Devastating Patriots Injury of the Weeek: Matt Cassel's Confidence

Q4, 8:33 left: Gotta hand it to the Steelers. This is starting to get ugly.

Q4, 2:44 left: Pick-nearly-six, and there's another TD. Ugh.

Rick Rolling is Officially Dead

"Oh, that totally covers it up."

Spotted in the North End at 1:30pm.

A Round of Tedy's

I'm thinking about calling beers "Tedy's," as in, Tedy Brewski's. Lame? Or witty? Lame, right?

Need Music?

Just stumbled across this hugely kickass tip from LifeHacker:

Use Google operators to find unprotected directories of audio files or files of type .mp3. As suggested by this Google Tutor & Advisor article, a Google search like this:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Kleptones"

Turns up several directory listings of Kleptones MP3's. Replace "Kleptones" with the artist, genre or keyword of your liking.

If you guys (and gals) have never been to LifeHacker, it's a great read. Check it out.

Happy Music-ing...which I'm pretty sure isn't a word.

I just threw up a little bit in my mouth

"Pure as the Driven Snow"

Where the hell did this phrase come from?

I had never heard it in my entire life until today, when I heard it THREE times. What the hell is going on? It's kinda weird how that happens - you go so long without hearing a word or phrase then suddenly it's everywhere.

It doesn't even make sense to me either. Driven snow? Call me crazy but I see "driven snow" every year by February. And it looks disgusting.

Great Invention???

From a fellow blogger - poleriders.blogspot.com


The PoleRider Mission
Our mission is to raise awareness of the immense potential of pedal power and the imagination and to unite two great things that are even better together: bicycles and pole dancers! If you are driving, remember to look out for bicycles. One of them might be PoleRider!

About PoleRider
PoleRider is the first and only bicycle rickshaw powered mobile dance pole; a new invention that merges pole dancing and bicycles. PoleRider was engineered and built by three professional industrial designers to withstand immense leverage loads without failing. I strongly advise against trying to create a similar vehicle. Not only will you anger our patent attorney, you might hurt someone. Be patient; we are sketching ideas for a production PoleRider. This is just the beginning...

Thanks to Peeps for the heads up!

Burlington, VT Named Healthiest U.S. City

What's the healthiest city in America? It appears to be Burlington, Vermont.

Vermont's largest city is tops among U.S. metropolitan areas by having the largest proportion of people -- 92 percent -- who say they are in good or great health.

From CNN.com

Upon returning from a nice relaxing vacation, I was surprised to see Burlington, VT named the healthiest city in the country. This is not because I have any qualms against Burlington or its hackysack-toting, dreadlock-growing, no-shower-taking, townsfolk, but rather because a majority of this conclusion came from 92% of the population claiming that they are in good health.

Really? That's how we're measuring this?

Worst Haircut Ever

So, I got one of the worst haircuts of my life two days ago, but I did choose to go to a Supercuts at 8:45pm on a Wednesday night. Does that nullify any right I have to complain? It was a sad scene. I have to think that's the worst shift to work and it totally was the D team of crazy locals.

Also, when you realize you're getting a bad haircut, is it better to somehow call it off half-way through or just let it happen? I'm debating just buzzing it off and making it winter hat friendly.

Devastating Blog Injury of the Week: The Blog

Wow, no posts this week.

We suck at blogging. Look for us to pick up steam soon...

Devastating Patriots Injury of the Week: Adalius Thomas

ESPN.com is reporting that Adalius Thomas broke his forearm in the first half of yesterday's game, an injury that could end his season.

F%#&!!!

It's not enough that this defense features a weekly rotating secondary (seriously, when can I tryout?), but now it must do without its freak-of-nature linebacker.

In lighter news, it was a great week for Ellis' on the Pats:
Ellis Hobbs III: 1 INT, 3 solo tackles
BenJarvus Green-Ellis: 1 TD and 105 yards on 24 carries

Gross.

Worst ads ever for Willow Creek Hearth and Leisure (hot tub manufacturer). Not only do these make me not want to buy a hot tub, they make me never want to get in a hot tub again.

Asparagus Urine

From Wisegeek.com:

"Asparagus, a green vegetable belonging to the lily family, has one notorious side effect for some diners who eat enough of it. Within a half-hour of asparagus consumption, some people notice their urine has acquired a very pungent odor, often compared to rotting cabbage, ammonia or rotten eggs. The effects of asparagus on urine are generally fleeting and harmless, but it's not necessarily the consumer's finest hour, bodily excretion-wise.

The good news is that asparagus does not affect everyone. Studies conducted on the "asparagus urine" phenomenon (aren't you glad you didn't volunteer!) indicate that roughly 40 to 50 percent of those tested developed the distinctive odor. Surprisingly enough, there is also a segment of the population who cannot smell the sulphurous fumes of asparagus-laced urine. It is believed that both the generation of the odoriferous urine and the ability to smell it are based on genetics. Only those with a certain gene can break down the chemicals inside the asparagus into their smelly components, and only those with the proper gene can smell the results of that chemical breakdown."

I always thought that everyone got asparagus pee after eating the veggie, but in college we came to the conclusion that our house was about 50/50. That being said, we were all able to smell the "odor." My question here is, for those who don't get the stink and can't smell the stink... does it exist in their world? Is that the new "if a tree that falls in the woods when nobody is around, does it make a noise" question?

Obviously, I ate asparagus tonight.

