Yesterday the World Values Survey, done regularly by a global network of social scientists, announced in order the World’s happiest countries and the United States Ranked 16th. Who was the happiest country? Denmark! With its democracy, social equality, and peaceful atmosphere, researchers say it’s the happiest country in the world.
Happiest Countries:

Denmark […]

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Do not buy a Samsung DVD Recorder. I purchased the Samsung DVD-VR330 DVD/VCR Combined Recorder from Best Buy in late Dec of 2006 for I believe $199 as it was during a post x-mas sale. It worked fine for a while then sometime in April it stopped working.  I finally got around to […]

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I loved reading Generation Kill when it first came out 3+ years ago. It’s the best Iraq War book out there…and I read a few. I love war books and have read dozens of Vietnam books, (one of the best being Chickenhawk). Well HBO has taken the book Generation Kill and made […]

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Tonight at Hollywood Park Dave Wakeling will be playing with The English Beat, best known for their 1980’s hits including “Mirror in the Bathroom”, ” Too Nice To Talk To”, and “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”. I have not seen them perform for more than 10 years when Dave used to play clubs […]

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Could you imagine seeing the site of Oil Rigs off the coast of Santa Monica, Malibu, or Hermosa Beach?  Bush asked Congress today for approval for offshore oil drilling. I am just as depressed as every Angeleno with the nearly $5/gal gas prices, but I still can not picture sitting on the beach and […]

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This is the funniest bit of advertising I have seen in a long time. Looks pretty legitimate too. Looks like advertising has sunk to a new low in a down housing market. I have no idea where this photo was taken place or even if it is legitimate, Mikey forwarded it to […]

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The Offspring’s New Album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace goes on sale today. The single Hammerhead was release for free back in May but
The official Offspring site is here.

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Just got a breaking news from CNN.com and was shocked to here that Tim Russert died this afternoon at the NBC studios. It’s such an odd feeling to hear of someone dying that you have seen on TV on a daily basis, especially lately with the election in full swing. For more info […]

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Ok, I have played Guitar Hero maybe a 1/2 dozen times, but recently came across this 9 year old kid who has mastered guitar hero on the hardest level. You have to check this out:
9 Year Old Beats Hardest Guitar Hero Level - Watch more free videos
It’s 8 minutes long, but just check out […]

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Someone forwarded these pictures to me yesterday, don’t know why I did not hear about this til now, but WTF is Carrot Top thinking? Why is Carrot Top on steroids? Does a skinny 40 year old comic really need to juice it up? Was he not already scary enough looking? […]

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Ok, so I don’t wear True Religion Jeans but saw them on sale today for 30%-50% off at Coscto in the South Bay, yup that’s right Costco for $112 a pair.  I saw on the TRJ site they sell for $175-$225 a pair.  So tell me this, at what point does a brand of jeans […]

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Well I can’t give props to the the LA Cupcake Challenge Winners without also throwing some props out to LA’s newest Cupcake establishment Crumbs in Beverly Hills, the already NYC famous Crumbs was popularized by Artie Lang of Howard Stern Show Fame and is now moving West.  Tomorrow they are giving out FREE cupcakes to […]

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I was mindlessly surfing the Interweb the other day and came across this site chronicling one mans “Quest to Grow Every Beard Type“. I can’t imagine the time it would take to do this, but he’s been growing a beard every winter and spring for some years now, and he’s been able to obtain […]

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Since I am too cheap to subscribe to HBO or Showtime, I am eagerly awaiting the release of Weeds Season 3 on DVD and Blu Ray on June 3rd and it’s at the top of my Netflix queue as we speak. If you have not seen this show or are on the fence about […]

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This is so classic. A friend of mine Jonathan Nail, an Actor, (hey it’s LA we all have friends that are actors or in the biz right?) sent me the below video he shot on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica outside the AMC 7 interviewing people about “Prince Caspian”. He starts […]

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