Seismic Activity

(April 26) -- Women across the country are showing a little skin today to prove they aren't responsible for recent earthquakes.

After Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi claimed "women who do not dress modestly" cause earthquakes, a Purdue University senior rallied up her gals -- and thousands of other women -- to show the world they can't be blamed for seismic activity.

"When I heard what the Iranian cleric had said, I thought it was ridiculous -- but it was also something we could test scientifically," Jennifer McCreight told WGN.

McCreight took to her blog, Blag Hag, to urge women to show some cleavage for an experiment she dubbed a "Boobquake."

More than 200,000 people have responded on Facebook to say that they will participate in Boobquake events in West Lafayette, Ind., and Washington, D.C., today.

And although some critics have said the event objectifies women, McCreight -- who posted a photo of her Boobquake outfit on Twitter -- says she has supporters from around the globe.

"I've actually received lots of e-mails from people in Iran who said that they love the idea," she said.

I love a good boobquake. I don't know why there aren't more of them. Good job Jen. You sure showed that Iranian! I'm sure you really pissed him off, not to mention got a bunch of girls to shake their boobs around for a pointless experiment. You've made thousands of men unbelievably happy. I wasn't lucky enough to see anyone participating in the boobquake but I thank you on behalf of all men.

Oh by the way Jen, I heard Iranians believe that sex causes blindness. I trust you will know what to do to prove them wrong.

Tiny Horse

Newborn stallion weighs in at just six pounds

Weighing in at just six pounds, the New Hampshire-born foal may be the world's smallest horse. Dr. Rachel Wagner, Einstein's co-owner, says the Guinness record for the smallest newborn horse is 9 pounds.

I've been doing a lot of studying lately (fuck final exams by the way) and I came across this little gem. Look at this thing. I want to put it in lego land with a bunch of little dwarves and have them recreate napoleon's attempted takeover.

No Fun Allowed in Football

Regular readers will recall that in February the NCAA Rules Committee recommended approving a new rule that would strip touchdowns for taunting penalties, along with a ban on personalized eyeblack messages — area-code shout outs, Bible verses, etc. — that threaten innocent American consumers with genuine individual expression during their carefully crafted weekend broadcasts. Wednesday, the Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) made both rules official(emphasis added):

The change means, for example, that if a player makes a taunting gesture to an opponent on the way to scoring a touchdown, the flag would nullify the score and penalize the offending team from the spot of the foul.

Penalties for dead-ball misconduct fouls (for example, unsportsmanlike behavior after the player crosses the goal line) would continue to be assessed on the ensuing kickoff or the extra point/two point conversion attempt.

In another action that affects the coming season, PROP confirmed that players are not allowed to have any symbols or messages on their eye black starting in the 2010 season

- Matt Hinton

Are you kidding me? This is bad for more than just the game of football. When someone loses or fails in life they are going to have it rubbed in their face. Getting some taunting gives a little bit of incentive to knock that person around the next time you play them and motivation to not lose again. Sorry NCAA but I do not believe we live in Utopia. We live in a world of people that take their GPA's, their new jobs, their brand new Porches, and their hot girlfriends/boyfriends, and shove it in anyones and everyones faces that they can. Hell, when I get a new shirt I want people to see me wearing it. And no messages on eye black? Are they trying to just take away whatever they can?

So let's think about it. Is it possible a ref may make calls that are undeserving? Yes. Is it possible a ref won't make calls that he should have? Yes. Is it possible that celebrating on the way to the end zone can realistically have an effect on whether or not there is a touchdown? Unless you're DeSean Jackson, No. Do football players care about what's written under another persons eyes? No.

These are premiere division 1 college athletes. They are not children, they can handle some douche dancing to the goal line. I'm pretty sure, when that happens, the guys get over it. Anyone that has ever been in a locker room knows there are far worse things that could happen in sports than a little taunting or a shout out to Jesus on some eye black.

I guess all I have to say is... Let 'em play ref!

Comedian to Watch

This whacko’s name is Kyle Kinane and he reminds me of a mix of the characters on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” He looks kind of high all the time, which I suppose makes him relatable. Check him out for yourself on his myspace page.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18411635

Poor Conan

Great news everybody! Conan O'Brien is finally coming back to television. We can see him soon

on TBS, better known these days as the Tyler Perry network.

One of two things is going to happen. The first possibility is that Conan will bring TBS to life and help the network become more legitimate. The second option is that Conan will start hanging out with George Lopez, which will lead him to either kill himself or forget how to be funny and get fired again.

TBS is a syndication network with some minority programming. It is like a graveyard of television. Conan, I don't know what you were thinking when you made this deal but godspeed to you sir. Hey, at least you didn't end up on TNT.

