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Weekend Link-Off Part Deux: Geekgasm Alert!

megan-fox-2 I just have a picture of Megan Fox here for no apparent reason.  Actually on second thought, there is a reason.  Michael Bay has released new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen footage today and fanboys everywhere are celebrating (including me!).  Check out the video after the jump.

Who said you needed to be hired at a restaurant in order to make money as a waiter? (Toronto Star)

Over in Conover, North Carolina, two Dominos employees decided to videotape various unsanitary acts while working at one of the stores.  Clearly they didn’t think this through.  The company has decided to fire the two employees and file a criminal complaints against them.  Those poor customers… now they know how ass tastes like… (ABC News)

Speaking of someone that knows what ass tastes like, a strip search was performed on a man charged with drug possession and the police officer found a bag with a white powdery substance in his rectum.  They guy grabbed the bag from the officer and stuffed it into his mouth!  You know you’re an addict when… (Olivia Munn)

A man in Waco, Texas was stabbed twice because he farted.  I supposed he needed a few extra openings to let the gas out. (Metro)

A man committed suicide in the middle of a late night screening of Watchmen.  I never knew the movie was that bad! (Slashfilm)

A 32 year old woman jumped into the polar bear exhibit at the Berlin Zoo during feeding time.  The woman jumped into the pool willingly since she was expecting to be welcomed by the polar bears, but instead she was attacked and bitten.  Bears are dangerous, of course you’ll get mauled! Duh! (Daily Mail)

A British man killed his partner of 30 years after she became obsessed with Grand Theft Auto!  Hey World of Warcraft gamers, I think you should be concerned about your personal safety too! (Daily Mail)

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Weekend Link-Off: When All Else Fails…

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Keeping with last week’s theme and going with the best from the week.  By request, Eliza Dushku from her recent appearance in Allure magazine.  This wasn’t as good as her recent Maxim spread.  After the jump, when live TV goes wrong.

Speeding is perfectly alright.  Sex while driving is fine as well.  Doing both at the same time… Well, the Norwegians won’t look too kindly on that. (BBC)

Your testify moment of the week:  Jamie Foxx gives Miley Cyrus some much needed career advice when he finds out that she plans on ruining Radiohead. (Zap2It)  He later apologized because he has no marbles. (Major League 2 reference)

Unreality found 20 of the strangest looking USB drives available. (Unreality)  Although, I still think that getting a real USB finger is more cool than a USB finger on a keychain. (MacQuarie National News)

A British television personality and automotive journalist decides he’s going to make a garden plot for a major botanical show… out of plasticine.  This can only end well. (Daily Telegraph)

An ant species in the Amazon has developed into an all-female species that doesn’t need sex to reproduce.  I think I speak for the male gender when I say that this idea has absolutely no merit and should be immediately disregarded by everyone. (BBC)

Experts say that Twitter will cripple you.  They’re just jealous that they don’t have any followers. (Daily Telegraph)

The world’s most rediculously famous dog heads to the White House.  And people care why? (National Geographic)

The Octomom wants to trademark the name “Octomom.”  It’s all yours.  Nobody cares about you anymore. (Zap2It)

How not to fire a nurse: A Wisconsin hospital pulls a nurse out of surgery to lay her off. (Wisconsin State Journal)

They should be glad they didn’t have to pay the overdue fine on that one. (CBC) Continue reading →

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Weekend Link-Off: Rewind Edition

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Maybe I’m messing with a decent formula but I’m trying this weekend’s link-off as the best articles from the week that was. For example, I finally watched Slumdog Millionaire this week. That’s why Freida Pinto headlines the post. After the jump, Billy Bob Thornton has his Joaquin moment. I wonder how much CBC paid him to act like that to get that show some publicity. Did I mention that I’m a conspiracy theorist?

