Justin Bieberâs basketball skills, or lack there or, are well known. Whatâs less known is his apparent love for hockey, which he demonstrated in last nightâs NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout.
In the contest, Biebz competed against pro hockey players from the NHL and seemed to be doing okay until he was smashed into the glass by 6′ 6″ veteran player Chris Pronger.
It wasnât all bad news for Bieber, who scored a goal and had an assist. And he earned the respect from another celebrity who participated in the game.
“I was shocked at how good the kid can play,” actor Cuba Gooding Jr. told the Associated Press. “He really has nice skills, and he’s a real sweet kid, too.”
It sure looks like mega tech company is considering getting into the vape game. Is Apple going to make an iVape? The Verge reports that the company recently filed a patent for a âpeculiar vaporizer technology.â
The device would be able to regulate temperatures from a canister and prevent air from reaching the chamber where the vaping was taking place. That said, The Verge notes itâs not 100 percent that the device will eventually become an iVape. The patent doesnât include any information on what sort of substance would be heated up; it could be for tobacco or it could be for some sort of air freshener for the car product Apple is rumored to be working on. In fact, human use isn’t even mentioned at all.
So who knows for sure! But itâs fun to imagine if they do if it did make an iVape. Would it have built-in bluetooth for music? Could you just attach it to the end of your iPhone? Is Apple going to make an iVape? It seems likely it would change the vaping industry and you would have to get an updated model every 18-24 months!
John Hurt, the British actor known his Oscar-nominated roles in Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, died yesterday at the age of 77. Hurt worked in the film industry for nearly 60 years, starring in dozens of films and television shows. Friends, colleagues, and admirers in the film and entertainment industry quickly took to Twitter and Facebook to pay tribute to the Alien and Harry Potter co-star.
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My deepest sympathies to John Hurt's family, friends and fans. He was a dear friend.
When Stanley Kubrick created 2001: A Space Odyssey, he did so with an eye firmly to the future. Kubrick consulted more than 50 technology companies during his research, who shared with Kubrick their plans and ideas for what would be possible in the year 2001. This also explains why the film is littered with logos and brand names.
2001 is often praised as one of the most accurate and realistic portrayals of aeronautical engineering and technologiesâso much so it led others to believe Kubrick helped fake the moon landing. But who knew all these years later one of Kubrickâs biggest impact on space flight would beâŠfashion?
Boeing has designed a spacecraft called Starliner, which will primarily serve as an aeronautical taxi between Earth and the International Space Station. To match function with form, Boeing has also rebooted the space suit, crafting a significantly lighter and more technological advanced suit. It also happens to look eerily similar to the space suits worn in 2001.
“The most important part is that the suit will keep you alive,” astronaut Eric Boe said in a press release. “It is a lot lighter, more form-fitting and it’s simpler, which is always a good thing. Complicated systems have more ways they can break, so simple is better on something like this.”
Though 2001âs Discovery 1 spacecraft featured four colors of the suitâred, yellow, green, and blueâthe only suits never seen worn were the green and blue pairs. Could this be the lost suit sent back through the Monolith?
Joel and Ethan Coen are arguably the most talented American filmmakers. Theyâve written and directed classics like Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, and about a dozen others. On the heels of 2016âs excellent Hail Caeser!, the duo have helmed a new commercial for Mercedes Benz that will air during next weekâs Super Bowl.
The commercial, the brotherâs first since a 2002 clip for H&R Block, shows a bunch of Easy Rider-loving bikers brawling in a roadside bar as Steppenwolfâs âBorn to Be Wildâ blares from a jukebox. Soon word spreads that the gangs’ bikes have been blocked in by a car. When the group emerges from the bar to find out who committed such a heinous act, theyâre shocked to discover who the offender is and what heâs driving.
âThe sweetest comeback in the history of ever!â Thatâs how Hostess, the company responsible for dozens of yummy non-perishable snacks, advertised their Twinkies, a snack thatâs been largely known for its impact on American children. Your take on the tagline depends on the level of nostalgia and how many Twinkies and cupcakes you consumed as a kid.
Back in December, Nestle announced their partnership with Hostess, where theyâd create limited-edition ice creams with different types of Hostess product flavors. A Twinkie flavored ice cream might sound a little bizarre, but who are we to judge on the desires of millions of Americans?
Twinkie-flavored ice cream is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy…https://t.co/dq3NZeZzlr
The ice creams will be available from February to May at select convenience stores and Dollar General, so you have the option of having the ice cream delivered straight to your door.Â
The Nestle/Hostess ice cream has been spotted at Riesbeckâs, a chain of supermarkets located in Southeast Ohio and West Virginia. Weâll anxiously await for it to reach other parts of America so we can view the publicâs response on the matter.
Sitting in a classroom, waiting for a professor to show up after class is supposed to start, can be excruciating. As the common standard goes, if a professor isnât there 15 minutes after class is supposed to start, class is canceled.
