SCIENCE BUZZ – Join the global movement to live on only 2000 Watts of energy a day. The average American lives a 11,400 Watt life - six times the goal. Europeans are better but still over the limit - they live 5,400 Watt lives. Combined with alternative energy sources, the 2000-Watt Society could stop global warming without ruining the enjoyment of our lives. In the words of project director Roland Stulz: “it’s not starving, it’s not having less comfort or fun. It’s a creative approach to the future.”

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The Best Links:

1. An Overview of the 2000 Watt Society
2. 2000-Watt Society on Wikipedia
3. New Yorker On A Special Danish Island, the Future of Energy, and 2000-Watt Society (Long Article)
4. Slideshow: How To Understand Your Energy Use and Get Down To 2000-Watts
5. Graph: What Switzerland Will Need To Change To Get To 2000-Watts

CULTURE BUZZ – The detention letter sent to a student punished for his “blatant disregard” for the authority of his stupid teacher. This started circulating on the Internet in 2006 and we are just doing our part to keep it going.

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The Best Links:

1. Snopes Says It Might Be Real

TECH BUZZ – The original Microsoft team recreates a photo snapped in 1978! Didn’t they steal this idea from Ze Frank’s Youngme-Nowme Project? Microsoft is really, really good at copying creative ideas. ;)

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The Best Links:

1. Submit Your Old Me, New Me Photos
2. Read The Newsweek Story On the Microsoft Photos
3. More on Ze Frank’s Color Wars Project

CULTURE BUZZ – An actual scan of a newspaper advice column about how to deal with a godson whose loves “scouting out camel toads” at the pool. This is a classic email forward from 2005 but it is never too late to get high huffing Camel Toad.

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The Best Links:

1. Snopes Explains The Camel Toad Newspaper Column
2. Cameltoe Pics - Easier Than Scouting at the Pool (NSFW)
3. “Cameltoe” In Decline - Sign Of Internet Maturing??

SCIENCE BUZZ – A baby hippo survives a Tsunami and is adopted by a 100-year-old tortoise. Did stuff like this happen before the Internet existed?

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The Best Links:

1. Get the Whole Story Here!
2. More Interspecies Friends on BuzzFeed
3. I Hope This Turns Out Better Than That Lioness Who Adopts Antelopes
4. There’s a Book About Them!

SPORTS BUZZ – A baseball pitcher who can throw right-handed or left-handed! He has a special 6 finger, double webbed glove so it works on both hands. He recently faced a switch hitter leading to mass confusion.

The Best Links:

1. Pat Venditte’s Story
2. Switch Pitcher and Switch Hitter Confuse Everyone (VIDEO)
3. Pat Venditte’s Release From Left and Right (Video)
4. Ambidextrous Pitchers Are Very, Very Rare (Short List)
5. Tony Mullane Bio - The First Switch Pitcher In Baseball History
6. NYT Venditte Profile
7. The Unassisted Triple Play (Another Cool Baseball Story!)

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POLITICS BUZZ – The word “trollop” is back! It is what old man McCain calls his first lady and now all the kids are starting to use it, too! Trollop, trollop, trollop! It is fun to say. And it also is a helpful reminder that John McCain is 1) older than you could possibly imagine, 2) can’t control his temper, and 3) has serious issues with women. Punch it in!

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The Best Links:

1. Trollop on Merriam-Webster: “a vulgar or disreputable woman; especially : one who engages in sex promiscuously or for money”
2. Trollop on American Heritage: “A woman regarded as slovenly or untidy; a slattern. 2. A strumpet.”
3. Trollop on Wiktionary: “A woman held by others as retaining a vulgar and discourteous disposition.”
4. Trollop on Encarta: “an offensive term that deliberately insults a woman who is a prostitute or who is reputed to be sexually promiscuous ( dated insult )”
5. Google Trends: Trollop Is On The Rise!

MOVIE BUZZ – New film exposes a fake Iraq in the Mojave Desert where real solders practice killing fake terrorists. That means the movie is a real documentary on a fictional reality — kinda like The Hills but with more killing.

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POLITICS BUZZ – Racist Republican Slur: “If Obama is President…will we still call it The White House?” This pin was actually for sale at a Republican state convention! Another button at the convention said: “Press 1 for English. Press 2 for Deportation”. And you wonder why the GOP has trouble attracting voters who aren’t white!

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The Best Links:

1. Trail Blazers Blog On the Racist Pins

CELEBRITY BUZZ – Michelle Obama tells US Weekly why Barack loves her. Spoiler Alert! She shops at Target, loved “Sex and the City” and never misses the girls’ recitals.

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The Best Links:

1. Shocking Exclusive From The Profile: Michelle Is an “Extraordinary Mother”
2. Barack Obama US Weekly Interview From February