08 Feb
State of Unions
Mint.com has a great post on members of unions as a percent of total employment by state. Check it out:
Then check out the 2004 and 2008 electoral maps. While not identical, there’s some striking similarities.
06 Feb
Job Losses Get Better Under Obama
Give it time people. Recovery is already in progress. It’s especially shocking when you compare job losses under Bush and Obama. Thanks Nancy Pelosi.
05 Feb
The Twink Twins Jedward: Under Pressure & Ice Ice Baby
Is it wrong that I can recite the lyrics to Ice Ice Baby without a musical cue? Wait, don’t answer that…
Oh, and I LOVE the appearance by Vanilla Ice and his rock retake on his original lyrics. I won’t lie. There’s something pretty effin’ hot about Dirtyrock Vanilla Ice singing alongside the alabaster skinned twinkies. Oh how the mind will wander…
via WGB
05 Feb
Kellan Lutz’s Bulge in Calvins
I have been reluctant to jump on the “Kellan Lutz Calvin Klein” train like the rest of the gay blogosphere. I just didn’t see the point. I mean, yeah, Kellan’s hot and all. But his ad for Calvin Klein wasn’t that exciting. Well, then I saw the behind the scenes video, and now I’m a gay blogging ditto head too. Enjoy!
Oh, and BTW: When are we going to see some Kellan/Taylor slash-fiction?
05 Feb
Amazing Impressions
05 Feb
Rotating Woman Optical Illusion
I have NEVER been able to understand that there were two ways to interpret the rotating woman image. Finally someone has clarified it through illustration. Now I can die a complete and satisfied man. Never thought it would be the naked silhouette of a woman that would complete my life. But, there ya go… Click the image to see the animated full-size image.
05 Feb
Star Trek Kitteh
Via io9: Is there anything more awesome than a cat with a bat’leth? If so, we don’t want to know. The two biggest non-porn components of the Internet are Star Trek and cats. Combine the two, and it’s like matter and cattymatter!
05 Feb
Jon Stewart SkullF@&*s the Blogosphere
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05 Feb
Heinz Revamps the Ketchup Packet
Cool design. Via WCBS NewsRadio:
PORTLAND, OR (AP) — The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years, and complaints about it for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first major packaging change to the to-go condiment.
The new design has a base that’s more like a cup for dipping and also a tear-off end for squeezing. It holds three times as much ketchup.
Heinz has long struggled to find a design that did all that that could also be sold cheaply enough.
The company recently made a solution a top priority. It even bought its design team a minivan to give their ideas real road tests.
The new packet is in test markets and will roll out at some fast-food restaurants in the fall.
05 Feb
Men in Dresses
Honestly, there’s just something about men in lingerie or lacey dresses that’s fuckin’ awesome.
via Unzipped and Riki Tinoza