MRod says: Is the crew ready? Like spaghetti.

Illustrated with stick figures, here’s a good simplified explanation of what the whole subprime mortgage failure situation is all about.

This is how Jay Z and Beyonce roll when a restaurant is closed.

“Pop Burger had just closed,” said a source. “There was a loud knock on the door, and Jay and Bey, who was still in her ball gown, were at the door with their Maybach waiting.” The East 58th Street spot opened its doors and bagged up cheeseburgers and fries, which the famished duo took to go.

At least Jay and Bee were kind enough to take it to go.

A contestant on show Britain’s Got Talent puts a cool refreshing spin on a tired Michael Jackson impersonation routine.  Keep watching it past the initial dance routine for the surprise twist.  The pay off is worth it.

The music “Nachna Onda Nei” is by Tigerstyle–two brothers classically trained in traditional Punjabi folk music and instruments who later joined the Bhangra scene in clubs in Scotland and England.   Check out their MySpace page to listen to and download a nice set of their songs.  And you can watch a bunch of this dance entertainer Suleman Mizra’s pop impersonation acts on his YouTube page.

Colbert and Korean pop singer Rain have a dance off. USA! USA! USA!

Back story of the simmering feud between Colbert and Rain is explained in the clip below.  Will someone please step in and establish a DMZ zone between these two before children and innocent back-up dancers get hurt???

Must watch dance video (featuring some surprise cameos) poppin’, lockin’, and breakin’ all over YouTube:

Backstory here.

His name isn’t mentioned too often in (admittedly asinine) discussions of celebrity Don Juans, however I’ve maintained that John Mayer’s consistent ability to snag quality arm candy gives him some sort of an underdog status.   When news that he’s dating [insert name] hits the wires, everyone reacts with surprise but people shouldn’t be surprised: he has quite a track record and history of attracting some premium sorts.

Amusing to see ESPN pick up on this story and dare to compare John Mayer with the Lothario of all Lotharios, the Sultan of Twat himself Derek Jeter.  Of course, even more amusing is the predictable backlash from the readers.

Feel free to file this blog entry under “Idiocy” and “Waste of my time.”

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry on account of…Rock Band.

Frank Rich says:

This is not 1968, when the country was so divided over race and war that cities and campuses exploded in violence. If you have any doubts, just look (to take a recent example) at the restrained response by New Yorkers, protestors included, to the acquittal of three police officers in the 50-bullet shooting death of an unarmed black man, Sean Bell.

This is not 1988, when a Democratic liberal from Massachusetts of modest political skills could be easily clobbered by racist ads and an incumbent vice president running for the Gipper’s third term. This is not the 1998 midterms, when the Teflon Clintons triumphed over impeachment. This is not 2004, when another Democrat from Massachusetts did for windsurfing what the previous model did for tanks.

Read rest here.

Interesting collection of stories from automotive history, although I was disappointed to see nothing in there about the sweet Toyota Camrys.

Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful manufacturer of farm equipment and the owner of a Ferrari 250GT with chronic clutch problems. When he sought an audience with the imperious Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari told him to go back to driving tractors as he certainly didn’t have the requisite skill to drive a Ferrari.

As it turned out, Lamborghini solved the problem by installing one of his tractor clutches in the Ferrari. But he vowed to get back at Ferrari by producing his own high dollar GT car. He succeeded with the 350GT and 400GT, cars generally regarded as the equal of contemporary Ferraris.

A few years later, Henry Ford II also sought revenge against Ferrari who backed out of a deal to sell Ferrari to Ford. The GT40 was born to spank Ferrari in international sports car racing.

Read Part 1 and Part 2.

People drawing what they looked like when they were a teenager…  This guy’s illustration of his teen self is funny:

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