In the ultimate act of jumping the shark since Fonzie actually jumped the shark, Kanye West all but buried his career in a pile of agonizing egotism after A) publicly humiliating sweet little Taylor Swift at the VMAs, B) issuing a half-hearted apology on his all-caps blog, and C) issuing a second apology in which he acted much like a whiny 14-year-old on Jay Leno. And while this may mark the slow and painful career demise for one of hip-hop’s most important producers, with death comes birth—in this case, the birth of 2009’s most perfect meme.
It started with Swayze. His unfortunate and untimely succumbing to cancer opened the floodgates for Twitter-based memes:
Next, reports of President Obama’s own disdain for the self-important pop starlet (he called him a jackass on tape) led to the next wave of image-based memes: (more…)
Blogs like ours are all about upholding a standard of authenticity and fact-checking; but sometimes we like to throw a curveball story containing unaccredited claims that may or may not be anywhere near the truth. That’s why we’ve chosen to cover this story about New York Yankees legend 
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life it’s that every sperm is sacred - even great - and if any of those guys get wasted, God gets quite irate. But at what point do 
Ah, print media. Your death is slow and current. You used to provide us with meaningful news without the human interest or the celebrity gossip that sells. But clearly, you overestimated the attention span of the American public. Now that sound bites and status updates are replacing news, perhaps you are looking back on the rags and mags of your age that have been pandering to the people since the days before information technology. Who Wore it Better? You should have been all over it when you had the chance. 
In the great scheme of things, getting on a reality show won’t likely lead to lasting fame or notoriety. However, murdering your ex-Playmate stripper wife and escaping to Canada on foot AFTER getting on a reality show might be more effective. We know this thanks to 
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