(hipster bingo) If you're like me (and clearly you are), you like to keep up on popular culture, but sometimes you feel it slipping away as you get a few gray hairs up-top (or shave it all off in...

Thanks to all the Mac beta testers who gave me feedback. I made some tweaks based on those suggestions and the YesButNoButYes OSX Widget is now available for download from the top menu bar. ...

Our weekly roundup of notable stories from the last seven days. Two Signs My Free Implants Remember This? Shop Dropping Where are they now? - Willy Wonka Me and my Tumor Stuff on my Cat Balls Strippers of Tampa...

My apologies for no Sunday school last week. I was out cold somewhere. All you latchkey kids who grew up in middle america are familiar with this one. For the rest of you get schooled and live the childhood...

The cast of the Flinstones in the recording studio If you met any of these people, you'd feel like you'd known them your whole life. And yet, most would go unrecognized on the street. Today, YesButNoButYes pays tribute to...

I'm typing this out on the deck behind my house, overlooking the pool in the afternoon shade, sipping Coconut Rum over Ice. Stupid internet movies is the last thing on my mind, and it should be the same with...

So let me get this straight, Pasco County cops go into strip clubs at lunchtime, pay for sexual favors and then bust the strippers that acquiesce? If these guys hate being fondled by naked chicks so much, I think...

Strike one. Previously on YBNBY: Below-Average Expectations...

Don't you just wish you had been there to see this? 100,000 bouncy balls released down a hill in San Francisco. ...

According to BoingBoing, the Supreme Court in Canada has effectively outlawed the copying of music from your own CDs onto your own iPod, which means our Canuck friends must only load songs they've bought at the iTunes store onto...

From Agenda Inc: Sexual double entendres were removed overnight from Burger King's new website, CoqRoq.com, but the company claims it has received no complaints from consumers or other outside groups, AdAge reports. The deleted content included captions, under photos...

Over the last few months, Brian Fugere has survived cancer and four rounds of chemotherapy. What's next? Completing a marathon in the hospital's hallways, obviously. Brian is one of the authors of Why Business People Speak Like Idiots, but...

this is a lovely vid using reverse motion and someone's fairly pretentious idea of movement in nature. (via Metafilter)...

After the jump because slightly NSFW......

I'm currently working on a longer blog that I'll post sometime in the next few days featuring these people and a few others. But in the meantime, I'm soliciting guesses in the comments section - what do the following...

A grad scientist student at Rutgers University has created a Flickr photoblog that shows in detail the removal of his cancerous brain tumor. Fascinating, if a little graphic (via BoingBoing) ...

I have all due respect for Richard Branson. Like James Dyson, he seems to be one of those rare things - a successful visionary. Someone with the ability not only to see the big picture, but also bring it...

a website for people who like to put things on their kitties. as a cat owner, I can't even begin to describe the perverse pleasure that can only come from putting stuff on your cat. the more pissed off...

having recently caught the just-because-you're-paranoid-doesn't-mean-Rove's-not-out-to-get-you documentary Bush's Brain, I'm not at all surprised to see that some newspapers chose to pull (or edit) Doonesbury's reference to Turd Blossom. Don't flush your chance to own a piece of history today....

Could be a good read. The Search: The Inside Story of How Google and Its Rivals Changed Everything. By John Battelle. Available September 8th....

...this guy would never be released from prison. "Plotting to blow up an airport" would be one of the few crimes for which I'd demand a mandatory sentence. Who wants in on the exploratory committee for my World Ruler candidacy?...

Act like a man on the new website for Milwaukee's Best Lite Beer. Look for the game entitled “Lust for Bust”, where the aim is to sneak as many looks as you can at your room-mate's girlfriend's hot breasts...

This is for Lynx deodorant, which I believe is what the Brits call Axe. (via Screenhead) ...

Leonard Nimoy sings about Bilbo Baggins, the bravest little hobbit of them all....

Thanks to Tom Cruise, one of the themes of this summer is how crazy Scientology really is. But the Scientologists have taken to the streets for damage control. I was handed this flyer this morning in Times Square. Who's...

Inspired by a posting on BoingBoing tonight, plus Jellio's excellent Where are they now - The Bad News Bears, I thought I'd catch up with the main cast members of the original Wonka movie and ask - (dramatic music)...

Why would anybody go on The Bachelorette? Let Duke grad Ben Sands explain it to our alumni mag. He comes off like a good guy in this article, though I never watched a single episode of the series*. His...

So - think for a minute - who could possibly be last years highest paid Australian entertainer? Nicole Kidman? Or Russell Crowe perhaps? Or how about Mel Gibson? Well, according to Parade Magazine, it's none of those because the...

Having decided I'm NOT a celebrity who's privacy they have to worry about, Cafepress have reinstated all the items in our store bearing the Scaramouch photograph, including the ever popular “Scaramouch After Dark” pillow. Shop till you drop. ...

http://www.14to42.net is a photo collection of old advertisements of the sides of buildings in NY. The photographer also has details about the buildings and the companies advertised. The original sign included a chain and lock that wrapped around the...

Where were we on this one? Get your "Don't Shoot! I'm Not Brazilian" t-shirt here....

