Jay-Z: Brooklyn Go Hard

I don't think there's much by Jay-Z that I don't love:


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Being A Better Blogger

For over a year now I have endeavoured to be as truthful and forthright a blogger as is possible but I will admit that at certain times I have come across the occasional picture/video/article on several different sites and posted these without giving due credit to the first site where I ran across the material, either out of laziness, forgetfulness or a combination of the two. This post is merely to pledge to make a serious effort in the future to attribute everything I post to its rightful source. It's good karma (although I really don't believe in that) but more importantly, it's the right and honest thing to do. Thanks for indulging me.

Penquins Go South On April 1st

While I hope many of you went for my April Fool's joke extolling the virtues of the virtually worthless technology that is Twitter yesterday I have to admit that it pales in comparison to this one put out by the BBC last year:

Picture Of The Day

The painting "No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford" by Brandon Bird. You can check out his other stuff at his site.

Shii, A Wii For The Ladies

Yes, this is a sexist video but it's also damn funny so lighten up:

The Right On Obama: Attack, Attack, Attack

One of the reasons I (and many others, from what the polls are saying) have a hard time taking most of what the right wing in this country has to say about pretty much anything right now is the fact that they have decided to attack and vilify President Obama at every turn for pretty much anything he says or does. Example:

Now of course a six-year-old spending two minutes on Google could have discovered that the Queen's existing iPod was without video capability and that she had requested the gift Obama gave her but then the story wouldn't have been nearly as damning, plus I'm not willing to give Sean Hannity credit for that degree of intellectual and technological prowess. But more to the point: are you expecting any kind of retraction or correction from these people? Yeah, neither am I. Just par for the course at this point.

Quote For The Day

"The notion that there is anyone of significance on the American left who still believes in anything approaching genuine socialism is pure fantasy. That debate, to the extent it ever really happened in this country, was settled a long time ago. What we're dealing with right now are differences of opinion regarding how best to manage the failure of a number of major companies. It's not a debate about socialism vs. capitalism; it's a debate about methods of damage control. But many conservatives have so deluded themselves with their own propaganda that they're not even capable of following the conversation any more. So instead they spend all day indulging in paranoid delusions and debates that have no relevance to current events. It's a sad spectacle." -The Anonymous Liberal

I highly encourage you to read the entire post. This kind of common sense analysis is needed to counter the hysterical and incessant cacophony of the wingnut right during these trying times.

Picture Of The Day

The Obamas meet the royal family at Buckingham Palace while in London for the G20 summit. I was going to write an "old-school/new-school juxtaposition" comment but I think the picture says it better than I ever could.

Star Wars As The Opening To Dallas

As a Texas boy/Star Wars fan I just had to post this one:

Follow Brain Rage On Twitter

Yes, you read the title to this post correctly and yes, I know that I've talked a fair amount of shit about this relatively new social networking service to some of you in the past but that was before I really looked into it and recognized the potential it represents for the future of blogging and information sharing. Plus, a friend clued me in to a new feature that has just been released that I already totally love. Now I know that a lot of you are probably still skeptical about this service so before I make it an integral part of this site all I ask is that you take a few minutes of your time and check out my free account at this link, and then tell me that you aren't as impressed as I was by its potential. Thanks.

[Update: OK, so this was obviously an April Fool's post and apparently The Guardian.uk had the same Twitter idea while Andrew Sullivan totally got me with the Rick Roll. I'm such a sucker.]