let your mind be free
daily dos
thu 11/5/2009
- Calle 13 were the big winners at this year's Latin Grammy awards, taking home Grammys for every award they were nominated for, including "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year."
- Paula Garces, Wilmer Valderrama and Amaury Nolasco star in "Imaginate," a new video by Wisin Y Yandel featuring T-Pain.
- 50 Cent says his new signature cologne, Power, smells "like success."
- Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old Army psychiatrist who was about to be deployed to Afghanistan, killed 13 soldiers and injured 31 others in Fort Hood, Texas before being shot
and killedby police. - Bread shoes give you a valid reason to bite your toenails. (via Buzzfeed)
- Demi Lovato says you shouldn't believe the rumors that she's dating Joe Jonas: "He's incredible, but we don't have feelings for each other in that way… I wouldn't lie about that."
- Remember those ads with guys playing guitars that promise you a free credit report? The government says they're actually charging people for an annual credit report that is already free.
- Mickey Mouse is losing his innocence: Disney says they are "re-imagining" the iconic mouse for a new video game on Nintendo Wii called Epic Mickey. Developer Warren Spector: "I wanted him to be able to be naughty – when you’re playing as Mickey you can misbehave and even be a little selfish."
- NBC Sports asks: "Did the Yankees buy their title?"
tubular
daily dos
thu 11/5/2009
- Cuddle with some ovaries: the uterus pillow. (via Buzzfeed)
- According to a Twitter update, the Urbina brothers and company say they have won the legal rights to the Alacranes Musical name.
- Voters in the ski and snowboarding resort city of Breckenridge, Colorado overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing the possession of one ounce of marijuana for adults over 21 years old. Rocky Mountain High, indeed.
- Swine flu in the U.S. may worsen because many workers do not get paid sick days, which could lead them to not stay home while they are sick.
- Depending on who you ask, Take U To Da Movies by Bangs is either the best or worst music video of all time.
- After Maine voters rejected a bill that would allow gay marriage in the state, gay rights activists are laying part of the blame on President Obama's "lack of engagement" in defending gay marriage.
- A 56-year-old woman and her daughter (35 years old) were ordered by a judge to stand outside a courtroom holding signs reading: "I stole from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday! Don't steal or this could happen to you!" The two women agreed to hold the signs to avoid jail time.
- For the first time in history, American Indians will have an Embassy of Tribal Nations in the White House.
beast mode
daily dos
wed 11/4/2009

(image by eschipul via flickr)
- One of Alex Rodriguez's ex-lovers told Us Weekly that A-Rod is "so vain" that he has "not one, but two painted portraits of himself as a centaur. You know, the half man, half horse figure."
- Rihanna borrows a page from Beyonce, going black-and-white in a new video, "Wait Your Turn (The Wait is Ova)." (via Concrete Loop)
- Who wants to unlock their car door with an iPhone when you can get iDriver, an iPhone-operated minivan, instead. (via Boing Boing)
- 'Ta madre: Mexicans use an estimated 20 curse words a day, according to a survey by Mexican polling company Consulta Mitofsky. Those living closer to the U.S. border were more likely to swear than Mexicans in the south.
- A 23-year-old teacher from Minneapolis who has been documenting her pregnancy on the web says she will broadcast the birth of her child live on the Internet.
- A Louisiana justice of the peace has resigned weeks after he refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and the groom was black. The former justice, a white man named Keith Bardwell, said at the time he would usually recuse himself of performing marriages for mixed couples because it would "affect their kids." His decision was controversial.
- Demi Lovato says she was bullied in middle school after she became a celebrity. The teen actress and singer has helped launch the bullying prevention site teensagainstbullying.org.
cold chillin'
daily dos
tue 11/3/2009
- Iced out: hip hop popsicles.
- There are over one million American men and 800,000 women between the ages of 25 and 45 who have never had sex, according to a survey by Michael Eisenberg of the University of California, San Francisco. The survey found "no association" with virginity and "weight, income and health."
- Critics are bashing cereal maker Kellogg's for claiming their cereal can boost the immunity of a child. NYU Professor Marion Nestle: "The idea that eating Cocoa Krispies will keep a kid from getting swine flu, or from catching a cold, doesn't make sense."
- Cereals marketed directly to children "have 85% more sugar, 65% less fiber, and 60% more sodium than cereals marketed to adults for adult consumption" according to researchers at the Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
- Kelly Rowland makes a cameo in "Baby By Me" a new video by 50 Cent featuring Ne-Yo. (via Concrete Loop)
- Batman may have a new enemy: San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili.
- Last week on the Today show, host Anne Curry tells two rowdy Ewoks (allegedly drunk little people) that they're "not allowed to have vodka" only minutes before one of the furry creatures humps Al Roker's leg. (via Metafilter)
- The Washington Post has got your back: How to prevent getting swine flu and what to do if you have it.
kick that beat
daily dos
mon 11/2/2009
- "B Positive" with Blood Caffeinated Energy Potion. (via Random Good Stuff)
- "South Park's Cartman shows us his Poker Face. (via Digg)
- The Parents Television Council reports a disturbing trend on prime time television, an increase in violence against women.(via WP)
- Alicia Keys drops Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart another single from her upcoming album, Elements of Freedom.
- Twilight will be back in movie theaters for one day before the release of "New Moon." (via THR)
- Negotiators in Honduras have come to a pending agreement that would allow Manuel Zelaya to return to the office of president.
- President Obama has lifted a 22-year-old ban prohibiting HIV positive foreigners from entering the U.S.
- A tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has found nine survivors of a plane crash.