I'm sure many of you have heard of shop dropping (Hell, Scaramouch may have posted about it already) Renegade public art where artists "deposit" something in a store instead of "lifting" it. The Mussolini action figure was an example...

In many fields, the expectations game works. If critics aren't expecting a great movie, they can't be disappointed. In debates, politicians are often judged not against one another, but against expectations of themselves. Even blog entries can set the...

Outdoor Fun... 5) The ultimate pool gadget. Check your lap time by looking through your glasses. 4) Know someone going on a trip? These passport covers make a cool gift. 3) Have your morning coffee on the porch with...

Bernard Goldberg has written a book called 100 People who are Screwing up America. check out the top 10: 10. Ralph Neas, president of People for the American Way 9. Jonathan Kozol, education scholar and author 8. Paul Krugman,...

Richard and Betty Batten. A highly decorated fighter pilot, Dick died Sept 20, 2004. A graduate of Duke University, school teacher, avid bridge player and mother, Betty passed away peacefully yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimer's....

Roadkill collector, septic tank cleaner, cheese inspector, pig wrangler. They're dirty jobs, but someone has to do them. Don't know why, but I haven't been this excited about a new show since Celebrity Fit Club....

I realized that I never wrote up my promised review of Ricky Gervais' Extras, so here it is: bloody brilliant. It was always going to be difficult for Gervais and Merchant to follow on from The Office, and I'm...

It seems that Bill Gates is taking the launch of his rival to Google Earth to rewrite history in his own image: Apple's giant HQ in California's Silicon Valley is mysteriously missing from Microsoft's new online mapping application, Virtual...

This is too funny. MyFreeImplants.com is a community site that brings together women desperate for new cans and the pathetic slobs willing to pay for them, obviously hoping it will lead to hooking up with a chick with big...

Bitter about not being cast, former actor/former congressman Ben Jones is now urging a boycott of the family-unfriendly film. Read Jones' letter to fans. Keep up with all the latest Cooter news at Cooter's Place....

Mastering the basic elements of “wild, uninhibited streetplay”, all on a handy MP3 to download to your iPod to listen in situ. This is classic stuff ...

Is anyone having problems with our RSS feeds this morning? I can't seem to get them to work on my Mac. UPDATED: The RSS feed should now be working again. My hat's off to Feedburner, who responded to the problem...

I saw two signs this weekend that cracked me up. I didn't have my camera handy, but luckily (for you) I found the first one for sale online. 1. "Thou Shalt Not Park Here." Quirky clergymen. 2. "Just Hands...

I'll start - Fred hadn't mastered the subtleties of dating Glenda the Good Witch. Via BoingBoing...

A roundup of some of the best posts of the week on YesButNoButYes NYC returns to it's Porn roots 15 Minutes of Fame Where are they now - The Bad News Bears Big Ideas for TiVo One of these...

A little early this week as I'm heading down to the coast for the day. A fun experiment in photo collaboration - Infinite Flickr: The Movie Why you should always dissuade your child from wanting to be a bus...

Anybody who doesn't have a Mac with OS 10.4 installed, move along, there's nothing to see here. Otherwise, I'd REALLY appreciate it if you could beta test a new “YesButNoButYes Widget” I knocked together tonight. It works fine on...

because you didn't know you cared....

MONTREAL - American Chelsea Davis hit her nose on the diving board during the 3-meter springboard preliminaries Friday at the World Swimming Championships. Davis was attempting an inward 2 1/2 somersault in the tuck position when she struck the...

funny ha ha....

Ricky Gervais' new comedy show, Extras, aired last night on British TV, and I've started to read some reviews today. I will also be adding my own review, probably tomorrow, as the episode is currently sitting on my hard...

A slow news day here at YBNBY as we head into the weekend, so I trawled through my bookmarks folder and found this link to Robert Vogland, who creates custom mosaics for the bottom of swimming pools. Part of...

And so we came very close to another tragedy in London yesterday. And if there HAD been more loss of life (as I'm depressingly sure there will be in the future), we would have seen those photographs of the...

Today in WMMNA, a story about a very cool public art project in Seoul, South Korea. Golden Numbers takes 32 of the actual speakers used in the Korean demilitarized zone to broadcast propoganda (Hard to believe they were removed...

- PS1's Warm-Up has been going strong for four weeks now. No better way to spend a Saturday. - Street artist SWOON is trying to take them back one block at a time. You can see her paper and...

Three throbbing links for those amongst you with more - specific - tastes: Looking for that perfect little lady in your life? Try Little People Meet Whereas if you are more of a “sock person”, then Sock Dreams is...

To the tune of "Love is like Oxygen". Via a company called Stardust (click on reel) Via MokaBreak...

I mean come on, MSNBC. What is that story going to be about? I'm afraid to click on the link because then I might start receiving more porn spam than I already get. Only thing that could make this...

Scans from a book originally published in 1971 explaining these mysterious thinking machines we call "Computers." Some nice Orwellian illustrations on some pages predicting how we would becoming drone-like slaves to these things. Did the author ever predict we...

I'm sure everyone knows Billy Bob's remake of the Bad News Bears comes out this weekend, and it actually looks pretty good. Thorton busts out his Bad Santa character and beans a bunch of little punks in the head...what's...

