The Chris Piascik Cattitude! T Shirt I talked about last week is a reality. Behold the glory and go get yourself one!


Also, I'd been meaning to share this video of him doing his thing. Now you know what he looks like.

Like a lot of America, I spent Thursday night spellbound by MTV's newest reality series Jersey Shore. For those of you not caught up, imagine if MTV staged "Real World" on the Jersey Shore with 8 characters, with names like "The Situation" and "Jwoww", who combine steroids, fake tans, and hair gel to make some of the trashiest television I've ever seen. This is an epic level of douchery that may not be matched in pop culture ever. Ever is a long time and I wanted to add to the douchery, so I badgered Chris into helping me cobble together the Jersey Shore Nickname Generator below. Enjoy! You may also enjoy the Tiger Woods Mistress Generator.
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UPDATE 2/4: You can now purchase the Jersey Shore Nickname Generator app on iTunes under the name, "My Jersey Shore Name." There is also a Droid app as well. Go to the app marketplace and search "Jersey Shore Name Generator."






If you think of any nicknames that should be in here, leave them in the comments or email them to me. Thanks again, to Chris McCoy for helping with this. If you like what you see on Unlikely Words, Subscribe by RSS, or follow on Twitter, or subscribe by email or on Facebook.
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Update: Oops, should have been better with the Google. Here's a Jersey Shore nickname generator that's a little more offensive than mine. They did have it up firsties, though.

Here's the characters of Star Wars, including a phalanx of dancing Stormtroopers doing a musical number. That's apparently Kris Kristofferson as Han Solo. How about that?



Via Eschaton.

Hearing how Chuck Klosterman's voice sounds on Bill Simmons' podcasts makes it a little more awesome to read this book. I thought the premise tying this book together was unnecessary, as Spin could have just sent Klosterman on a road trip. It's worth reading even if I don't know whether to pronounce Klosterman as Close-terman or Claws-terman.

There are 3 different things in this picture of Yao Ming's Bike that make me giggle.

We just might have the stupidest legislature on Earth:

The Democrats’ health care bill would generally require insurers to provide preventive treatment recommended by the expert panel, the United States Preventive Services Task Force. But lawmakers in both parties made clear that they wanted doctors to decide when a mammogram is medically necessary and that insurers should be required to cover the cost if the procedure is needed.

“There’s much discussion about whether or not you should get a particular service at a particular age,” Ms. Mikulski said during the floor debate. “We don’t mandate that you get a service. We leave that up to a decision made with the woman and her doctor.”

Republicans, in Ms. Murkowski’s amendment and in a separate amendment by Mr. Vitter, specifically sought to set aside the task force recommendations on mammograms and to bar the federal government from relying on the findings. Mr. Vitter’s amendment was adopted without a vote on Wednesday night.

That's right. By law, we can't follow the guidelines of an independent, scientific, medical commission. God help us.

I would like t-shirts for both of these. That is all.

Here's Oliver Willis with 20 Ways To Bring “The Wire” To Your Office. My favorites are:

2. Whistle “the farmer in the dell” as you walk between cubicles.
3. Show pride in your job via bad grammar
eg. “I’se real web developer.”
3a. Lament the lameness of your office in comparison to everyone else.
eg. “I wish I worked for a real accounts payable department”
20. When in doubt, just kill someone. That always seems to work.

Plus here are 3 links about actor Michael Kenneth Williams who played Omar Little. He's in 'The Road' which appears to be apocalyptically awesome. A profile, A Q&A, and a handy post summarizing both of them.

Thanks Karmie and Kerry.

You can't watch this video without laughing, but I beseech you to try. Really, go ahead. Try. Have any bands done music videos like this yet? Someone should. Get Gondry on the phone.



Via Boing Boing