Some guy steals a plane from Canada and flies to Wisconsin. What on earth would possess someone to steal a low-end Cessna and carry on flying when flanked by two F-16s? (CBC)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a history doing stupid things so the Telegraph put together a list of his Top 10 gaffes. (Daily Telegraph)

Fox sympathises with your recession-related job woes. That’s why their new reality show about picking a collegue at your workplace to fire is not exploitative at all. (Yahoo/AP)

The Associated Press are planning on taking legal action against websites that steal their stories. Does that mean that websites that report on this story will get sued? (LA Times)

The Conficker worm turns out to be just a spambot or maybe a keylogger. So much for a pseudo-apocolyptic internet ending worm. (CNET)

The Fifth Third Burger (that 5000 calorie behemoth with beef, chili, cheese, chips, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and more) was a hit at the West Michigan Whitecaps home opener. (CNBC) And if you’re adventurous enough to want to see someone demolish a Fifth Third Burger, then I’ve dug up some video for you. (Busted Coverage) I think Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut should head up Grand Rapids way and do a special challenge eat-off with this thing.

Indian woman eats 51 of the world’s hottest chilis in two minutes.  I would expect her to boil to death from the inside. (BBC)

Apple drops Digital Rights Management on iTunes songs and introduces variable pricing.  Meanwhile, Amazon is catching up. (Washington Post)

Common sense returns to baseball. Okay, they’re just starting the World Series earlier but for Bud that’s a monumental improvement. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Lance Armstrong is in trouble with the French again over (surprise, surprise) drug testing. Lance, we know you weren’t on the level when you won seven in a row. Just admit it so the French can get on with their lives. Actually, I’m not sure if the French have a life outside of persecuting Lance Armstrong. (New York Times)

How to tell if an ATM is setup to steal your card and pin numbers. (Network World)

A recent survey says that about two-thirds of media insiders believe that journalism has been hurt rather than helped by the internet. (The Atlantic)

Playstation 3 outsells the Wii… in Japan. I guess it’s one small step for man, one giant leap for superior technology. (Reuters)

Q&A with the supervising director of the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated TV series. (IGN) Continue reading →

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Weekend Link-Off: Hot And Cold

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For no reason other than to introduce a YouTube video, Katy Perry. After the jump, one of the oddest Katy Perry covers ever. Naturally, it’s better than the original.

The Yankees couldn’t quite figure out this whole stadium thing. (Scott Proctor’s Arm) You’d think that in the 21st century that people could design a stadium so everyone has an unobstructed view. Now the definition of unobstructed is “Being able to see either the field or a video screen.”

Ouch: Man breaks penis. He’s likely going to impotent for the rest of his life. (NBC Philadelphia)

Is the NHL really more physical than the NFL?  Well, this MLB blogger thinks so. (Sixty Feet, Six Inches)

ESPN agrees with the guy above.  Then they go on to say that boxers are the toughest of them all. (ESPN)  I don’t necessarily disagree with their choice but I do question that they don’t separate Mixed Martial Arts (which ESPN doesn’t televise, unlike boxing) from Martial Arts.  “MMA vs. Boxing: Who is Tougher?” would be an epic debate for the ages, definitely controversial and guaranteed to drive up ESPN’s web traffic.  Not that a business would ever think of trying to make money.

The NHL’s new marketing ploy: When LeBron Met Ovi. (D.C. Sports Blog)

UFC President Dana White goes nuts (Sports Illustrated) then apologizes to the gay rights groups (on April 1st) not the reporter he ripped to shreds. (Deadspin) But do we expect anything else from Dana. Sports would be so much more interesting if everyone spoke their mind like him.

Birmingham City University is offering a Masters degree in Facebook. (Daily Telegraph)

Speaking of Facebook, they’ve fired their CFO.  Generally, that’s not thought of as a good idea when you’re thinking about making an IPO.  Then again, doing an IPO when the stock market’s gone to hell means that they aren’t thinking it through. (New York Times)

Good news: The Conficker worm didn’t destroy the internet… yet. (PC World)

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Weekend Link-Off: I Wish I Was An Ice Cream Cone

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That is the luckiest ice cream cone in the world.  On either side of it are Blake Lively and Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl fame.  I might just be a fan of that show now.  More pics of them after the jump.

