the fanatical treatment of the death of michael jackson is getting a little old.

in all honesty, wasn't the mj that everyone loved dead a long time ago?

what was left was a surreal caricature of of the once beloved musical genius. the pop icon was gone before he put out his last couple of albums.

Thanks The Soup for foreshadowing this one ages ago...

wonder if TLC will survive losing their only high rated show.

an untitled eddie murphy/romeo and juliet project is in the works as listed on imdb.

if he's in serious mode a la dreamgirls, it might not be too awful. but if they are working on a nutty/norbit/meet dave-ish take on shakespeare, i might have to find mr murphy and slap him.

hard.

Beard Team USA is the new world superpower of facial hair.

These guys apparently took two of the top three spots in the World Beard Championships

How is that for making your country proud! Good job guys.

I've got some work to do if I ever hope to compete.

as nerdy as i can be: http://tv.adobe.com/#

tons of video tutorials for every adobe product. most of which i can't afford, but it's still awesome to learn nerdy tips and tricks for that one day when i can plunk down the two and a half grand for the master suite.

http://blogs.nokia.com/nseries/index.php/2009/05/07/the-making-of-the-nokia-n97-the-designers-cut

the n97 is coming out. the latest indication is july 2009, so we've got a few months until mobile communication is changed forever. at least that is the impression nokia is trying to give us all.

i'm excited to get my hands on one, but i'm not sure how the 700 dollar price tag is going to feel. nor am i sure if my verizon plan will support the device, so i might have to put some serious thought into it...

Natalie Portman (okay, it's not original to have a crush on her, i don't care) interviewed by Zach Galifianakis. Pretty funny.
http://www.thelaughtrack.com/2009/05/natalie-portman-caught-between-two.html