Yo Gabba Gabba - New Stoner Craze!

I'm never going to get around to watching this show (that's what the intertubes are for), but apparently this is the new hip thing to watch while hitting the binger. If the below clip is any indication of what the rest of the show is like, consider me baked.

So unnecessary.

My ex-wife, Scarlett Johanson, has recorded an album of Tom Waits covers. I remember arguing with her about that during our time together. She kept insisting it would boost her career, and I told her that she didn't need it. I then proceeded to tell her that if she went through with the record that we were through. Well, she called my bluff. Here's video evidence:

Ooo! My ears hurt. And what's Salman Rushdie doing in the video?

And yes, that's Bowie on backing vocals.

Should Florida and Michigan count?

No.

This is a flimsy argument at best. Consider the following hypothetical scenario. Lets say that after this past college football season, the people who were in charge of scheduling the bowl games, scheduled the championship game (Sugar Bowl) at a time that the NCAA and the sponsors felt was unfair. As punishment, the NCAA threw down the gauntlet and said there would be no championship game and the eventual number one team in the nation would be determined by some combination of the USA Today, AP, and Coaches polls. However, on the proposed day of the Sugar Bowl, only Ohio State showed up to New Orleans, suited, and took the field with the ball. Then they proceeded to walk down with the ball to the end zone that was supposed to be defended by LSU, and claimed they had just scored. After following this process for 60 minutes, Ohio State then claimed they had won the game and therefore were National Champions, even though they a) had no opponent; b) had previously agreed that this game would not count; and c) the NCAA, who is in charge of the decision, says it doesn't count. This is basically the logic the Clinton campaign works with.

We really have our work cut out for us.

This is one of the more depressing things I've read in a while. The ability of our generation to produce future generations of humans who will discover amazing things, and develop innovative ideas begins with what happens in the classroom. Unfortunately, even our biology teachers are indoctrinating our children with the superstitions of our ancestors, as 16% of them are creationist myth-believers. This means that a significant number of our children are being taught that evidence is not a necessary part of science education.
What teachers wish to believe outside of the classroom is their own business, but if we do not start raising the bar on what our teachers know about a subject (like evolution) then we are failing our children.

Music confession

I need to make a confession about my musical tastes. This may get me shunned by my peers, but I need to come clean. After some thought, and many many attempts to appreciate this band, I am going to reveal to the world that I'm just not that into Radiohead. I'm sorry. It's not that I haven't tried, nor is it like I misunderstand their influence or innovative styles. It's just that they're not my cup of tea. I mean, The Bends is pretty good, and I enjoy Kid A, but that's it. OK Computer - eh. Amnesiac - boring! Hail to the Theif - I'll pass, thanks. I don't see what the big deal is, really. And I don't mean this as some kind of Radiohead backlash. It's just that I could care less about them. Radiohead, shmadiohead. There, I said it.

100 Seasons of my discontent

After the Flyers were eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday in game in which they totally shit the bed losing 6-0 to the Penguins. (That game fucking sucked to watch, by the way.) Anyway, the Flyers' loss marks now the 100 season played by a major Philadelphia sports team (from MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL) in which that team failed to win a championship. Dating all the way back to 1983, my home town possesses the longest drought of any city that has a team from all the four major sports.

And don't think this milestone has gone unnoticed. No, CNNSI has chronicled this futility. Um, thanks for that, guys.

I'm also certain that it will be 102 before the end of this year. I'm dreading the Eagles' season. We are gonna suck.