Jim Carrey's Website Is Hella Trippy

It's a bit creepy and surreal coming from the guy who used to speak out of his ass but also quite interesting. And I couldn't locate the "childhood vaccinations cause autism" section but maybe I'm just not crazy enough. You can check it out here.

Evil Prank Of The Day

Ingenious in its simplicity and hilarious in its execution:


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Picture Of The Day II

Someone finally has President Obama's back:

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican member of the Cabinet, feigns being a blocking back for President Barack Obama as he arrives backstage to meet with GOP House leaders before speaking to their issues conference at the Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, 2010.

I'd rather have Rahmbo blocking for me; he's small but he's scrappy.

SNL: An Apology From Rahm Emanuel

This was nice of him:


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Picture Of The Day

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's left hand, during her recent keynote speech at the first Tea Bagger convention in Nashville, TN, in which she referred to President Obama as a “guy with a teleprompter”. It says:

"Energy"

"Budget [crossed out] (Cuts)"

"Tax"

"Lift American spirits"

Apparently the notes weren't for her speech for which she used prepared remarks but rather the question and answer session that followed, when she was glancing at them. These are supposedly her core ideological principles, and she had to write them on her damn hand. If you support this woman for national office I automatically dismiss your political arguments out of hand (pun intended) at this point.

[Update: I didn't notice it at first but she's wearing a POW/MIA bracelet with her son Track's name on it, although he's neither a prisoner of war nor is he missing in action. Do you suppose she just doesn't know what those bracelets are for or is this a strategy of switching out the youngest son for the oldest son as a political prop? I wouldn't put either possibility past her.]

If Famous Filmmakers "Directed" The Super Bowl

Apparently I don't watch enough pretentious art films because a few of these didn't really impress me (and I'm pretty sure that I could make a pretty decent Wes Anderson parody at this point) but do I liked the combination of the footage in the Tarantino trailer:

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I'm 36 Today...

...but I don't feel a day over 35 ½ . I'd recommend having your birthday on Super Bowl Sunday if you have the means; any day you're drinking beers and watching football is a good day, regardless of which milestone you're passing on the inexorable march towards death. My only complaint is that everyone tries to give you those combination birthday/Super Bowl presents. Cheap bastards.

Picture Of The Day

17 museum admission buttons from around the world. Posted merely because I like these things.

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Spray-On Glass To Revolutionize The World

The future is here and it has super-thin glass sprayed all over it:

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products

The liquid glass spray (technically termed “SiO₂ ultra-thin layering”) consists of almost pure silicon dioxide (silica, the normal compound in glass) extracted from quartz sand. Water or ethanol is added, depending on the type of surface to be coated. There are no additives, and the nano-scale glass coating bonds to the surface because of the quantum forces involved. According to the manufacturers, liquid glass has a long-lasting antibacterial effect because microbes landing on the surface cannot divide or replicate easily...

The liquid glass spray produces a water-resistant coating only around 100 nanometers (15-30 molecules) thick. On this nanoscale the glass is highly flexible and breathable. The coating is environmentally harmless and non-toxic, and easy to clean using only water or a simple wipe with a damp cloth. It repels bacteria, water and dirt, and resists heat, UV light and even acids. UK project manager with Nanopool, Neil McClelland, said soon almost every product you purchase will be coated with liquid glass.

Finally. The cell phones have been getting pretty cool lately and I love that space tourism still seems like a viable industry but truth be told I was starting to doubt whether I'd get to see some of these super-science technologies I've been reading about in science-fiction for decades. Now bring on the flying cars and robotic mistresses.

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Something Someone Else Said

"At the Republican caucus, they held up -- they said, we've got a plan; it's going to provide everybody coverage at no cost. And I said, well, if that were true, why wouldn't I take it? My wife Michelle thinks I'm stubborn sometimes, but I'm not that stubborn. Okay, let me think. I could have everybody get health care coverage that's high quality, and it's free, which I'll bet is really popular. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to go through the pain of really working through this hard process in Congress, getting yelled at and called a socialist, because I just -- that's how I roll. I'm a glutton for punishment. (Laughter.)

No, look, if this were easy and simple, first of all, somebody would have done it before. Seven Presidents have failed at this; seven Congresses have failed at this. If this was simple, it would have already been done. It's not." -Barack Obama, yesterday.

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