Toby Keith is too cool. He recently surpassed the “50 million spins” benchmark of radio airplay for songs he wrote. This puts him up there with Elton John and John Lennon. A reporter, who was covering the event, asked Toby about the Grammys, to which Toby Keith said, “You can’t really count them, they’re just a TV show, not an awards show.”

(via Country Nation)

Leave it to the engineers to put together this state-of-the-art, multi-multi-million dollar piece of equipment, only to screw up a few lines of code: (from Slashdot, via Engadget)

The new US stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, was deployed for the first time to Asia earlier this month. On Feb. 11, twelve Raptors flying from Hawaii to Japan were forced to turn back when a software glitch crashed all of the F-22s’ on-board computers as they crossed the international date line. 

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This commercial played during the Oscars this evening:

Who doesn’t love those WACKY morning radio show DJs? 

If you missed some of the commercials that aired during the Daytona 500, now you can see them all at NASCAR.com.

If you enjoy Pulp Fiction and/or typography and layout you will like this.

This is not safe for work or the kids, fyi.

Found this for our favorite caffeine-free radio-guy, Fuzz.

I have decided to make a sacrifice for Lent this year. I owe it to Him. It’s a shame that I haven’t done it in a few years. For the record, after my divorce I have felt like I’m not allowed at church, but I’m going to start going again, anyway.

If you see me doing any of the following, feel free to punch me in the stomach:

1. No coffee
2. No fast food
3. No meat (fish is fine)

No fast food won’t be that bad. No meat will be an awkward change for me. No coffee is going to be a BEAR! But… I’ll do it.

For your safety, you may want to refrain from talking to me until Easter.

Out of all of the malls in Southeastern Wisconsin, Mayfair is/was my favorite. I’ve never had any problems there. I’ve even gone to see movies there without ever running into any “incidents.”

However… with the non-stop stream of bad news coming out of Mayfair lately, (bus stop beating, brawl, cell-phone pervert, gun skirmish, brawl — all in the last 2 weeks) I am inclined to take my business elsewhere.

I will not put my daughter in harm’s way. Taking her to Mayfair now would be like taking her to the zoo with a lion on the loose and then wondering why we got mauled. (or is that… “malled?” )

If they close the theater, the kids will leave, and the parents/money spenders won’t.

Now, if they would just put a Mac store in Brookfield Square…

If you love hip-hop, you know and love Chuck D!  Get a limited edition Chuck D print by Obey Giant artist Shepard Fairey.  The prints are signed by Shepard and Chuck!  They go on sale Tuesday at obeygiant.com at 2pm CST.  This limited edition of 400 is sure to sell out quickly.  Be online before 2pm to get yours.

Fight the power.

(Image owned by Shepard Fairey and Obeygiant.com)

I hope this isn’t A) A publicity stunt, B) An attempt at “re-birthing” her career, a la Lenny Kravitz when he shaved his dreadlocks several years back to escape his previous semi-successful life (only to go on to a better career).

What I do hope it is (in a sad way) that someone Britney knows has cancer and she shaved her head in support of them and the upcoming Breast Cancer 3-day walk. Or Brit was cast as Ripley’s daughter in a new Aliens movie

Thanks to TMZ.com for the photo. Check out TMZ for great info on pop culture and all the “great” things that celebrities do.

Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Nicole Richie, Kate Moss, Miss USA…I am sick of your constant whining about the pressures you face and pretending you are naive in the ways of the world. I have two words for you: Dennis fucking Leary.

Rehab is the big fucking secret now. Isn’t it, huh? Yeah, you can do whatever you want. Just go into rehab and solve your problems. Isn’t that the big celebrity thing? That’s what I’m gonna do. Yeah, I’m gonna get famous. Then when my career starts to flag, I’m gonna go into three months fucking bender. Ok? Coke, and fucking pot, and smack, and fucking booze, and drive over people, and beat up my kids, go into therapy, go into rehab, come outta rehab, be on the cover of people magazine, “Sorry! I fucked up!” That’s what they do, man.

I feel pretty confident speaking for 99.9% of America on this…Grow up.

On the heals of Fuzz’s post about men getting back to their roots and being men, I figured it was high time we got a list of Man Laws rolling. So if you got a few, post em. Long live manhood.

A few to get started…

Men do not shop. Men buy things.

It is ok for a man to leave the toilet seat up in his own house.

No man shall ever hit another man in the balls, unless it is a life and death situation.

Never call a fellow man’s ex a slut/whore/skank or any other demeaning name, unless he does so first.

