The Airing of Grievances

Thank God for The Daily Show

I saw this last night and just received it an e-mail from Assman with the clip and since this has become the week of the Palin here at The Grieve and I'm the only one that knows how to embed youtube videos*, I'm gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on this little slice of brilliance.

That almost makes me smile as much as the news that Tom Brady has a broken foot (I kid because I love). John Stewart may very well have the greatest job in America over the next three months. He should just send like a quarter of his pay to Fox News.

*Shamelessly made up

Ted's NOt Dead!!

Having just come back from a conference at the Byrd Center in Shepherdstown, WV last week this sort of thing comes as no surprise.  But oh man what a showing!  This one is even better than the Mike Vick dead dog eulogy.

Download byrd.htm

You Suck At Photoshop

Can't. Stop. Laughing.

I know different things are funny to different people but just trust me on this. If you get a few minutes, these will not disappoint.

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor

Thanks to MySpace, the AofG picked up our first paid sponsorship, from South East Down & Feather, who are promoting their newest model, the Benoit Special.

Hat Tip, Flash

Cocaine Is A Hell Of A Drug

"When fellow prosecutors inquired, Minneapolis DA Miss Patricia Knudsson, 37, could not explain the mysterious disappearance of a critical piece of the state's evidence against the drug ring."

(thanks to Pharyngula for the link)

Ali-G Interviews The Beckhams

High comedy. (Major Props to BobbyP for the hook-up.)

Friday Fun

Because I know Chiles loves him some David Blaine,

Enjoy this "Street Magic" clip from the cutting room floor - just remember that some of the language and shrieking is NSFW.

"Get me anotha bump."

Brilliant.

(Thanks to Swamp's President Cerrano for putting us on to this gem)

Yet Another Reason We're Glad We Didn't Go To Yale

First and foremost (as always), have you ever been to New Haven?  I mean, really...

But secondly, we're glad we never have to say that Aleksey Vayner is a fellow alumnus. 

Vanyer has an impressive resume...He's a Yale tennis player, an accomplished ballroom dancer, writer of a book about the Holocaust (self-published, of course), CEO of an "investment firm", manging director of a charity, a black belt in ka-ra-te and he's a motivational speaker too - all before he turned 23, mind you.

Aleksey may have had a relatively quiet opening to his next career by banging out 120 hour weeks in some Midtown office tower, until he decided to go the extra mile.  When applying to basically every I-Bank under the sun for a job, Vayner enclosed his coup d'etat in the email - this motivational video - "IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING".  Hold onto your hats:

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In The Army Now

Ever see those people in the park who pretend to be statues?  They are just standing there, usually encased in grease paint, staring off into space.  I suppose some people think of this as art - but really, it's just an exteremly lazy form of being a mime (and NOBODY likes a mime!).  Maybe they're a pretending to be a bronze bust of Caesar Augustus, or a ballerina, or even the Statue of Liberty, but they all share one thing in common - a little cup in fornt of them asking for money.  Now this drives me absolutely batshit.  When I see that little cup, I just want to scream, "Listen jack-ass, the only way you are getting paid for standing still is if you are being pelted with rotten vegetables, other than that, you are just loitering."

Well, at least somebody has been convinced that standing still in a costume is indeed art.  Meet Pablo Wendel, aspiring artist, or aspiring 1st Century Chinese warrior - your pick:

The Chinese government, for their part, share my assessment of Mr. Wendel's "performance" art.  But instead of pelting him with bok choy, they released him scot-free after some "serious criticism".   Take that, Pablo Wendel!  And tell all of your loitering mime friends how brutal serious criticism can really be.