"If you love beer as much as your children, make sure to put The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer ($14) on your wintertime reading list. Written by beer sommeliers Hallie Beaune and Christina Perozzi, this 300+ page book takes a humorous yet no-nonsense look at beer, exploring everything from the science of beer and beer + food pairings to cooking with fine beers and even brewing your own at home."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Meant to be savored and sipped at room temperature, Samuel Adams Utopias ($150) is only for the most daring of beer connoisseurs. The 2009 batch is the strongest yet, with a staggering 27% alcohol by volume rating (a standard beer is about 5%). The rich, dark, uncarbonated (and world's strongest) beer is brewed in small batches, blended, and aged in the Barrel Room at the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery, where you'll find only 53 barrels of the stuff. The limited-edition 2009 batch of Utopias is bottled in numbered, ceramic brew kettle-shaped decanters."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"He wanted to put on my reading glasses this morning, and he kept them on for a while... walking around the house. Reminded us of the kid from Jerry Maguire."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Leon Deschamps, 32, said he wants to show that the sharks are not merely blood thirsty killing machines and was prepared to put his own life at risk to prove it. The conservationist from Shark Bay in Western Australia - said people perceive all sharks to be the same and that tiger sharks are victims as a result. e fear tiger sharks because we do not understand them," he said. "They are lumped into the same group as great whites and bull sharks, just because they are a type of shark, but their feeding and predation habits are completely different. "We must be more species specific when we talk about sharks. I want to bring the animals into the public arena, educate people so that they know they are not blood thirsty killing machines. "Tiger sharks are not constantly aggressive. And now people can see that, after I threw myself into the middle of a feeding frenzy."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
If he had faith in his non-agressive hypothesis he would have been in the water with them. Tiger sharks are agressive by nature, though I am not saying they particularly seek out humans.
- Matt G
Look at me, look at me, I'm on a dead whale! Doing the bill dance, feeling the flow.
- RAPatton
from iPhone
"Getting Boxee, the awesome web-to-TV software, set up in your living room used to be a headache. Not anymore thanks to the Boxee Box (around $200; Q1 2010). This angled wonder lets you consume all the free movies, TV shows and music from the internet, all from your couch — and hooks it up to your system with just a single HDMI cable. Like the standard Boxee software, it also sucks in your own videos, music and photos, playing just about any media format that still resides on your broken down laptop."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Finally, the solution to a problem men have suffered with for generations. All men sweat in their groin area, and until now, there has not been a product specifically to relieve the wetness and the uncomfortable feeling of sweaty balls. Until now, introducing: * Aluminum Free * Paraben Free * Talc Free Fresh Balls. Use it as part of your daily grooming routine."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
"The classic laserdisc video game Dragon's Lair has made its way to the App Store this evening. Originally released to the arcade in 1983, this full motion animated game was a massive departure from the other games of the era."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"In one of life's supreme ironies, AT&T today posted an iPhone app that allows you to report substandard service. That's right folks. Got a dropped call? No reception? AT&T Marks the Spot [iTunes link] is designed to get that info to your favorite cell company so they can act on it."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
The question is are they going to do anything about it.. I've used the call in version of this before and still have dropped calls at the exact same spot I have for years.
- Ian Rudy
Just for starters, I've always loved the Chemical Burn scene from Fight Club. Maybe not my favorite, but it's just for starters.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Besieged, last scene when the woman leaves the bed to answer the door and you wonder what choice she might make.
- Mycaptain
Lobby shooting scene in The Matrix is a good one. Army of Darkness has too numerous scenes to mention.
- Alex Scoble
The fight scene in Kill Bill between Darryl Hannah and Uma Thurman is awesome. I also love the cafeteria dance scene in Superstar.
- Admiral Anika
In Dark City, the scene at "Shell Beach" when [spoiler redacted] and it BLOWS YOUR FUCKING MIND!
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Phoebe Cates. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I don't know any guy that will argue with me.
- Morgan Haley
The lobby scene in the Matrix is as cool for the music as it is for the action. I really like the fight scene between Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin (Wesley and Inigo Montoya) in Princess Bride. There are quite a few great scenes from Fight Club.
- Curtiss Grymala
Hmmm. The mass death wire scene from Ghost Ship, the scene in Shaun Of The Dead where they are throwing the records, the final scene of Fight Club. (this is harder than I thought)
- aden
The opening of Raiders when he's getting the statue head. That was cinematic genius. You had no idea what you were in for with that scene.
- Admiral Anika
Anika - Your comment reminded me of UHF. There are so many great scenes in that movie. The turtle suction cup/poodles flying scene, the parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Rambo scene in the office, etc.
