Brightest Young Things

….where we rip off the best of the internet and present it to you as a precious gift-post, topped with a bow we bought pre-tied from CVS and attached with an adhesive strip, ready to go and be consumed with your first coffee/tea/quickie of the day. Voila! Morning magic! On rotation.

Thanks to Nicole for the tip!

• Are you stoned? Do you want to get awesome? If so, check out Neave Television: "Telly Without Context"and turn your browser into Paul Neave's video art, featuring really awful, funny, and inexplicable video clips, interspersed with test-patterns. It's like watching TV where Svetlana grew up.

• Jacob the Jeweler gets two and a half years for laundering $$$ for the "black mafia"

• Wii fit step aside, the new Wii rage will be Wii Star Wars where you can wield your Wii like a Lightsaber. I predict 1/3 of nerds will get super chiseled in 6 months

• Here's some good news for those who prefer Xbox over Wii, you can turn your Xbox into a streaming netflix player. You may not get fit but you'll definitely make out more (depending on your taste in movies)

• Are you bored with your sleeves? are you bored with your grill? Maybe you should try the newest fad in body modification: getting a tooth tattoo.

• There is American girl doll for everyone except for little Jewish girls. Now your little shana punim can have a doll just for her! Gali Girls: "Learn and play the Jewish way

• What's it like to be one of those poor children raised on hippie communes

• Soviet Winnie the Poo!

• The hottest new male model to hit the catwalk in Milan

• Just as you thought it couldn't get any sexier... Hasselhoff has launched his own social networking site.

• How to: un-pimp your bike and deter thieves

• Some crazy-awesome dude shreds on the 405 in L.A.

• Lift Magic will let you know how much better you'd look with plastic surgery. (This might have been cruel of me to post)

• Check out what the UK thinks are the Best Cover Songs & Worst Cover Songs of all time. (maybe Celine Dion makes an appearance)

• Michael Ian Black wants to put the SMACKDOWN on David Sedaris and challenges the author to a rumble on the best seller list

• Harper's online has got all the stats you need to seem smart.

Previously in Misc/Awesome:

• 12/28: Terrible Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Generator.
• 12/1: The John Waters Advent Calendar-it starts today
• 11/28: It Chooses You: All I Want for Christmas is Everything from Miranda July's Pop-Up Shop
• 11/3: Things I'd Move to Minnesota For
• 9/6: PHOTOS: Maloof $$ Money Cup
• 9/2: PHOTOS: Chantilly Model Train Show
• 9/1: Libby's List: 5 Things I Want Right Now...
• 8/22: PHOTOS: Best Friends Day
• 8/10: PHOTOS: Lawn Mover Racing, Eastern Seaboard Regionals @ Bowles Farm
• 7/26: Special List: Things the BYGays Want Now That We Can Marry In DC (and NY!)