You know, I hate winter. I’ve come to this conclusion after my car wouldn’t start even with CAA’s help and my snowblower brake completely in the span of about two weeks. Why does technology hate me so? Maybe why does the weather hate me so.
Anyway, it’s time for the links. It’s a new year so let’s start with a new face. Here’s Austrian model Nadine Leopold.
How sensitive is the pro-gun movement to criticism? One of the top writers of Guns & Ammo was fired because we questioned whether the Second Amendment was really in danger. (New York Times)
What’s the best way to resign from city council in America? In Klingon. (Mediaite)
We all know that drugs have side effects but a new epilepsy drug might actually have the beneficial side effect of reopening the ability for your brain to learn language and music. (Raw Story)
Some people think that Bill Simmons helped make podcasts the big deal they are now. Has anyone tracked the origins of podcasting and the rise of the popularity of podcasts? (Recode)
While most people wouldn’t put it past the Buffalo Sabres to draft a fictional player today, in the 70s, they did on purpose as a prank on the NHL. (Sports on Earth)
Bernie Ecclestone is usually more interested in money than the integrity of motorsport but he has given the promoters of the Grand Prix of America an unusually long leash. (ESPN F1)
Pro wrestling has long used a sort of binary system of good guys and bad guys but recently, the WWE seems to have completely lost the plot with their faces and heels. (False Underdog)
Dan Harmon is back running Community. Thank god. After skipping most of Season Four, it’s like nothing’s changed. (New Yorker)
Danger Guerrero has some important questions about the M&Ms commercial where the woman takes Red home to eat home. (Warming Glow)
The Dean Blundell Show has been cancelled and it doesn’t look like a single tear was shed. (Canada.com)
Did you know that the movie trailer is 100 years old? Here are ten of the… trailers that happened. (Film Drunk)
I don’t often post modern wrestling videos but DDP Yoga works! Jake “The Snake” Roberts is back in the fed!
