To commemorate the return of The Office in just one short week (yay! Jim Halpert!), I am posting this amazing video. So watch it. It will make you feel warm and tingly inside…that’s what she said?
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the office starts in one week!
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joseph petcka is a huge jerkface.
Former minor league baseball player and “actor” Joseph Petcka killed his girlfriend’s cat. (His girlfriend, well let me make an assumption and say EX-girlfriend, is Sports Illustrated writer Lisa Altobelli.) Why would anyone do that? Well according to court papers, he yelled “You love that cat more than me!”. Whoa. That is absolutely pathetic on his part. And then he kicked poor Norman the cat to death. The terrible story should end there, but it doesn’t. Today is the start of Petcka’s trial and here is what he says. Killing 7 lb. Norman was–and I am not making this up–self defense. Norman was apparently biting him. Wahhhh wahhhh, Joseph. Grow a pair and then grow up. You aren’t a man, you’re a monster.
Here is Norman–RIP little buddy.
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hey zuckerberg: facebook me, marry me.
Forbe’s released their list of the top 400 wealthiest people in the universe yesterday. The list, which says marital status, is like a guidebook for golddiggers! (Though I suppose if you are a real golddigger, you don’t care what their marital status is.) And guess who was on it? Marky Mark Zuckerberg! He is the youngest person on the list–he’s 24–and has a sweet 1.5 billion dollars. Damnnnnn. I wish I had created something as addictive as Facebook from my dorm room too. Most of the time in my dorm room was spent watching Law and Order with our South Korea Correspondent. And it was awesome.
So when I was looking at pictures of MZ (just in case I ever run into him), something struck me about this photo.
See it? Haha.
Rumor has it that Mark has a girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, who also works on Facebook. Oh well. I hate the new Facebook anyway.
Perhaps I can set my sights on Beanie Babies founder Ty Warner. He’s apparently single. Kiddddding.
Click here for the Forbes article.
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i’ve gone to look for america.
If I ever leave everything behind and drive across the country just to explore, it’s because of this song.
PS- How emo is Art Garfunkel? Turtleneck sweater, crazy hair, sappy serious look on his face? Rawr.
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svetlana’s got a set of stems.
You know that here at SWTCTW, we love the bizarre. We practically live for it. So this picture naturally caught my eye. Meet Svetlana Pankratova, the Russian woman with the world’s longest legs. Her legs measure 52 inches long. Um that’s over FOUR FEET LONG. Wowza.
And no, she didn’t just give birth standing up to a tiny well-dressed baby, that’s He Pingping, the world’s smallest man. He is 2 feet and 5.37 inches tall. The odd couple met up at Trafalgar Square for a fairly creepy photoshoot for the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records.
He Pingping runs a restaurant back home in China (or Mongolia, I have conflicting reports) and, as it turns out, is a bit of a romantic. When asked about his gf (she’s regular sized, I know you were dying to know), he said, “I always miss her when I’m not with her.” AWWWWWWWW! He Pingping!
Other records: Britney Spears as the most-searched person on the Internet and “Lost” as the most-downloaded show of all time.
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trl is like totally old news.
It is the end of an era. Really, it is. Total Request Live, MTV’s show aimed at the 12-15 crowd (so that means you start watching when you’re 10, and stop when you’re 14…and occasionally turn it on when you’re 16 or 17…just because it’s on) is ending it’s 10 year run in November. WAHHHHHHH. I feel my post-college depression kicking in yet again. And like last time, when they changed the game of Clue, Cheez-Its will soothe my pain.
So what are we really losing? Here is how TRL is described on the MTV Web site:
At TRL, we bring you the latest, greatest music videos, bangin’ live performances and the hottest celebs. First, we combine your online votes, with the top songs and artists from all the places you go for music — mtv.com, downloads, music charts, ringtones, radio and more — to create the hottest, most all-inclusive music countdown.
Wowie, this is serious. This show is important. People are enfranchised, there are great music videos, hot celebs, and of course we can’t forget the banging’ live performances. And an opportunity for girls to act like this when the Jonas Brothers come to town. Okay, I just love this picture and want to use it all the time.
Here’s the thing–I haven’t watched TRL since the Backstreet Boys (sigh. Why are you such a screw up, Nick Carter? We were supposed to get mawwwied!) but I’m still kind of sad. And Carson Daly hasn’t been on the show mimicking not only the clothing style of whoever his guest was, but also the verbal style, since 2003. Now I’m all sappy and reminiscing. Remember when Carson dated Tara Reid?! 
Sick. Oh and another scary thought, Carson is 35 years old now.
I’m just sad that future generations won’t be able to talk about TRL the way my friends and I can. It’s sort of like when we talk about how good MTV’s Undressed was, my brother has no clue what we’re talking about. At least I hope he doesn’t. That show was wayyy inappropriate for him at the time. Me too, I guess.
Anyway, I leave you with a music video, circa 2000, that is the only proper way to end this post and bid farewell to TRL:
Bye Bye Bye, TRL.
[Posted by Kathleen]
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rip pink floyd keyboardist richard wright.
RIP Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, who died of cancer today. He was 65 years old.
Wright left the band/was fired during the recording of The Wall. But he rejoined later. Read about his life here.
Here is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. Well, favorite songs in general. Thank you, Richard.
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some are calling it black monday.
Now I didn’t go to business school (woooo liberal arts!) and I don’t know much about money and stocks. But I do know that when people call a random day in September “Black Monday”, and Wall Street firms that I know the names of are in trouble, things are not good.
Still think the economy is fine, McCain? Well, he does. Just this morning he said once again “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”
If you are like me and need some help understanding what’s going on, here are some links.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26709927/
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=5802087
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/markets/markets_newyork2/index.htm?cnn=yes
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just six words and a picture.
Live long and prosper, Mr. Sulu!
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tina fey is palin on snl!
The woman who made wearing glasses sexy is back. Tina Fey, I love you. And now she is back on SNL as highly under-qualified Alaska Governor Sarah Palin–and she’s great at it. Even the obnoxious accent is right. Enjoy.
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six words to change the world. 