Idol News: Another Platter Heads to Hollywood

NP native on American Idol

Jessica (Riley) Hotovy.

Look out Zane Smith. The Planet has a new star. . .

Congratulations Hookers and Ballsacks

You've been voted Exit177.com's "Top Diesel Truck Accessories of 2008."

Gold Prize = Hooker Mudflaps


Silver Prize = Trailer Hitch Ballsack


Honorable mentions: Rear-window confederate flag, Calvin "piss on ____" sticker

Somebody get this judge his own syndicated show...

...because this analogy is the funniest thing I've ever heard in my life. I never knew Kent Turnbull was capable of such comedy. From a trial in NP regarding a restraining order violation:


“The way I see it, everyone else is on Interstate 80 and you’re on Highway 30,” Turnbull said. “I think you’re not seeing what’s really happening.”


I am going to incorporate this into all facets of my day to day existence:

On the Super Bowl:

"The way I see it, the Patriots are on Interstate 80 and the G-Men are on Highway 30."

On work:

"The way I see it, we are on Interstate 80 and rival company is on Highway 30."

On drinking:

"The way I see it, I was on Interstate 80 after my 10th beer, but the rest of you were on Highway 30."

I love it.

Geography 101

Geosense-" Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against another online player."

This speaks for itself.

This (he) is insane.

I'm now going to seek my social advice from all-too-likely of sources;


Opposite. More like Ultimate Asshole.

Bringin' Back Bobcat

I needed more Bobcat Goldthwait in my life. So, I went to YouTube and got it. Priceless.



I'm bringing back Bobcat like Dangler is bringin' back the nuttap.

Thanks again YouTube/internet

This video is older, but I don't remember seeing it. Triumph, Conan's dog-puppet, on the beat, making it happen. Special thanks to Colin Cowherd and the other "Herd" staff for making me pause my work this morning, and embarrass myself, by sharing this clip.

"somewhat drunk but victorious"

Got Carbs

Um, this has "us" written all over it.

Exhaust Pipe Grill?

This is great. Now, instead of driving drunk to McDonalds at 2:00 am, you can just throw a patty on the grill and it'll be ready by the time you get home. Or if you get pulled over...talk about a bargaining chip. Genius.




From Gizmodo

The Hits Keep Coming

Sorry. I'm done after this.
Who says being shirtless when it's -3 out can't be fun?

You can find almost anything on YouTube

Guess the NP Alum:



I don't really know what to say.

NUMBER ONE! ... NUMBER ONE!

The Memphis Tigers are No. 1 in both polls after going undefeated this far into the season and routing Southern Miss. in a game which I was present for. They held So. Miss. to fewer than 50 points with a defense that is chasing the NCAA season record for lowest fg% allowed, EVER.

Go Tigers!

Things to do in 2008

I wanted to get a list of things to do in 2008, that were subject or activity specific.

For example: What are some things to do when on an Airplane?

Possibilities could be:

1. Convince the people around you that you throw up on airplanes, then spend the rest of the flight gagging in your neighbors direction, but never actually throwing up.

2. Bring a drawing pad and draw the person sitting by you the entire flight, but don't let him/her know what you are doing. And if you get caught tell them that they will not like how the drawing will be displayed.

Sorry, I had to post this...it's funny.

Bush to Inject Working Class

Bush has a plan...

This article basically states that we've decided to inject %1 of our GDP back into the country because we're worried that the stock maket is dragging a little bit, and if you've looked at your 401(k) or other market investments you cannot argue this, ouch.

The article suggests that the best way to do this is to give a tax credit to the working poor because they are more likely than the affluent middle class to go and blow it on something immediately rather than saving it. Wouldn't a better governemnt plan be to tax the upper middle and wealthy classes slightly more, or at a similar clip, lower spending through efficiency and less government, and try to educate those at the very bottom how to live on what they have and to aim at a more successful existance through education and working up to a higher standard of living.

The goal would be to eliminate the poverty-line class and homeless class and jolt them into action. It seems that this tax credit is just a simplified way to giving a tax cut to the very top if the governement hopes that the foolish poor people that will be getting the credits will just go and spend them anyway. Maybe that is just the article's cynicism and not the government's.

