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1. Move over Hooters, here's Blitz Sports Bra & Grill.

2. A look at Sara Pichelli's various designs for the new Spider-Man. Via.

3. A John Lasseter story.

*Buy Marvel Universe figures at eBay.

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1. I love these sketches based on the original Conan movie.

2. Part of a good article about a successful NFL agent:

Like many agents, Segal went to law school, but never intended to find his fortune in the sports world. He was hired by a large "white-shoe" firm out of college, but says he quickly lost interest in the day-to-day grind of life in a big law office.

So he quit and moved back to his parents house. He had followed the careers of legendary sports agents like Leigh Steinberg and Bob Woolf and decided that was where he wanted to try his hand.

He printed up some business cards with his mother's phone number on them and began cold calling football players. It's not easy for an unknown lawyer with no office and no experience to convince professional athletes to trust him with their financial future. "A lot of guys hung up on me," he says.

Eventually, Segal landed his first client in Brad "Mr. Smooth" Baxter, a little-known running back for the New York Jets. Once he got that first client, however, the doors were opened and it wouldn't take long for other players to come through it.

3. This is actually a pretty interesting legal question (NSFW). Via.

*Buy sketch cards at eBay.

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Signature.

Zebra attack.

Friendly deer.

Warning: Objects in condoms may appear larger than they really are.

North by Northwest wallpaper.

Time travel cheat sheet wallpaper available as a print here.

Advertising Durex condoms at soccer matches

McCann Erickson for Durex:

We decided to use the electronic boards held up at half time and the end of matches to signify how much extra time will be p|ayed.These boards were branded with the Durex Performa colours and logo. Of course, with our branding of the boards, the extra time took on a whole new meaning and relevance.

Via.

*Previously: Durex pillows.

Strong female characters

New borderline NSFW strips by Kate Beaton.

*Hark! A Vagrant is 40 percent off at Amazon.

1. A good reminder that you should read every article critically because the author probably has all sorts of biases you don't know about.

2. The stories about Mark Zuckerberg are going to get weirder and weirder, right?

3. Lawyer complains that his opponent is using a large-breasted woman to distract the jury.

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1. Game of Thrones Monopoly board.

2. Photo of a lightning strike above a power plant. Via.

3. "Long before Russia’s femme fatale Anna Chapman fueled countless blog posts and male fantasies, Israel had a female spy whose success in her profession’s dark arts made her one of history’s most notorious honey-traps."

*Buy board games at eBay.

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1. How to sue telemarketers. (Apparently, they have to give you a written copy of their do not call policy if you ask.)

2. Reddit agrees - - the move women love is the Vulcan neck kiss.

3. "DARPA seeks help for interstellar starship."

*Buy NASA patches at eBay.

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1. Hilarious photo of kids learning about the wonders of the human reproduction.

2. A Baltimore Sun photographer accepted a buyout, started a blog, and then more or less destroyed the industry for professional photographers:

By teaching a horde of novices the skills necessary to shoot photographs of a quality that was until very recently only within the grasp of an elite few, Hobby has played a significant role in the transformation of the profession. In the last few years, the market rate for many types of professional photographs has dropped by as much as 99 percent.

3. "A special mask that produces sights and smells fooled study participants into thinking they were eating a cookie they weren't."

*Buy vintage cameras at eBay.

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1. "Turn a Webcam into a Security Camera with Email Notifications."

2. Pro Football Talk says that Tiki Barber's agent is claiming that he knew almost immediately that Tiki's broadcasting career was going to fail, and tried to convince him to promptly rejoin the NFL.

3. Interesting comic book legend this week - - "DC forced Siegel and Shuster to 'prettify' Lois Lane in the early 1940s." Part of the memo instructed the artist, "She looks pregnant. Murray [presumably Murray Boltinoff, longtime DC staffer - BC] suggests that you arrange for her to have an abortion or the baby and get it over with so that her figure can return to something a little more like the tasty dish she is supposed to be."

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1. Jim Shooter explains what makes Rocky such a good movie.

2. The NY Observer:

On March 6, dozens of zebra finches were found dead outside the National Arts Club, at 15 Gramercy Park South. They belonged to the club president, O. Aldon James. The ASPCA is investigating the situation, though it's been suggested that Mr. James was likely responsible for their demise.

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Bizarre stories about the club seem lately to emerge on a monthly basis.

3. Nicki Minaj invited Stave Nash on stage at her concert and gave him a lap dance.

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Julia Sweeney recounts telling her daughter about sex

Finally got around to watching this, absolutely hilarious - - Julia Sweeney recounts telling her eight-year-old daughter about sex.

*Buy books and CDs by Julia Sweeney at Amazon.

SNL on sexting

Mock ad for Perspectives Photo Studio, which'll make sure you're at your best the next time you send a sext. (NSFW.)

*Previously: Saturday Night Live makes fun of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.

Action Factory

First, enjoy this funny, over the top Metal Gear-inspired gunfight featuring one stunt after another by the Action Factory:

This lengthy video shows how the stunts were done:

And finally, here's an ad for an Action Factory t-shirt, featuring a largely undressed stunt girl on fire:

Via Reddit.

*Previously: Wrangler's "Stunt" campaign.

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1. This is a story about having Glenn Danzig as a neighbor.

2. Funny NSFW comic strips in an ad campaign by MTV for condoms showing that sex is no accident.

3. Tyler Cowen considers the question, "Are we seeing the beginning of the end of work?"

*Buy condoms at Amazon.

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1. 15 conspiracy movies that don’t fall apart at the end. I'd add Total Recall to the list.

2. Today, Bulletstorm is 33% off Amazon.

3. Drawing the reproductive system. (Funny, but NSFW.) Via.

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