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The first rule of fight club: Don’t talk about fight club.  Second rule of fight club: Don’t hold it in a high school. [Dallas Morning News]

Anything the Florida Panthers can do, the Las Vegas Wranglers can do better.  Especially strippers. [Lion in Oil and Total Pro Sports]

Sydney councillor puts forward a motion to buy an MP a vibrator so she can screw herself. [News.com.au]

Horror movie monsters are nearly as scary as this sea monster that would make Jaws look like chihuahua. [Times Online]

The president of a soccer team you’ve never heard of does a drive-by. [The Spoiler]

Florida student gets suspended for passing gas.  I guess no one in Florida has a sense of humour. [WDBO]

I was right about Florida.  Always look both ways before getting flattened. [WFTV]

You’re not drunk or high.  There really are pink elephants. [BBC]

The truth is out there.  Or it’s near a British air force base. [Daily Telegraph]

Wow!   A flying car!  But where do you land it? [CBC]

Manny Ramirez takes time out from his non-existent spring training schedule to go cricketing. [The Australian]

Time Inc., which runs such LD go-to sites as SI.com and EW.com, will start charging for some online content. [Business Insider]

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Weekend Link-Off: I’m A Sens Fan Now

Hilary Duff and Carrie Underwood are now the main attraction of Sens games.

If there wasn’t a good reason to be an Ottawa Senators fan before, you won’t find a better one that getting to see Hilary Duff and Carrie Underwood at each home game.  In case you cared (and you probably shouldn’t), Carrie’s man, Mike Fisher, scored the OT winner at this particular game on Wednesday against Tampa.

By the way, I’m covering the Ontario University hockey championship game at 7:30 on 94.9 FM (in London) and CHRWradio.com.  We’ll be switching off between hockey in London and a national semi-final basketball game in Ottawa.  That should be interesting.

The Western Mustangs drop one local team from the CIS basketball championships.  They have to go through the other today. (The CIS Blog)

Some hockey love in New York at the expense of Derek Jeter.  Serves him right for dumping Minka Kelly. (Wall Street Journal)

China regains non-stop karaoke record from Finland for the third time.  I know China is trying to take over the world but why do this? (Daily Telegraph)

Only in Canada: Prisoners in Saskatchewan spend four months using nail clippers to break out. (Reuters)

While Sony and Microsoft are cutting prices for their video game consoles, Nintendo UK is raising prices by around $35 Canadian. (Forbes)

The guy who came up with the idea for the internet says the future of the web lies with mobile phones. (BBC)

Michael Jackson is still popular apparently.  His 50 concert series sold out in hours. (CBC)  And speaking of the King of Pop, Simon Cowell is trying to get him to appear on X Factor (Britain’s equivalent to American Idol). (RTE)

Britain’s top car authority, Jeremy Clarkson, isn’t a fan of the Toyota iQ or his chauffeur in Hong Kong. (Times Online)

And today’s bit of YouTubery, Chris Bosh follows in the footsteps of Brian Williams, Elvis, and Colin Mochrie in doing a celebrity weather forecast on CTV in Toronto. Continue reading →

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Weekend Link-Off: The Password is Epic Fail

It’s the weekend and I’ve got nothing better to do at the moment, so here’s some nice weekend reading while you wait for the World Baseball Classic games today.

Man tries to smuggle drugs into Spain using a cocaine cast. (BBC)

Ten Florida State teams will forfeit wins from the last two years for committing widespread academic fraud.  It serves them right for getting caught.  (New York Times)

In Soviet Russia, potato peels you. (Moscow Times)

The lord and master of sports blogs breaks down A-Fraud’s injury. (New York Magazine)

And while looking up an A-Fraud story on CNBC, I found a slideshow to help everyone pass the time this weekend.  After all, the best selling porn DVDs have to be worth a look. (CNBC)

One last A-Fraud story: Brian Cashman wanted to send A-Rod packing when he opted out of his contract in 2007. (New York Post)

The Yankees, Mets, and Cowboys still have seats begging for asses at their new homes. (Wall Street Journal)

Hey look!  Someone agrees with me about the WBC. (St. Petersburg Times)

And because we posted some good Wrestlemania moments earlier in the week, here’s one of wrestling’s more embarrassing moments.