Now, class getting canceled shouldnât be such a joyous event, but class involves trying, and who would want that?
The question, then, is what if the opposite happens. What if the teacher is there, but no students show up 15 minutes after class should start? That was the recent existential terror Twitter user @avitable faced when he sat in a silent, empty classroom.
You know that college rule – if the professor is more than fifteen minutes late, class is canceled?
Spending time outdoors is one of the most enjoyable things you can do while high, and thereâs no better season to do so than winter. The cold air and snow gives everything a sort of pristine quality that you donât get other times of year. But what are the best activities to try out while blazed? Read on and find out.
Skiing is a fantastic activity to do while (lightly) stoned. Whatâs better than zipping down a mountain with the fresh air in your face while your surrounded by beautiful mountains? Not much. Plus the ski lift ride up is the perfect time for a quick hit or two.
Any activity that gets you out into the mountains is wonderful to do while buzzed, not least of all because youâll eventually be both literally and mentally high. Hiking is in many ways the opposite of skiing in that instead of the world rushing past you as you fly downhill youâre slowly climbing, giving you the chance to really take in your surroundings and think. Donât forget to pack water and an extra sandwich, though.
For a change of pace, try snowshoeing after a strong bong rip. Thereâs something uniquely peaceful about it, perhaps because of the vastness of the snow surrounding you. Also the shoes look funny.
No need to go far for this one, if you live in a place that gets lots of snow, that is. Have a few friends over, split a joint with them, and then hit the back yard to create some weird and fun snow creatures.
Who says you need to go outside to enjoy a winter activity while high? For our money, few things top getting gently buzzed and cozying up by a blazing fire.
A foul-mouthed woman was arrested Monday night for allegedly throwing a used tampon at a St. Petersberg cop. Police later classified the âwetâ sanitary cloth as a âdeadly weapon.â
According to the police report obtained by The Smoking Gun, Tecora Fields was involved in some sort of brawl which Officer Andre Sousa interrupted. Fields reportedly told Sousa to âsuck her pussyâ
âIâll hit you with my tampon you bitch!â she reportedly added.
Unfortunately for Sousa, Fields is a woman of her word and âwas then seen with both her hands in her genital area, with her pants open.â Not long later, a âwet white paper objectâ reportedly hit the officerâs shoulder.
Iâm not sure exactly when it became trendy to not like Chardonnay, but let me be the first to tell you, thatâs some serious bullshit. It might have gotten a bad rap at the hands of some oak-crazed winemakers, but the best thing about Chardonnay is that itâs the shapeshifter of the white wine world, capable of a vast array of different styles, many of which are delicious and some of which are considered among the finest wines in the world.
Itâs impossible to talk about Chardonnay without starting in France â the homeland of the grape â and within France, the region weâre mostly dealing with is Burgundy. For simplicityâs sake, letâs talk about it in three parts: Chablis, the Cote dâOr, and the Macon. If you like your Chardonnay crisp and so minerally that you sometimes feel like youâre straight drinking limestone, Chablis is the place for you. If you like slightly riper Chardonnay that often is aged in oak, the Cote dâOr might be more your speed, though be warned, those wines get expensive really quick. If value is what youâre after, wines from the Macon are a great alternative, and they can run the stylistic gamut from light and crisp to weighty and powerful.
However, Chardonnay has, at this point, spread to almost every wine-growing country in the world, and there are many dynamic and interesting expressions of the grape. Talking about even a few of them would quickly take this piece to âlong-readâ status, so letâs instead discuss a few different styles and a few examples thereof.
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Grown in warm regions, Chardonnay can take on flavors of tropical fruits like pineapple, banana, and starfruit, along with developing a relatively high level of alcohol. This richer style tends to be counterbalanced with generous applications of oak: new barrels when the wine is expensive, oak chips and other additives when the wine is pitched at a lower price point. This is the classic style of much Napa Valley Chardonnay, as well as a good deal of whatâs made in other New World locales like Australia, South Africa, and Argentina. The best examples can be quite complex and intriguing, but they easily can come across as flabby and uninteresting if not well-made.
If you grow Chardonnay in a relatively cool region, the resultant wine tends towards more citrusy and apple-y flavors and a heightened sense of minerality. These might see some time in barrel, but thatâs rarely going to be new wood, as a more substantial application would overwhelm the more delicate structure of the wine. Outside of France, youâll see this style in northern Italy, Chile, cooler parts of California like the Sonoma Coast, and much of the Pacific Northwest.
That said, those broad geographic generalizations are just that: generalizations. As such, you can certainly find counter-examples in all those regions and more. Yet given the incredibly broad range of Chardonnay on the market these days, and how exceptional some of those wines are, donât for a moment longer believe that you donât like Chardonnay; you just havenât tried the right one yet.
