Assassin's Creed Lineage (link roundup)

If there's nothing good on tv, then try the live action Assassin's Creed film "Lineage."

And a few more links:

1. Enjoy some allegations about Tiger Woods and then give your loved one some attention.

2. Photo of a Wisconsin Badger fan standing amongst a crowd of Midshipmen.

3. Cute drawings of Spider-Man villains and the New Gods.

*Previously: If Kirby's New Gods were Mega Man characters.

*Buy New Gods at eBay.

Horror Manga Makeup (link roundup)

Go here to see how to apply horror manga makeup. Via.

And a few more links:

1. David Kopel: English courts used "law French," which was all but indecipherable to the common man. One smart move by American colonists was to use plain English instead.

2. Two articles shed more light on the goings on at Letterman's show. Via.

3. Lots of interesting comments about what it's like to run a startup. One of my alltime favorite books is Microserfs, Douglas Coupland's story about a startup. Via.

*Previously: Incoming WNBA players taught how to apply makeup.

*Buy The Late Shift at Amazon.

Keyboard Cat at the Last Supper (link roundup)

Keyboard Cat at the Last Supper - - an entry by Natasha S. for a Keyboard Cat-themed art contest. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The Creature Technology Company is building a giant King Kong to star in a stage production set to open at New York's Radio City Music Hall in 2011. Via.

2. Wild allegations about Elizabeth Edwards.

3. An AP story on Roman Polanki's arrest briefly included various editorial notations including, "no surprise, new york is really hot on this." Screenshot here.

*Previously: Lego King Kong.

*Buy King Kong toys at eBay.

How to throw a fancy dress dinner party at Ikea (link roundup)

Go here for a gallery of photos from an (unauthorized) fancy dress party held at Ikea. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Photo of New York Yankees dressed as Batman and classic Batman villains. Shortstop Ramiro Pena actually looks kind of...cool as Catwoman.

2. Relatedly, Johnny Depp as The Riddler. Via.

3. Current big deal in China: A video of an adorable first grade girl. When asked about her ideal life, she said she dreamed of becoming "a corrupt official, as they have lots of property." (Photo link). Via.

*Previously: Megan Fox as Catwoman desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Catwoman toys at eBay.

Enemy of Poacher t-shirt (link roundup)

Enemy of Poacher t-shirt, apparently related to a game called "Pole's Big Adventure." Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. A positive view of rape was apparently common in romance novels in the 1970's. Via.

2. At Toycutter: Spaceboy custom action figure (and the rest of Umbrella Academy).

3. Alice jumps through the looking glass.

4. The father of the 17-year-old girl whose ass enraptured Sarkozy (maybe Obama) and the rest of the world says, "She is dedicated to helping the poor, not to seducing world leaders." Her mother added, "She is really skinny and only ever wears pants. [She] is timid and ashamed of her body. This was the first time in her life that she wore a dress, and it was borrowed from a friend in the shantytown because she doesn't own one." So, shame on all of us.

*Previously: The LA Times attends "Telenovela U."

*Buy Umbrella Academy toys at eBay.

Paper Ganesha Sculpture (link roundup)

Paper Ganesha sculpture by She Hirata.

And a few more links:

1. Nationally recognized anti-gang leader accused by federal prosecutors of helping his fellow gang members terrorize the Lafayette Park area west of downtown Los Angeles.

2. In other local news, unfortunate people stuck in Van Nuys are begging to join my awesome home town of Sherman Oaks.

3. Embarrassing highlights from the Moneyball script.

4. Amazing how fast the story of Mark Sanford turned into yesterday's news. My favorite aspect - - John Kerry used it as an opportunity to make a joke about Sarah Palin: "Too bad, if a governor had to go missing it couldn’t have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin."

*Previously: Palin's Twitter background.

*Find Ganesha statues at eBay.

Wow, what a month for Billy Mays

Billy Mays is quite possibly my favorite television personality. So, first of all, I'm thrilled that he has a new show starting April 15tth on Discovery called Pitchmen:



But wait, there's more!

My little brother (who I grew up watching infomercials with) has been talking up Vince Shlomi, who you may recognize from ShamWow:



Yeah, he's been arrested for allegedly beating up a hooker:



More information at The Smoking Gun. Via.