- Curtiss Grymala
The teahouse and hospital shootouts in Hard Boiled. Michael Corleone heartbroken by a revelation in Havana in Godfather 2. Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh's characters fighting in CTHD. The "Night Flight" sequence in CTHD too. The two greatest fight scenes in Drunken Master 2. The big set piece animations from Spirited Away. The climax/'twist ending' of In America.
- Andrew C
The bullet scene from Matrix Reloaded where neo stops dozens of bullets with his hand. Lobby scene is pure awesome as well.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
The scene where Sophie meets Calcifer in Howl's Moving Castle. The 'card party' scene at the end of Persuasion.
- Jennifer Dittrich
The scene in the tunnel in Live Free or Die Hard. Justin Long: "Dude, you just shot a helicopter with a police car." Bruce Willis: "I ran out of bullets"
- Curtiss Grymala
As long as we're talking one-liners there's a scene in a Steven Seagal movie "Is it true you beat a suspect with a dead cat?" "Not true." "It's not?" "Wasn't dead." Deadpan glorious funny.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
One more: the sequence in the car in Before Sunset.
- Andrew C
That's the hardest question ever! Hmmm... In V for Vendetta when Natalie Portman goes out in the rain after being imprisoned. Or the confetti part in I <3 Huckabees. And really, probably about a million others
- Lo
the car chase in Bullitt...........or the French Connection
- VAL D. Zone
I have several from the Matrix: Lobby scene, "I just learned Kung Fu", "Ignorance is Bliss", Stops bullets and says "No." I could go on. Blade: he drinks his mother's blood, cuts off the vampire's head and recovers his shades and sword. Fight Club: He finally realizes WTF has been happening the whole movie.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
That explanatory scene in Santa Sangre in which it's revealed that his mother was actually killed when her arms were cut off, and he had been the arms for a puppet, not his living mother....
- Christopher A Carr
Any of the fight scenes in Fist of Legend, Vince Vaughn making Gretzky's head bleed in Swingers. The climactic zombie gorefest at the end of Dead Alive.
- Chris Munro
The part of the movie where Red leaves prison to go find Andy in Shawshank is up there for me. Very gratifying.
- Mitch
++ Mitch, many scenes in Shawshank are superb
- Lo
The surreal waltz in Grand Central in The Fisher King
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Samuel L. Jackson confronts Frank Whaley in Pulp Fiction ("Check out the big brain on Brett.") Maybe even more impressed by Whaley's performance than Jackson's. But mainly impressed by Quentin Tarantino's imagination and writing.
- Sean McBride
Oh, yeah: Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in True Romance. (And more Tarantino, right? Did he write the screenplay? Tarantino's mind was on fire in the early 1990s.)
- Sean McBride
Since we're on a Tarantino kick, two scenes from Reservoir Dogs: 1) The scene in the diner when they're discussing whether or not to tip the waitress and 2) The scene in the warehouse when the ear gets cut off (I love the dancing around to "Stuck in the Middle With You")
- Curtiss Grymala
The final scene of "Children of Paradise" as Baptiste runs after Garance's carriage through all the street revelers. The final scenes of "The Graduate" as Hoffman's character and Elaine get on the bus and wonder what's next. Robert Duvall striding across the beach in "Apocalypse Now" while everyone else ducks for cover. Dozens of people fill up Groucho's tiny stateroom in "A Night at the Opera." Max and Herman play increasingly dangerous pranks on each other to the strains of "A Quick One" in Rushmore.
- s t e v e
the last 30 minutes or so of Apocalypse Now! with Brando and Sheen in the hut, when Sheen is supposed to kill Brando - intense film-making and acting, much of what Brando did was not scripted
- William Harryman
"The Sound of Music" where the two nuns hold up parts from the Nazi's cars and beg forgiveness of the Mother Superior.
- Glen Mistletoe
My wife's favourite scene: the pie fight in The Great Race.
- Mark H
I love the scene in Watchmen when Doctor Manhattan tells Silk Spectre on Mars that her birth was a miracle. Very moving.
- Brome
ETERNAL SUNSHINE: "Joel, come back and make up a goodbye. Let's pretend we at least had one."
- Steven Perez
TAKEN: "You don't remember me? We spoke on the phone two days ago. I told you I would find you."
- Steven Perez
THE INSIDER: "And Jeffrey Wigand, who's out on a limb, does he go on television and tell the truth? Yes. Is it newsworthy? Yes. Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth? No. Because he is telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it. And the more truth he tells, the worse it gets!"
- Steven Perez
+10 for Mr. Perez, that scene from Taken was awesome.