If this is the case, perhaps a better investment for right now would be in Walmart, Target, or even liquor companies, wherever you think that this influx of cash will be quickly spent by people splurging on this windfall of cash. Malt liquor or cheap generic booze might be a good play, as could knock off electronics or rims, wrapping papers, or even needles. The point is that the government would be be choosing the poorest classes of the country to vote on what businesses deserve to thrive the most by giving them the ballots to do so. Maybe this is noble of them to do since more affluent consumers already have the means to vote with their dollar and support the enterprises they need and want.

In a perfect world this infusion of cash would go into non durables and services rather than in big ticket splurge items, but people are funny about getting what they percieve as a bonus refund, which is the government's bet. This bet, if it's right, allows for a saving of political face in what really is intended as a way to funnel money to the top, from the bottom up.

A plan that would be far better would be a documentary in which Bush is followed around by a camera crew as he hands out a fist full of crispy $100 bills to homeless, poor, and working folks. The documentary should then chronical their spending, celebrating, and even investing. This would definitely sell add time and be a hugely successful jaunt by the IRS into cable television. Help me out if I've gone to far off on a speculative jaunt, I have had only one economics class in my entire college career and many of you are far more adept in the world of finance.

What would you do with $1000 bucks of Bush's fun money?

Make it Rain!!!

As I am TV raped into watching a DVR'd copy of the first episode of season 7's American Idol , I can't hope hard enough that this Asteroid speeds up.

I guess the endless slew of gorgeous women gets old...

So you're Brad Pitt, you're like 40, you can realistically be doing anything you want to be doing. What is that you ask? Putting up little pink houses in the 9th ward as an art installation...

He almost has to enlist John Cougar Mellencamp now doesn't he?

compliments of archinet.com

Solar Ark!

Inhabitat always brings it, but this is particularly cool and surprisingly functional all at once...
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15 Revolutionary Inventions of 2007

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Top 15

Congratulations House Bar

For being voted "Best Bar in the Planet" by Exit177.
















Tied for the "Silver" distinction were the Hub Bar and Touchdown Club. How? I'm not sure.

First Annual 177 Awards

Per TheRealNP's idea, I think we should reward blogs of excellence from 2007. We could have an entire contest, voting on such categories as "Best Sports Post," "Funniest Post," "Worthless Post," "Best comment," "Best 177 Blogger" and the Lifetime Achievement Award for blogging, sponsored by Merrick's.

First, we need categories.
Then, nominations.
Then, voting.
Then, beers.

So lets start. What are some possible categories for the 2008 177 Awards? (New name is obviously up for discussion.)

Check this dating video out.

How could 'Roids help your job performance?

Report: Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent Named in Steroid Investigation

I could see how maybe 50 wants to be stacked so that he can survive gun shots. But Mary J. Blige?

As a teacher, some j-rod like guns could be used to intimidate misbehaving students. How could you use steroids in your job?

Toast-it-notes.

I don't know who comes up with this stuff, but I love it. It combines two of my jobs, writing, and eating toast.





So now I propose a 177 challenge: write the best note for a piece of toast. Winner gets just that...a toast. And maybe we'll throw in a nice bottle of chianti, or blueberry jam. Winner picks.

And for whoever invented this, the name Toast-it-note is an Exit 177 original. It'll cost you $2.46 million dollars.

via Yanko Design

Go Bo!

"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the glory"



Bo Pelini, on Beale Street following LSU's championship...partying with the Green Lantern.

Man, I'm even more convinced that he was born to coach NU.

Name the 177er'

150 mpg

New car gets 150 mpg. Built using a standard hybrid and some parts and batteries you can buy off the shelf. Mines guys, why havent you built anything like this yet?

Car

Daft Girls!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7730987312821084271&q=daft+bodies&total=140&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

CHeCK iT ouT

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/unmentionables/call-me-panty-holds-that-vibrating-cellphone-close-to-her-hot-spot-nsfw-311806.php

Detroit is so screwed!

Finally, the disposable car...

