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Did you watch Conveyor Belt of Love yesterday? It's about one of those sushi restaurant things except instead of raw fish, it's men. A great new technological advancement that has us thinking of other ways to revolutionize the dating-show format.

Matthews is one of the nation's chief practitioners of the narrative-constructing outrage-bait political journalism that Politico has perfected into a foul art, and he is one of the nation's chief distributors of its wares. In fact, he already knew the answer to his questions: It was provided by Newsweek's Mike Isikoff, who was a Hardball guest on December 30, when Matthews previewed his irritation with the Politico-Cheney axis:

Congratulations to lauralauramc for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame. Click through for the answer.

Today at Gawker.TV, Jimmy Fallon makes backhanded comments about David Letterman, the 31-year-old virgin who refuses to leave, not all contestants on The Bachelor have coordination, this week's Hoarder has lost a loaded gun in his house, and cowbell girl.

The Way We Live Now: Bowling alone. Bowling for Columbine (we are sad lunatic gun nuts). Bowling for dollaz! We're bankrupt, but we put the bowling on our debit card. Visa will understand. Visa: master of hobobowling.

Last night's I Want to Work for Diddy 2 featured a freakout by Diddy over a contestant's bare feet. What's even crazier than that (besides MTV's dramatic editing of the scene) is how he compares himself to President Obama.

Dan Rodriguez, who booked and organized the 2004 show that jump-started the "Andrew W.K. is an impostor" internet conspiracy theory, has weighed in on the ol' switcharoo story. (He is pretty sure there is just one Andrew W.K.)

• Prepare to enter the third dimension. ESPN plans to launch a 3D channel in June. And Discovery, Imax and Sony are teaming up on a 3D channel, too.
• Has Kathy Griffin been banned from CNN following her risqué performance alongside Anderson Cooper on New Year's Eve? Maybe yes, maybe no.
• Newsday is cutting pay and vacations for 1,100 of its employees. [NYP]
• Apple's buzzed-about tablet device comes out in March. [WSJ]
• Google's buzzed-about mobile phone/iPhone ripoff debuted today. [BN]
• You'll be relieved to hear that the New York Times has no plans to follow in Kim Kardashian's footsteps and begin sticking ads in its tweets. [AdAge]
• Coming soon: Publicist Kelly Cutrone's TV show and self-help book. [WWD]
• Nielsen closed Kirkus Reviews last week, but it may now have a savior. [NYT]
• Conveyor of Love, the new reality show on ABC that combines dating and the latest in baggage handling technology, is off to a solid start. [Wrap]
• Will Avatar turn out to be the biggest movie ever? Maybe! [MTV]

This is an actual picture from a bookstore in Singapore, sent in by a friend of ours. And no, we didn't crop it to add the "F Skills" truncation (bonus irony!).

Paparazzi pictures of 300 stud Gerard Butler looking all fat in Barbados have everyone in a tizzy. Finally it seems male celebrities will be held to the same impossible body standards as their female counterparts. Thank God.

A pencil is pushed between two independently moving nuts. Or is it? Is that even a pencil? Are those nuts independently moving? Are they even nuts? Is this even happening? DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND!?!?

Mis-type the Web address of hipster blog network Tumblr, and you get to an Indian provider of "reefer trucks." Apparently "reefer" is short for "refrigeration" in India. Still: Fucking hipsters are everywhere. Tumblr founder David Karp commented via email: "HAHAHH!"

In your icy Tuesday media column: Michael Wolff vs. David Carr vol. 89, a belated apology for the "worst deal of the century," a Christian is found in the liberal media, and the NYT luvs Kim Kardashian (maybe).

Sure, the job of newspaper reporter is ranked worse than "dishwasher" and "nuclear plant decontamination technician" in this list of "Best and Worst Jobs 2010." But at least it edges out "Roustabout," barely! [WSJ via Mary Pilon]

TSA is not messing around anymore. They will literally scan the pants off of you to see if you're hiding explosives in your pants (some pun intended). Colbert hypothesizes that terrorists will simply counter with dick-shaped bombs.

Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff has been nicknamed "Judge Dread" on Wall Street for his efforts to hold banks and financial execs accountable for their actions. (He's currently overseeing the case against Bank of America, which is accused of misleading investors regarding bonus payouts, and he's also presiding over the trial of Raj Rajaratnam, the hedgie charged with insider trading.) So how does Rakoff blow off steam when he isn't taking on big banks and crooked execs? He engages in a little ballroom dancing, that's what. [BusinessInsider]

So this is kind of sad. Some people released a large set of balloons in honor of orphaned children at a fundraising event and... it did not go well.

Craig Newmark, aka Mr. Craigslist, is lifecasting his deck in San Francisco's Inner Sunset, next to Golden Gate Park. A quote: "That squirrel is going to town... hello squirrel!" Risque!

Last July's Harper's cover story was an essay by Kevin Baker about how Barack Obama is basically Herbert Hoover 2. Today The New Republic has a story on how Barack Obama is totally Herbert Hoover, redux.