3DWaB Health Report - STOP PLAYING VIDEO GAMES!!

After reading this, I have promptly decided to return my PS3.

I don't know what's funnier -- the post on Gizmodo or the stock image they used on the BBC site here.

I can picture an editor doing an image search under following tags: "sheer disappointment", "just think about baseball" and "it happens to everybody"

CNN Lied to Us

This is not a right-wing, anti-CNN post. I enjoyed their coverage last night (and the results), but I did want to share the following excerpt from someone much smarter than me about their "hologram" interviews:

CNN made waves on Tuesday night by incorporating three-dimensional holograms into its coverage of the U.S. election. The only problem was, they weren't really holograms.

"They were quite sophisticated, no doubt," said Hans Jürgen Kreuzer, a professor of theoretical physics at Dalhousie University and an expert on holography who watched the 3-D interviews. "But I immediately said to my wife that I don't think it has anything to do with holograms."

The CNN anchors were not really speaking to three-dimensional projected images, but rather empty space, Kreuzer said. The images were simply added to what viewers saw on their screens at home, in much the same way computer-generated special effects are added to movies.

Kreuzer said the images were tomograms, which are images that are captured from all sides, reconstructed by computers, then displayed on screen.

Holograms, on the other hand, are projected into space.

Obama Wins!

Congratulations to President-Elect, Barack Obama. Wow.

(Image from DesignForObama)

Hi.

Boston.com - BREAKING NEWS
Massachusetts voted to decriminalize possession of an ounce of less of marijuana.

What?! That actually passed?

Who saw that one coming??

Shaheen Leading Sununu!

But seriously, I couldn't give less of a shit. I hate both of these candidates. If you have had the misfortune of turning on the radio or television in the Boston area at any point in the past two months, you've likely been bombarded with their attack ads. Pretty sweet since their running for New Hampshire Senate. The above ad is one of my personal favorites.

John Sununu, I hope you fall off a ladder.

Meanwhile Obama is projected to take Pennsylvania. Is that the dagger?


UPDATE: Shaheen wins!! (Still faking my excitement.)

Election Day at 3DWaB!!

Election Day is here! Woohoo! Get out and vote!

Several companies are offering sweet freebies if you vote, such as free coffee at Starbucks, free ice cream from Ben & Jerry's and free Krispy Kreme donuts.

Or, if that doesn't quite tickle your fancy, maybe you'd prefer a free tattoo removal or perhaps a free penis sleeve...you know in case you already have some hard miles on your existing penis sleeve.

For marketing geeks and lawyers: They can't actually tie the promotions to voting, it's super-illegal, so the promos are offered to everyone to, "celebrate the election."

Also, I'm not sure what the official policy is on political commentary over here at 3DWaB, but I'm gonna go ahead and endorse Barack Obama. The New York Times had a great article a couple weeks ago endorsing him. In case you missed it, catch it here.

Crazy Wildlife Photos

National Geographic's 2008 Best Animal Wildlife photos. Look at the eyes in both of these shots. The macaque is my new desktop background.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-animal-wildlife-photos/

The Original Super Tuesday

I’m a firm believer that a good sandwich can bring people together, regardless of political preferences, and two good sandwiches - well, the opportunities are endless.
That’s why I am choosing today to introduce the Sand-switch to 3-DWaB.

Sand-switching is when two people go halfsies on two delicious sandwiches and get the best of both bready worlds.

Some of our favorite combos:
- The Jessica Simpson: 1/2 tuna salad, 1/2 chicken salad
- Mo Parm, Mo Fowl: 1/2 eggplant parm, 1/2 chicken parm
- Sandwich Surf ‘n Turf: 1/2 tuna, 1/2 meatball
- The Rocky Ball-Boa: 1/2 spicy italian, 1/2 meatball
- American Idol (season 2): 1/2 reuben, 1/2 bAiken, Lettuce and Tomato

Do you have a sand-switch suggestion? We're looking to build the menu...

I may have had something to do with the whole Goulet thing...

This photo was taken at my Halloween party last year. Days later, Robert Goulet peaced out. I can't help but feel a little bit responsible for that.

I propose the abbreviation for the blog is 3DWAB pronounced "THREE-DWAAB".

October 30th

Look at how un-memorable October 30th was before 2008. Depending on how well this blog thing goes, we have a legitimate shot at being the most notable thing to ever happen on October 30th. It's already us vs. Orson Welles...

2008 Three Dudes Write a Blog is born
2001 Michael Jordan returns to the NBA with the Washington Wizards
1999 A fire in an illegal club in Inchon, South Korea, claims 55 lives
1990 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein states that his country is preparing for war with the US
1975 With Spanish dictator Francisco Franco near death, Prince Juan Carlos assumes power
1961 The USSR tests a hydrogen bomb with an estimated force of nearly 60 megatons
1945 India joins the United Nations
1938 Orson Welles broadcasts a dramatization of War of the Worlds; panic ensues in US
1918 The Republic of Czechoslovakia is proclaimed
1912 US Vice President John Sherman dies in office
1611 King Charles IX of Sweden dies

Is it OK to laugh at this?

This can't be real, right?

Bob Saget!

This is why I love John Daly

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1855840,00.html

This is all a big misunderstanding. Everybody knows that John Daly sleeps with his eyes open. Just like everybody knows that John Daly loves Hooters.

KG's Secret is Out

The Celtics are going to repeat. I'm guaranteeing Banner 18.