I read a ton of RSS as part of my work. I’m always hesitant to include a blog that is off-topic for me, even if it’s a good read, simply because I don’t want to be distracted. But ever since my friend Brendan recommended the “Crime Scene KC” blog it’s been a welcome seasoning to […]

I’m sure the quality is nothing to write home about, but this 41-piece kitchen set is only $20 and has everything you need to kick-start your kitchen. The only thing it doesn’t include, tellingly, is a knife sharpener.
Catalog Page [Boscovs.com via Dealnews]

Esquire’s fairly pedestrian “Women We Love” series gets much more interesting when they break it down to raw, glistening numbers. The kicker:
The prototypical woman we love is a thirty-six-year-old brown-haired actress from New York. She is 5′6″ and her name is Jennifer. She might have a small, unobtrusive tattoo.
Women We Have Loved [Esquire]

Not just stand-up. Funny stand-up. About bacon.

“Chadzilla” documents the process used by the chefs at Adria to create “vodka pills,” alcoholic confections made from a booze reduction and cornstarch.
There are only 2 components to this process… the cornstarch (which serves as a casting mold and as a reactant to the liquid) and the alcohol flavored syrup (which will form a ’shell’ […]

Serious Eats has started a series of video shorts starring no other than Mario Batali, who is on his way off of Iron Chef and onto the computer LCD.

I don’t exactly know what the message is they’re trying to get across (and I’ve seen the original Dove ad they’re lampooning) but I still laughed. [via See Jack Shop]

[via TV in Japan (dot com)]

“Man sentenced in “pride” killing of ostrich.” [Yahoo/Reuters]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. man was sentenced to five months in jail after he and a friend, acting on wounded pride, gunned down an ostrich that had kicked them as their female companions laughed, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

The world’s best motoring television, Top Gear, began its tenth season last night in the U.K. While BBC America will eventually get around to showing it, you can have a taste now using your favorite copyright infringing tools. [BTJunkie.org]

The teaser for the upcoming Futurama movie was showed off at ComicCon, but now the extended version has hit the GoogTubes. Welcome back Futurama, you were missed.
[Via Giz]

Cracked.com broke down the nine manliest names ever and number one absolutely takes the cake.
… Max Fightmaster is also in the army, or at least he was in 2003. The awesome part? His rank: Staff Sergeant.
This means Max’s full name and title is STAFF SGT. MAX FIGHTMASTER. That is the manliest name on the […]