Optician Goes Crazy
Adam Plimmer, owner of King West Opticians, was accused of selling fake Gucci and Oakley glasses, operating without a license, and giving out bad prescriptions. A reporter lines up an interview with Plimmer only to be assaulted and hit with snowballs.
Hilarious.
Husband and… Husband?
That kid looks and sounds an awful lot like I did when I was that young.
$40 says he’s Jewish.
Google Maps Adds Bike Lane Option
The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.
Google spent the past six months tweaking its mapping service so it could recommend routes that would steer bicyclists away from big hills and heavily congested streets. The feature can be used to pinpoint bicycling trails in more than 150 cities.
Bike directions already have been available on some smaller web sites, but Google is the first major internet mapping service provider to add the option.
March Madness: You Already Know!
My buddy Paul and I were talking last week about America’s fascination with college sports and sports betting. Other countries don’t have the college sports experience we have here in the States. They generally only care about futbol, cricket, and techno music. College football might draw the biggest crowds, but the men’s college basketball tournament is hands down the greatest sporting event in the country. Argue all you want, but nothing compares to the excitement and energy of March Madness.
This year’s tournament is shaping up nicely. The Ohio State Buckeyes are ranked #6 in the country and have a chance to grab a #1 tourney seed if they win the Big Ten Tournament next week. Led by Big Ten player of the Year and National Player of the Year candidate Evan Turner (pictured above; missed 6 games with a BROKEN BACK), The Bucks hope to make a deep run in the tournament. Coach Thad Matta took The Bucks to the National Championship game in 2007, but lost to Florida 84-75. Hopefully this year they can come back to Columbus with a national title.
Another star for the Buckeyes is senior bench-warmer Mark Titus. He runs a blog called Club Trillion which gives his “life views from the end of the bench.” The blog was featured on Bill Simmons’ podcast and blew up over night with over 2.5 million hits in 18 months. Titus continues to gain more readers with his comedy and unique perspective. Club Trillion teamed up with Homage Clothing to produce the famous Club Trill shirts that over 2,000 students wore at last week’s senior game. Here is a video Mark made to quiet all the bench-warming haters.
The Bucks will have to get through some tough competition if they want the Championship. Syracuse, Kentucky, Duke, and Kansas are the teams to beat. Syracuse is playing extremely well and Duke is loaded just like they have been for the past 10 years. Kansas, led by senior guard Sherron Collins, will almost definitely make a Final Four run.
Kentucky’s star freshman John Wall is probably the biggest name in college basketball. If the NBA didn’t require players to spend a year playing college ball, Wall would have been a first round draft pick out of high school. Kentucky lost a few games but they are poised to make a deep tournament run. John Wall is probably the most athletic guard in the country and his highlight mix explains why.
I’m taking off the entire month of March and setting up a blogging compound for the tourney. Who knows? I think I might even check out a sports book while I’m at it to really take my madness to the fullest! GET READY FOR BRACKET FEVER!!!
Kobe Has Ice in His Veins
-Peljam
RAAAAANDY Accuses Justin Bieber of Ripping Off his Song
Aziz Ansari is definitely one of the funniest comedians out right now. Can’t wait for the entire mixtape to drop. I wouldn’t be surprised if Aziz got some big names to help him out.
RAAAAAAAAAAAANDY!
Anatomy of a Hoodrat
There is also an alternative possibility. What makes this one so amazing is the guy on top is not wearing pants.
LIL B – PRETTY BOY (SOUL TRAIN EDIT) (NSFW AUDIO)
Thanks to Cashola for sending this over.
Soul Train by itself is amazing, but this mashup takes it to another level.
How to Use a Treadmill
If you’re on a treadmill and a camera is rolling, chances are it’s going to end like this.
It looks like he hit the front brake, but upon closer analysis you can see him stop the front wheel with his foot. Nice job.
Better Than Ice Cream, Vol. 67 by Wes Keyes
It’s been quite a while since the last B.T.I.C. and even longer since the one before that. I’ll make an effort to post more. Anyhow, I’ve been sitting around listening to some new tunes and checking in on bands that I haven’t heard from in a while when I came across the Smashing Pumpkins. They have a new album out! Yes, the same Smashing Pumpkins that you might remember from 7th and 8th grade or whenever it happened to be for you, has come out with a new album. Now, before you get all excited and ready to relive the wonder years with your old Everclear and Silverchair albums, I must let you know that Smashing Pumpkins are TERRIBLE now. And I’m not just saying that, if you don’t believe me go check them out for yourselves.
So, in light of your recent broken hearts over how much of a deuche Billy Corgan is (see RS article), here are some tracks. They’re not necessarily new but here are some albums that don’t suck…
Bowerbirds, Upper Air, “Ghost Life“
The Raleigh North Carolina group will be playing Oberlin College on Mar. 11
Jose Gonzalez, Veneer, “Crosses“
Veneer was the first album from Jose released in 03, In Our Nature was released in 2007.
The Wrens, Meadowlands,”This Boy Is Exhausted“
July 2002: the wrens throw drunken hoe-down to celebrate final completion of the Meadowlands. Party highlights include erasure of all Meadowlands multi-track master tapes.
Washed Out, Life Of Leisure “New Theory“
Bedroom synth-pop out of Georgia
Also check out the new albums out from Editors, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Blitzen Trapper Black River Killer EP, The XX (playing the Wex in April) and Surfer Blood.
Antarctic Glacier’s Blood-Red Waterfall
My buddy Greg posted this on Facebook earlier today. No, this is not the blood of thousands of clubbed seals.
Roughly 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist without heat, light, or oxygen, and are essentially the definition of “primordial ooze.” The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the waterfall its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within.
Snowboarding Dogs
Are bulldogs the only breed that can snowboard and skateboard?
Designer Drugs @ Axis March 18th
This is a pretty big show for Columbus. Tickets are on sale now at {milk bar}.
Theres’ a bunch of mix links on their MySpace page.
Click here for the Facebook event page.
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