YouTube now offers a look at your download speed and how it compares to other users, which in turn, gives you an idea of how your ISP stacks up. Not surprisingly, AT&T sucks total ass:
Help me Google Broadband, you’re my only hope.
I know this clip is a couple of months old, and in it, I know that Stephen Fry doesn’t say much that hasn’t been said many, many times before, but his rebuke of the Catholic church is beautiful and eloquent, and frankly, if he is accepting applications for new fans/stalkers, I would love to put my name on the list. I never heard back from Frank Rich, so I’ve got an opening (in my schedule).
Of course, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Catholic. But I was raised in a devout, Southern Baptist household, and from what my papist pals tell me, the experience is oddly and unpleasantly similar, only with more rulers to the hand and less green bean casserole. So although I may never have been to catechism class (or whatever they call it), I can entirely identify with what Mr. Fry is saying. Word up, ladies and gentlemen.
FYI, this isn’t Fry’s entire speech, but it’s the best clip I can find on YouTube. The full bit is posted (in un-embeddable form) at DailyMotion.
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Terrible screencap, I know, but trust me: those images have NOTHING to do with the text. Between this and those dancing aliens in mortgage banner ads, I don’t know which is worse.
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…the guy in the background really needs to step up his game if he’s duping Gaga’s pokerface:
Yes, that’s my sister (I make the same face; it’s genetic), and yes, she’s just posted a new radio show to BrooklynRadio.net. Technically speaking it’s an anti-Auto-Tune set — a tirade against the digital technology that’s allowed frog-voiced famewhores like Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Paris Hilton, and Kim Zolciak try their hand at being professional song stylists. However, in the mix of all the delicious low-tech realness (and quirky personal stories), sis has also included a great Mardi Gras tune by Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias. Says Tiff:
Happy New Year! I am back with a new show – Episode 52 – I HATE AUTO TUNE MIX!! I had to let it be known how much auto tune grates me! We are living in a musical age that will sadly be known as the “AUTO TUNE YEARS”. My show is a sort of protest against the auto tune majority! So come join me and lets make this anti auto tune movement grow!! As always there’s killer trax to be had. Groovy Blues from Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon, and Otis Rush. Rock out with Dr Feelgood. Get in the spirit of Mardi Gras with Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias. And kinda a newish track from the Killer! Yep, 74 years old and he’s still got it! And LOADS MORE!!! Plus 2 boring stories from me! Enjoy!
http://embed.break.com/MTcyMDczNg==
[ Joe Rogan Has A Creepy Locker Room Stalker, via Marty ]
On the upside: although TotalProSports chose a terrible title for that post, the commenters are far more bearable than you’d expect.
The boyfriend in my headpiece from Friday night’s bal masque, hosted by the Mystic Krewe of Satyricon.
