Happy Friday #42: Space Hand Edition
That picture is not photo-shopped. It’s actually a giant space hand. Reaching across galaxies to find the latest batch of links we affectionately call Happy Friday. We hope you didn’t have to reach that far for the link fest of goodness we have for you. Either way, we hope you enjoy.
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They can put a man on the moon but they can’t make a shatter-proof bat? A New Jersey man called bullshit on that and created a shatter-proof bat. But due to MLB rules the shatter-proof isn’t allowed in the majors. We knew Bud Selig sucked, but to not allow something that would improve safety, that’s just dickish.
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Remember the casino slash hotel Al Pacino built in Ocean’s 13? You know the fugly, expensive piece of shit that was robed by Clooney and company because Pacino screwed Gould and damn neared killed him? This one? We believe this article details exactly what would have happened to Pacino’s casino in our current economic state. Guess the house doesn’t always win.
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We here at CJS like sex (doi). We also like lists. Oh look Whipitoutcomedy.com found a way to combine these two loves of ours. Don’t worry this link is safe for work. This also reminds us that we need to contact Doc Brown and borrow his car.
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Remember our intern Luke? The lovable little pooch that brought us some Friday links a few months ago? Yeah he’s a good dog. Well we recently found an open letter from one of his friends on behalf of Luke, dogs dressed in human clothes, and all other dogs. After reading his letter we would like to offer our apologies to Luke. Sorry buddy. Since you fetch so well though, we’re still going to put you to work.
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CJS regular, Gutter sent this article, just in time to coincide with taxes. It shows us just what kind of party animals accountants can be.
While we’re still in tax mode here are a few unusual tax laws. Hope you didn’t miss any of them when you filed yours.
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Any time someone who has made a giant impact on cinema passes away we like to honor them here on Happy Friday. This week we pay our respects to a prominent figure from the golden age of porn, Marilyn Chambers. After appearing on the Ivory Snow box, Marilyn new she was destined to great things. Marilyn, we say thanks for ushering porn into the mainstream, we are forever grateful.
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From a sad passing to a happy one. John Madden has finally retired. That means we can watch Sunday Night Football in less annoyance. So long John and thanks for the video games.
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Are you baptized? Do you ever wish you weren’t? No seems silly right? If you’re just not that into Christianity anymore, does it really matter if you’re baptized or not? We would think no. So when we first heard about this story we thought it preposterous. Which it is more or less, but to each their own.
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We found him charming in Clueless, funny in 40 Year Old Virgin, and re-god-damned hilarious in Role Models. And in this article we found Paul Rudd to be an all around fantastic guy, even if his taste in music is sub-par.
In the article there is mention of the way Paul’s son dresses. It’s easy to tell that he wants to be Elvis Costello when he grows up. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? That’s the question we’re asking for Monday’s confessional. Let us know at staff@crujonessociety.com and we’ll put your response up on Monday.
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Our favorite line from this story comes from the arresting officer: “He couldn’t see much because her back was in the way.” We like to picture some pervy journalist asking, “So, could you see anything? Like, tits or bush or something?” and the officer responding all disappointed like, “Nah, her back was in the way.”
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See ya in conffesion…
lee.s.hart@crujonessociety.com
17 Apr 2009 Lee S. Hart