Couple of Things to Watch

Today was very interesting. I saw one of the coolest visual effects videos I've seen in a long time. It's a cool take on retro video games crossed with modern New York City, called "Pixels." It's one of those things that made me happy to watch... unfortunately I also saw THE MOST horrifying and disturbing movie trailer I've ever seen. The movie is called "The Human Centipede." I saw the trailer about 12 hours ago and I can't get the images out of my head. This movie is like a feature film version of two girls one cup crossed with Hostel. I don't understand why someone wrote the script, why someone read the script, or why someone decided to make the movie. There is a group of sick and twisted people involved with this production. I've put the links to the videos below. The first video is the awesome video game mash up video and, if you're up to it, the second is the Hollywood's demented flavor of 2010.

http://www.onemoreproduction.com/video/1/210.html

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thehumancentipede/

Confederate History Month

-Mara Gay

For nearly a decade, Virginia has quietly declined to mark its secession from the union. But on Tuesday -- days before the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the Civil War -- Gov. Bob McDonnell declared April as Confederate History Month in Virginia for the first time since 2001.

The Proclamation, written in formal tones and posted on the Republican governor's Web site, declares Confederate history something "all Virginians can appreciate," but critics noted it fails to mention slavery.

"It is important for all Virginians to reflect upon our Commonwealth's shared history, to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War, and to recognize how our history has led to our present," the proclamation says.

I know the argument. The Civil War wasn't about slavery. Confederates weren't just slave owners, they were people. They didn't all believe slavery was right... but most did .

It's bad enough that South Carolina is still flying the confederate flag on their capital building but now this. What were you thinking McDonnell? Did you know the President is a black guy? He might not be down with this.

Typically when you disrespect, degrade, oppress and enslave an entire race it's probably a good idea to not bring that up very often, let alone remembering it for an entire month. And, Virginia, when you talk about the confederacy (believe it or not) you're bringing these things up.

Oh wait, I forgot, you have conveniently left that part out of your history. Confederates are a lot better when you leave out the whole slavery thing. I mean it's like Hitler and the Nazis. All they did was promote nationalism and help a nation grow to it's greatest potential... if you forget about the holocaust that is.

Hit Out of Nowhere

Last night the Philadelphia Eagles secured fourth place in the 2011 season of the NFC East. I say this without bias too. I am in no way a fan of any team in the NFC East. Fuck the Giants, fuck the Eagles, fuck the Redskins, and fuck the Cowboys. I am a Buffalo Bills fan and three of those teams have beat the Bills in four different Super Bowls. But you know what team didn't beat the Bills? The Eagles.

This is because of stupid decisions like trading your quarterback, who leads your franchise in every statistic that matters, to a division rival that has the fourth overall pick in the draft. Say goodbye to Philadelphia, Donovan, and hello to an organization that still has a running back, that's going to pick up a bad ass safety by the name of Eric Berry, and has a new coach with a couple rings already on his fingers.

It's just too bad for Jason Campbell that the Redskins made this trade without telling him. Dick move Washington.

"What current (soon-to-be-former?) Redskins quarterbackJason Campbell(notes) now knows is that his team didn't think enough of him to let him know when they dropped the hammer on the Donovan McNabb(notes) trade. Campbell, who's been Washington's primary quarterback since 2007, found out about the trade when he got a phone call from John Keim of the Washington Examiner just after the deal was consummated.

Me: Did you hear about what happened?

Jason: What?

Me: The Redskins traded for Donovan.

Jason: Really? Ummm ... I didn't know that, man.

Me: I'm sorry I had to be the one who told you. I can't believe they didn't tell you.

Jason: No, that's the first I heard of it. ... I'd better go call my agent.

When I called back later, it went to voice mail. His mailbox was full."

-David Farrar

Mommy and Me

Of all the luck: Denard Span hits his own mother with foul ball

By 'Duk

It seemed strange enough that a foul ball hit by Denard Span(notes) would fly into the stands and hit a woman who was wearing his jersey from the Twins.

Then we found out the woman was Span's mother.

In what can only be described as a freak occurrence, the Minnesota outfielder found himself feeling about as bad as a son can possibly feel after he fouled off a pitch from the Yankees' Phil Hughes( into his mother's chest.

This is amazing. As a Yankees fan I think this is just perfect. You even try to hit a home run, fuck you, your mother is going to get pelted in the chest. Deal with it.

In all seriousness though what are the odds of this happening. Was he aiming? Does this guy have some underlying mommy issues? How did them mother take the hit emotionally?