*Previously: Billy Mays' Magical Beard t-shirt; Billy Mays downloadable mask.

*Buy the excellently-titled "Become a Magnet to Money Through the Sea of Unlimited Consciousness" at Amazon.

The cover of Quilter's Home that's too hot for Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts

You know, it's times like these that I wish Blogger made it easy to put something below the fold. I mean, I don't want to offend anyone, or get you in trouble at work.

But here's the cover of Quilter's Home that's too hot for Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts:



What's that you say? It's not "hot" at all? OK you obviously lack any sense of decorum, so I present one of the actual quilts featured in the article:



This is Mary Beth Bellah's "Helping Hands." Those innocent looking diamonds are...VIAGRA!!

(Check out Mary Beth's site for more creations. I like "Crash.")

You'll have to buy the magazine to see the rest of the provocative quilts. Via.

*Previously: Evil Rock Quilts.

*Buy sexy quilts at eBay (including sexy firemen quilt).

Creepy Japanese ad for Bioshock

Creepy Japanese ad for Bioshock. Via.

1. From a few years back, but news to me, photo of a python that tried to eat an alligator - - the alligator burst out its side.

2. That didn't take long, here's the first scandal involving UCLA's Rick Neuheisel.

3. Funny comic strip about buying music at iTunes (strong language and adult themes).

4. NBA charities are just an venue for hangers on to line their pockets: "only about 44 cents of every dollar raised - or $14 million of that $31 million - actually reached needy causes . . . well below the 65 cents most philanthropic watchdog groups view as acceptable."

*Previously: Bioshock 2 teaser.

*Buy Big Daddy figures at eBay.

Monstrous Elmo (link roundup)

Monstrous Elmo t-shirt design submitted at Design By Humans by Berno.

And a few more links:

1. NY Times doesn't want to address whether its publisher is having sex with Caroline Kennedy.


2. The bigger the player, the more pinstripes on his jersey. NY Yankee CC Sabathia might have the most pinstripes ever. Via.


3. Now US zoos want "stimulus funding." The LA zoo is a horrendous place to visit. Seems like half the exhibits are empty, and it's a tremendous distance to walk, over very hilly terrain. No fun if you have young children with you - - and pretty much everyone who goes to the zoo has young kids with them. Via these sites.


4. Boulder, Colorado wants $6 million in stimulus funds to convert 60 government cars from ordinary hybrids to plug-in hybrids.

*Previously: A Bert to haunt your nightmares.

*Buy Muppets toys at eBay.

Found metal chicken sculpture

Found metal chicken sculpture by Scottoons.

Here's a few more random links:

1. Mario Puzo wrote the Godfather because he was "tired of being an artist." And he had an ugly encounter with Frank Sinatra due to the Johnny Fontane character. More interesting anecdotes here. Via.


2. Go figure, scientists think space elevators might not be realistic after all. Relatedly, I just learned that AMC is turning Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars into a tv series.


3. Forum thread filled with accusations against Shocker Toys and responses by a Shocker Toys rep. Via.


4. Andre Agassi's former manager (and former close friend) has filed a lawsuit against Steffi Graf, alleging she owes him $50k.


*Previously: Organization against space elevators.

*Buy Marvel Legends toys at eBay.

Formula One chief was not into holocaust sex fantasies

Max Mosley was just into "typical s&m" sex fantasies. That distinction just cost the newspaper originally printing the allegations £60,000 in damages for invasion of privacy. Link.

National Enquirer says they caught John Edwards visting his "mistress and love child"

You can read the details here. Shucks, been nine moths since the Enquirer first broke (alleged) the story.

More fun speculation about Boing Boing vs. Violet Blue

Owen Thomas and Melissa Gira Grant flesh out the sex scandal angle.

Most striking headline I read today

Best Buy's Geek Squad celebrates death of noted pedophile Arthur C. Clarke tonight [Obituary]

It's not a misleading headline.

Eliot Spitzer T-Shirts

Buy. Via.

The race for the White House might finally be getting interesting

Hint: John Edwards plus a "cocaine-addled, sexually voracious 20-year old."