Breakfast Links: R2-D2, Florida & Iron Chef
Well now that winter finally seems to have arrived here in NYC (spring having ended this weekend), you’re probably looking for a nice hat to keep the ol’ noggin warm. Look no further than this R2-D2 beanie! You know you want it - to deny it is to deny your true self. You will definitely be the coolest kid on the block sporting this headwear. And if you speak in beeps and boops? Forget it. The ladies will swoon. (via)
What could be more awesome than that? That’s right. Florida has taken the controversial step and will now teach evolution in it’s public schools! Wow. Florida, always on the cutting edge. Fortunately for students it won’t appear on standardized tests till 2012. What exactly do they learn in biology? Perhaps on the Florida SAT’s they have multiple choice questions about what God did on each of the 7 days? Are there any other states that don’t teach evolution? Will you ever trust a floridian doctor again?
Lastly we come to Iron Chef. The Village Voice in a grinch like exposé has shown Iron Chef America to be a sham! Noooooooo! Sigh. Robert Sietsema, who is the paper’s food critic went to a taping of the show, more or less, on the sly. There he discovered that it was known who the contestant would choose to battle in advance (the other two iron chefs aren’t even at the taping, they’ve got body doubles!), the chefs knew the food in advance and had prepared recipes, there was no time pressure and worst of all for the judging the sous chefs actually prepared all the dishes again after the fact over a couple hours. I’ll never watch the show in the same way again. (via)
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 am
That is the best hat I have ever seen. Period. Recently in the middle of a foggy goggle induced fit of rage I tore the inside of my helmet apart. I need a new one. Now I must get a white or silver one because I am totally going to sport the R2D2 head design. Maybe I will even buy the cap for inspirational points & extra geek points in the ski lodge.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 am
Oh, and just for the record, I may have been born in Florida but I was on a plane to Brooklyn 48 hours later. Did you know newborns don’t get a discount? Freakin’ Eastern Airlines.
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
You should definitely get the hat… ladies really go for that kinda thing. That’s what I hear. If you make an R2 helmet… take some pics and let me see!
And don’t be dissin’ Eastern - they gave the kids those awesome pilot wing pins. I still miss them.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
This knitted gas-mask hat is similarly awesome.