A couple weeks ago, YesBut contributor Razen posted a cool item about some pinup photos he'd purchased, and referenced his own blog in the article. I just wanted to say I checked out his Retro Design blog, and thought it was incredibly cool. Lots of really interesting articles on furnishing "for your mod lifestyle". Two of the many posts that caught my eye...a collection of 80's video arcade photos, and a man who makes urinal art. I could read this stuff all day.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. But it would get my attention.

Via AdFreak, if you want something done right...

Via Waxy.org, a site that tracks the most popular new videos by their YouTube, MySpace and Google Video rankings. This week...two kitties, a hippo, a crocodile hunter and the numa kid round out the top five. (The hippo's cool)

This shouldn't bother me, because on a daily basis Gawker posts the most useless drivel anyone could ever find on the web, and passes it off as really important behind-the-scenes info on fashion, entertainment, nightlife, publishing and any other industries that list being able to get into Diddy parties as perks of the trade. They use the Cruise kid Vanity Fair cover as masturbation porn....you know what I mean? Basically douchebags. (And I know that's pretty close to what we do here, but they get paid for it)

But recently I read one post, which in the same breath scolds New Yorkers for not being cool enough to want Fashion Week to stay in Bryant Park, but chastises George Clooney for speaking at the UN on the Darfur situation. So, a midtown park closing twice a year for a handful of people striking they're best bored pose for the next issue of Vogue is good, but an actor trying to use his celebrity for a good cause is bad. The people at Gawker consistently remind me why so many Americans think New Yorkers are the most egotistical, self-important, petty, narcisistic assholes on the planet.

Q: So why do you read the fucking blog, douchebag?

A: Obviously, because I'm also an asshole, diskwad. Jesus, do I have to spell out everything for you people.

PS: They don't even allow people to post comments until they're pre-approved. So, they can dish it out on a daily basis, but can't take it...cowards as well as assholes. Leading me to have to write this useless post and waste your time as well as my own on a sunny Sunday morning. Sorry to bother you all...have a nice day.

Speakers include NYC Rep Charles Rangel, NJ Rep. Chris Smith and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Performers include Big & Rich, Suzanne Vega, O.A.R, Citizen Cope, Lupe Fiasco and Berklee College of Music. Link.

If you enjoyed the Monty Python-Star Trek mashup, you’ll love this encounter between King Arthur and Darth Vader.

- Jack Black, Madeleine Stowe, Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, Starsky and the Fonz want to save our oceans.
- The folks behind LonelyGirl held a press conference. Appears she was simply a puppet in this whole mess.
- Via a YesBut reader's blog, the 10 dirtiest names in sports. (How is Dick Trickle not an axe murderer?)
- The fat kid in this Wonder Showzen clip will be a bit scarred after this bit...that makes it even funnier.
- And if your Borat jones isn't satiated by this best clips video, you should probably move to Kazikstan.