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Great Day For New Music: T.I., MGMT, She and Him, and Bright Eyes

2010-03-10T03:09:00Z

Lets start off by talking about the most important song that leaked today T.I.'s "I am Back" What else could it be called when dude just got out of prison: http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=72576

It is more of a mix tape track and the loopy beat sounds like a southern fried version of Black Rob's Whoa; but whats evident right away is that nearly a year in jail has not hurt T.I.'s flow or and lyrically he is ferociously going at anyone who talked shit about him while he was away.

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The Pats Should Go After Thomas Jones

2010-03-06T18:45:00Z

I don't want the Pats to waste a draft pick on a running back, thus I hope they go after a solid veteran like Thomas Jones. He is durable, averages a little over 4 yards a carry, and for the past 5 years has averaged about 1300 yards a year. He is getting older, but the Pats being a past first offense would not over use him.

http://www.nfl.com/players/thomasjones/profile?id=JON755755

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Let Students Sleep In

2010-03-06T18:42:00Z

“When I wake up in the morning and the alarm gives out a warning I don’t think I’ll ever make it on tim”

To anyone who grew up in the ...

My top 10 Dr. Seuss Books.

2010-03-02T23:40:00Z

In honor of his b-day, my top 10 all-time favorite Dr. Seuss books in descending order:

10. Green Eggs and Ham

9. Bartholomew and the Oobleck

8. The Sneetches

7. Fox in Socks

6. The Cat in the Hat

5. Oh the Thinks You Can Think

4. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

3. Horton Hears A Who

2. The Lorax

1. The Butter Battle Book

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Good Game, Eh

2010-03-01T02:39:00Z

It is fun to mock Canadians sometime, but it is hard to get mad at them. (well except, the Montreal French Speaking ones because they are fucking annoying) That is why even though I was routing for the USA in the gold medal game, I did not feel to bad when Crosby put in the game winner. In some ways it would have been kind of sad to see the Canadians all depressed after choking on their home ice. In terms of marketing of hockey, it was probably the best that Crosby was the guy who put it ...

New Music You Should Check Out:

2010-02-24T03:39:00Z

If you want a quick laugh, check out Ludacris' new "Tiger Woods" song: http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=70998
She & Him who are releasing their follow up to their classic debut next month just had a second song hit the internets and needless to say it kicks ass: http://stereogum.com/274692/she-him-thieves-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
Janelle Monae is like a female Ceelo or Andre 3000 and Puffy's most important signing to Bad Boy since the son of the current president of Belize (Shyne) Her first single just leaked and while it is not as classic as Andre 3000's Hey Ya or Gnarls Barkley's ...

5 Great Non-Cliché Karaoke Songs

2010-02-20T15:20:00Z

Too many Karaoke songs have become cliché. I am looking at you Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing” and Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” Thus, I have created a new list of 10 non-cliché Karaoke songs that Karaoke bars should have on their playlist and that people should begin the process of running into the ground faster than you can say “Living On A Prayer.”

1. Nookie by Limp Bizkit: Remember Limp Bizkit? Of course you do. They had 2 albums that nearly sold 10 million copies each. But in many ways ...

Glad To Have Nate Robinson: We Need Head More Head Cases Around Here

2010-02-19T21:39:00Z

First off, good luck to Eddie House. He was an entertainingly player to watch and will always be part of Celtics lore because of his help in winning our 17th Championship especially his raining 3s in game 4 in against LA. That being said, I am glad we got Nate Robinson on the Celtics. He is a talented dude that some have called a "head case" and I for one like it when we have "head cases" on our Boston sports teams. I don't mean "head cases" where guys do serious things wrong like beat their wives, but ...

Annotated Bibliography : Biographies of World Leaders For Junior High School

2010-02-19T21:37:00Z

This is an annotated bibliography of world leaders. The intended audience is junior high English teacher or teacher of social studies/history. Many times historic events and ideas can be given more immediacy when they are attached to actual people; thus, my hope is a bibliography like this will arm teachers with a collection of books to get their students more interested in history and politics.

In creating this bibliography, I initially wrote down a list of 25 current and historic ...

Entertainment Weekly Plagiarized My Blog Post

2010-02-19T21:25:00Z

About a week ago, I posted about how social networking sites are helping T.V. ratings; especially the ratings for big events or shows with a cult following. On page 42 of this weeks Entertainment Weekly, (Feb 26) they have what is pretty much a rewrite of my blog post. It is most likely a coincidence because it is an easily made observation about social networking and ratings, but I think I may have to sue them for plagiarism mostly because what this society ...

