hills recap

Was this muddled, factory-cut couple ever really a couple? Or were they simply drawn into each other's hungry orbits by the pull of MTV's dark gravity? Did they see in each other a collection of warm pockets in which they could entrust their hearts and other body parts, or was it merely a cold transaction, like buying deli meats at the supermarket? I suspect it was probably somewhere in between—their relationship was probably akin to that of organ grinder and monkey assistant. They love each other a bit, yes, but mostly it's about the work, about the money. Plus one of them is covered in fur. (gawker)

what is kismet doing?

answer: reading 2Pz

approval matrix test

pretty good this week!

red = things we covered
yellow = things we almost covered
brown = things we encouraged j.midget to cover but he blew it

we appear to be honing in on a territory...brilliant, halfway between high-brow and low-brow. and that's right where we always wanted to be.

what the deuce?!--my HAND (medical problems)

Alien hand syndrome--those words just jump off the screen. What do they mean? My first guess was, "omg, like lobster-claw hands?" But no, this is cereal:

Alien hand syndrome is a perplexing and uncommon clinical diagnosis. We report an unusual manifestation of alien hand syndrome in a 73-yr-old man with a right anterior cerebral artery infarct affecting the right medial frontal cortex and the anterior portion of the corpus callosum. We conclude that alien hand syndrome should be considered in patients who present with a feeling of alienation of one or both upper limbs accompanied by complex purposeful involuntary movement. - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (BGOH), Port Jefferson, New York, USA.

The implication is thus: Involuntary masturbation as a manifestation of stroke-related alien hand syndrome.

OOPS!

veggie-kitty

Dante the rescued tom is a cat which is thought to be the UK's only vegetarian cat - and turns his whiskers up at anything but organic fruit and vegetables.

thx g.

meOW!

a kitty cat gets loose at the mets season opener last night!

puppy bouquets!

i sure hope this trend takes off. thx g.

r.i.p. gaybraham

jicyww, on this day in 1865, abraham lincoln was assassinated.

side note: legend has it that honest abe traded in his beaver-skin hat for his first top hat upon a visit to new york in 1860 to speak at cooper union's great hall.

zomg.

bruuuuuuuuce! im not sure how this makes me feel, but that blazer is gorgeous. i guess i'm glad to see he is supportive of his players' other interests.

go vols.

speaking of 'at it again'...

britney emBEARasses herself again by yelling 'what's up sacremento!!!' when she's actually in san jose.

bo the "quasi-rescue dog"

"The twists and turns of the Portuguese water dog's route to the White House make for the kind of intrigue that political junkies and the highly opinionated dog world delight in." ...pardon? (AP)

philippe petit's at it again!

Mr. Petit says he will perform a high-wire walk in the fall in Midtown Manhattan. It will be high, it will be long, and it will be outdoors in a very recognizable location that he does not want revealed quite yet — arrangements are not final. (nytimes)

thx bunners.

i'm passin' out.

way to handle it, glenn.

bears are the new sharks.

i watched a show last night called 'bear attack!' about bears in alaska and how crazy they are, and i learned a few things i didn't know. for starters, i did NOT know that brown bears and grizzly bears were the same gd kind of bear. and they can run 40 mph!! another other kind of bear in alaska is the black bear. they are smaller and meeker than other bears, but you still shouldn't mess with them too much. if you know what's good for you. i dont think i need to familiarize anyone with polar bears. the media has been over-saturated with these attention whores for years. then there is the majestic kodiak bear, which is basically just a big brown/grizzle bear. made famous by sarah palin not being able to shut up about them, kodiaks are the world's largest bear, averaging around 10 feet tall. finally, the only kind of bear crazier than an alaskan bear is a russian bear.

don't worry about fact-checking any of this. it's all accurate. just wanted to make sure you all know as much as i know about bears. which isnt very much, especially compared to my knowledge of sharks.

(and one other thing you should know is that dave valdini thinks that bears are just people in bear-suits. and that notion makes me ctm at least 3 times a week.)

nErD aLeRt!

looks like peter zumthor got the prize for being the biggest architecture nerd this year!! (nytimes)