Culture Buzz Nothing in that headline is inaccurate or an exaggeration. Mao Sugiyama is a Japanese chef who recently served his/her surgically removed male genitals to five connoisseurs for about $250 a plate. WARNING: Yes, there are photos.
Shift Buzz When scientists gave a group of mice vanilla yogurt along with their ordinary chow, they noticed the males had some extra confidence: “You know when someone’s at the top of their game, how they carry themselves differently? Well, imagine that in a mouse.” The reason: yogurt had made the mice's testicles grow 5% bigger than average.
Culture Buzz Because apparently “yule log” was too subtle. From the front page of MSNBC. When did the day after Thanksgiving become so violent?
Culture Buzz Considering the behavior of certain police lately, this photo is oozing with righteous schadenfreude. This anonymous Chilean activist just delivered the taint shot heard round the world. Kick whichever ass you choose with our handy Photo Editor at the bottom of the page!
Music Buzz The Floating Orchestra by Poietic Studio has 19 levitating balls that you can control form your iPhone and sync to music. Forget old Winamp music visualizers. This is the same thing, in physical space.
Music Buzz Two of SNL's finest ladies make a music video about testicles. And it's hilarious. (via collegehumor.com)
Food Buzz Ben and Jerry's unveiled their latest novelty flavor, based on the beloved Saturday Night Live skit, and it appears to be filled with delicious tasteicles (food science term). I can't wait to swallow a huge load of this salty, creamy goodness! And Alec Baldwin approves!
Devin Graham made a super nifty video mashing up the kinetic nature of balls with firework explosions. (via thehighdefinite.com)
Celebrity Buzz And not in that exaggerated, PDA-blown-out-of-proportion, tabloidy kind of way. They're full on grabbing each other's junk. But it was part of a bit at the MTV Movie Awards, so don't get too hot and bothered. Still, that's commitment to a bit. More over at The Superficial.
From McSweeney's, the repository of open letters to those unlikely to respond, comes this unscripted moment that involves an elderly gentleman, the men's locker room of a pricey sports club and a blow dryer. (Via)
And they're big, brass Truck Nutz. Clanking against this mobility scooter like a bell ringing out for freedom and America and Michelle Bachmann. Some might file this under “Why they hate us.” I would take the slightly contrarian position and file it under “Why they have big boners for us.” Spotted in New York City. See? New York isn't so elitist after all.
Culture Buzz Photographs of a stark raving naked man at the very moment he was decked in the face for nudely grinding on people at the Ultra Music Festival. We didn't have to make the censor badges very big, if you catch our innuendo about his small genitals. More, including video, over at Barstool Boston.
James Franco in tights from the Academy Awards parody of “Black Swan.” His lack of shame is genuinely admirable.
University of Florida basketball player Chandler Parsons, after making a three pointer in the Gators' game against Georgia, was accidentally whipped in the groin by a teammate's towel. Apparently the towel was made of chainmail, because Parsons nearly collapsed on the floor from excruciating pain.
An instructional video teaching men to reject erotic bigotry and embrace their perineum. With jazz flute. You'll want to bring a lot of hand sanitizer to this particular yoga class.
A training dummy whose sole purpose is to take junk shots. It's possible to feel sympathy for a dummy.
Culture Buzz Balls. [Ed. note: An oft-overlooked, but vitally important subcategory of stock photography. Bawling their eyes out.]
The intrepid researchers at Film Drunk crunch (ha) the numbers and come to an irrefutable conclusion: testicular trauma in a trailer means it will be an awful movie.
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Balls, guts, intestinal fortitude. He lacked the testicular fortitude to stand up to his boss.
Creator Andy Bates somehow managed to turn hairy testicles into haute couture! Not that I have the balls to carry one around myself! (Via Trend de la Creme.)
Tech Buzz BuckyBalls: they are mind-blowing, they are inspiring, they keep me awake at night thinking of new patterns. These addicting magnets will keep you entertained for hours. Pet Rocks…not so much.
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=sack+tapping&...
Sack tapping is the latest trend amongst boys, men, dudes and bros alike. While the idea may be silly, the consequences have been severe, leading at least one young boy to have a testicle removed.
A little video for 3D modelers in the pursuit of anatomical realism in their CG testicles. [Ed Note: Technology has come so far. Culture, on the other hand, is still primarily interested in ball sacks. So, anyway, here's the intersection of those trends. So inspiring.]