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/tata-nano-the-worlds-cheapest-car/?hp

?!

http://couture.zappos.com/n/p/dp/23844233/c/98606.html

LIST: Great names thrown out in blogs

The purpose of this blog is to not only rank the greatest names thrown out to reference a topic, but to recognize them as somewhat of a shrine. Feel free to rank, add or just mention.. your call.

After reading one of Mohr's last posts, I have to put Eddie Lubash as #1

1. Eddie Lubash
2. Draper Pracht
3. Carlos/Chris Ortiz
4. John "shit-pants" Gill (this was close to my #3-but it is hard to top twins)
5.
6.
7.
8.


Please feel free to add, comment or create own.

This is just the opinion of Rick J and I feel I need some girl names added to the list also

A couple things I read in the paper this morning.

Man cooks hand in microwave

A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called police, authorities said.

The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived at his home in Hayden, Idaho.

He is now in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Centre. "It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," sheriff's Capt Ben Wolfinger said.

CES Preview: $50,000 iPod Bed Better Than Sex

CES: Mattress manufacturer Leggett & Platt has created either the ultimate bed of the future or an expensive piece of iCrap.

Their Starry Night Bed is a high-end sleeping system (costing up to $50,000) that offers some insanely high-tech features, including:

• Anti-snore technology
• Dual programmable temperature control from 68 to 117 degrees Fahrenheit
• Sleep Diagnostic Center; monitors body movement and breathing pattern
• Internet connectivity
• Wireless RF remote via Microsoft’s Media Center
• iPod docking station

“Consumers told us they use their beds for much more than sleep,” says L&P’s Mark Quinn. “The bed is a place for reading, watching movies, spending time with the kids, listening to music and even folding laundry.”

DJ Bed Features

You may never sleep again, given the bed’s club-style multimedia system:

• A surround sound system with four eight-inch subwoofers
• Ribbon tweeters for smooth sound
• 2,500 watt RMS Amplification.
• The headboard projector boasts a 1080p LCD based projector with a 6000:1 contrast ratio and 2,000 lumens. It casts a 120-inch (10-foot) screen on the wall and can be used to project movies, books, music navigation features, the Internet, the Good Morning screen and the local daily weather.

Never Have Sex Again

Leggett & Platt say that you can use the Starry Night Bed for more than sleeping and sex. (pdf)

Based on all the technology that the bed offers, though, there’s a good chance you may never have time for sleeping or sex:

• The Starry Night provides wireless Internet connectivity and a wireless keyboard. The Internet is projected via the 120-inch screen.
• The bed and electronics can be controlled via the Good Morning touch screen or a wireless RF remote via Microsoft’s Media Center.
• You can recharge your iPod on the built-in docking station.
• The Starry Night boasts 1.5 terabytes (1,500 gigabytes) of disc storage for almost 400,000 songs or up to 2,000 hours of video. Its operating system runs on a solid state hard drive for fast data transfer and low seek times. It also offers 4 gigs of ddr2 ram.
• It’s also a DVR!

Sleep Tech

It’s not just a $50,000 iPod bed. Check out some of the freaky sleep technology this bed offers:

• The Starry Night Bed uses vibration sensors and load cell technologies to measure how much a sleeper tosses and turns, and how often they get out of bed during the night. The same vibration sensor technology detects and monitors rhythmic breathing patterns that indicate relaxation. It compares these movements to a 30-day baseline measure of the sleeper and then provides tips to improve sleep quality.
• The be detects snoring with a refined vibration-detection system (originally developed for military purposes) and automatically articulates sleep position by seven degrees to open the nasal passages and help alleviate mild to moderate snoring. Once the snoring subsides, the bed returns to its original position.
• In the morning, the bed provides a Good Morning Screen that shows fever charts that indicate the chronology of movements and snoring during the night, and the history screen compares last night’s sleep to previously recorded sleep patterns. After a night of bad sleep, the Tips Section offers suggestions for improving a person’s energy during the day and getting a better night’s rest the following evening.
• Using liquid-based Peltier technology, the mattress can be set to “pre-heat” or “pre-cool” both sides of the bed from 68 degrees to 117 degrees Fahrenheit.

