All right here. I highly recommend the lovely (and surprisingly controversial) Coca-Cola spot "America the Beautiful", the Budweiser one with the puppy, the SodaStream one for sheer prurience, the Jaguar one for your British bad guy fix, and the faux ad for Monsanto.

Which are your favorites?

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There is, apparently, some sporting event or other today. I suspect it has something to do with Tom Riddle, as the organizers get very touchy when someone tries to actually use the name of the thing. Fortunately, a simple slide of one letter to the left produces Superb Owl, a much more glorious thing to celebrate ( Read more... )

Intuit is sponsoring a contest, Small Business Big Game, wherein a small business can win television commercial time on the broadcast of the Super Bowl. GoldieBlox, an awesome company that makes engineering toys for girls, is in the Final Four. You can see their video (and the other three in the running) here, and vote once per day on every web- ( Read more... )

Sadness. Actress and athlete Esther Williams has passed away at the age of 91. Lovely lady, decent actress, and a lot of us had aquatic fantasies over the years because of how she looked in a swimsuit.

Rest well, gentle lady, and thanks.

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About a block-and-a-half and ten or so seconds apart, right near the finish line. Two dead, two dozen injured, lots of emergency vehicles. Aggregated info and lots of links here and here, with the newest info here. And you can watch live streaming video from WBZ-TV hereIf you were down there, please sound off so we know you're all right. If you ( Read more... )

A Superlative Chafing Dish or something.

• Who's watching?
• Who's watching for the commercials?
• Who's watching only the commercials?
• Who doesn't care?
• Does anyone care about the Halftime Show?
• And, most importantly, who's got the best nacho/burger/chili/sloppy joe recipe?
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More great sadness. starcat_jewel alerts us to the passing of Jeff Millar at the age of 70.

Jeff was the writer on one of the most underappreciated comic strips of all time: Tank McNamara. If you haven't seen it before, it may be because it usually runs in the Sports section of the newspaper (although you can subscribe to it online as well). It's a witty, ( Read more... )

Jordan Metzi and his New York Runners in Support of Staten Island.

If you want to help out the un-slogging of NYC and the Northeast, visit Occupy Sandy.

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Great sadness. Alex Karras, one of the greatest defensive players in Detroit Lions history, and a beloved actor best known for the TV series Webster and for his portrayal of Mongo in Blazing Saddles, has passed away at the age of 77.

Rest well, big guy, and thanks.

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Lifehacker has the 411.

What events are you following, if any?

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