"Two emissaries" from the Church of Scientology recently stormed the HQ of Glamour magazine when it found out that the mag would be writing an expose about a woman who fled to the country in order to escape the...

From craigslist: "Dance studio/company is looking for flyer distributors to advertise our classes and services to potential clients in Manhattan area only for 4 hours per day. Must be 18 yrs & older, friendly, outgoing, persuasive, energetic, reliable, mature,...

This week TiVo announced a new feature where viewers can choose to send advertisers contact information, making commercials interactive. That's fine by me, but, again, this idea is a bit off -- like the time TiVo & Comcast announced...

I've posted bad album covers before. Here's some more utter shit: Worst Album Covers Ever Returns....

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If you stop by Rockefeller Center next Wednesday, you'll see various well dressed men and women walking down the side of a building. I thought I had seen this before, but it took me a while to remember. Marshall...

Our friends at the New York Post ran today a Page Six item about a Brazilian model who's not related to some Frenchman. I wasn't really paying attention. What caught my eye was a picture of this Brazilian model, who's...

If you use AOL Instant Messenger, here's a cool little site that allows you to pit your own popularity against any other screenname in a six-degrees of separation style showdown. I could be wrong, but I think it's AOL-owned,...

BBC: Tube cleared after minor blasts CNN: London police: 3 devices have exploded Foxnews.com: London Put Into Panic...

For anyone that didn't see the first two episodes of Criss Angel's new show, Mindfreak, on A&E tonight, try and catch one of the reruns that are airing most nights this week. It was edge-of-seat entertainment. As I've mentioned...

Disappearing civil liberties mugs. Via Uncommon Goods....

Courtesy of The Gap...

THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE REVIEWS NEW YORK CITY'S MOST FASHIONABLE AND TRENDY NEW RESTAURANTS. Deciding that I mustn't be the last member of New York's illustrious glitterati to show off the exploits of a recent Milan shopping spree...

The Daily Show, of course, has the best coverage you can find on Rove-Gate. Recently they did a great re-enactment of the phone conversations between Rove, Cooper, Novak and others. Courtesy of onegoodmove.org...

Rest in Peace Scotty. That leaves Kirk, Spock, Sulu and Checkov. (It was the obvious headline. Leave me alone)...

The Horse Channel is coming. Presumably they'll be initially rolling out the show in the test market of Enumclaw, Seattle. (Oh, and my earlier theory about the man's death being caused by a kicking rather than a rupture proved...

I was just reading a story on Screenhead about Debra LaFave. In case you had been living under a rock, Lafave is currently awaiting trial on charges of lewd and lascivious battery after she allegedly had sex with one...

I'm not actually old enough to remember the Black Panthers, but I've seen the History Channel documentaries, and recall that famous image of the Olympic athletes defiantly raising gloved fists from the winners podium. Revolutionaries with a mission, a...

To celebrate the first manned Moon landing on July 20, 1969, Google has created a somewhat limited Google map of the moon with placements for the various landings. Zoom in all the way and you'll get a real closeup...

This week's recommended comic is JSA:Classified #1 by Geoff Johns, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Power Girl is generally known among the DC Comics heroes as "the one with the big tits", which is actually like describing a professional...

Introducing 5 reasons the terrorists will never truly beat us. USA ingenuity baby. 5) Look honey, you can watch Lost while I watch Entourage...dual view TV 4) A home egg mcmuffin maker...my cholesterol level thanks you 3) And I...

Note to Aquaman: Google Maps & craigslist apartments? Man that's so yesterday. Get with the NOW, my fishy friend - check out Google Maps & HotOrNot!! Hot people by Zip Code :) ...

I missed Lost until too late in Season One to pick it up, so I passed on catching up mid season and have the DVDs on order from Amazon. However, you gotta love this promo that Dave LaChappelle shot...

I just received this email: We recently learned that your CafePress.com account contains material which may not be in compliance with our policies. Specifically, designing, manufacturing, marketing and/or selling products that may infringe the rights of a third party,...

The Jailbait Quiz. (I scored moderate. I can live with that)...

Electronic Arts have announced that the much anticipated Godfather game will now not appear until 2006. Much anticipated not only by us here at YBNBY, but apparently also by Wall Street, because after the announcement, EA stock dropped 6%....

It may not be a suprise to some of the more pointy-eared contributors here, but it was a shock to me when I learned today that Douglas Adams hitched a ride with a Vogon warship in 2001 and is...

I'm gonna be sick. Via DoubleViking....

I've written some shitty ads in my day. So, I know one when I see it. Is there even an idea here? This was on our YBNBY Stats page. I like the media strategy -- target people who might...

Apologies to Jellio for ripping off the list concept, and to every DJ in the country for ripping off that title. Two random links. Here's a great ad unit from Brahma, which I assume is some South American beer. Guaranteed...

Fast on the heels of the suck-up guy in a box, comes the “instant gay disco in a bottle” . I snapped these pictures walking through Times Square today. Calvin Klein have installed a mock bottle on top of...

I am a cowboy in the boat of Ra. Boning-up in the ol' West i bide my time. You should see me pick off these tin cans whippersnappers. I write the motown long plays for the comeback of Osiris....

Don't you wish your operating system did this? A short video that demonstrates a new way of thinking about computer workspaces. Steve Jobs, take note. ...

