BUZZ

Every once in a while, a pure stroke of genius comes along that rattles the establishment to its weak and pathetic core. Einstiens theory of relativity, DaVinci’s David, the Eiffel Tower. Add to that list a marvel of modern proportions –  Selleck Waterfall Sandwich. You will obey. You must obey. Obey the ‘stache.

That's a handsome 'stache waterfall sandwich...

I really, REALLY want to buy this t-shirt.. so go here now. As I said before.. you must obey.

Well it’s finally here… and since you were probably passed out/hung over from all the back-to-school parties, you probably missed the announcement. Good thing I’m hear to tell you what everyone else already knows. Apple has announced it’s tablet PC – the iPad. I followed the announcement pretty closely through sites like CNET, Gizmodo and Engadget. All had relatively complete coverage on the product and it’s features. I have to say the design left me yawning and although there were some interesting features I didn’t think it would have, it left out a few other key items that would make it a really useful tool. What most peaked my interest was that Steve Jobs announced that textbook manufacturers were on board to supply their books via Apples new service, iBooks (essentially iTunes for books).

The iPad will be available April & have textbooks!

Textbooks have always been a bit of a sore spot for me. They are REDICULOUSLY expensive. It’s consumer price gouging at its worst (I’m surprised the FTC hasn’t actually cracked down). Lowly, poor college students across the country are forced to shell out hundreds of dollars for the latest, greatest editions. Only the latest and “greatest” edition amounts to a three word change in the 8th paragraph of some obscure passage on page 392. Next year they will change 2 words on the 9th paragraph of the same obscure passage and viola.. you can’t sell your book back anymore because it’s “obsolete”. Bastards.

Enter the iPad. With a low entry cost… only $499 for the base model. A school could easily require students to have one (rolled into tuition costs - Wisconsin was handing out Kindles on a test basis but canceled the program). The real question is, what would the cost of a textbook be when purchased through iBooks? 60% of current retail? 80%? I was kinda surprised to see that book prices on Amazon were exactly the same as their corresponding paperback. Meaning that buying books for the Kindle was actually more expensive than buying the paperback. An annoying little item that preventing me from buying the Kindle.

I still suspect we’ll see several campuses this fall.. maybe even as early as this summer… beta testing textbook delivery via the iPad. Thoughts on pricing or whether you’d use the iPad to study for finals?

I knew that Santa Claus character was up to something.. GET ‘EM JACK!

I was just saying to my pastor the other day, “When the fuck is Olivia Munn gonna be in Maxim and show us some of that sweet ass in sexy bikini shots?” To which my pastor replied, “Fuckin-A, right?”. Well, apparently padre put in a good word with the big man because we have none other than the hottest piece of ass this decade in Maxim this January. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you.

Hit the gallery for the rest of the shots.. we’ll try to get some high resolution bad boys when they’re available..

Chris “I’m gonna whip your ass, girl” Brown is on a tear. Look out.. you may be next. He’s a little upset that a Walmart Store in Connecticut didn’t stock his latest craptastic album. The big box insult has apparently pushed him over the edge. He spoutted off on a curse-laced twitter fenzy before ultimately deleting his entire account. I fucking hate fucking assholes that swear on web sites. Dicks.

Hey, Chris.. this is America, baby. Nobody owes you nothing (yeah, it’s a double negative.. that’s my ghetto swagger.. what?).

Look out lady.. he'll straight up murder your ass.

We’re talking about Walmart here. Walmart doesn’t sell Maxim because they consider it pornography. You think they’re gonna put a woman beating rap artist CD for sale? Come on.

(picture above is from People of Walmart web site… totally awesome)

The University of Michigan seems to be facing what may be the most historic set of budget cuts from next year’s Michigan state appropriations. University President Mary Sue Coleman prepped faculty and students in a Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs’ meeting. This crisis seems to  be hot on the heels of an identical situation in the California University system that led to 30%+ tuition increases. President Coleman, however, seemed to be concentrating on the cuts that would need to be made and didn’t mention anything related to tuition increases.

The impact of the state’s historic contributions to the University of Michigan’s success cannot be overstated, and we believe that the state’s continued investment in our success is central to our collective future. – Mary Sue Coleman

The University of Michigan operates off of $330 million in state funding. Coleman stated, “aggressive policy and organizational changes will be required” and outlined $22 million that has already been cut from the 2010 budget.

Have you been impacted by school cuts yet?

Those clever devils at PSU held an impromptu rave at the HUB-Robeson Center… Now I’m not really the rave type but this actually looks like a pretty good time. Only catch was, they did it on school property which meant the lights were on the whole time and once they got too loud they were ushered into a different section of the building. All in all it looks like it went off without a hitch. Pretty good video of the event below.. enjoy.

Full details here on the Daily Collegian.

Admittedly, I have really followed the Tiger Woods “thing” that closely. It’s really just a lot of conjecture and rabid rumor mongering. However, at this point it pretty much established that he boned someone other than his wife. And that makes him an idiot. Dumber than dumb. Actually, technically speaking… he should probably be classified as mentally retarded. I forgot just how hot his wife actually is…

So let’s get this straight. She’s from Sweden. She’s a model. She’s chesty (to say the least). So that makes her a chesty, Swedish model. Oh.. and she’s the mother of your children for Christ’s sake. Tard. I’m done.

Uhh.. this would make a super sweet t-shirt. Apparently an artist named Vanja Mrgan (or Vanjamrgan.. can’t quite figure it out) came up with some illustrations of superheros with beards. Genius. The batman one below is pretty sweet but personally, I’d have to go with the Hellboy one. They make him look like Mack Truck Mechanic.

I'm batman.. punk.

Click through the rest of the gallery… here’s his complete gallery (it’s pretty sweet).

Oh wait, I guess it’s over. Charlie “belt over, never under” Weis has been canned as the head coach of the Fightin’ Irish. Although I’m Irish myself (Rodriguez is Irish you know), I’ve never been a huge fan of the whole Notre Dame mystique. They’ve been a pretty lack luster team for a really long time. And although Weis seemed to take all the blame himself, I really think it’s Jimmy Clausen. The kid game into the Notre Dame program as the golden child but the reality is, he hasn’t really performed on the field anywhere near what his prospects said he should be. Let’s face it.. the kid peaked when he was 16 or 17 leaving ole Chuck with nothing but a pretty boy with a spikey haircut.

The fat man is a singin!

Now, let’s talk more about that belt. I know it’s a matter of substantial debate about how the big guys wear their belts… over the gut or under the gut. Most big guys I know run their belt under the gut. They just let that bad boy gut hang out all over the place. Not ole Charlie. He’s got that bad boy tucked up good and tight. Looks like he’s smuggling a pillow. Ok ok.. now I’m just being mean.

UPDATE: It still looks like he’s smuggling a pillow.