bout damn time am i right?

and we made it to neyland! sorry it took me so long; had to climb those hills! isn't it lovely?

here's the new gate 21. kinda pretty i guess, and the new plaza is nice, but it's gonna take some getting used to.

and here's the new face of the luxury boxes and tennessee terrace (where i sat). we'll go in in a minute.

first, let's pay our respects to general robert neyland. he's the the white one the one in the middle.

we're up inside the tennessee terrace. lokk at those graphics! they're pretty big. jussayin'.

turn your head sideways and you'll see kylie's bicycle.

i can see hodges from here!

game time!

2 good 2 b true?

Ah, our government hard at work: Late last night, the Senate unanimously passed a bill banning extremely loud television commercials. Cable companies and TV stations are now required to keep ads at the same volume as shows, so you won’t hurt yourself when surprised by unexpectedly shrieky ads (or, like, even have to look for the remote and hit the mute button). Our condolences to the Defending Useless Annoying Things lobby for not getting that filibuster organized in time. from nymag

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rihanna says thank you to us... the rihanna navy. woot.

guys agains you serving

G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) from Thomas Lennon

thx carly.

gameover, pack. it. in.

people just cannot stop talking about how auburn is the best AND super classy. here are some quotes from an article in the daily gamecock, the student newspaper of the university of south carolina, about how auburn truly is the loveliest village on the plains :

"it almost felt like there was a planned hospitality committee in this gorgeous, quaint town on the plains. we all were in awe- the only rude fans we saw were wearing garnet and black."

"jordan-hare stadium was an incredible experience due to a raucous crowd, a fantastic gameday environment and a gorgeous eagle that swooped over the stadium and sat on the sideline."

"this small town was the best of the best. before the game, friends told us all the campus was like clemson. not true. this place was pristine with class. it had character. and the people had character. they even recycled."

"thank you, auburn. you set the standard for what SEC football should be. if we have to lose, we'll lose there every time. from what we saw, you gave us the best of the south and the best college football has to offer."

you are entirely welcome!


and i know starla will love to hear what they thought of poopy old georgia :

"sure, other schools are rude. LSU and georgia are among the worst."

omg, tmai! this is perhaps the finest piece of journalism i have ever laid my eyes on.


well, i said it once, and i'll say it again, SUCK ON IT!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! we are kla$$ier than you can ever hope to be. way more kla$$i than a bunch of dumb old gamedicks. so just give up and go home! take a lesson from auburn on how to behave bitches!!!! YEAH!!!! WAR EAGLE!!!!

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ink is beautiful

how ink is made, by the printing ink company (via)

jimmy fallon and justin timberlake : a history of rap

really fun actually. via. that justin timberlake, he is good at most everything.

what is kismet doing?

kismet can totally roll over. as if there was any doubt before.

paris hilton and nancy reagan

Baby Paris with Nancy Reagan at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC. :) @ParisHilton

makes me want a panda cake real bad

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starla, your boyfriend looks ugly.

fix it.

david sedaris has a new book coming out!

In his new book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, writer, radio star, and amateur zoologist David Sedaris takes an artistic leap away from memoir and essay to channel a dark and dirty Aesop. In sixteen brief tales, Sedaris introduces readers to snotty warblers, lab rats who experience Schadenfreude, and a certain parasite that sings in a hippo’s butt. Children’s book author Ian Falconer (of Olivia books fame) illustrated the volume with warm, gorgeous illustrations — yes, even of the hippo’s butt. (via)

there's an interview here.

new morning benders song.

i love it!

new kanye feat. bon iver

i think it's pretty hot2death.

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i hope no one's going to the UT-LSU game in baton rouge this weekend. or you might see something like this.

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!

BRAD'S LEAVING RACHEL ZOE!!!


“We couldn’t stop hugging and we couldn’t stop crying,” she says. “He did this with such class and elegance. And I get it. I just told him, ‘I’m here for you always.’” (via)

that's just disgusting.

i love pizza and i love breakfast, but...

Not content with robust business from the late-night, post-drinking munchies crowd, the nation's only 24-hour Domino’s Pizza is going after breakfast, too.

The new Domino's unit in Dayton, Ohio — which franchisee Tristan Koehler opened in time for the start of the fall semester at the University of Dayton — is offering a breakfast pizza featuring eggs and cheese on a pizza crust for $7.99. (via)

no thank you.

brittany as britney.

brittany s. pierce is the best dancer. here she is knocking your socks off on britney spears' 'slave 4 u'. who knew she could sing!

did you guys like the episode? i certainly did.

why wasn't i invited?