“There are cars that park themselves and ovens that are programmed to refrigerate and cook your food. But the bed has generally been a passive inanimate object,” adds Quinn. “It’s time that our bed become our sleep counselor. And when we improve our sleep, we can improve our quality of life.”

Paper Art

Eddie Lubash would've been a lot cooler if he was doing this type of stuff in the back of class.



Peter Callesen Paper Art

Another Gem from Michael Ian Black

Whoa kids. This particular post was one of the funniest things I've read in a while.

This is How I Party.

What's funny, this sounds like something Heavy Soul's MIB (Man in Black)(Therick) would write.

Here's some unsolicited advice from Payton to some of our contributors.

An additional option could be the General Lee. --->

Denver may add another celebrity to its ranks.

It is said that Britney Spears has put a down payment on a house in Cherry Creek. The questions is, which one will be coming?

Speaking of Republicans

"The state is expecting a powerful series of storms that could produce blizzard conditions in the higher elevations of the Sierra, with wind gusts of more than 100 mph and 8 to 10 feet of snow forecast at above 7,000 feet," a news release from Schwarzenegger's office said.

Thanks Governor Terminator. We can only hope the newest generation of enemy cyborgs can't navigate in snow.

Democratic Caucus

Perhaps I've had my head in the political sand for 27.523 years and didn't realize the rules that the Democrats followed to fulfill their primary responsibilities in Iowa. A refresher of the Cock-Ass is available on the trusty as Aids, Wikipedia. Please also keep in mind this is the primary primary and arguably the most influential.

As I understand it you get to the party, there are a number of "bases" in various corners of the gymnasium or convention center and you go to the base of your political candidate of choice. If your an extreme enough individual to show up at a base with less than 15% than the total people registered for the event you are then forced to pick another candidate and that is where the party drops a remix. Other groups lobby for you to join them, vocally, so unlike a grade school cafeteria when you sit at the loser table and get ignored for your entire life, here, they only ignore you till it becomes clear that your supporting someone outside the mainstream political arena. All of the sudden, BMOC.

The Republicans(americans), to their credit, get together for their circle jerk and once complete, vote privately.

All the cool kids are doing it...

And since I own an ipod now, here we go...
(this could be the beginning of my own roast)

1. Can o' Corn - Coolio (it's songs like these that make me laugh out loud in my cubicle)
2. I'm Be Boppin' Too - Dizzy Gillespie
3. Ca Me Va - Corneille (this is French, so obviously not my original choice)
4. Above the Clouds ft. Inspectah Deck - Gang Starr (1, 2, threee-eee-eee Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
5. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature (you know...)
6. Love She Can't Live Without - Clint Black (this is a rather glossy, show-tuney album)
7. Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
8. Possession Obsession - Hall & Oates (all J-rod's fault)
9. Waiting on and Angel - Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals (this is off of Live From Mars, fantastic)
10. Future - Zero 7 (thanks again B for the intergalactic, chill, interstellar space blues with hues of ambient git down)

This is of particular interest to me, as I know tigers are out of my range.

I couldn't tell you Obama's stance on Foreign policy, but I can tell you that Denver transplant Tatiana could once climb 12 ft walls, now has a memorial wall of her own. Its by the ticket line, at the entrance to the zoo.
I've been following this story over the past week, for obvious reasons. I taunted a badger at one of USA' s premier wildlife experiences, Bear Country USA. I was confident it would not scale the 3' Wheelers fence between us. It did get visibly angered.
Now officials are trying to pin it on these kids for making this tiger escape and mortally wound them. Making my question: Should that ever be an option? I don't read the back of my zoo tickets, but I just assumed they had already thought of this stuff.
At least at Bear Country, as hard as it is to resist leaving your vehicle, I recognize I might not make it out there.

Michael Ian Black Blog

One of the funniest blogs I've come across. This article, in particular, had me rolling.

My Custom Van

Lookin' Great in '08!

Happy New Year!

The purpose of this post shall be to generate resolutions for the new year. The format will be in sets of 3 with the first being a personal one, the second a blog related one, and the third an unlikely one for someone else. For example:

1. I will run a 10k this year.
2. A goal for the blog could be a weekly/timely rotation of postings by rotating authors.
3. Find publisher for parenting book - Lynne Spears.

GO!