tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58210152024-03-17T03:27:32.322-04:00snap culturesnap judgments about pop culture, sports, politics, etc.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-24132582343716419532008-07-09T18:00:00.003-04:002008-07-09T18:01:42.778-04:00This could grow to be my favorite new internet memeRe-programming the Showbiz Pizza Place's Rock-afire Explosion to play modern songs. Man, I used to love this place.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-15078470883733124402008-06-25T10:55:00.002-04:002008-06-25T10:56:09.588-04:00Back againIt's been a while, but this Joel Achenbach piece on GPS navigation was worth posting for.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-28897054742334156252008-05-02T16:40:00.001-04:002008-05-02T16:40:28.466-04:00HilariousFacebook in real-life...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-12511764311436578362008-04-25T16:55:00.001-04:002008-04-25T16:56:42.179-04:00Of course...as soon as I post that pinball story, i see that gawker has ripped into it, saying it's a rehash of a BusinessWeek story from a few years ago.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-43848631047109064862008-04-25T16:44:00.001-04:002008-04-25T16:45:40.583-04:00Sure plays a mean pinballA story about the last pinball manufacturer in the world. That's kind of sad.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-31655228188389253922008-04-03T14:14:00.002-04:002008-04-03T14:20:46.763-04:00They're Baaaaaack!The New Kids on the Block are reuniting! Everyone get out your old issues of Tiger Beat (with fold-out posters of Jonathan Brandis or Scott Baio) to get autographed at their upcoming world tour.Clearly, this isn't going to be some trip down memory lane: "'I had no interest going out on a nostalgia tour and singing the same material,' said Wahlberg, 38....But he added: 'We absolutely will do the benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-12596580779984754672008-04-02T12:03:00.003-04:002008-04-02T12:09:46.379-04:00The Cubs have made me stronger, or weaker, or whateverAn op-ed in the Times describes the benefits of willpower thusly:[C]onsistently doing any activity that requires self-control seems to increase willpower — and the ability to resist impulses and delay gratification is highly associated with success in life.And then there's this from George Will:The sometimes terrible truth is that being a sports fan is a physical phenomenon as well as a benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-34482916413989032252008-04-01T11:10:00.001-04:002008-04-01T11:11:49.039-04:00booming spaghetti cropI don't think we'll ever see a harvest quite like 1957's bounty:benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-44054444272743296302008-03-31T09:53:00.000-04:002008-03-31T09:54:21.801-04:00Big Wheels RuleI am having a productive morning:benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-42114888652876044332008-03-31T09:11:00.001-04:002008-03-31T09:13:36.952-04:00Dancer Risks EverythingI can only assume that Cassie must have visited one of the local nightclub establishments where teens hang out and perform spontaneous, elaborately choreographed one-on-one dance competitions to the music of a young gentleman named Soulja Boy, among others," head instructor James Tillingford said. "Of course, there's no way Cassie could have infiltrated this subculture, unless she entered a benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-64091372235409653262008-03-31T08:42:00.001-04:002008-03-31T08:43:38.971-04:00the beauty of the Mad Magazine Fold-InIn an electronic feature of the New York Times. And an article about the artist who's done all 400+.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-49650221333317698382008-03-25T13:59:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:02:03.843-04:00ay dios mio!I am on a youtube kick:benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-49965457111631708392008-03-24T16:33:00.002-04:002008-03-24T16:35:40.725-04:00Oh, NEO-GEO, how I am glad I never spent hundreds of dollars on youA fascinating history of the video game console. TurboGrafx16, 3DO, Sega CD, how we don't miss thee.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-23513135825464703792008-03-24T13:56:00.000-04:002008-03-24T13:57:03.571-04:00not sure how i missed thisIt's from 2004, but it still works:benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-3312342229078992382008-03-21T11:03:00.003-04:002008-03-21T11:07:46.288-04:00Those crazy days of ProdigyI never had Prodigy, but had friends who did, and I remember those days of staring at the computer screen for minutes while some news story or page of baseball statistics loaded up over a 14k or 28k modem. Man, those were the days. I mean, literally. That's what it felt like.In any case, Deadspin alerts us to this NYT story from 1992 on the early days of computer-assisted fantasy baseball. It Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-87307342412856549992008-03-19T13:01:00.003-04:002008-03-19T13:04:02.613-04:00my parents might disagree...but they would be wrong.[found on digg]benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-3849774632432475532008-03-19T08:02:00.001-04:002008-03-19T08:03:18.109-04:00Black Guy Asks Nation for ChangeBrilliant. [The Onion]benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-42193682703306488402008-03-14T10:09:00.001-04:002008-03-14T10:11:09.672-04:00sieve sieve sieve! it's all your fault!Here's reason #1 why hockey is the best spectator sport at the University of Michigan.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-3943858131808583102008-03-13T13:24:00.001-04:002008-03-13T13:28:26.260-04:00undoubtedly spinning in his graveFrom the New York Times, an article on the Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-27128297569456412312008-03-12T16:19:00.004-04:002008-03-12T16:21:54.039-04:00I can't think of a better useIf you looked like Nicholas Cage, how would you exploit the celebrity-impersonating opportunities? An Italian TV personality duped Real Madrid into thinking he was Nick Cage, posing for photos with the players and then sitting in the owners box for the Real / AS Roma Champions League game. Well played, sir. That's way more useful than trying to use your resemblance to pick up women in bars. benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-8287828038188617292008-03-07T12:01:00.003-05:002008-03-07T12:03:12.379-05:00I thought that after high school, he's going straight to the pros?And yes, I just dropped a Lil' Romeo lyrics reference on you:A Hot Prospect? Lil' Romeo's scholarship to USC is a perfect L.A. story, involving a music mogul, a child TV star and basketball. [From the WSJ]Nothing wrong with giving an injured 5'10" point guard who averages 9 points a game a scholarship to one of the top programs in the country. Nope.benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-52137145732497212942008-03-04T10:44:00.001-05:002008-03-04T10:46:56.307-05:00Good RiddanceCareer Record vs. Bears: 22-10Career Record at Soldier Field: 12-3Touchdowns vs. Bears: 55[I love that picture, it's from Deadspin]benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-90057879001362306372008-02-25T20:28:00.001-05:002008-02-25T20:28:37.258-05:00Star Wars as told by a 3-year-oldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-89374994457230602432008-02-22T10:00:00.004-05:002008-02-22T10:13:28.864-05:00My Oscar PicksHere are my choices and my predictions for this year's Oscars:Best Picture My Choice: No Country for Old MenPrediction: No Country for Old MenBest ActorMy Choice: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be BloodPrediction: Daniel Day-LewisBest Actress My Choice: ? (I've only seen Juno out of the five films)Prediction: Julie Christie, Away from HerBest Supporting Actor My Choice: Javier Bardem, No Country benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821015.post-76248806922228231722008-02-21T18:47:00.002-05:002008-02-21T18:50:02.694-05:00gas prices are gonna go way way upJust look at the graph, gas will need to rise by 40% to align with oil prices. $4.23 a gallon anyone? [From Felix Salmon.]benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03015606315027915728noreply@blogger.com0