Giraffe Mating Battles. Ouch.
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Insanity: Tania Head, the President of the 9/11 Survivor’s Network may not have been in the attack at all. She claimed to be married to a man who died in the tower collapse whose family had never heard of her. Firefighter who saved her alsodied in the attack.
Free on iTunes: Hotel Chevalier, the 13 minute prequel to Wes Anderson’s Darjeeling Limited. Featuring Natalie Portman nude.
The Profit Calculator from New York Magazine. Now you know how cabbies, sex shops, 99 cent stores and a crapload of others stay in business. Who knew Pizza shops made such shit money?
6. He Was Genuinely Curious about Others
Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others. Amazingly, it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host). On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life—the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.
Update: Wow. Mr. Rogers Breakdancing. Seriously. (I was going to type Holy Fucking Shit for the link but then I thought Mr. Rogers wouldn’t like that and I felt bad about myself. Mr. Rogers probably wouldn’t like that either, though.)
A couple I already knew about, but a bunch that I didn’t. Who knew Cracked was making a comeback?
Here are some great posters that’ll be hung up in Orlando International Airport advertising the Star Wars Weekends at The Disney-MGM Studios.
Here’s a Youtube clip with 100 different quotes from 100 different movies featuring the numbers 1-100. How many can you get?
I generally don’t watch a movie more than once, but it’s the movies I’ve seen at least twice that jumped out instantly. Plus the ones I saw recently. I don’t think either of things is very insightful, but oh well.
Hit the jump for my guesses. There’s no answer key yet but I’m fairly confident.
Chicago restauranteur David Burke bought a Black Angus Bull for $250,000 whose offspring are now served as steaks at his restaurant Primehouse. Time to make a trip out to Chicago.