Prediction: Babies is Going To Be One Of The Biggest Money Making Movies of 2010

2010-02-18T14:36:00Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=by-fND0L5hI&v=NBCNgnaFVI8
If you click the above link, you will see a trailer for the movie babies. It is a simple premise of a documentary of 4 babies in different parts of the world followed for one year as they develop. It does not look like an academic documentary, but more designed to pull at the heart strings and get laughs. I have seen many women watch the trailer (thats Sufjan Stevens music) and the number of aaahhhhhsss per minute is extraordinary. This movie is going ...

Percy Jackson Can Go Fuck Himself

2010-02-13T17:12:00Z

Percy Jackson is a book that was turned into to a movie about a boy who is half greek god. I have never actually read it, but his name drives me crazy. It is the most un-greek name ever and Percy is kind of a terrible name in general. I understand for marketing reasons the name could not be Thanos Stephanapolos or something like that, but at ...

Research Review: The Efficacy of Computer Games In Reading Instruction

2010-02-12T02:04:00Z

Introduction and Theoretical Backgroung

Computers and similar devices such as cell phones and video games are a staple of modern existence and their continued advancement into every aspect of our lives shows no signs of abating. Reading instruction falls under this umbrella of computer use in all aspects of life. Many classrooms now feature computers in the class and or have computer labs located in the school which the students can access. There is a wide array of computer games ...

Weathermen: Epic Fail or Conspiracy?

2010-02-10T23:25:00Z

February is a T.V. sweeps month and nothing drives up local news ratings like a big snow story. Was today's bad weather report just an epic weatherman (and weatherwomen) fail, or did they collude to overhype the story to get better sweeps month ratings? It is most likely the former because other weather services said it would hit us as well, but I still say it behooves the T.V. people's bottom lines to overhype a storm. ...

Theory: Facebook Is Helping T.V. Ratings

2010-02-09T19:29:00Z

One might intuitively think that something like Facebook would hurt T.V. ratings because it would take people away from the T.V. and have them on the computer; I believe that FB might actually be helping T.V. ratings especially for major events and shows with cult followings. This past year, things like The Grammy’s, NFL Playoffs/Super Bowl, World Series, the MTV Awards, and many other events all did better in the ratings than in the past few years. Part of the ...

What Video Games Can Teach Us About Education

2010-02-09T19:28:00Z

For years, pundits and many parents have pointed to video games with derision as one of the reasons that children today have problems in school. (i.e. too much time playing video games.) However, video games and their popularity might help us learn effective ways to teach children better. In Rose and Meyer’s book Teaching Every Student In The Digital Age; Universal Design For Learning they discuss how in video games challenges escalate as a player develops skill and thus the player is constantly being challenged, but not frustratingly so. This goes along with ...

Super Bowl XLIV Running Diary

2010-02-08T03:14:00Z

Since Bill Simmons has not done a running diary in a while, so I am going to pounce on that fumble and give my own football and T.V. commercial running diary.

6:00 We are coming to you live from the Katow Speetee in H2Otown MA to bring you a running diary of Super Bowl XLIV with The Saints against the Colts. I am rooting for the Saints (and against the Colts even more so) and predicted a Saints 35-31 Victory because they would win the turnover battle. My sister has brought ...

Super Bowl Predictions

2010-02-07T13:45:00Z

Early in the game both defenses after being an after thought will come out of the tunnel hyped up and stop the other teams offenses; however, after a while defensive fatigue along with both Manning and Breess great ability to adjust will open the flood gates and both teams will trade TDs. The Saints have had a knack for forcing key turnovers all year and I think they will keep it up this game. Someone like Collie or Addai fumbles for the Colts in the 4^th and the ...

Suck Bruins Suck! Suck Bruins Suck!

2010-02-05T04:33:00Z

The Bruins lost again tonight; thats 9 in a row. The longest streak since 1925 which was before the Great Depression for god sakes and I am glad about it. We do not have the talent too do anything in the playoffs this year, but we do have the also sucky Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick this year and next. If we can also suck as much as we have been this year, we may end up with two top 5 picks. ...

"Indie" Artists Getting Paid

2010-02-04T01:50:00Z

I hear M. Ward in Budweiser ads, Phoenix in Cadillac ads, Passion Pit in the Palm Pixi ads, and Vampire Weekend in HP ads. Did indie go mainstream or did mainstream go indie? Either way, I believe in C.R.E.A.M. ...