Farkin' Links Vol. 148 9/19

I hope all of you had a nice weekend; mine was...interesting. I attended a family reunion of sorts; this was a collection of my grandmother's relatives, so it was a bunch of family I don't really know, nor care to. The fact that this side of the family has more tattoos and arrests than sense is probably the reason. Still, it's nice to do every once and a while. I told them we must do this again in about 10 years or so...give a decade or so. I also realized how old I'm getting when I played football with my teenage cousins; I think my shoulder almost popped out. I'm going to stick to the non contact sports, like horseshoes and drinking heavily.

I also have to mention that my basketball team started it's season this weekend. We were matched up with B's stinky squad, but they really almost had us this time. We're still missing our two best players; one is taking care of his sick baby and the other went head on with a semi and lost. He's still recovering from the plastic surgery that, unlike Humpty Dumpty, put his head back together again. We have two new guys, one is pretty good but a bit rusty and the other is fairly useless, but at least he's a warm body to put on the court to give people a rest. For some reason, B's team really thought they could win this game and they jumped out to a 12 point lead at one point. Luckily, we didn't panic and just kept chipping away at their lead until we finally pulled away and got our first victory of the season. It's a good way to start, but considering that B's team is, by far, the crappiest of our crappy league, it's going to be long season if we don't get our two "star players" back soon.

"An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
--Will Rogers

How gay are you? If you're a fan of Coldplay, you're obviously off the charts...but check out this Gay-o-Meter anyways. Just in case you're wondering, I'm apparently 32 percent gay. Ha...they forgot to ask how many Broadway musicals I've attended...

I guess Bill Gates is a fan of Napoleon Dynamite. Of course, a movie about a tall, gawky guy with glasses who becomes a hero probably appeals to him.

Oh Yeah! More Triumph the insult dog! It really doesn't matter where he's at, he's pho-king hilarious, but this time it's a Bon Jovi concert in New Jersey.

And in the exciting world of entomology, we have a bug that is just really, really disgusting.

It's true, Virginia, video game companies never had any respect for actual gamers. Although, that's one hell of a rap song about Zelda.

I certainly wouldn't call this looting...this is more like a rescue operation.

Great...now I can totally suck at solving a Rubik's cube online as well.

Nature is cool...especially when it involves lions kicking the crap and eating other animals.

I, for one, am very happy to see that Lindsay Lohan appears to be eating again.

Wow...air-brushed real women are just not cutting it for Playboy, it seems. These women are probably easier to work with; they certainly can't complain or anything.

This is a pretty funny bottled water commercial who's selling point is a moment of clarity...sort of the opposite of beer.

Well, that's one way to solve a countrywide molestation problem. I think they use it in Arkansas, too.

Most underclassmen usually major in this class' subject, but at least now they can get credit for it. No, Jack, it's not Arcade Fighting Games 101.

Cool...if anyone can make James Bond somewhat interesting again, it's the guy who made Crash, the most awesomely awesome movie I've seen this year.

...and for the return of my silly ebay auctions of the day, we have one featuring Weird Al Yankovic. Too bad I missed out on it.