I remember reading (probably on WrestleCrap) that maybe Hogan isn’t the crazy one for seeing Warrior in the mirror. After all, not only did Hogan see Warrior but so did the commentators and everyone at home. The crazy one must have been Bischoff because he is the only person in the world who didn’t see Warrior in the mirror. And people still wonder how WCW died…

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Evening Link-Off: Because We Got High… Because We Got High… Because We Got High!

In 30 minutes or so, I expect you to be in front of the TV screen tuning into Friday Night Lights! The best drama on TV requires your attention! I don’t want any lame excuses… you better be tuned into NBC at 9 pm! (FNL airs on E! in Canada). Ok fine, the only legitimate excuse is that you’ve decided to watch Dollhouse and drool over the hotness of Eliza Dushku.

And now onto the news!

Apparently there are 1700 people in Canada that are licensed to grow marijuana for “medical purposes”. Well… I’m sure there’s no illegal activity going on since these “legal” grow ops are usually barricaded to prevent people from getting in. CTV Toronto

Canada is now the USA’s number 1 ecstasy supplier! Toronto Star Wow… with all those drugs floating around… no wonder our economy is going down the drain.

Speaking of bad economy… it appears that people are getting desperate to make money. Got eggs? Toronto Star

Even musicians are up for making a quick buck. MGMT sues Nicholas Sarkozy! Entertainment Weekly

Alright guys, time to head off to watch some FNL! (Assuming those drugs didn’t turn you off from intelligent programming).

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Morning Link-Off: The Sens Have Lady Problems

I’m trying the day-long blogging thing again.  If you have any tips, send them in to thelowdown@live.ca.

The Sens traded for secondary scoring but Mike Comrie’s tougher half is in the stands. (Us Magazine)  Carrie Underwood mocks Duff’s attempts to make a spectacle of herself at a hockey game. (YouTube)

Carlos Delgado wants your bank account information. (Sports Rubbish)

Ovi proves that he is clinically insane. (Total Pro Sports)

While most teams are freezing ticket prices, the Make Believes continue to gouge their fans. (CNBC)

The prosecutor changes the charges in The Pirate Bay trial.  It’s still the most important trial in the history of the interweb. (The Guardian)

Bud Selig is being paid $17 million to run baseball into the ground while Roger Goodell is getting paid less and willing to take a 20% pay cut. (Reuters)

ESPN may contribute most of Disney’s total revenue but costs are expected to go up. (Wall Street Journal)

As a door slowly closes on Williams, a window opens for the F1 team formerly known as Honda. (Daily Telegraph)

You may not have heard but Tiger played a round of golf yesterday. (Sky Sports)

Spiderman is going to Broadway with Bono and The Edge. (CBC)

In tribute of Steven Page leaving the Barenaked Ladies (Toronto Star), here’s BNL butchering The Hockey Theme.


Well, it might have been passable without the lyrics.  Sorry for ruining your morning with that.

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Morning Link-Off: It’s Worth a Try

Welcome to the trial run of The Lowdown Blog.  This can either go well or be an unmitigated disaster.  If you have any tips for us today, send them to thelowdown@live.ca.

Facebook says they don’t own your pictures and information.  They still own your soul.  (Toronto Star)

Your “Only in India” moment of the day.  (Daily Telegraph)

Should Selig be indicted for letting the MLB become a joke?  And, more importantly, should Jesse Ventura start dressing like he did in the mid-80’s?  (Yahoo Sports)

Piss on the locker room and the administration will piss on your season.  (Daily Chronicle via Deadspin)

A history of stupid ads tattooed on stupider people.  I’ll being getting one next week.  (New York Times)

Starbucks is doing instant coffee?  And for only for $1 a cup!  Meanwhile, I’m paying about 3-cents a cup for Maxwell House like a sucker.  (CBC)

In Soviet Russia, government names you.  (Olivia Munn)

I’ll take things that could go bankrupt for $500, Alex.  These owners of the UFC are in danger of going bankrupt.  (Sports by Brooks)

Another reason why Canadian college football is better than U.S. college football.  (The Big Lead)

Kevin Garnett tells TNT’s Craig Sager what he can do with his All-Star suit.