Archive
March 20, 2013
7 Tips For Picking Your Bracket If You Know Nothing About Basketball
Go ahead and pick teams by mascots or colors, but put a little science behind it. A BuzzFeed original analysis of the last 15 NCAA tournaments.
Something Cool Actually Happened In A NIT Game
You don't have to make the NCAA tournament to have your One Shining Moment.
Will The "Veronica Mars" Kickstarter Revolutionize Indie Film?
Crowdfunding has been a way of life for indie film for years, but with fractions of the $3.7 million (and counting) banked by Veronica Mars. Could indie films ever measure up?
College Blocks Speech By Gay Porn Star
Conner Habib was invited to speak at an upstate New York community college — until the school's president realized he is a working porn actor. A student says administrators tried to keep students from seeing him speak off-campus as well.
13 Alternative Haggadahs To Brighten Up Your Passover Seder
Did you know there's a Haggadah for Buddhists? And hip hop fans?
42 Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Actually Want
No one should feel pinges of guilt at your wedding when they decide to throw out your useless wedding favor. So make it something indispensable, as opposed to just putting more crap out there into the world.
Obama Goes Conservative With March Madness Picks While Marco Rubio Lives Dangerously
Rivals' political leanings don't extend to tournament strategy.
Ryan Gosling To "Take A Break" From Acting
That story and more in today's CelebFeed Gossip Roundup!
How Gchat Controls Your Life
What is it about those little boxes that makes you feel so confessional?
Win Your March Madness Pool Using Devious Trickery (i.e., Math)
Winning a pool doesn't mean picking the most likely winners; it means making picks that distinguish you from the pack. Here's how to find the teams that will win you cash money dollars, not just a high score.
Is Hollywood America's Best Truth Teller On Iraq?
A few impressive projects, a few bombs, and a kick-ass movie by the guys who made The Matrix in the works. Hollywood’s quest to tell the truth about the Iraq War.
Everything You Need To Know About Dailymotion, YouTube's Dark Alter Ego
The last big video sharing alternative to YouTube has a history of picking up seedy content that the video giant won't touch. And Yahoo is interested.
Could Airport Blues Change The Sequester Narrative?
The most powerful voting bloc: annoyed airplane passengers.
Netanyahu Says Israel Remains Committed To Two-State Solution
Obama thinks it's "hard."
Watch A Massive Bridge Explode In Super-Slow Motion
Infrastructure renewal turned into art.
Will Lawrence O'Donnell Be The Next MSNBC Host To Go?
Maybe he'd prefer a job that doesn't “offend [his] artistic sensibilities"?
Obama: U.S. "Will Investigate Thoroughly" Reports Of Chemical Weapons In Syria
"We intend to investigate thoroughly exactly what happened," Obama says."
The Real Face Of The Sequester
This isn't cancelled White House tours, these are real people losing pay and losing their jobs. Today's sequester news, as reported by local cable news outlets.
How To Build The Ultimate Office Setup For March Madness
The games are on, but you're "working." Here's how to build a desk-based 360-degree basketball experience.
Victory For Gay-Friendly Mayor Of Lima Still Troubles LGBT Activists
Leftist Lima Mayor Susana Villarán survived an evangelical-backed recall election on Sunday. LGBT activists, though, say their cause was sacrificed to keep her in office.
15 Matzoh-Free Recipes For Passover
Matzoh may be kosher for Passover, but that doesn't mean it tastes good. (Think cardboard.) Here are a few alternatives.
Michelle Shocked Responds To Anti-Gay Rant Reports
The singer pens an open letter to fans. "I'm very sorry: I don't always express myself as clearly as I should."
How The Military Is Controlling Online Speech — By Embracing It
Soldiers are legally prohibited from speaking out against the military. But an official site encourages them to do just that.
What Uniform Is Tina Fey Wearing In This Photo?
From this leaked footage of the new Muppets...Again! sequel, she looks like a Soviet-era Russian.
Powerful "Last Letter" To Bush And Cheney From Dying Iraq War Vet
Tomas Young, who was paralyzed on his fifth day of deployment in Iraq in 2004 and is now dying of complications from that injury, writes to the men who sent him to war. (via TruthDig)
15 Reasons We Must Liberate Little Jon Hamm
THIS IS IMPORTANT. Also NSFW-ish.