Never, ever, ever, ever refer to a trip with your fellow men as a “mancation.”

As long as you are willing to deal with the consequences, it is perfectly ok to karate chop any non-living object.

And finally for my man Fuzz…

Men shall always make sure their daughter’s boyfriend knows who’s boss.

UPDATE: I changed it back.

I’m just playing with one of Claude’s designs for a little while. If you still see the old logo at the top of the page, hold down your “shift” key and click “refresh.” If you still don’t see it after that, I’ve reverted back to the old logo.

Thanks, Claude!

Remember the Snickers ad from the Super Bowl? I did not find it offensive, but then again, I am not gay. The commercial was pretty dumb, just like a lot of the Super Bowl ads (nobody will beat the Bud Bowl commercials from when I was a kid). A lot of people were upset that they were insensitive to homosexuals. A lot of the people who weren’t upset with that were upset with Snickers decision to pull the ad.

I, for one, applaud Snickers for pulling the ads. Not because I support them giving in to the rainbow coalition, but because pulling the ad gave them more publicity from that stupid commercial than they ever would have received if nobody said a word. It’s not going to make me buy a Snickers bar (I only buy candy for Easter and Halloween), but they certainly have gained top-of-mind awareness from the media.

Now the GM commercial with the robot that committed suicide (in its dream) was pretty offensive to me. There have been people in my life that have killed themselves, and I don’t particularly think that a commercial making light of somebody, or in this case something, jumping to its death is comedy. That’s just not my style. Again, though, points to GM for creating a commercial that has legs. I’ve seen it more on the news than I ever would have in normal commercial flights.

One final thought, we’ve become a total nation of pussies weaklings if we can’t see two men kiss and then rip out their own chest hair without crying foul. I wish everybody in this nation would revert back to the 40’s and 50’s and grow a friggin’ pair. It’s not like the guys accidentally kissed, called each other faggots, and then duked it out with a fist fight. Now that would have been offensive. Ripping out hair, crushing cans on foreheads, flexing for no apparent reason, and belching louder than the guy next to you has been a byproduct of testosterone since God put us on Earth. If you can’t deal with it, then you should probably start taking estrogen supplements.

In the wake of the news that global warming (or climate shift) is really happening, Al Gore is helping to promote a 24-hour concert series that will help to raise awareness and aid to this trend.  Called “Live Earth”, the series of concerts from around the globe is being put together by the people that brought us “Farm Aid” and “Live 8″. 

Performers already slotted to perform are: Pharrell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Paolo Nutini, Sheryl Crow, AFI, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Corrine Bailey Rae, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Mana, Keane, Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Ray LaMontagne, Robin Thicke, and Kenna.

Shows will take place in Sydney, Australia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai, China; London, England; Kyoto, Japan; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a U.S. city that has yet to be determined.  Concert promoters hope to even have a performance from Antarctica…which I am hoping will be GWAR, because of their video “Live from Antarctica”.  How fitting, don’t you think?

I hope the “They aren’t answering questions” people are getting some satisfaction. With the onslaught of info brought out tonight and the hints of what’s to come, it looks like BIG answers will be revealed.

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My wife and I went to see John Mayer in concert last night.  He is great live and we had a great time.  If you enjoy his music in the slightest, go see him on tour!  Mat Kearny opened and did a great job as well.

Aside from the outstanding music, a big highlight was hearing John point out a group of fans holding a giant “We Love U John” sign…after his first song.  Mayer quickly said “I love you too…and so do all of the people behind you”, which got a laugh from the crowd…the sign promptly disapeared for the rest of the show.  It’s nice to know that artists think about all of their fans…even those whose view is obstructed by the doting die-hards.

A goofy trend I have noticed at concerts as of late is people getting on their cell phones and calling others who are at the show.  They look around and wave aimlessly hoping that the person on the other end will see them.  What a waste.   Even worse are those who decide during the middle of their favorite song that the MUST call someone and share the experience with them, only to hold the phone up toward the stage, assuming that the person on the other end can even make out what song is being performed.

When you go to a show, enjoy yourself and share the experience with others later.

I heard about this the other day on the radio…and a co-worker received an email about it, since he just had Roto-Rooter over to fix a sewer line outside his house. 

Glad to see that Roto’s high costs are going to pay for worthwhile advertising gimmicks.

Roto-Rooter: Pimp Your John

I may be colorblind, but this open letter to Apple from the color Yellow is absolutely hilarious (it’s nerd hilarious, not normal hilarious).

Read it: Yellow Breaks Its Silence with Apple