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Archive for May, 2008

How I never saw this is beyond me. How I never heard about it is not, as my TV has not changed channels from ESPN in over two years (also due to a broken remote, but I digress). This is one of the funniest, most brilliant things I’ve ever seen. If, for some reason, you have never heard about it, here is what Wikipedia has to say about it:

On April 29, 2006, American comedian Stephen Colbert appeared as the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which was held in Washington, D.C., at the Hilton Washington hotel. Colbert’s performance consisted of a 16-minute podium speech and a 7-minute video presentation, which were broadcast live across the United States on cable television networks C-SPAN and MSNBC. Standing a few yards from U.S. President George W. Bush—in front of an audience filled with celebrities, politicians, and members of the White House Press Corps—Colbert delivered a controversial, searing routine targeting the president and the media.Cable television personality Colbert spoke in the persona of the character he plays on Comedy Central’s popular The Colbert Report, a parody of a conservative pundit in the fashion of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity.

Here is the transcript from his speech and, more importantly, the absolutely ridiculously funny video (in its 20+ minute, unedited form) follows.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879

This internet thing is really something…

Not only is NASA,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, going to attempt to put another lander on Mars, but this time their doing it live on the Internet for all to see.

According to Michael Learmonth of Silicon Valley Insider, starting at 6 PM EST today [this was posted on May 25th], people can head to NASA’s website, or Second Life, to watch as NASA attempts to put the Phoenix Mars Lander down on solid ground. I only say “attempts” as missions to Mars have had a checkered past over the years, but the twin rovers of Spirit and Opportunity have certainly proven it can be done. If successful, the first message from Phoenix will be received at 8 PM EST to let mission control know that the lander has in fact touched down and the status of its components.

Rad. Aliens.

UPDATE [5/26]: The Phoenix successfully landed on Mars, but, sadly, it seems as though no aliens have been discovered……yet.  Let me know if you are able to spot any aliens in these pictures taken from the mission thus far.  You can follow the rest of its mission at this site or on Twitter.

Just a few weeks ago I posted a final-exams-limited offering entitled “Jonah Hill Day.” In it, I posted a video of Yeezy playing Connect 4 with Mr. Hill to which I had taken a particular liking because of a song Kanye plays in the background. At the time I mentioned that:

“the song Kanye puts on in the background is maybe the best song ever, and you’re probably wondering what it is. It’s his own remix of Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop,” and it’s sick as hell. I’ll try to get an illegal link to it soon.”

Well, “soon” apparently meant 25 days because I have obtained said promised illegal link.   The song in the background was Lil’ Wayne’s remix to “Lollipop” featuring Kanye West, and, as predicted, it is the best song ever. So please enjoy your new favorite song (click the play button to listen or just trust me and click the title to download):

Lil’ Wayne - “Lollipop” (Remix feat. Kanye West)

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EDITOR’S NOTE: You are not hearing things; always the advocate of practicing safe sex, Weezy does, indeed, utter the following insane lines:

“Safe sex is great sex, better wear a latex, cuz you don’t want that late text, like that ‘I think I’m late’ text.”

Just nasty.

Simon’s New Favorite Song

I’ve also decided to introduce a new section this week entitled “Simon’s New Favorite Song,” wherein I project what will be Simon’s favorite song in a few months, after it has already debuted, peaked and subsequently fallen off the Billboard Top 100. This week’s song is only a snippet because, apparently, the online rap stealers have failed to obtain the entire version thus far. But it is otherwise obvious that this will almost definitely eventually be a “Simon Jam.”

Akon - “Clap Again” (snippet)

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