- A deployment of 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan could add an additional $20 billion a year to the war.
- Would you wear an old timey baseball cap?
get that cake
daily dos
fri 10/30/2009
- Los Tigres Del Norte cancelled their appearance on a Mexican award show after the Norteño group was banned from performing its latest hit, "La Granja." Lead singer Jorge Hernandez: "The song speaks of all the problems in Mexico, through a fable with little animals… there is nothing to offend anyone, it is simply a representation of what is happening to us."
- The-Dream takes Snoop Dogg for a ride in a new video, "Gangsta Luv."
- Still got it: Michael Jackson has earned over $70 million since his death. (via digg)
- College may be getting more expensive, but nearly four out of every 10 adults between 18 and 24 were enrolled in college last year, an all-time high.
- NBC Sports asks: Why do sports turn us into irrational fanatics?
- As NFL commissioner Roger Goodell denies a link between football and brain injuries, take a look at the hardest
illegalPop Warner hit ever.
shady lane
daily dos
thu 10/29/2009
- Eminem is in talks to act in and produce a series of horror movies titled Shady Tales. For now, Listen to "Psycho," his latest collaboration with 50 Cent.
- Is he old, gay or rich? The Barbie Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll may be all of these things. (via Buzzfeed)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says he will sing with Calle 13 during a free performance scheduled in the South American country. Residente of Calle 13 says: "It's not true. I don't perform for any president."
- Richmond, California police say they have arrested five suspects in the gang rape of a 15-year-old high school student. As many as 20 people are believed to have witnessed the crime. Richmond Police Lieutenant Mark Gagan: "We do not have the ability to arrest people who witnessed the crime and did nothing. The law can be very rigid."
- Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic man from the U.K., draws New York's Manhattan skyline from memory after flying around the city for just 20 minutes in a helicopter. Wiltshire has a "photographic memory" and has also drawn the skylines of London, Madrid, Tokyo and Rome.
- PeeWee has declined an invitation from A.B. Quintanilla and Cruz Martinez to reunite with the Kumbia Kingz.
- The Jonas Brothers are denying break up rumors after it was announced that Nick Jonas is working on a side project called Nick Jonas and The Administration.
off the wagon
daily dos
wed 10/28/2009
- Alexis y Fido take a few shots in a new video, "Bartender." (via Latina magazine)
- If this is how you park, we don't want to see you drive: the 12 worst parking errors on YouTube. (via digg)
- The Los Angeles Times profiles Jose Espinoza, an artist who paints murals on the tombs of dead drug traffickers as well as the homes of the wealthy in Sinaloa, México.
- Autobot or Decepticon? Chris Brown transforms like Optimus Prime in a new video, "Transform Ya," featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz.
- An administrator from Palmer Elementary School in Denver, Colorado has been arrested after she was accused of duct taping the mouth and hands of a five-year-old student. School officials said the administrator, who faces misdemeanor charges of child abuse and false imprisonment, will be fired.
- The deaths of eight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan yesterday raised the death toll of U.S. troops in October to 55, the deadliest month for American soldiers since the war began in 2001.
- Enzo Micheletti, the nephew of the interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti was found dead in what police say was an execution-style killing.
- Ladies, when you’re done with college, please consider a job in politics. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, women in the U.S. have greater opportunities in education than other women around the world but are not very well represented in politics. Overall, the U.S. ranked 31, behind Cuba and Lithuania. Iceland and Finland (both of which have female heads of state) lead the list. (via Metafilter)
see thru drive thru
daily dos
tue 10/27/2009
- Clean on the outside, clear on the inside: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto's transparent Lexus LF-A.
- Soulja Boy and Drake get their game on in a new song, "Play Ball."
- New Mexico hotel owner Larry Whitten sparked controversy after he asked his employees to change their Hispanic names to "easier-to-pronounce" English names. Whitten, who fired some employees for refusing to comply with his rules, also asked employees to speak only English.
- Did Rihanna steal her new look from singer Eva Simons?
- Should five-year-olds be allowed to have a six pack? Check out the muscles on Giuliano Stroe, a Romanian boy who started bodybuilding at age two.
- “I can’t afford to give them meat." A Dominican baseball scout explains why so many teen baseball prospects are given shots of vitamins and painkillers.
- Memo to ABC sports announcer Bob Griese: tacos aren't from Colombia.
- New Mexico hotel owner Larry Whitten sparked controversy after he asked his employees to change their Hispanic names to "easier-to-pronounce" English names. Whitten, who fired some employees for refusing to comply with his rules, also asked employees to only speak English.
menstruation and citations
daily dos
mon 10/26/2009
- Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle has apologized to Dallas' Spanish-speaking community after he discovered that police officers had written nearly 40 bogus tickets to city residents for being "non-English speakers."
- So you want to know: how does the menstrual cycle work?
- Randy shows off his Ernie (of Sesame Street) Doll as Jowell y Randy address their fans in a YouTube update. (via Blog Reggaetón)
- A Los Angeles judge dismissed battery, vandalism and grand theft charges against Kanye West stemming from an incident last year in which West's friend was videotaped breaking a paparazzi's camera. West and his friend both agreed to do 50 hours of community service for the Red Cross.
- Justin Timberlake has been granted a restraining order against Karen McNeil, described by Timberlake's lawyers as an "obsessed mentally unstable celebrity stalker, who [Timberlake] does not personally know." McNeil has allegedly paid numerous unwanted visits to Timberlake's home.
- Pregnant women in the U.S.: "We're not so sure about taking that swine flu vaccine." Women carrying babies are more susceptible to complications from the H1N1 virus.