- Scott
"The Take away shows are la Blogotheque’s first video podcasts. Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play in the streets, in a bar, a park, or even in a flat or in an elevator, and we film the whole session. Of course, what makes the beauty of it is all the little incidents, hesitations, and crazy stuff happening unexpectingly. Besides, we do not edit the videos so they look perfectly flawless, instead we keep the raw sound of the surroundings. Our goal is to try and capture instants, film the music just like it happens, without preparation, without tricks. Spontaneity is the keyword."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Our total price would be $22,971 for a car with a $31,000 sticker price. I printed the Pricing Certificate and headed in to Tustin Mazda. I sat down with the sales person, handed him the inventory for their website and the pricing certificate and said "I want this car at this price." He went to talk with his manager and came back saying "I don't know where you got that inventory but we sold that car months ago. We don't have any 2009's left but we can get close on a 2010 if you want.""
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"What kid doesn’t love blowing bubbles, chasing them through the air, and laughing when they pop? And that’s just with plain ol’ clear bubbles. Now imagine how much more fun brilliant blue and pink bubbles would be! Zubbles ($15) are the only colored bubbles you can buy that have a specially formulated dye that disappears within a few minutes of exposure to air or water, so they won’t leave stains where they pop. They’re also non-toxic and completely amazing!"
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Flickr user Marshall Astor brought to our attention the beauty of this bacon, pineapple and Gruyere burger from El Segundo, Calif., restaurant the Counter -- and the brilliance of the chain's "Custom Built Burgers" motto. An unexpected combination, this burger promises an intriguing, complex burst of flavor, with the earthy creaminess of Gruyere, the salty chew of bacon, topped with the refreshing juice of a grilled pineapple slice."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
PINEAPPLE! I've been looking at the picture and thought this was a donut burger. With pineapple I'd hit this like a big rig with no brakes.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Pineapple, bacon, and cheese? I AM SO THERE!
- Laura Lou Who
Damn you, D!!! Now I am friggin' jonesin' for one of these!!! :P
- JA Castillo
I might have to make my own tonight for dinner. I can't look away. Grilled pineapple on a burger is so full of win.
- Derrick
The Counter is killer. We both love that place. They even have a homemade vegetarian patty that's great. I've had the turkey burger both times we've been there. Might have to go for the grilled chicken with pineapple next time.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh snap, there's one in Pasadena. Might have to swing by for dinner and not be bothered with trying to recreate myself.
- Derrick
"When I got to Checkpoint Charlie, there was a platform we could walk up to that gave a good view at this ground zero of the Cold War. Except for a small family of West Berliners, I was alone. Suddenly, on the other side, a man appeared from around the corner. He stopped and stared at us. It hit me with a rush that he had come to see and be seen by the family standing next to me. They conversed in silence."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"After about 10 minutes, the man turned and walked back around the corner. An East German police car followed him. The abandoned buildings along the wall blocked our view, and we waited. No one moved. No one spoke."
- Neil Bernhart
"Fifteen minutes later, the man once again walked around the corner. This time, he turned in the other direction and gingerly skipped down the street, a sign that all was well. The tension on our platform broke, and the family began to talk and smile."
- Neil Bernhart
"She's never usually seen in anything but darker shades, but Christina Ricci brightened up the launch of a new car in Florida in racy red. The 29-year-old actress made an appearance at the world premiere of Audi's new A8 car, and totally outshone the sleek new release. Accompanied by boyfriend Curtis Buchanan, she sported a revealing red mini-dress with a plunging neckline, and segments cut out on the sides."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
She has a strange, um...body make up (for lack of a better word).
- Derrick
She's a cute kid D. Nothing wrong with saying that she has a large head. I know my people.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Nice Eye candy ... I'd rather see the car ...
- johnpiercy
damn...johnpiercy has raised a good query....CR or A8.....dammit....can't decide....well ok.....I choose Christina....she's the beez neez!
- Morgan Haley
What John said. I've seen Ricci shopping in Old Town Pasadena. She is so tiny. But her boobs are huge. But um, yeah, her body has an interesting sense of proportions.
- Derrick
She always reminds me of an apple on a stick... like she's about to fall over from the weight on her shoulders.
- Neil Bernhart
"The good news is that Folgers Coffee is bringing its boys home. They've made a new version of their classic Christmas commercial, "Peter's Homecoming.""
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
I love Cool Whip, but real whipped cream is far superior in every way (except for the fact that you have to actually make real whipped cream, and with Cool Whip you can just pull it out of a tub). I made some homemade whipped cream for the pumpkin pie we had left over from Thanksgiving, and it rules. I would love to get one of those cool CO2 cans that automatically whips the cream, like they have in some coffee bars.
- Curtiss Grymala
No discussion needed here Real whipped cream takes it hands down!
- martha
I almost always buy the 'real' thing rather than the imitation. Less crap in the real McCoy usually.
- Ian May
If you are lazy, canned whipping cream is still way better than Cool Whip.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Only thing I don't like with aerosol anything, is that you're getting more propellant than product. I won't buy that PAM oil for that reason. Instead we got some 99 cent plastic plant sprayers, and fill that with regular oils.