This Guy Needs Your Help To Remove His Pornsite Face Tattoos
Billy "The Billboard" Gibby, who legally changed his name to "Hostgator Dotcom," is trying to raise enough money to remove 24 face tattoos he sold to various websites.
23 People You Shouldn't Ask For Help Picking Your Bracket
Trust your instincts, not these "experts."
28 Signs You Were Raised By Persian Parents In America
Dasteh shomah dard nakoneh for reading this.
Birdwatching's Digital Crisis
The biggest website for birdwatchers is having major privacy issues. Privacy for the birds, that is, not the humans.
Al-Qaeda Operative Indicted In New York
Spin Ghul tried to bomb U.S. facilities in Nigeria and harm personnel in Afghanistan, the FBI says.
Here's A Heisman Winning Quarterback With A Moody Cat
Johnny Football? More like Johnny Footb-AWWWWW!
Colorado Governor Signs Major Gun Laws Hours After State Official Shot And Killed
The signing comes exactly eight months after the Aurora theater shooting left 12 dead and 58 injured.
Of Course There's An Online Fandom For Ohio Shooter T.J. Lane
"T.J. Lane is my spirit animal." NSFWish
Awkward Chatbot Lets You Practice Your Awkward Chatting Skills
Are your conversations with your friends not uncomfortable enough? Give the Awkward Chatbot a go!
13 Incredible Tiny Paintings Made Out Of Food
Artist "Red" Hong Yi is making a new food-painting every day in March. (Although it'll be really hard to top the dragon made entirely of dragon fruit.)
The Month That Goats Won YouTube
Beating cats and dogs. Blame memes. Google Trends, which lets you see what people are searching for, is expanding to YouTube. Here are a few more lessons Google has shared with us.
Rebel Wilson Spills Zac Efron's Secret And Talks About A Possible "Hunger Games" Role
"Bridemaids was my first job in America, and basically it was just a week of coming in early every morning and just improvising all day with Kristen and Matt Lucas."
The Funniest Site In Gaming
Welcome to /r/gamingcirclejerk, the community for fed-up Reddit gamers.
By 2050, Hurricane Katrina Could Happen Every Two Years
A new climate model shows the frequency of huge hurricanes skyrocketing as the planet warms.
How To Make Your Own Cadbury Creme Eggs
Because Easter baskets shouldn't be reserved for children.
A Heartfelt Musical Tribute To Google Reader
As far as songs go, this one... well, it contains a lot of information! So it's got that going for it.
How The World Covered The Iraq War
15 international front pages from the start of the Iraq war.
Someone Bought The House Next To Westboro Baptist Church And Painted It Rainbow
An organization called Planting Peace came up with a colorful way to protest the Westboro Baptist Church.
Justin Timberlake's New Video Will Make You Cry
Justin gets personal and honors his grandparents in the video for "Mirrors."
David Axelrod's First Month At MSNBC
Nice work if you can get it.
Obama: "I'm Ready To Win Some Money" In March Madness This Year
President tells ESPN he's "feeling good" about his bracket.
Suicide Bomb Levels Pennsylvania Home
A grisly act of revenge leaves one dead and two injured.
23 Kitties Of Congress
Ready for the Feline Government?
America's Unhealthiest Places Are Also Much More Violent
Counties with the worst health also have far higher rates of violent crime, birth to teenage moms, and childhood poverty than the healthiest counties, according to new research.
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Has Died
He was 84.
South Korea Suffers Server Outages At Major TV Networks, Banks
Computer networks of the nation's key broadcasters and banks were completely paralyzed Wednesday in what appeared to be a cyber attack, police said.
13 Pictures Of People Ice Swimming
As the winter season comes to an end, people in Poland, Russia, Germany, and China decide to go for a dip in icy lakes.
Firefighters Rescue Subway Construction Worker Trapped In "Muck" 100-Feet Deep
An ambulance was on the scene to take the worker to an area hospital. He was said to be stable and talking, CBS New York reports.
Religious Right Could Be Left Behind By New GOP Plan
Abandoned by the Establishment, beset by libertarians, the base is playing defense.
Cory Booker Tries To Show He's A Team Player
At a campaign event for New Jersey's Democratic candidate for governor, Barbara Buono, Booker plays a role he's not used to. "El Futuro Barack Obama!"
