From the mouth of Timmy



...one of my buds at work,



"Florida. Where the space shuttle was attacked by pirates."



Florida quarter

This makes me sad.



Don't get me wrong - I believe in free speech. And I believe Clear Channel is a very, very frightening media monster. But it seriously bums me out that Americans have taken this particular issue to heart and decided to take action. Isn't there a better 1st Amendment cause out there? (courtesy of adrants.com)



Clear Channel Suffers Huge Ratings Loss After Booting Howard Stern



Clear Channel is getting what it deserves - a mass exodus of listeners after pulling Howard Stern off the air. The numbers are staggering. Following Clear Channel's dropping of Stern from San Diego station KIOZ, for example, ratings plummeted from a number one position with and 8.9 rating 12+ to number 27 with a 0.7 rating. For specific demos, the losses were even more staggering. For men 18+, ratings went from a 12.7 to a 0.7. For men 18-34, ratings went from a 20.6 to a 0.8. For 25-54, ratings went from a 10.1 to a 1.0.

A movie tip from flavorpill.com



Before David Lynch was coddled with big budgets that didn't

serve his aesthetic, he might've fashioned something as

spiky and rarified as Guy Maddin's black-and-white,

eminently diverting dirge of a movie. Heiress Lady

Port-Huntly (Lynch alumna Isabella Rossellini), wobbling

atop glass prosthetic legs churning with beer (yes, beer),

announces a global contest in which the saddest music in the

world wins $25,000. Among the droves who flock to her home

base of wintry, Depression-era Winnipeg are weeping

mariachis, wailing bagpipers, an amnesiac siren with a

talking tapeworm, and a scapegrace Broadway producer,

Chester Kent, Port-Huntly's no-good ex. Complete with

sparkly snow and a rough-hewn flamboyance, The Saddest Music

in the World may be the most original movie released since

Being John Malkovich surprised us all. (LR)



IFCFilms.com > Saddest Music in the World

THE BOOTY DON'T STOP!



You have to love a magazine that sells music that they find on the street. Details from their catalog:



Ten booty songs found on a cassette tape in ypsilanti, michigan. after their publication in FOUND magazine, radio reporter jonathan menjivar traced "the ypsilanti all-starz" to their source- the booty-tastic mind of ypsi native tim schreiber.



this cd contains 21 booty-thumpin' tracks, plus 3 covers performed by the sweatpants, live in chicago at the FOUND magazine premiere party.





FOUND Magazine

Today's interesting fact



So, if someone else's touch can tickle us, why can't we tickle ourselves? Much of the explanation for this question is still unknown, but research has shown that the brain is trained to know what to feel when a person moves or performs any function. We aren't aware of a lot of the sensations generated by our movements. For example, you probably don't pay much attention to your vocal cords when you speak. For the same reason, we can't tickle ourselves. If we grab our sides in an attempt to tickle ourselves, our brain anticipates this contact from the hands and prepares itself for it. By taking away the feeling of unease and panic, the body no longer responds the same as it would if someone else were to tickle us.



Howstuffworks | Why can't you tickle yourself?