A YesButNoButYes shout-out goes to our unfortunate British readers, for today, Magic Mushrooms became a Class A drug, which means a stiff penalty for usage and an even stiffer penalty for supplying. Although the dried variety had long been...

Many years ago, I read a short story by Arthur C. Clarke (probably in Tales from the White Hart) that described a group of scientists trying to create the “perfect song” via computer. The idea was that every hit...

Terrorists and their plans Including: Terrorists might deflate the Super Bowl footballs Terrorists might send pretzels to the president Terrorists might overload the WalMart express checkout lane by writing a check...

CNN correspondant Dana Bash let her true feelings be heard during coverage of the Karl Rove/CIA Leak story on Lou Dobbs Tonight. Lou says, "...Rove testifying that he first learned about Plame from columnist Robert Novak, a CNN contributor....

Now available in the new YBNBY store. Be prepared. ...

Funny mugshot photo of a drunk driver at Smoking Gun. (via CityRag)...

The [thing on top of the house], The [thing on top of the house], The [thing on top of the house] is on fire. We don't need no water - let the motherfucker burn. Burn, motherfucker. Burn!...

Thanks to DVR technology we now have no excuse for missing out on good TV (and watching bad TV doesn't make us feel as guilty because we can at least speed throught the commercials and boring parts so it...

...or not. There's a David Lee Roth impersonator on 92.3 this morning. Howard's having a little fun. Can't fool the Stern fans, though....

I completely forgot about this last week, so here's two weeks' worth of the best of YBNBY. Dreamland Artists' Club Photos A Little Porn Creep Show your Douchebag Pride London Bombing Blog roundup Saturday Night at the Movies -...

1. 12-year-old kid shoots bottle rockets at passing cars. 2. Pissed off driver pulls over, chases kid. 3. 12-year-old kid flees into traffic, gets hit, dies. 4. Pissed off driver arrested as police mull manslaughter charge. Story, via Drudge Report...

NYC Mayor Bloomburg has declared July 18–24 to be "Type Week" in New York. No, we ain’t kiddin’, and FontShop will be there to celebrate in a big way. Free lectures and events, TypeCon, even a typographic scavenger hunt....

RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman speaking on the Democratic response to the Karl Rove allegations: "It's disappointing that once again, so many Democrat leaders are taking their political cues from the far-left, Moveon wing of the party. The bottom line...

This Sunday's Lesson: What is a Cleveland Steamer? Answer: According to Wikipedia......

Dirty Sanchez The Movie...

Each summer, the non-profit Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) presents TypeCon in a different host city. This year, its being held right here in NYC, the place to be. TypeCon is extremely affordable, offering five days of workshops, presentations,...

Joe Camel...

Step 1: Get hammered ......

10 years after Netscape's IPO and Fortune celebrates with a tedious recounting of "who cares" details. Don't they have editors? Finally, after about three months, we were sitting in my living room. Marc said, "I don't know what we're...

Now that I'm grown, the sight of this engineering masterpiece, still leaves me awestruck. ...

Forget the face on Mars. Some people are claiming the face of Jesus Christ appears on the hillsides of Peru. Here's the google Satellite photo. Click for a better look. Kind of spooky. But if you think THAT is...

After an exotic theme last week, back to our usual lineup of cartoons, comedy and boobies. A short film very much in classic animation style, Snow-Bo What happens when animals attack (not for the squeamish) I missed this one...

Anyone ever hear of The Shocker? A hand gesture made famous by a Pennsylvania high school...known by our troops, but apparently not the Washington Performing Arts Center. It even has it's own Wikipedia entry. I stop surfing for one...

Via College Humor...

What with the Comic Con, Wonka and Potter, it's a big weekend for those of us permanently stuck in our nerdy adolescence. The images above are from among the LJ Images uploaded in the last couple of hours....

An NYC only link here, but a good one. This company have gone to the trouble of digitizing just about EVERY restaurant menu in Manhattan. Don't believe it? Give it a try. ...

I heart NYC. Jordan Matter: "Celebrating Women in New York City" (gallery @ jordanmatter.com, via sexblo.gs)...

Blondes Roofing a House Two blondes were roofing a house. One would pull out a nail and then hammer it into the roof. Then he would pull out another nail, look at it, then throw it over his shoulder....

Shut up, mailbox head. Harry Goz died September 6, 2003. He was Stacey's daddy (Ned and Stacey) and daddie dearest (Mommie Dearest). He had a rich broadway career that included Tevye in Fiddler from 1966 to 1967. He was...

I'd love to meet the genius at the ad agency that managed to persuade Nabisco into this name for their game. ...

You got to hand it to Matt Drudge, he manages to see patterns of stories across the country and neatly links them together. Take these two that appear on his site today. Firstly there's the story of a blind...

Great Flash surfing game. Its hard at first, but once you figure out its about what angle you re-enter the wave at, you are the new kahuna wahine....

Previously, we showed you where people could go to flip off the terrorists and show support for London. And then there's this....

I'm taking a break from injecting morbidity into the blogosphere. While I've been locked away doing research in the Retro-bituary labs, I've uncovered lots of other fun facts that don't involve the under-reported deaths of former TV stars. For...

