Damn the 24hr News Cycle

What's with CNN and their weird obsession with annoying hip-hop personalities? It all started with the hologram will.i.am on election night! This is what I just witnessed on CNN:

“Wyclef Jean just sent this Tweet and I want to share it with you: ‘buildings falling N da Capital of haiti, but n order 2 clean up da capital we need a massive Exodus.’ He says the buildings are falling. He says they need everybody to leave. He says, ‘I am calling on da US Army.’ That’s Wyclef Jean making that statement a little while ago. He Tweeted that and we wanted to share that with you. We think it’s relevant, we think it’s important, we think it’s news worthy.” – CNN’s Rick Sanchez.

Naturally, this was followed up with CNN’s “Most Intriguing Person of the Day” segment. Of course it was Larry Platt, the mastermind behind the viral “Pants on the Ground.”

Brad Pitt Stop

I'll copy and past the full article:

"Brad Pitt is accustomed to stopping passersby in their tracks. The Hollywood heartthrob's next job is slowing traffic in Siberia... or so Russian traffic police hope.

A Russian newspaper reports that cardboard cutouts of Pitt dressed as a traffic cop have been placed by the most dangerous intersections in the city of Omsk.

It's the latest move by authorities in their endless battle against speeding. Traffic accidents in Russia are among the highest in Europe.

The campaign seems to be working. Omsk officials say accidents are down as star-struck drivers ease off the gas to gaze at the unusual image."

Grand Slam

Congrats Mr. Federer. You finally did it.

Hobbits

"The foot that proves Hobbits may have existed."

Full article here.

Bye Tom

Although I stopped going on MySpace on a daily basis over a year, maybe 2 years, ago this news pulls on my heartstrings, makes me feel old, and has the phrase "Damn the Man!" ringing in my ears: Tom, your automatically added friend, is stepping down as the man behind MySpace. I know he stopped doing this alone years ago, but the fact that he's leaving his child makes me feel strange.

ShamWowThat'sFunny

ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi was arrested on felony battery charges in Miami last month following a violent encounter with a hooker!

Headlines

To find all of these in 1 day is very freakin' wonderful:

Woman Buys Used Couch, Finds Cat Living Inside
Couch only cost $27!

10 Kids Drink Windshield Wiper Fluid At Daycare
Why didn't the first kid tell the other 9 kids?

Israeli Hiker Falls to Death Out of Rescue Helicopter
My kids will probably be mentally handicapped because I find this funny.

Corpse Delivered to Pet Store
Whole new meaning to "Sleeping with the Fishes"