Thomas Lang
This may not mean a lot to most people, but my jaw dropped while watching this drum solo. I can’t even begin to explain how difficult this would be to play…
Mint.com
I was recently shown a website that I wanted to pass on – Mint.com. It is a money management website that keeps track of all your financial accounts and entries. The brilliant part is that the website will import and categorize all of your transactions automatically once you’ve provided your login information. The site also provides budgeting capabilities and analytics on your spending habits. The icing on top is that it has an iPhone app. Check it out.
Top mug shots of 2008
Study: Romantic Comedies Can Ruin Your Life
Hilarious…. and probably true!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468868,00.html
Next time you take a date to the movies, see a horror flick. At least if you want to stay together.
That’s the advice researchers at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh have for would-be couples.
Romantic comedies, or “rom-coms,” promote unrealistic expectations of love and relationships, according to their study.
Researchers had 100 student volunteers watch the 2001 romantic comedy “Serendipity,” and 100 more watch a creepy David Lynch movie.
Students watching “Serendipity” were found to be more likely to believe in fate and destiny. Fans of romantic comedies were also found to have a stronger belief in predestined love.
“Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you, then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it,” said the university’s Dr. Bjarne Holmes. “We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people’s minds. The problem is that while most of us know that the idea of a perfect relationship is unrealistic, some of us are still more influenced by media portrayals than we realize.”
Researchers studied 40 films between 1995 and 2005, including “You’ve Got Mail,” “Maid In Manhattan,” and “The Wedding Planner,” and identified common themes in them which they believed were unrealistic.
“[These films] do capture the excitement of new relationships but they also wrongly suggest that trust and committed love exist from the moment people meet,” said Kimberly Johnson, who also worked on the study “Whereas these are qualities that normally take years to develop.”
Go to BBC.co.uk for the full report.
Unavoidable
You can’t turn on the radio without hearing Taylor Swift these days… and you know what? She’s actually really good.
The interesting thing is that “Love Song” is played on both country (Kicks 101.5) and top 40 radio (Star 94), but by the sound, I’m pretty sure it’s two different versions… Only slight differences, but the top 40 version has more bass and crunchier guitars…
If you’re still reading, yes, that’s 30 seconds of your life you’ll never get back. Your welcome.
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Someone pointed this out to me recently. You kinda feel sorry for the guy, but it’s hilarious!