There's some great stuff over on We Make Money Not Art this morning. Aside from the previously mentioned coffee mouse, they also feature the Timescope. Mounted on a Berlin rooftop, the Timescope functions like a regular rooftop telescope, except...

It's not practical you say? Nonesense, what goes better with your morning email than a cup of coffee? So it's only natural to create a mouse that also doubles as a coffee cup. ...

Be still my geeking heart. It's only a concept for now, but regardless, the thought of a computer keyboard where every key is a mini LCD display opens up amazing possibilities. Check out the pictures here. ...

I've been poking around the Bavaria website in an attempt to locate the Virtual Bartender girl that we talked about back here, but she seems to have gone. I did however find this thing - unfortunately it's with a...

To promote Gunther von Hagens' BODYWORLDS ("The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies"), Brokaw, a small Cleveland agency, came up with some cool ads. The elevator ad pictured here is my favorite -- the doors open and reveal what's...

Aint-It-Cool News has details of a program arranged by Harry's local, the Alamo Drafthouse in Texas. The aim is to screen classic movies in locations where the movie is set. Movies include It Came From Outer Space in Roswell,...

This is a recent one (we're using the prefix 'Retro-' loosely here) -- Barney Martin, who played Jerry's lovable father on Seinfeld, passed away this past March. He was 82. Past Retro-bituaries: Mr. Belvedere, Becky's Boyfriend from Roseanne, The...

From BoingBoing: Massive Capture the Flag (game) in NYC's West Village, tomorrow night (7/14) at 7:30 PM, by NYGames. Free and 'cell-phone enabled,' though I'm not sure how. Looks like fun, map included on the site.“ Sounds like a...

I can't imagine the patience it took to carve these pencil sculptures. Not only is the wood intricately patterned, but the interior lead also forms an integral part of the design. I read elsewhere that the Japanese carvers are...

An excellent series of photographs from Croatian photographer Kerry Skarbakka entitled “The Struggle To Right Oneself”. There's a haunting ethereal quality to the images of these anonymous protagonists, caught in a moment of weightlessness that transcends mundane cares and...

How's your day going? Having a good one? Feeling Ok about life in general? Then check out this article - Al-Qaida nukes already in U.S. Captured al-Qaida leaders have spilled the beans about a plan of theirs - charmingly...

Just in time for lunch, a post about eating. I was listening to This American Life this morning on my iPod and heard a great story about Catherine Chalmers, a photographer in SoHo who photographs insects and animals in...

Genius comes in all forms. Witness the incredible music and video for SiChunLam's masterpiece “I've got some blogging to do”. More of the masters work can be found here. ...

Groklaw has a report on what must be one of the most inane lawsuits ever. In an attempt to save themselves some money on bus fares, a group of ten cleaning ladies decided to start car-pooling to work. The...

In today's Gawker, Crain's New York Business wants you...if you're a business professional in NYC, and you like to smoke the gange after work...or during, I don't think they make the distinction. (found the image while googling the word...

In other stoner news, Wal-Mart doesn't like the old Maui Wowie and is selling an altered version of Willie Nelson's new album, replacing the marijuana leaf with a palm tree. via Yahoo News...

Big month for Porn Creep at both YesButNoButYes and Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Want to see some nearly-naked hot young creatives? Take a look at the Young Guns call-for-entries site CP+B designed -- www.hardly-legal.com....

This week's recommended comic is Ultimate Fantastic Four. I have not seen the new Fantastic Four movie and I am by no means recommending that anyone go see it but if you have seen it and somehow came out...

This is just weird. Apparently, there's a hidden sex scene in Grand Theft Auto, and apparently it's stirring up quite a controversy, and apparently there's a video game called Grand Theft Auto. Via GorillaMask (I'm gonna jump on the...

Yesterday, I posted a link to this site/newest way to waste half the day. Can't seem to turn away. So here's a thought. The questions with the most responses get permanently posted...otherwise known as a shameless self-promotion opportunity. Let's give...

Got this e-mail last night. Not sure why I got it, or how I ended up on this list, but opened it, read it and liked it. Enjoy. ========================================= We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country,...

Debralee Scott always had that perfect '70s feathered hair that drove us wild. Best known for her consistent work on Match Game (and all those other '70s celeb game shows), Debralee was Cathy on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and...

From the New York Times (so you don't have to register I've reprinted a couple paragraphs from the piece below)...

ok, so far I've wasted about an hour on this site. I can tell this is gonna become a problem. ...and I already have three answers to my first question....

I guess I'm jumping on Jellio's bandwagon here (check out his store, Matt Times Four), but I thought i'd try my hand at designing some T-Shirts too. This actually came about because, after searching the web for 70s comic-themed...

For weeks, I've been puzzled by Google's bizarre placement of ads on this site for repairing the thing that goes on top of a house. Here's my theory: On the right, under YesButMailbag, the first word of "Hail to...

We're all aware of Scaramouch's fascination with zeitgeists, and we previously reported on Flickrchicks, but there are a couple more you should check out (if you like that sort of thing). chicksnbreasts - nuff said FlickrBooty - need I...

Another actor whose death surprised me is Robert Pastorelli, best known for his portrayal of painter Eldin Bernecky on Murphy Brown. Pastorelli died of a heroin overdose in March of 2004. Forgive me for missing the funeral. K.R.I.P. Other...

