I think I just found my new favorite show.

It’s officially meant to resemble the lines in snow and ice left by skis and skates, but c’mon!  We all know the Olympics are filled with stoners but this might be too obvious!

Links:   1 2 3

I think that may be the Scientology guy narrating this, but this is an interesting view. Bit scary. Parts 2-10 after the jump.

Back in October, Joaquin Phoenix announced that he’s quitting the acting to follow music pursuits:

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Ok, but who thought it’d result in this?:

This is pure genius, my hat’s off to the guy. I wonder what the documentary of this “experiment” of his will be like (currently being filmed, by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck). According to an unnamed source, he’s basically admitted it’s all an elaborate gag: “It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it.”

See also Joaquin’s Myspace

Update1: He claims it’s no Hoax

Update2: His goofy Letterman performance:

I think it’s definitely drugs.

Not sure if this ^ is true, but hemp does have the potential to screw over so many industries if it were just allowed to grow. Drug companies, chemicals, cotton, timber, etc. The ironic part is weed is already America’s #1 cash crop.  (See also this about California’s #1 industry, pot)

This is fascinating stuff, especially the 2nd half. He was a little nerdier back in 2003!

Botany of Desire:

(see other posts featuring Michael Pollan)

These links have been sitting in my tabs for a while, and rather than post them individually, I’m going to drop them here together.

Cheetah joins endangered species list

Scientists Back Brain Drugs for Healthy People

Is Einstein the Last Great Genius?

Proof that Albert Einstein’s black holes do exist, claim scientists

Black hole confirmed in Milky Way

Why We Procrastinate and How to Stop

Academics invent a mathematical equation for why people procrastinate

Are we too afraid of touch?

Does a short haircut mean women have gone off sex?

Men find long, wavy locks the sexiest hair do, while short hair leaves them cold, says poll

Young women ‘have more sexual partners’ than men

Birth Control Pills Affect Women’s Taste in Men

Could Males Really Become The Weaker Sex?

Cold Sore Virus Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease: New Treatment, Or Even Vaccine Possible

World’s first flying car on the roads from next year – yours for just £130,000

Video games may do the aging brain good

I didn’t even know he smoked..

…When cannabis is legalized, I hope to see this ratio as one of the parameters printed on the pack. I hope that time isn’t too distant; the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world….

Read full Carl Sagan essay

Wow.  Too bad it’ll be ignored.   6 of the top 20 questions deal with the failed Drug War..

See the list of questions for Obama

Wicked electric car from Dodge slated for 2010 — that is Lotus styling.   So cool, and FAST.

How to Build a Cell Phone Interceptor — ?!?!

Origami your used Netflix papers

Stupid cops think they OD’d on some pot brownies — “I think we’re dead.”

CNN gives advice on when to take a sleeping pill

Creepy/funny dude likes his stereo power cable better than women

“Horny goat weed could be better than Viagra” — now that is a headline

Gimp 2.6.0 is out

30+ “must-have” Firefox addons

11 Firefox extensions that replace stand-alone applications

Will Quantum Computing kill the PC? – wtf?

Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us, and Hacker News algorithms exposed

How to “peel” a hard boiled egg without peeling – i call BS.  esp on this guy, the “4 hour workweek” guy

America’s top 20 growing and disappearing jobs

20 Healthiest Foods for under $1

Set Up Cheap Ambient Lighting with Rope Lights

Hilarious review of Quiznos’ subs written in 2003 – oh Black Angus you are so luscious

The “Stanley Kubrick files”

2 Hot Chics demonstrate 28 days of Kama Sutra (nsfw)

Japanese Sushi Rage Threatens iconic Mediterranean Tuna

10 Most and Least Expensive Cars to Insure

7 Essential Cheat Sheets to Download

Pushups: do 100 in this 6 week program

Police threw 32 pounds of pot on a Maryland mayor’s doorstep then stormed in and killed his dogs – wtf

You’ve seen the Dramatic Hamster – now witness: Dramatic Cat

Esquire’s 75 Things a Man Should Do Before He Dies

MapMyRun.com tells you how far your run was

Battery powered ultralight plane – very hot

theonion.com: ‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Players Play a Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ (video) – lol

12 Foods you don’t have to buy organic (and 12 which you should)

Liquid Nitrogen Dumped into a swimming pool (video)

CO-ED Magazine’s ‘10 Bands You Need To Know But Probably Don’t

CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Demos, Tips, and Best Practices

California bans all trans fats

Christian The Lion – wow I got a little verklempt thanks for the link Mom

Best Chinese Restaurant Name Ever -  sounds delicious!

The 24 Best PS3 Games

The 36 Best PS2 Games

Sweet Gallery of Mantises

‘Yeti’ Hair Found? Stumping analysts so far..

GTAIV PC-bound? I knew there was a reason I didn’t get a PS3 yet..

5 “awesome” “NSFW” mini-games

Shrooms and ESP – wacky broadcasts from 1961

Navy official thinks Flight 93 was shot down

Soy foods reduce sperm count – I’ve heard this before as it lowers testosterone, which to me is scarier heh.  They’d better be sure they’re controlling for causation vs correlation..

Interesting game where you control 16 cursors

How to use a Wacom tablet to make digital art

How to digitally paint Albert Einstein

McCain’s Top 7 sexist rants

Canada’s spreading cannabis crop

Sarcasm is a survival skill? – RichardDawkins.net

Obesity % by state, map of US – there may as well just be one big word “FAT” across the whole thing

How to make your own USB NES controller, with games (source) (see also inside a light gun)

America’s most walkable cities

Creepy article about humans merging with machines in the near future

Some kid delivered LSD-laced brownies to the cops

Wicked B2 bomber crash pics (video)

Rare leopard’s photo captured via camera “trap” in Russia

Guy describes how he wrote a bot which makes $$ at online poker

OpenOffice 3.0 beta is out, ARS gives it a preview

Breast-fed children found to be smarter

OJ’s former manager says he confessed to him while stoned. omg!

Sad Kermit sings Elliott Smith’s Needle in the Hay (video)

Cocaine subs which hold 8-10 tons are the new thing in drug smuggling

Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone Activity In Cell Studies