Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz, the masterminds behind the sharply hilarious blog, “Stuff Hipsters Hate,” explore three of the Internet’s most annoying language pariahs. As they put it, “If you want to put your finger on the entity that’s currently shaping and torquing our lexicon like a game of drunken Twister, you’re already there: Look…
Archives for September 2010
The Good King of Comedy: Our Tribute to Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis’s brother used to strip him down and drag him across the lawn, holding him by his ankles so passing cars could see his naked, pubescent body. But Zach didn’t mind. It’s this kind of nonchalance toward trauma that sculpted the good man I think should be the new king of comedy. Galifianakis is…
Start Your Day Off Right With Some Pop-Tarts Sushi
Here at Good Feed, we do our best to keep you abreast of all the latest food trends. So on this fine Thursday morning in September, we present to you… Pop-Tarts Sushi. With three flavors of Pop-Tarts minced and rolled up in a Fruit Roll Up (naturally), this confectionary delight is part of the roll-out for Kellogg’s…
The News—Pope Benedict Goes On a Trip, Boeing Welcomes Space Tourists, and the Tea Party After-Party Rages On
Good morning, gentlemen. Here’s what’s good feeding on this fine Thursday morn. Pope Benedict visits UK, reprimands molesting priests Pope Benedict kicked off his controversial four-day tour of the UK with a state visit with Queen Elizabeth this morning… and it’s a pretty big deal. This is the first pontifical visit to Britain in nearly…
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Man of the Day: Pat Farmer
Who he is: Australia’s Forrest Gump (for his running qualities, not his IQ) Where you’ve heard of him: Maybe in the Huffington Post but you most likely haven’t. Pat Farmer, a 48-year old marathon veteran from Australia, is aiming for way more than 26 miles—he’s running from the North Pole to the South Pole for…
Wordless Wednesday–the diaper
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Spanish Pornographer Sells Twitter Account to Israel
The Israeli government might not negotiate with terrorists, but they’re more than willing to deal with pornographers. They have acquired the “Israel” twitter account from Israel Meléndez, the owner of a Spanish porn site. Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, confirmed the purchase. He declined to say how much Israel paid, but…
Awesome Do-it-Yourself Alternative to Headlamps
Make Magazine held a “Cool Tools” competition where contestants could submit their own DIY inventions, and here’s the winner: Hand Lights! These handy little lights are the brainchild of Steve Hoefer, who explained his reasoning: “Head mounted lights light your work, but they only put light where you point your head. And when your viewpoint…
An Evolutionary Excuse For Wandering Eyes?
Watch where you’re looking, buddy. She has a brain, you know. Your brain, however, may be what’s driving your eyes south because of…evolution? A study done at the University of Texas found that men who claimed to be looking for long-term relationships were more apt to look at a woman’s face, while guys looking to,…
Should You Let Your Doctor Give You the Finger?
In news that might come as a relief to those men approaching prostate-cancer-screening age, a new study finds that having your doctor stick his finger you-know-where is unlikely to reduce your risk of dying from prostate cancer. The study, led by University of Florida urologist Philipp Dahm, reviewed data on 387,286 men enrolled in six…
I Dropped Acid When I Was Ten
Twenty-five years ago, Nintendo debuted its staple franchise: Super Mario Bros. The initial offering was a crude, 8-bit side-scroller wherein a love-sick Italian plumber (who was originally supposed to be a carpenter, like Jesus) traversed eight worlds in search of a kidnapped Princess. Too often, Mario was, instead, greeted by an obnoxious mushroom-headed dwarf. The…
The Good Men Project Joins Up with … Penthouse?
Yep, you read that right. Tom Matlack has agreed to let Penthouse run five essays from the Good Men Project book. How did Tom come to this decision? Isn’t Penthouse exactly what the Good Men Project is trying not to be? Tom addresses these questions in his piece, “A Match Made in Heaven?” He doesn’t…
Study of the Day: Men Lag Behind Women in PhDs
Men are statistically better than women at some things. (I’d list them but I’m going to stay away from that stereotype rat-trap.) That said, last year marked the first time that women outstripped men in the number of doctoral degrees earned. The report done by the Council on Graduate Schools indicated that while the gap…
Don’t Wash Your Dishes and Don’t Change Your Oil
If you’re not reading Alina Tugend’s “Shortcuts” column in the New York Times, you should be—she gives us good reasons not to do things we don’t want to do. In March, she debunked the myth that we have to wash our dishes before we put them in the dishwasher: …[F]or the most part, everyone I…
The News—Tea Party Parties, Real IRA Threatens, and Twitter Gets a Makeover
G.O.P. Insurgents Win in Del. and N.Y. The Tea Party scored two big victories in the Republican primaries yesterday. In Delaware, Christine O’Donnell defeated moderate Republican Michael Castle in the U.S. Senate primary. O’Donnell will face Democrat Chris Coons in the general election. Castle, a member of the U.S. Congress since 1993, lost to O’Donnell…