600 Starbucks locations closing...

The Seattle based coffee chain will be laying off 12,000 of their employees, which is about 7% of their nationwide employment.

The popular chain will be closing 5% of shops because of "a wide-ranging effort to boost its bottom line and its stock price. The chain is accelerating international growth," according to The Seattle Times.

Watering it all down -the stores were losing money mainly because it would compete with other Starbucks, which were just around the corner. I don't know whose idea it was so literally saturate areas with Starbucks, but I'm sure that genius is now part of the 7% laid off.

Honestly, I don't really care if a shitload of Starbucks are closing... just as long as they keep the same recipe for a Java Chip frappucino. If they even decide to reevaluate it, I'm gonna have to smack some CEO bitches.

Congratulations universe, you win

I really want to dislike Jimmy Kimmel. Maybe it's because my first introductions to him were on Comedy Central's The Man Show, but every time I see him I think "what a terrible, unfunny person. He should not be successful." But he just keeps doing things that I think are hilarious.

His stint as a sidekick on Win Ben Stein's Money:



the fact that he dates Sarah Silverman when she's not fucking Matt Damon:



and my most recent discovery, The Week in Unnecessary Censorship:



Jimmy Kimmel:1, Me: 0

New Girl Talk album available for free

Girl Talk, the moniker for biomedical engineer turned DJ Gregg Gillis, has a new record out called Feed the Animals. You can download the record for whatever price you choose here. (Same strategy that Radiohead used for In Rainbows). I'm personally in love with it, especially the heavy featuring of classic 80s. The first 3 tracks alone feature Twisted Sister, Huey Lewis and the News, Tony Basil, Rod Stewart, and Kenny Loggins.

Same sex couples can officially hitch it in CA...

At 5pm Pacific time on Monday, same sex couples were legally allowed to wed among crowds of "cheers and jeers."

Last month's state court decision dropped two Cali laws that prohibited the unions. Now California is the second, yet the largest, state to legalize same sex unions. Massachusetts was the first, legalizing it in 2004.

I think it's a pretty sweet deal. I mean MA has the east side covered, and CA has the west side covered. Now all they need is a middle-man... maybe Kansas will go gay?

Tornadoes Everywhere

It seems like tornadoes have been touching down in Mid America 2-3 times a week. It also seems like this year tornadoes have been developing more than ever before. It is devastating to see the after math of these one of a kind site seeing storms. People have lost their family members, friends and/or property to these destroyers. However, the site of a cloud like that of a twister is unique and eye opening. You don't want to look away. When I lived in the Keys (Florida) water spouts would form and touch water but never touch land. For me, it nothing like I have seen before. Its frightening to know that something that has so much power can come at no warnings notice. Here are some pictures from this years storms.

Tim Russert dies at 58

Longtime host of Meet the Press and NBC News' Washington Bureau Chief and senior vice president, Tim Russert died Friday afternoon after collapsing, the cause of his death not yet known.


Russert's journalism career spanned over 17 years. He was known for his hard-hitting questions, and thorough interviews with political figures that left them squirming a bit.

Alba names her kid Honor...

... Honor Marie Warren. I'm hoping it's a girl.

Jessica and Cash then realized how stupid that name sounded and renamed their first born child Melanie Renee' Warren. It was fantastic.