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new lady gaga song leaked

sounds pretty terrible, but i imagine post-production will help a lot.

glenn beck = still an idiot

from the white house blog:

RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]

REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 - 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively.

sarah palin's book cover

(via)

rio de janeiro selected

for the 2016 olympics.

dotzzzz.

click here if you'd like to enjoy yourself for once.

sesame street mad men

gulp!

this guy had a double hand transplant!!

"They told him it will be at least until the end of the year before those nerves get down into those fingers," Doris Schafer said. "Then he'll begin to do things." (via)

welx.

goodness.

kristen stewart featured in interview magazine.

nErD aLeRt!

Beijing based MAD Architects has recently completed the design for the Taichung Convention Center, its first project in Taiwan commissioned by the Taiwanese government. (via)

y'all hear about this?

David Letterman, the late night talk show host, said on his show on Thursday that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt over charges of sexual affairs with staff members, claims that he conceded were true. (via)

jicyww.

chicago just lost the bid for the 2016 olympics. sorry, obamas. ;(

space ship launch

cool picture. i recently decided (while driving 10 hours in a budget truck) that i am NOT interested in space travel. no icees for miles.

most quiet (quietest?) place on earth

microsoft built this anechoic chamber to measure the sounds emitted by its hardware. the floor is a trampoline suspended over more triangle sound absorbers. balance is affected, and this place will drive you crazy. check out the link to see the pictures that show the scale of this thing.