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15 Mar 2010 23:37

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Offbeat: Chatroulette’s first star: Merton, the piano-improv supergenius

  • We went back and forth on posting this. Not because it’s not HILARIOUS, but because we were afraid we missed the viral boat on it already. Now, if we saw more guys with pianos and fewer guys with their hands on their (#&(@(&, Chatroulette would be a cool place. Please tell us this guy is actually Ben Folds pretending to be someone else.
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14 Mar 2010 22:21

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Offbeat: When Rex Roland grades papers, he calls your kid a LOSER

  • -20% for being a LOSER; we grade like this too source
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14 Mar 2010 11:57

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Music: Acrassicauda: Yes, there is a heavy metal band in Iraq

See these dudes here? They’re the only band in Iraq that plays heavy metal. You know you have to be hard and heavy if you can avoid IEDs. source
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14 Mar 2010 11:50

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Offbeat: Today is Pi Day, and Twitter’s all over it like a massive number



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11 Mar 2010 10:25

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Offbeat: Expand your fast-food ordering options with this insane secret list

We have no clue if these are all accurate, but some highlights: Poutine at KFC/A&W, the 100×100 at In-N-Out, and the “hypocrite” (veggie burger with bacon) at Fatburger. source
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10 Mar 2010 23:02

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Politics: Sarah Palin will win in 2012 if this is her campaign poster

  • We can totally get behind this campaign poster to end all campaign posters, mainly because it’s hilarious. (Hat tip Andrew Sullivan)
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08 Mar 2010 20:18

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Offbeat: Want to buy some sex? Sex.com up on the auction block

  • $1 million minimum to get a little more sex(.com) in your life source
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08 Mar 2010 10:42

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Politics: The Tea Party movement getting in the way of actual tea parties

  • When I look at search engine results for ‘Chicago tea,’ I find a whole bunch of Chicago tea party movement sites. There are a few tea places and then all this political stuff. It’s pretty annoying.
  • Chicago tea shop owner Tony Gebely • Regarding a huge marketing problem he has as a result of the Tea Party – what if people actually want tea instead of fiscally conservative politics? It’s really hard to find it on Google. Gebely’s problem isn’t anywhere near as bad as a guy who’s starting a business called “Memphis Tea Party” – pretty much every result that comes up is for the Memphis Tea Party, the organization. source
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07 Mar 2010 23:12

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Culture: Speaking of the iPad, this Doritos parody is completely perfect

  • Check out the names. The first two are phonetic riffs on Apple’s Phil Schiller and Jony Ive, and the clip is pretty much amazing. At its core? Great marketing.
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06 Mar 2010 13:48

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Politics: The RNC pays a lot of money for awful Powerpoint presentations

  • $370,000 the amount RNC consultant Rob Bickhart has been paid since June – “more than the president,” as one critic of Bickhart’s notes
  • “fear” what the RNC got from Bickhart, who made a much-ridiculed fundraising slideshow which oddly compares Harry Reid to Scooby-Doo source
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