The Sliced Bagel Theory of Economic Slavery

Hamilton Nolan · 08/24/10 04:04PM

The Way We Live Now: taxonomically. All of our expenditures must be organized into "necessary" and "unnecessary" piles. The hard part comes when deciding how to sort everything. Sliced bagels: necessary or not? Your financial future depends on it.

TV News and the Best of the Rest on the Web

Whitney Jefferson · 08/24/10 04:00PM

The Big Bang Theory's fall ad campaign, Glee's Kurt gets a quarterback boyfriend, Hungover Owls, and Kara Dioguardi wasn't fired—she quit, okay? This and more, inside.

A California Rock Star Goes To Jail

Morgan Barry · 08/24/10 03:41PM

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if a drunken Otto from The Simpsons were arrested for assault? Well, wonder no longer. Watch as this California rock star performs his "best song" for some officers on Jail.

Pee Wee Herman's First Blog Post Is Genius

Maureen O'Connor · 08/24/10 03:38PM

A man who built a career from infantile honking, exuberant hyperbole, and laughing out loud has written his first-ever blog post. In retrospect, it should have been obvious: Pee Wee Herman was made for the internet age.

Your Tuesday Night Lineup

Matt Cherette · 08/24/10 03:33PM

TONIGHT: Many of the late-night shows are still on hiatus, but there are some nice primetime offerings, including new episodes of Melissa and Joey, Big Lake, Flipping Out, America's Got Talent, Shaq Vs., The Rachel Zoe Project, and much more!

Birthday Cake Fail

Lissette Aguilar · 08/24/10 03:25PM

Birthday cake is awesome—that's if you actually get to eat it. Watch as this mom ruin's her kid's birthday when it lands upside down on the table instead of in her belly.

World's Angriest Cat Is Not Amused By His Birthday Song

Matt Cherette · 08/24/10 03:10PM

Here's a video of a cat—a seemingly very, very angry cat—being completely unamused by the adorable, "Happy Birthday!" song that his owners (or owners' kids?) are singing to him. That said, since when do cats have birthday parties?

German Sportscaster Gets a Soccer Ball to the Head

Matt Cherette · 08/24/10 02:49PM

Every web site I've viewed while "researching" this has been in German, but this is what Google Translate tells me: here's a video of German sportscaster Jessica Kastrop getting pelted—hard—in the head with a soccer ball last weekend.