Went to a Big block party in West Orange..the same block where Jay Z mom lives. Jay Z and Beyonce went to visit his mom when the DJ start playing music, Beyonce came out to dance with the neighbors. (via)

thx liz!

what is thomas wilhelm doing?

listening to katy perry!!!

for your humpday

puppies on treadmill

this is how a cow takes a bath

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its a britney spears sex riot!

#glee ladybird johnson had a tramp stamp.

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from @rihanna:

Wuddup RihannaNavy, here's a little taste of #LOUD Meet me @ my facebook page for more...

ostriches. because they are weird.

and i thought you would like them.

a day with robyn

robyn looks like she would be so much fun to hang out with and be best friends with.

glee : britney / brittany

tonight is the highly anticipated britney spears episode of glee. dont forget to tune in your DVRs. also, go ahead and read nymag interview with heather morris to get some insight. it is relatively spoiler-free.

true grit trailer

my granddad (not italian) had an entire collection of john wayne vhs movies that i would watch the shit out of when i was visiting their house during the summer growing up. im really looking forward to this.

sarah palin gets less than she deserves.

what is kismet doing?

trying to get smarter, also known as mastering "roll over."

my italian heritage

here is a picture my crazy family that my crazy italian aunt put on facebook. my grandmother sadie rosalee spinosa is the lady at the bottom of that triangle of girls near the top left.

also, can you find the puppy in this picture?

tennessee football flag - tennessee traditions

tennessee already has the most glorious state flag in america, even the world, but now it has been improved for football season. buy one for your flag pole.

michelle obama and chantal biya

first ladies. i mean it.

twilight baby.

they cast renesmee!


Nine-year-old Mackenzie Foy has been cast as Renesmee, and EW reports that the actress will play the younger (but fast-aging) character using Benjamin Button–style facial-transfer trickery. If the special effects are anywhere near as good as the Twilight saga's terrible CG wolves, we are in for some solid gold right here. (via)

i'll be honest, i'd all but forgotten this movie was happening. let the countdown begin!

drunk-drivin'-est cities.

c2e.

Cities with the most drunk driving offenders
1. San Diego
2. San Jose
3. Charlotte
4. Phoenix
5. Columbus
6. Indianapolis
7. Los Angeles
8. San Francisco
9. Austin
10. Jacksonville
11. San Antonio
12. Dallas
13. Houston
14. Fort Worth
15. Memphis
16. Philadelphia
17. New York
18. Baltimore
19. Chicago
20. Detroit

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what is lulu doing?

getting f***ed up!

thx nanners!

what is jazzy doing?

catching some rays. thx mom!

what is isabella doing?

hiding. 

can you find her? 

thx melissa!

what are louise + yuki doing?

celebrating twosie tuesday.

and being totes BFFs 4e.

thx lilly!!!

well, that's interesting.

turns out atheists and jews know more about the bible than christians!

Researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and other world religions, famous religious figures and the constitutional principles governing religion in public life.

On average, people who took the survey answered half the questions incorrectly, and many flubbed even questions about their own faith.

Those who scored the highest were atheists and agnostics, as well as two religious minorities: Jews and Mormons. The results were the same even after the researchers controlled for factors like age and racial differences. (via)

test your knowledge in a similar quiz, here.

genius news.

jicydak, i just started watching the wire on dvd. every wednesday, lillywhitefish and i (and sometimes g.animalz, too. if attendees were vowels, she would be the Y.) have wire wednesdays, during which i try to power through as many episodes as possible before lilly falls asleep on the couch (last week, we made it through .5). joel started with us when he was visiting, and now he's also watching them at home. we just finished season one, but he's probably farther along.

we all love the show, so you can imagine my delight to hear this morning that its creator, david simon, was just awarded a macarthur genius grant!

David Simon, creator of the HBO television series "The Wire," is among 23 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants" - news that left him with what he described as "a vague sense of guilt."

The $500,000 grants were announced Tuesday by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The money, paid quarterly over five years, comes with no strings, allowing winners unfettered freedom to pursue their creativity.

Simon's guilt stemmed from already being amply funded in an industry that's "a little bit recession-proof," he said. Still, the award's prestige will go far with network executives. While critically acclaimed, Simon's dissection of urban problems in "The Wire" and more recently "Treme" hasn't yet scored Emmys or high Nielsen ratings.

