling all of this to NPR with a straight face. Seriously, he teaches students and his life is consumed by thoughts about how politics and rap parallel. It’s an example of life being awesome.
Fuck the grind, man, once you get to a position of importance do whatever you want.
30
Jul

Metastasizing cancer is so oddly beautiful.
LONDON — International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category deeming both to be definite causes of cancer.
For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as “probable carcinogens.”
I’m not entirely sure what a carcinogen is, but I think it’s one of those little cartoon forms of cancer that you see on kids’ programming. The bottom line is, tanning gives you cancer according to this study.
But you knew that. And you tanned anyway. Because damn, you got to go down to the shore this weekend and those Italian guys with the spiked hair will not even look at you if you’re not rocking at least the clementine look.
“People need to be reminded of the risks of sunbeds,” said Vincent Cogliano, one of the cancer researchers.
Right, but don’t they also need to be reminded of how pasty they’ll look if they don’t get hooked up on those tanning beds?