Today, the new marketing campaign for Victoria's Secret hit the blogosphere. Pink Panty Poker is a flash strip poker game where, I presume, you can strip the opposition down to their sweet pink panties. How cute. For those gentlemen...

Well, strictly speaking, not a serial killer. Just a kidnapper, molester and triple-murderer. The blog of Joseph Duncan is exactly the kind of self-aggrandizing rant of denial that you would would expect: I have feelings, in fact I think...

Must...keep...thinking...of...brick...wall...! Incredibly spooky photos from a site that promotes beauty paegants. ...

We've been a bit critical of the press lately. Sorry to kick a dying horse, but this is from CNN.com this afternoon. I know they're pushing this "Watch" feature online, but they need to be more careful which headlines...

Another actor whose death didn't cross my radar is Glenn Quinn. Most notably, Quinn portrayed Becky Conner's boyfriend (and eventually husband) Mark Healy on Roseanne. The Mark Healy character was introduced as the nightmare boyfriend. But, over the years,...

Apologies for the quality of the picture, but I snapped this with my phonecam on my way through Port Authority today. It's a banner above a juice bar. Given the events of last week in London and last year...

I realize I'm coming off like a totally heartless asshole here, but could someone tell the 9/11 families they're not the only people in the history of the planet that have had to endure tragedy in their lives. In today's...

Something so similar to the Church Sign Generator shouldn't be so much fun. But it is, it is. ...

While screwing around on IMDB, I've come across several people whose deaths I missed. So, expect a few Retro-bituaries this week. Feel free to add your own. The first is Christopher Hewett (Mr. Belvedere), whose death was buried in...

Last week, two of our YesBut colleagues referenced examples of somewhat less-than-stellar journalism. Aquaman reported that the folks at Fox need to work on their vocabulary skills, and Evil Rich pointed out the people at the Times need to...

Taken from CrooksandLiars.com "Despite an Internet effort to drum up opposition, several hundred of the nation's most ambitious young Republicans convened Thursday with little controversy. Activists of a loosely organized campaign called Operation Yellow Elephant had threatened to protest...

If its Fanta you may want to spit. But Parents are not pleased. A TV spot in the U.K. for the fruity soft drink, that shows actors spitting it out, has been relegated to late evening hours, because children...

This was the first image that appeared when I googled the word "camel"....

The Camel Toe Report....

Was just watching the Pink Floyd footage from Live 8. Just awesome. Being there must have been like a religious experience. Any guesses on the possibility of a reunion/tour/SUV commercial/anything? And from the urban myth archives...has anyone ever actually...

This post's title could refer to either Verizon's slack-ass customer service or the Michael Douglas movie, which I feel doomed to re-enact very soon. Let's hope this doesn't become a routine, but I wouldn't bet against seeing "Pissing on...

- Kids can check out the opening of a new bear store. - Their parents can check out a new artist-designed products store. - Johnny Depp fans can get more of him they could possibly want. - Art Fans...

The Turd Line...by BFC. (Proceeds from the unlikely sale of any Matt Times Four products are donated to the Scaramouch home for over-the-hill bloggers.)...

Frank Miller's a pretty intense guy. Via iFilm....

A special Asian edition of Saturday Night at the Movies, (or 映画の土曜日夜 in Japanese according to the Google translation). This crop of trailers are not exclusively Japanese - some, I believe, are Korean. Invariably, the text accompanying the clips...

nb mx4: smells like a new shirt from Salon When Karl Rove was little known outside Texas political circles, he was fired from George H.W. Bush's 1992 reelection campaign for leaking information to syndicated columnist Robert Novak. According to...

So how exactly are all those Livejournal bloggers feeling after the London Bombings? What is the Zeitgeist (favorite word) of their emotions? The answer is, they're feeling sympathetic, angry, and anxious but not stressed, and definitely not surprised. (In...

See for yourself? (personal favorite...seen the musical four times...hope they do it justice)...

I was going to post something about this a couple of weeks ago but apparently Bill Cosbys lawyers had forced them to take it down. Whether that was true or not I don't know but now it's back. House...

The 9-string bass guitar? or a guy that can play the super mario brother's theme on it? Check it out!...

Fox News anchor, Brit Hume on the London bombing: I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which...

From now until the 16th, if you order something from Amazon.com (like Raiders of the Lost Ark on DVD) you could get a celebrity (like Harrison Ford) to deliver it to your door. For real....

Diamond Dave as a replacement for the King of All Media? True, if you believe anything that comes out of the mouth of Chaunce Hayden, who seems to get it right about 10% of the time. Via Yahoo News...

via Screenhead...

An interesting little viral site for Loctite superglue. I like how it reinforces the message (by telling you how long the monitor has been stuck to the wall) while still allowing you to send smutty messages over the internet,...

This is why I love Gawker.com: Caption in the Times: “Witnesses reported seeing dozens of people stumbling out of subway stations, coughing and black with soot.” Yes, NYT, “black with soot.” Or, as they call it in London, “Pakistani.”...

The other day I lamented the TV coverage stateside of Live 8 and put a request out for bitorrents of some of the performances. Well, here's one better. Full quicktime streams of every single performance from every concert. Get...

