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10 Reasons to Date a Unicorn. 9 Reasons not to Date a Dinosaur.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 29, 2010

Some people have a fascination with unicorns. Nay, a unicorn fetish. (Get it? “Nay”? Ha!)

Do they really exist? Perhaps. For now, let’s imagine that they do.

Now, Web Watch doesn’t want to get into the whole debate regarding former Arizona congressman J.D. Hayworth’s comments about GAY MARRIAGE LEADING TO PEOPLE MARRYING THEIR HORSE, but the comment was funny enough that it got us thinking — especially when there are books devoted to the subject of man-horse marriages, such as DUMP HIM, MARRY THE HORSE: WHY A HORSE IS A BETTER MATCH THAN A MAN

Tags 10 Things, dating, Party Talk, Relationships, unicorns

Internet News

Do you suffer from “Hourglass Syndrome” when using computers? You’re not alone…

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 28, 2010

Windows Hourglass

Do you suffer from “Hourglass Syndrome“?

That’s what computer chip manufacturer Intel has called the stress that waiting on slow computers to do their work causes. Sure, it seems to be entirely a marketing gimmick, as Intel is focused on upselling to newer and faster computer chips – but there does appear to be some basis in fact as a general observation. Who could blame Intel for taking advantage of the situation for their own profit and gain?

Tags Internet, medical, News, survey

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It’s easy to laugh at the Food Network, if you know where to look

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 27, 2010

The Next Food Network Star

Web Watch is a fan of Food Network.

We like to cook. We like to eat. We like to learn about new places to eat, new cooking techniques, and maybe have some fun along the way.

We’ve eaten at a number of Food Network-related restaurants: Guy Fieri’s JOHNNY GARLIC’s, Keegan Gerhard’s D BAR DESSERTS, Robert Irving’s EAT, and at any number of Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, and Wolfgang Puck locations across the country. Sometimes the food at the celebrity restaurants is merely adequate; other times it’s been phenomenal and has lived up to the hype. But the journeys to eat at each location are always worth the trips.

Web Watch is not alone in our enjoyment of Food Network. Over the years, Food Network has developed so much cooking- and food-related programming that they were able to program a second cable offering, Cooking Channel. Obviously, there’s a demand for Food TV.

But with the growth that Food Network has had, there had to be some speedbumps along the way to trip them up.

Tags food, Food Network, TV, website

10 Things food sports

How much money do competitive eaters make? On a per-calorie basis, not a whole lot of dough

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 26, 2010

Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit

Competitive eating is not everything you may think it is. It’s not all glory on the playing field, and unless you really want to devote your life to travelling around the country in order to eat yourself silly, there really isn’t enough money to be made in eating contests to call being a “Professional Eater” a full-time career.

One has to wonder if the lack of cost-of-living raises is one of the reasons that Takeru Kobayashi, the former World Champion Hot Dog Eater, refused to sign a contract with the IFOCE and ended up rushing the stage at this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

And considering the amount of effort that the IFOCE and ESPN put into making the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest and its world-famous Mustard Yellow Belt a cultural lynchpin in our annual July 4th festivities, it’s really surprising that the NATHAN’S CONTEST WAS NOT THE COMPETITIVE EATING CONTEST WITH THE MOST PRIZE MONEY over the past year.

Tags 10 Things, business, Competitive Eating, food, sports

Movies Music Video

Video Fun: Reservoir Dogs mashup videos meet Cee-Lo Green’s F*** YOU

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 25, 2010

Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack

So the other day, Web Watch told you about the NEW CEE-LO GREEN SONG “F*** YOU” and how awesome it was.

And it ends up that we were not the only ones who thought so. FU has struck just the right cord with so many people, that they’ve quickly begun to do FU MASHUPS, where they take the Cee-Lo track and apply it to other films.

Here’s how it looks against THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION:

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Tags mashup, Movies, Music, nsfw, Video

Gambling sports Websites

Have a fantasy sports dispute? Let SPORTS JUDGE have the final word

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 24, 2010

Negotiate like the Pros

If you are active in a fantasy sports league with your friends, then you probably have run into a situation where you’re trying to make a specific deal and something horribly goes wrong.

Maybe its that you pulled some stunt regarding whether a player was on waivers or not. Maybe you backed out of a deal at the last minute because you had some insider information that wasn’t available to the general public. Really, it could be anything that really would make Ari Gold blush.

So what do you do after you’ve exhausted all reasonable alternatives and still have a stalemate?

You call in the FANTASY SPORTS LEGAL EXPERTS, SPORTSJUDGE.COM.

Tags Gambling, game, Legal, sports, website

Movies

Movie geeks and the most quoted movie lines of all time

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 23, 2010

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Web Watch was looking at plants at the local nursery the other day, and we couldn’t help but say, “Get me a shrubbery!” to the salesperson who was trying to help us.

Needless to say, we ended up making our own landscaping selections that day, and we can’t really say that we blame the retail shop for not providing a high level of customer service to any customer who decides that quoting Monty Python is the best way to get what we want.

But that’s how movie fans are.

Once we see a film with a great line of dialogue in it, we want to quote that line over and over. Run it into the ground, if we had the choice.

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10 Things News

10 Vices that are Good for You: Wine, Chocolate, Sleeping…and more

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 22, 2010

When one thinks about “vice”, they usually think of one of the following:

MIAMI VICE – the classic 80’s NBC TV show that glorified cops and crime in Miami with neon, pastel t-shirts, and loafers with no socks
VICE – the alternative magazine
The VICE SQUAD at your local police department – busting criminals focused on sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll
Or the sinfully-delicious habits that some of us partake in when we believe nobody is looking

Being sinful is sometimes just in one’s own mind. And because of that, there are 10 SINFUL VICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HEALTHY FOR YOU. Because when we think “vices”, we don’t often think about why we enjoy these so much:

Tags 10 Things, medical, News