“They packed the bowl of the pipe (the terminology of which I found on reddit), and showed me how to smoke it properly.” America’s least cool 23-year-old tries weed (slang for marijuana).
Here's Video Footage of Colin Powell Dork-Dancing To Daft Punk
As if these photos of Colin Powell cutting a rug—pursed lips conveying his boogie-woogie seriousness in one; hands-on-hips stance indicating he may be contemplating a hernia-inducing squat dance in another—weren't uncomfortable enough, now we have approximately 20 digital-video seconds of the former secretary of state…
Here's Colin Powell and Jamie Foxx Dancing Like Dorks
Former secretaries of state: They're just like us, right down to the emotional affairs with Romanian diplomats and the looking like dorks while dancing with your friends.
Mark Zuckerberg's Timeline Reveals He's a Huge Dork
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook "timeline" just went up, and it paints the billionaire mogul as a harmless dork. Rock, paper, scissors tournament, check; fleece and gym shorts in Morocco, check; weird self portrait , check. But Obama thinks he's dope. Of course.
Rick Santorum Raising Money Off of His 'Google Problem'
Rick Santorum has long struggled with his "Google problem," in which the first result of a "rick santorum" search defines "Santorum" as a filthy anal sex byproduct. This has been the case since gay activist and columnist Dan Savage coordinated a successful Google bomb in 2003. But Santorum finally appears to have…
Shocking Turnaround: Yale More Preppy Than Harvard
Last week we breathlessly reported on America's Whitest Colleges, which we deduced from a list of schools that had signed deals to have Brooks Brothers produce incredibly goofy clothing with their college logos. The single most shocking school that did not appear on that list: Yale. UNTIL NOW.
Brooks Brothers Inadvertently Reveals America's Whitest Colleges
Brooks Brothers does not make the type of "College apparel" worn by Southeastern Conference country animals on "game day" that serves as little more than a bib for copious amounts of spilled beer and barbecue sauce. That is not what Brooks Brothers does. Brooks Brothers makes dignified casual apparel for American…
House Republicans Worship These 'Most Extreme' Fitness DVDs
How do the GOP's hot studs in the House get psyched for their days of killer budget cuts and rape redefining? We'd always assumed cocaine! And maybe that's still true. But mostly it's this set of XTREME infomercial workout DVDs that they love.
Quidditch Is Not a Sport
The newly-formed International Quidditch Association is hoping to turn the game memorialized in the Harry Potter books into an official NCAA sport. Sorry, but until you can fly and cast spells, you're just a bunch of dorks with broom wedgies.
The World Cup's Real Winners and Losers
The World Cup is almost over. We won't know who technically won until after tomorrow's final. But like a human Paul the Octopus, Zach Dundas, author of the book The Renegade Sportsman, already knows who really won the tournament.
Harvard Fails to Shut Up Own Students
Harvard Medical School tried to tell its own students they couldn't speak to the (scary) media without the school's official permission. Shut up, college—literally! Haha. No we did not go to Harvard, why? Luckily!
Five Most Off The Hook Video Job Applications by Young Republican Patriots
The Republican National Committee is hiring—via YouTube! Scores of patriotic young Republicans have uploaded video job applications. Below, marvel at five of the most promising future American leaders. Al Quaeda suxxx!
Nerds Scam Bookstores with Crank-Call Hoaxes
Hucksters are calling bookstores, pretending to be authors, and then hitting them up for money, reports the LA Times. For example, someone might impersonate an author that will be reading at the store in a few days, asking for cash to get his car out of the impound lot. Big-hearted bookstore employees have fallen for…
Wal-Mart Fits Right In To Dork-Filled Blogosphere
First, Wal-Mart tried to endear themselves to the online world with a thoroughly corporate website full of "Facts." Then, they tried a fake, secretly corporate-sponsored blog. Now, it looks like they've learned their lesson about openness and disclosure; they've started an (apparently) uncensored corporate blog that…
Best Publishers Lunch Ever: Hot Sex With Benoit Denizet-Lewis, and Why Geeks Are Cool
We'd have to call this the most interesting bit of news in this week's Publishers Lunch weekly deal wrapup:
