I had a rough weekend, hopefully yours was better. Here are some links to catch you up with everything you missed.
The Who Dat Dog!
- We all know the Super Bowl was last night and what a game! Go Saints! Here are the best commercials from the night. [BleacherReport]
- It seems like it has been forever since MJ died, but they just charged his doctor with manslaughter. [NYT]
- Act now! Valentine’s Day is almost here and Woot! has you covered with a rose bush and chocolates. [Woot!]
- We all know I hate cats… but this takes hating cats to a whole new level. [Barstool]
- How can the Internet be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize? [Mashable]
- I like the new Facebook. But I hate a lot of the people on it. Here is a guide to the worst kind of Facebookers. [The Oatmeal]
- Four reasons the iPad will be a success. [The Street]
- Finally, I know the semester is still in the beginning stages but you gotta start thinking about summer internships. [PerezSolomon]
Have a great week and as always, if you have something you want featured here email us up at mail@w2fy.com
Your college administration wants you (and more importantly, the media) to believe that
the biggest issued faced by colleges today is alcohol abuse. We can only partially disagree, ’cause, shit, you and I both know that we’re drinking a fuck ton. But, even though it may seem like college kids are dying every night due to over consumption of alcohol, this is simply not the case. Sure, kids get drunk (and often schnockered-the-fuck-up beyond belief), but that’s inevitable when you give immature kids the availability of alcohol (and you can’t disagree that college students are immature–hell, I have the maturity level of a four year old most of the time. I crack up at farts and giving girls raspberries when we’re making out). Still, I guess it’s a problem.
So while university presidents and college town police forces are getting all up and arms about this, they’re trying to solve the problem all the wrong way. It seems like they’re throwing common sense to the wind, and cracking down on fraternities–the absolute wrong place to turn.
Dartmouth’s new policy allows for “undercover” agents to go into fraternities to see if they are serving beer to underage students. If the frats are found guilty of this “serious offense,” they can be fined up to $100,000. This is complete bullshit, and pins the blame for over-consumption on the wrong people.
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Money to Burn (Xaphoon Jones Remix) by Birdman (feat. Drake)
Monday, monday. Fuck. Congrats to the Saints. Make it through the week, make it through the week. There’s a mantra for ya. Remix is by W2FY favorite Xaphoon Jones, btdubs. Rock on.
Each Sunday W2Fy teams up with SmartestYear.com to bring you some overly pedantic facts to spice up conversations. This week learn how hypothermia can gelp you pick up girls, and why Hitler hated the Nobel prize. As always, check out SmartestYear.com everyday for a brand new fact and all sorts of new knowledge.
Hypothermia, The Great Icebreaker (1/1/10)
Today, I used a hatchet to clear a hole in the ice of my frozen lake. I lowered myself in, then immediately sprung back out of the icy water. I think the pure force of my testicles instantaneously retracting into my body helped propel me out of the water. According to the Mayo Clinic Online, hypothermia occurs when your body temperature drops below 95 degrees (F). It is often accompanied by symptoms of “confusion or difficulty thinking,” “poor decision making, such as trying to remove warm clothes,” “a lack of concern about one’s condition,” “slurred speech or mumbling,” and “lack of coordination.” Sounds like hypothermia could be a great social lubricant. Creepy dudes need to stop trying to bring home drunk girls from bars, and instead set their sights on some hypothermic babes.
Hitler sucked (1/12/10)
The Nobel Prize was created in 1885 by Swedish inventor Alfred Bernhard Nobel (invented dynamite). Awards are given in the following categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The winner earns a laureate, a gold medal, a diploma, and money. In 2009, 10 Million SEK (Swedish Krona) was given to each winner. This is about 1.5 million US dollars. The amount of money depends on the income of the Nobel Foundation for the year. On January 31, 1937, Hitler issued a decree that banned all Germans from accepting the Nobel Prize. This was in response to German Carl Von Ossietzky, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature through works criticizing Hitler and Nazis. Hitler was just pissed that he couldn’t win a Nobel Prize…unless they awarded a Nobel Prize for Being a Total Bitch.
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Check back next Sunday for another recap, and SmartestYear.com each day for a new semi-useful fact!
“Nomar Garciaparra is the other remaining free agent; it’s widely expected that he will retire, and while he has not announced that, he has not been linked to any teams this offseason.”
–San Francisco Gate
This nearly brings me to goddamn tears. As a kid, I idolized Nomar. Did his stupid tapping and batting gloves routine at the plate, got yelled at by countless coaches for throwing like he did, the whole works. Even wore number 5 whenever I got the shot. Sad day for Sox fans.
On another note, watch this video of Dustin Pedroia working out:
I put up more weight than he does. If you wanna be an idol for a generation of Sox fans, you can’t put up weight like a pussy. Just look at Nomar. That’s how a Red Sox hero is supposed to look. Shit.
- Here’s a list of the five most unintentionally hilarious Super Bowl halftime shows. [Nerve]
- A man was killed by sharks while windsurfing in Florida… the state’s first fatal attack in five years. [Yahoo]
- ElPres from Barstool has much more fun on ChatRoulette than we do. [Barstool]
- Will Facebook’s upcoming “Project Titan” kill Gmail? [TechCrunch]
- Aziz Ansari recommends what to do while listening to his favorite songs. [AOL Radio]
- A list of seven overachieving beers. [McSweeney's]
After the jump, a surprise bonus song for the day!
Hope y’all are in the process of getting drunk and shit. Maybe give ChatRoulette a try if you’re feeling extra saucy. But here’s something to look at tonight–some chick totally flashed her fantastic tits all the fuck over at this soccer game. Look at the video here, and scope out some great photos after the jump. You can also find them all at this Deadspin gallery. read more…
No one wants to sit in traffic. Traffic is for fascists, and no one likes fascists. That’s why this one man from NY decided to beat the system and drive in the carpool lane by himself, unless you count the mannequin he put in the passenger seat to make it look like he was actually carpooling. Check it out here. This is straight up genius by the way. Unfortunately, this man was predisposed to being a moron seeing as he is from New York. Anyone else would not have put the visor down and would not have dressed the mannequin like she was from the baroque period. This reminds me of the time Animal from the muppets drove through Germany wreaking havoc.
The Hood Internet – The XX Gon’ Give It To Ya (DMX x The XX) by hoodinternet
Lil’ late on the music this morning, my b. Slept in and an’ shit. People make mistakes, my bad. Anyway, we’ve got two for you this morning. Great mash-up by The Hood Internet above, and some more Kid Cudi after the break, ’cause you know we just dig the dude.
