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This guy must be the coolest person ever, and, in the process, he’s created what must easily be the greatest time-lapsed documentary on building an ice rink in your backyard set to Coldplay’s “Clocks” ever produced.  In all seriousness, though, this is amazing…for some reason:

Every year I enjoy making this rink in my backyard to play hockey on. This year I thought it would be a neat idea to make a time lapse of the process of getting the rink put together. While starting to play hockey in kindergarten I would always use the pool in my backyard to ice skate on every single winter. It doesn’t require as much effort to get set up, but the demensions are smaller. This rink is 50 feet by 30 feet, and is located in Massachusetts.

Told ya.

[via Puck Daddy]

I don’t need to say anything, just enjoy:

[via The Awl]

Presumably, this was during the Flyers’ excruciating loss to the Atlanta Thrashers last night, who managed to blow a two-goal lead going into the 3rd period for the first time in 24 games; luckily, two “Green Men” made watching video from the game worth it:

[via Bakes]

EXTRA:

You can see Mac talking about the actual origins of Greenman here (worth watching):

Tags: green man, green men, hockey, it's always sunny in philadelphia, NHL, philadelphia flyers, Philly, Sporting, TV, what's funnier than TWO freaking green men

American author J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday at the age of 91.  Most famous for his definitive coming-of-age novel “Catcher in the Rye,” Salinger was similarly known for his self-imposed life of “recluse.”

But success, once it arrived, paled quickly for him. He told the editors of Saturday Review that he was “good and sick” of seeing his photograph on the dust jacket of “The Catcher in the Rye” and demanded that it be removed from subsequent editions. He ordered his agent to burn any fan mail.

With all the time he had by himself, though, Salinger also became known for his letter-writing, much of which reflected his disgust for the outside world.  So, you could imagine that when someone approached him about doing a movie adaptation of “Catcher and the Rye,” his response was not exactly friendly.  The following is from the fantastic blog Letters of Note:

Ever since its release in 1951, a steady stream of eager producers, directors, screenwriters and actors have unsuccessfully attempted to bring J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye to the big screen, all falling at the first hurdle when confronted with Salinger’s resolute refusal to sell the rights to his novel. The letter below, written in 1957 in response to an enquiry from a Mr. Herbert (and currently for sale here), is a perfect example of the opposition faced and provides an entertaining glimpse at the author’s reasoning.

[via (the amazing) Letters of Note]

In a post on his blog entitled “Norma Rae”, Michael Ian Black jumps into the discussion surrounding the Conan stituation but sees it from a different angle than most others have, and I kind of find it refreshing - well, at least a lot more refreshing than the jokes he makes on VH1’s “Top 25 Sexiest Videos of the 2000’s,” which is just about the only place you see him these days:*

“How did a Harvard-educated, multi-millionaire late night talk show host magically transmogrify into a guy who got laid off at the local car plant? The overreaction to Conan’s departure has been kind of astounding; as a nation, are we really that concerned about who hosts “The Tonight Show,” a television program that stopped being culturally relevant around 1986?

And let’s not forget, it’s not as if Conan was cancelled. He quit. He walked away from “The Tonight Show” because he rightly or wrongly felt that moving the show half an hour later would destroy the show’s integrity. Okay, fine. But let’s not act as if he’s leading a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. It’s not that big a deal.”

[via Vulture & Michael Ian Black]

* NOTE: Shitty VH1 countdowns or not, his opinion will always resonate with me considering he was in the greatest movie of all time, the 2001 classic Wet Hot American Summer

I suppose the applicable word here would be “cute:”

[via imgur]

Remember burnt sienna? Well, I do.  This is pretty dope:

Here’s an article on how the colors changed over the years, i.e. the above chart translated into words.

For example, look how Crayola added the fluorescent colors right before the 80’s started; nice move:

Colors Available 1972-1989

Number of Colors: 72

All colors previously listed plus the following fluorescent colors added in 1972.

Chartreuse

Ultra Blue

Ultra Orange

Ultra Red

Hot Magenta

Ultra Green

Ultra Pink

Ultra Yellow

[via Buzzfeed]

Incredible:

Two things I learned from the above image:

1. Communism is fucked up; and
2. This guy really knows how to put together one of these “word charts.”

[via Information Is Beautiful]

I don’t know if it’s humanly possible, but this video might even be better than the show itself:

Obviously, I’m kidding…nothing is better than the show itself.  Well, maybe like “Citizen Kane” or something like that, but you’d have to put up pretty much a perfect argument on Kane’s behalf because this stuff is pure poetry.

If you agree, I’d also recommend FUCK YEAH, JERSEY SHORE and then proceed to say goodbye to a solid hour of your life.

[via dlisted]

Finally, because it never gets old, here’s Snickers getting punched in the face one more time:

And now from today’s episode of trust-Bdon-because-he-wouldn’t-put-a-music-video-on-his-blog-unless-it-was-absolutely-bomb comes the new video from Theophilus London:

Since you were so obsessed with the song upon first viewing of the video, feel free to download it here or listen to it (sans visuals) below:

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Theophilus London - Humdrum Town

[via 2dopeboyz]

Popeye: Drug-Taker

From The Awl:

The Associated Press
NEW YORK

Popeye finally came clean Monday, admitting he used spinach when he delivered a savage and unlikely beating to romantic rival Bluto in 1998. Popeye said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used spinach on and off for nearly a decade.

“I wish I had never touched spinach,” Popeye said in a statement. “It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never sailed during the spinach era.”

Popeye also used broccoli, a person close to Popeye said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Popeye didn’t include that detail in his statement.

Popeye’s decision to admit using spinach was prompted by his decision to become nautical consultant to the St. Louis Cardinals, his final cartoon team. Woodrow Woodpecker, Popeye’s manager in Oakland and St. Louis, has been among Popeye’s biggest supporters and thinks returning to the screen can restore the former mariner’s reputation.

“I never knew when, but I always knew this day would come,” Popeye said. “It’s time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected. Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh.”

He became the second major cartoon star in less than a year to admit using spinach, following the New York Yankees’ Alex Roadrunner last February.

Others have been tainted but have denied knowingly using vegetables, including the Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam, Mighty Mouse and David Ortiz.

Tasmanian Devil has been indicted on charges he made false statements to a federal grand jury and obstructed justice. Yosemite Sam is under investigation by a federal grand jury trying to determine whether he lied to a congressional committee.

“I’m sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those sailors had I never taken spinach,” Popeye said. “I had good years when I didn’t take any, and I had bad years when I didn’t take any. I had good years when I took spinach and I had bad years when I took spinach. But no matter what, I shouldn’t have done it and for that I’m truly sorry.”

“After all this time, I want to come clean,” he said. “I was not in a position to do that five years ago in my congressional testimony, but now I feel an obligation to discuss this and to answer questions about it. I’ll do that, and then I just want to help my team.”

“I am what I am,” added Popeye.

There’s light at the end of the tunnel Philly fans…

[via Zo Zone]