• Oh my God. This is not a joke. The people at FOX and Redux Beverages are going to start producing Brawndo energy drink. You know, “the thirst mutilator” from Idiocracy? The one that everyone in the future uses to solve every problem, because “It has electrolytes?” The absurdity in the film that best signified the collapse of America is going to become a reality. Says another blogger, Karina Longworth, “So, to recap: Fox wouldn’t support a film about Brawndo, the energy drink that destroys plants, debases the human race, and makes those who drink it ‘win at yelling’, but they are now putting wholehearted support behind the actual drink.” Absolutely shocking. [story]
• The Year-End lists continue! The Onion has shared their favorite twenty records of the year (an atrocious list, if I do say so myself…The Arcade Fire as #1? Are you serious?), as well as The Worst Band Names of 2007. What an uproarious list this one is. The scary thing about it is, at least half of these band names are puns that would work excellently as Obscure References song titles. I guess the people at the Onion just aren’t pun geeks like I am. [story]
• TIME (in partnership with CNN, apparently) has compiled fifty year-end lists, including the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2007, as well as Oddball News Stories, Movies, Albums, Worst Business Deals, Sports Moments…They’ve got a list for everything. I guess they’re way more dedicated to lists than I am. [story]
• I can’t tell if this fills me with glee or shame. Gridskipper, the urban travel guide, has made a list of “LA Scenester Dives That Must Be Destroyed,” and my little friends and I regularly frequent over half the establishments on the list. If you notice the little Google map that accompanies the list, you’ll see the majority of these bars surround the Echo Park neighborhood. Oh, the embarrassments! [story]
• “Rethinking Retirement: More Boomers Choosing To Work.” This, from CNN, the news source that absolutely loves those rascally boomers! With any luck, those folks who eschew retirement to spend more of their lives working will work themselves to death. Ah, just think about it. A world without baby boomers. A man can dream. A man can dream. [story]
• Good times were had last night at Footsies in Highland Park. The taqueria next door makes some of the tastiest tacos I’ve had in quite some time. The jukebox didn’t play my songs until we were getting ready to leave. I fell into a bourbon stupor again, but it was not nearly as bad as Wednesday night, and this morning was not nearly as bad as Thursday morning was. I feel good.
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