- Ian May
You're absolutely right Alex. At our "chosen family" Thanksgiving a couple people brought Cool Whip but I had made a huge bowl of fresh whipped cream because I knew people would try that lazy cool whip shit. Not a single person chose Cool Whip over real whipped cream.
- Michelle Jones
in Croatia, they serve frozen whipping cream on top of espresso. They call it something like Kava na Schlogum or close to that. it's awesome
- Morgan Haley
Whipping cream made with a touch of marsala FTW!
- SAM
from iPhone
of course but cool whip is just so easy
- VAL D. Zone
I'm sad to say that over the past weekend, I saw a member of my family use cool whip (and generic cool whip, at that) instead of whipped cream. Craziness! I've heard of people freezing dollops of whipped cream so that they don't have to whip it up fresh every time they want it. I've considered trying it, but it would be too dangerous if I found I liked it.
- Katy S
Mo: because it's cool Whhhhhhiphhhh
- Morgan Haley
Is this even a discussion:? A debate? Of course, real whipped cream is better. DUH. But come on...diving face deep into a tub of Cool Whip is it's own joy.
- Admiral Anika
Hate Cool Whip. Would take the aerosol stuff over it any day, never mind REAL whipped cream.
- Martha
And technically you can buy real whipped cream in a can, even if it isn't as good as stuff made from scratch
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I often turn to Dream Whip, in place of Cool Whip. At least it has MILK in it, not just OIL!
- Ladybug Heather
Dream Whip is that powdered stuff. I used to mix a packet of that in with a box of cake mix before adding the wet ingredients. Made bigger fluffier cakes. (that was before I learned how to bake a cake from scratch) I don't classify that in the same category with either whipped cream or Cool Whip.
- April Russo (app103)
If you have a stand mixer, it's not really much harder to make whipped cream.
- Alix Whitmire
I'll take either. Just as long as it's white and has sugar.
- Rodfather
I thought you were all talking about Miracle Whip for a second. Kraft make too many "whip" products
- Bryce Roney
and on the subject of mock cream, nothing beats real whipped cream - it's not that hard to make all you need is some thickened cream, sugar and an electric beater
- Bryce Roney
Real cream wins! Or else the Cool Whip peeps are just not commenting. I always make more whipped cream than I need and use my teaspoon scoop (the one with the little thingy in it that pushes the cream out when you squeeze the handle) to put dollops on a cookie sheet, put it in the freezer, then after they are set, stick them in a bag. Perfect for hot chocolate... but my kids sometimes get caught sneaking them straight to their mouths.
- Trish Haley
Thank you, Bryce. Cooks have been doing this for years and some do it with a hand crank beater or a whisk(as I switched over to years ago). Just put the bowl and whisk in the freezer for 5 minutes. Get some good heavy cream and make sure its got a good fresh date
- Melanie Reed
Trish, Yeah, I like the dollop trick too. And yes, I have caught myself eating them straight from the freezers as well. ;)
- Melanie Reed
I'll go out on a limb here, since I know I'm in the minority, but I like Cool Whip...in fact, Fat Free Cool Whip...because I count calories & fat grams, so FF CW is fine with me. Since I'm used to it, I find that real whipped cream is too rich for me.
- Bonnie Foster
from iPod
"Fabien Breuvart pulled off what I would call a lovely stunt great piece of performance art last week in Paris. He and a half dozen accomplices scrounged up several giant garbage bags full of anonymous vintage photos and--in a fit of anarchy--dumped these thousands of photos into a huge pile in front of the VIP entrance of the posh Paris Photo 2009 gala underway at the Louvre."
- Neil Bernhart
from Bookmarklet
"Inside the event, some of the worlds most valued photographs were aiming to fetch $60,000, but thanks to Breuvart, the international art crowd seemed more attuned to pile of vintage photography amidst cries of "free photos!" out front...seemingly a choice to stay outside to collect, even cherish, free and unusual images that had "no value", rather than sip champagne and salivate over art whose value was chosen by others."
- Neil Bernhart
Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things - Japanese lamp fighting - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5416120...
"OK, so maybe this ridiculous "sport" isn't a fair representation of Japan as a whole. But holy shit guys, what is the deal with this? Warning: bloody photos ahead."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Me, me, choose me. I just received my invite 10 minutes ago. Wave me > russellreno@googlewave.com
- Russellreno
Russell, so you don't need an invite then. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
No, I need to know how to add you to my contacts. For instance Scoble is in my contacts, but I don't seen any current Waves I could join under Robert. It makes sense that he would have to invite me to his Wave.
- Russellreno
Russell, just added you. My username is kolint.
- Kol Tregaskes