I wasn't going to bother to review this book. On Bullshit is probably no longer than a ten-page Word document. I checked the audio version, and it's 1/18th the length of The World Is Flat. But after today's collective...

Photo from the flickr London Bomb Blasts pool Odds and Sods from Today nontrivial solutions to the terrorist cunts who tried to kill me today: Fuck you. You missed me. Better luck next time. Cultural Pickings Relieved to see...

Quel domage, mon ami....

I've been watching the news for about an hour now. Clearly, nobody really knows what's going on in London. Some anchors have been going out on a limb, saying the explosions "appear they could have been coordinated. Allegedly." If anyone...

Thomas Friedman is one of the few pundits out there these days who I feel doesn't simply approach his subjects from the right or the left. Though a NY Times Op Ed writer and considered generally liberal in most...

Here's an interesting thread from over on the Storm Chasers Forum, entitled scariest storm images. Which obviously needs no further explanation. ...

On the eve of the new series of Big Brother on CBS (which my wife and I are determined NOT to watch this year as life is just too short), here's a series of images from the new season...

Awesome Flash-interface dub mixers. The one I linked to is the best one visually, but there's others that mix beats and samples better. There's about ten different ones....

We here at YBNBY have tried over the weeks to bring you the kind of content you love to see, which usually is of the more adult variety. According to our server logs, the following are our most popular...

God bless the Daily Show. They remind us on a daily basis (hence, the name) that we don't have to look to movies or comic books to find men of heroic stature. We have true heroes living among us....

CNN had a story this morning about Steve Jobs, who recently called the father of the New York teenager murdered for his iPod. The last line of the article came out of nowhere -- "How about an iPod made...

I meant to post this last week, shortly after the big HeroesCon Comics Convention in Charlotte, NC but unfortunately real life interfered with my internet life last week. This week, I'm going to recommend some comics by some creators...

In the news yesterday: Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald urged a judge to send Time reporter Matt Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail if they continue to refuse to reveal the White House source that leaked...

Costco, home of the deep discount and Pringles by the 24 pack. For some reason, my wife calls them “PriceClub”, but there's no denying the power of a place where you can buy in bulk things that you don't...

Every once in a while when I need a good laugh I peruse the essays at McSweeneys.net. Tonight I found a couple of funny ones that fall under the wedding theme. The first one is entitled "Bawdy Best-Man Speeches, Given...

The shipping from Alaska is a bitch. But this mechwarrior rocks!! The NMX04-1A Prototype is an ( X ) type chassis Mecha meaning Anthropomorphic/humanoid. It is powered an fully functional and stands freely on its own without need of...

In a stunning follow-up to Aquaman's Pretty Good Ad Award, Stella and Lowe have done it again. Reassuringly Elephants...

Invisible Breed Products™ from attackchi can help you disguise your dog as a kinder and gentler breed....

I don't want to lie any more. I don't want to feel guilty any more. So let me tell you flat out: There are too many blogs I like and too many people I like to making "keeping up"...

Yeah, it looks like Mariah Carey drew on a fake six pack before the Macy's 4th of July concert. From The Superficial....

Beautiful, isn't it. almost enough to make you want to move to Brooklyn. But enough of the ground zero comparisons every time a cool building goes up somewhere. Gehry has one person to satisfy...Bruce Ratner. The Ground Zero developers...

Remember the old optical illusion - is it a vase, or two faces? Now you can submit your own profile online and get a completely useless chalice that no-one except your Mother will think is the slightest bit cool....

Since we started this back in December, several Yesbut co-conspirators have had to credit at least a few of their posts to that mecca of useless information, eBaum's world. Well, those glory days may be behind us. It looks...

Chris Cunningham, video genius, has uploaded more footage for his personal project, Rubber Johnny, first discussed here. This is the stuff nightmares are made of (though when it shifts into music video mode it loses something I think). Turn...

Always skeptical of the World's Best this or the World's Worst that, finally one I can get behind: The World's Ugliest Dog. Sam, the 14 year old Chinese Crested won the contest for the 3rd straight year. Clearly taking a...

Planning a getaway? Planning to treat yourself to a prostitute while you're there? Take Chicago off your consideration list. The Chicago Police Department in conjunction with the Mayor's office have now made prostitution solicitors' information available online. By using...

A fun little puzzle to delay getting back into the work week just a bit longer. I could swear that I've posted this before, but couldn't find it in the archives, so here it is, maybe for the second...

When Tom's lawyers or Scientology's hit-men start fighting the anti-Cruise movement, I'd bet this site will be a good starting point. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Cruise has tossed off the shackles of Hollywood oppression and is piloting his Scientology-fueled...

A Russian astrologist is suing NASA for $300 million. She claims the Deep Impact probe that NASA crashed into a comet over the weekend will screw up her horoscope. It "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe"...

Went camcorder shopping this weekend, which was a HUGE pain in the ass, as I've never owned a camcorder before. Had about a million questions, and faced about a dozen sales clerks, all of whom really wanted to be...

I know this is getting repetitive, I just really like amusement parks. Promise...this is the last one....

Fun for about a minute. They won't make out, but they will beat the crap out of each other. Link....

Thank you SuperMasterpiece...