"It makes it easier to go into the room with the network and argue against doing the usual thing in television," Simon said. His next pitch? The history of the CIA since World War II and a housing desegregation fight in Yonkers are two subjects inspiring him now. "Not all these things have the best possible commercial outlook," he said. (via)

RIP wallace!! (spoiler alert retroactive!)

detroit : more than urban decay porn

johnny knoxville (natch) tools around detroit looking for the hip white people who are trying to make it cool again. its actually a pretty fascinating little documentary about how to recycle a failed city. part 2 part 3


i think this is autoplay... sorry.

lolz... P-Nut was on ellen

Music that plays in DJ's class

This came on today. I thought of you guys. come to VA to visit!

eat dinner at chili's tonight!

read carly's post based on dan's tweet if you want to know why dinner at chili's is a good idea tonight.

queso? fajita pita? margarita? chips n salsa?

speaking of the atlantic antic

if you were there, did you see this guy? he was there.

movie challenge

there are 26 film clues hidden in this animated short. if you can spot them all and send in the titles, you can win a dvd of each of them. look here.

my name's lucky...

and i have a secret.

oops!

you're never going to believe this, but.

the guy who owns segway....drove a segway off a cliff this weekend and is dead.

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new snuffles streaming.

sufjan stevens' new album, the age of adz, is streaming on npr, jicyww.

hopefully, he can make this crappy morning a little bit better. i'm counting on you, snuffles. don't let me down.

UPDATE: well, that was a hot mess. what do y'all think?

monday.

gchatz w/ john (feat. a surprise guest)

me: im going to have some time to kill. john, if you're around, we can look for plants in the [trinity church] cemetery
john: go to hell
just.kidding.
me: i was being totally serious
john: are you making a terrarium too?
me: no, i wanted to help with yours
john: i suppose i do need a new fern
me: sure you do
and i need to pay my respects to alexander hamilton
win-win
john: but do you have a plastic bag for me to put it in?
b/c i don't
me: i can see what's laying around here in the office
charlotte: losers

(john's terrarium....isn't it adorbz?)

trendspotting : throat-slashing!

you might recall joel's little internet rule of three, wherein he sees something on the internet three times, and assigns some kind of arbitrary and excessive significance to it. well, he's not the only one with an eye out for today's hottest trends. i'm here to tell you about a little observation i've made, involving the latest fashion in rage: throat-slashing.

allow me to illustrate:

first, this white guy slashed his cab driver's throat just because he said he was a muslim! theeeeeenn, this guy slashed his college's dean's throat, just because he was possessed by satan! and last night, a diplomat was found on the floor of his apartment in the bronx, dead from a throat-slashing, just for being a nicaraguan!

point is, if you have any hope of earning the approval of your peers this fall, head on out and pick up the season's must-have accessories: a sharp knife and a short fuse.

FREE LINDSAY!

you look great, girl. you'll be out in no time.

everyone just loved lil p-nut last time.

so here is some more of our favorite memphis child rapper

everybody look at isabella.

auburn is the best!

a few quotes from the 'gameday' crew, about their experience on auburn's campus last weekend:

"the fans are great, the campus is beautiful...i love it here."

"auburn might be the most charming campus, town, atmosphere and environment in all of the southeast...it's just a great mix of tradition, academic emphasis and football."

"we've always said, and we said it last night in our production meeting for gameday, auburn is one of the most respectful crowds in terms of its fan base...i think that there are two reasons for that. not only is it the manners of all the people here, but i also think there is a respect and appreciation for the sport itself. obviously, everyone loves their team, but i think they love the sport as well. you don't find that everywhere."

so we're the best AND the most polite. SUCK ON THAT YOU A-HOLES!!!!111 YEAH! WAR EAGLE!!!!

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i spy with my little eye

in other memphis news...

katy perry tweeted this pic today of russell brand and herself visiting graceland. @katyperry

kroger at highland playing my jams

i was there buying taco ingredients and heard the best music.

first:


then:


lucky for me i own both of these on compact disc so i can dig through my music boxes and put them back into heavy rotation on my itunes. thx kroger!

nymag pronunciation guide

sofia vergara demonstrates how best to pronounce "shia labeouf"

hear shia labeouf pronounce the word "epitome"

johnny depp, by tim burton. srsly.

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flying, idea by leonardo da vinci

HPO Flight from U of T Engineering on Vimeo.

this is hypnotizing and sort of beautiful.

A Canadian university student has done what Leonardo da Vinci had only dreamt of: piloted a human-powered "wing-flapping" plane! Called an ornithopter, and the inspiration for modern day helicopters, the machine was first sketched by Da Vinci way back in 1485 and never actually built.

chunk, i need you.

via @chelseahandler

sesame street : true mud

this is JUST what it's like!

question for you...

what was your reaction to glee's new cast member, sam (played by "chord overstreet")?

well look at you!

more like tricera-CUTE!

Fossils of two new species of horned dinosaurs closely related to the Triceratops have been discovered in southern Utah, scientists revealed Wednesday. (via)