Weird. Here's Andrew McCarthy who played Clay in the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero talking about Imperial Gardens, the sequel of Less Than Zero. "Oh, him. I remember him." The voice you'll hear in the audiobook of Imperial Gardens is McCarthy. I guess he's available.

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What I really want to know about Eyeballing is when will it get combined with Bros Icing Bros? This article in the Washington Examiner is an exceptional description of the practice, mostly for the quotations. I selected a few of my favorites below.

Drug prevention advocates are warning Maryland police and schools to caution students against pouring vodka in their eyes..."They are going to go to Ocean City, and some of these idiots are going to do it and make themselves blind."..."Vodka eyeballing" is a fairly new method of alcohol intake thrust into the national spotlight by a London tabloid. Hundreds of YouTube videos document the practice -- and every time, the "eyeballer" screams in pain when alcohol meets the eye, whether by way of a shot glass or straight from the bottle. Doctors warn that the practice can lead to blinding..."Every time, it was a big spectacle where people were like 'what the hell is that kid doing,' " said one graduate, who compared the feeling to getting shampoo in the eye..."It stings for a couple seconds," he said, adding that snorting bourbon is much more popular..."It feels like a baseball bat hitting you in the back of the head -- for about two to three minutes," he said of inhaling caps full of the American-style whiskey...Maryland optometrist Alan Glazier compared eyeballing to an alcohol enema..."In essence, you could melt the cornea."

I feel like I'm too young to wonder, "Is that really what the kids are doing these days?" And yet, is this really what the kids are doing these days?



(Thanks to Jake for sending these over and to whatevs.net for reminding me to post.

An interesting article in Slate in which a psychiatrist forces to live together 3 men who believe they are Jesus.

In the late 1950s, psychologist Milton Rokeach was gripped by an eccentric plan. He gathered three psychiatric patients, each with the delusion that they were Jesus Christ, to live together for two years in Ypsilanti State Hospital to see if their beliefs would change.

Surprise, but very little changes in the identities of the men.

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Via SeattkePI news that Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper on Mad Men has been made a series regular. Not sure how I feel about her being on more episodes next season.

Last season was really hard for Sally, and next season is going to be even harder. It's really going to be about Sally growing up and reacting to whether her parents get divorced or not.

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Last year, I put together a transcript of Everything Tracy Jordan Said in Season 3 of 30 Rock. You guys liked it and I subsequently put together Everything Hurley Said, Everything Sawyer Said, Everything Locke Said, Everything Don Draper Said, and a the first two seasons of Everything Tracy Jordan Said. Here is Season 4. This season, Tracy Jordan had a few great lines, specifically in Episodes 18 and 21. As always, these are ALL of Tracy Jordan's lines from Season 4. If you're looking for a best of list or this isn't your thing, there's plenty of other internet out there for you. It's going to take a second to get through, so be careful if you have stuff to do today.

Episode 1
-I can't eat this, I'm a foodie.
-Well, before I made it in the stand up, I was a bucket drummer in the subway.
-Oh, yeah? Then how come I got sued for sexual harassment at it?
-You know how on St. Bart's people be eating their lobster like this? Nyoooom, nyoooom, nyoooom, nyoooom.
-Don't look at me in the eyes.
-Have I lost touch with my roots? I better talk to Rabbi Schmuli about this.
-I blame you and Dotcom. You have built a protective shell around me like a hermit crab or a mermaid booby. And now I've touch with the common man. Ehhhh. Who's that?
-Oh, hey, guy. Come on in. So Rolly, where you from?
-Right on, my brother. My dear friend Moby opened up a tea house in Park Slope. Does he know you?
-Hey, Rolly, you ever lose your remote control?
-And then your wife start getting all mad because the roof won't close and the bed that's in the shape of your face is getting rained on? Hahaha. I like you, Rolly. Can I feel the rough skin on your hands?
-What do you mean that was weird? You sheltered me too much! I'm going out on the street and I don't want nobody to follow me. Nobody. Uhmm. Which one is the elevator I'm not afraid of? RIGHT.
-Kenneth, how do I get out of this building?!
-Hello?
-Hello, is anyone there? I'm in a sort of tunnel and I see a man with a blue uniform. I think he's a friend. Oh, never mind, there's a door. Oh, it's sunny!
-Hello, fellow human being. Would you like to ask me what time it is?
-Are you a large child or a small adult?
-You look regular, could I get your name? Is it Pedro? Is it Creckford? Is it Swimming?
-Are you a pre-op transcentaur?
-Excuse me, do you have change for a $10,000 bill?
-I would like some chicken nuggets, a beer, and some of my wife's rice, to stay.
-Excuse me, sir, do you want to hold hands with a black millionaire?
-Does anyone want to be my friend?
-I'm normal!
-It's going super great, Dotcom. Meet my new friends, Nobody. And his wife Susan Walters Hyphen Nobody. I'm so far from my roots, I don't think I'll ever get back.
-What's that sound? Bucket drummers!
-These. These are my people. Bucket drummers, if you're striking, so am I. Two-four-six-eight-ten-twelve-fourteen-sixteen-eighteen.
-New what? If it's a blonde woman, I'm a kill myself!
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First, invisible sharks, and now, via The Daily What, kung fu bears. As humans, we are so, so, so, so, so totally screwed.

I love business speak as much of the next person, but that doesn't change the fact that Unsuck It is my one of my new favorite sites. About a gazillion times a day, a business buzzword is Unsucked. Hint: Click back to the beginning. Some of the recent posts are a bit of a stretch.

In a bold ploy to generate page views, my friend Chris has done a personality study of his 3 cats.


Do you support this the type of internet tactic? I do.

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Last episode. This has been a long ride, the last several years of which were awful. One thing I'm hoping to get better at is cutting the chord on terrible TV shows earlier. 24 hasn't been remarkable since the first season. It hasn't been good since the 3rd or 4th season. It hasn't been watchable the last 2 years. And yet I watched. I watched week in and week out. I'm a worse person because of it. I hope you can all forgive me. All that said, I'm very excited to be live blogging the FINAL 2 hours of 24.

This 24 Tag will take you to ALL of the '24' related content on Unlikelywords.

We'll get going below the fold at 9PM EST.
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Please, don't let this happen to you. Next time your Software Update tells you there are new updates to install, make sure you uncheck the update to Time Capsule. Otherwise, look what happens when Time Machine next runs:



See that second sentence in the second paragraph? Yeah. What kind of incompetent company quietly releases a software update to its backup product that deletes its customers' backed up data without clear, repeated, and obvious warnings?

I want to punch Steve Jobs in the nuts.

(We now return you to your regularly scheduled Aaron-related awesomeness.)