Body Art - art and nudity. Woohoo!! Subtle Lesbianism in Female Sports - ah ha! I knew it! (via sexblo.gs) Sexy Album Covers - we actually have a few of these (also via sexblo.gs) Animated Boobs - and I...

A friend of mine just got back from a ten-day tour of Oregon. After sorting through his 973 picture Kodak Gallery, I feel like I've been, and never have to go myself. But his shots of Crater Lake might...

This is year two of the Steve Powers - Creative Time parnership known as the Dreamland Artist Club, a project to bring public art to Coney Island. Mr. Powers has gathered 33 world-renowned gallery artists, and asked them to...

There's an extremely catty article in the London Evening Standard about the bickering that went on backstage at Live8. Here's a snippet: Despite running the event, Geldof managed to offend at least one person. Fellow organiser MIDGE URE was...

You can keep your Olympics. We've got mystery meat. Today at the 90th Annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition, Takeru "Mad Dog" Kobayashi won his fifth consecutive title by forcing 49 pork casings into a human organ designed to...

With Sandra calling it a Day, both sides are preparing their emotional direct mailings. Piles of money will be frantically raised. We're going to be so god damn sick of the political party line by the time a full...

At the end of a week that saw 13,000 visitors arrive briefly and leave even quicker, here were some of the highlights: Flinstones shill for Winston Cigarettes The KC Armstrong Interview Porn Creep World War III? A Million Ways...

Don't worry, I'm not giving a review of the new Cruise/Spielberg movie. I'll leave that to the resident expert. I just wanted to say...what was with the terrorist threat sermon all through the flick. When Tim Robbins gives the...

A special treat for the holiday weekend : four clips clip of Ricky Gervais talking about Live 8, plus a special extended clip from his new series, Extras. Long live The King. ...

and also one of the best gimicks I've ever seen to promote a movie. (Did myself, too. Just to be fair)...

Liquid Man...

enjoy yourself. take an extra day off. I'm really enjoying The last 40 pictures uploaded to LiveJournal ...

Check out the latest issue of Star Magazine, suckers! Close up: Nice work, Jellio! You're in league with the Versaces of the world now. Too bad there was no mention of the site. And thanks to Mrs. Evil Richard for...

ESPN's Bill Simmons invented the Reggie Cleveland All-Stars -- athletes whose names and ethnicities don't match; guys who made you say, "Wow, he's white?" [NOTE: It doesn't only apply to white players. Consider former UCLA standouts Ed & Charles...

Karl Rove identified as White House source responsible for leaking CIA operative's name. I wonder if leaking a govt. agent's identity is illegal? I mean, for a normal person, not for the Rover. You'd have just as good a...

I'm gonna give this porn thing a shot...but with monkeys....

- Sure, 4th of July means fireworks, but also shoving as many pork products into your mouth as possible. - And down on Mulberry Street the Italians take a shot too, but with pasta. - Tomorrow, tune to nbc...

A bumper holiday edition of SNatM, in celebration of the day we Brits allowed you colonists a little breathing room. If at first you fall off a roof, keep trying ten more times. Ouch! Thanks to BFC for pointing...

Peter Greenaway is one of favorite Directors. Along with his regular cinematographer, the late great Sacha Vierny, Greenaway's movies never cease to transfix me with their stunning imagery, and deep, abiding melancholy. From The Draughtsman's Contract, through Drowning by...

Zeitgeist is my favorite word lately. Regular readers will know we have a Search Zeitgeist on our site that shows exactly what's on the mind of Googlers who arrive here. Here's another example that shows the dirty thoughts -...

On the verge of what could be the cultural event of their lifetime to the English, and an interruption to Saturday Morning TV to Americans. Oddjack is offering odds on a range of incidents happening during the event: Bono...

Well, there you have it then, straight from the source. ...

A great little film about a man that haphazardly breaks all Ten Commandments, before breakfast....

It's not whether you win or lose ......

from the King via Sexy Fandom....

fireworks this weekend, check out Cyber Fireworks. My favorites were the ones over Baghdad - so patriotic. via Lycos 50...

Our friends at Screenhead posted two items this week that are representative of the fun people are having rewriting panels and pages from old comics and children's books. Jaypinkerton.com takes a pretty raunchy route with their remixed children's book pages...

I just turned my laptop into a phone! It's called Gizmo, and it works just like IM. I've already started calling people. And it took all of about five minutes to install....

With the 10th Pick in Tuesday's NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Andrew Bynum, a 7'1" giant out of St. Joseph's High School in New Jersey. The Lakers are hoping he can one day replace Shaq. Only problem...

Artist Phillip Warnell swallowed a pill-sized camera that took 65,000 photographs in the seven-and-a-half hour journey through his body. Check out the photomontage of the journey as one long, scrolling walk through his intestinal track. As with life, it...

See Tom. Dress Tom. Know Tom. Guess Tom. Bop Tom. Ask Tom. Date Tom. Visit Tom. ...

(Now that's what I call a traffic spike) Well, it's been a wild end to another great month here, and as usual, I'm going to take a few moments to look at the highlights. VISITORS We've had nearly 20,000...

...or does Coutney Cox have new boobs? ...

Throughout the site, in an effort to raise revenue to pay for our server costs, we've implemented google ads. These are served up 'contextually“ - that is, Google reads the page, and then tries to match a relevant ad...