Friday is for Birthdays

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Today family matters take precedence over Egyptian ship disasters and file-destroying worms because today folks is my little sister's 20th birthday, which means the family and I will be traveling to Green Bay tonight to enjoy a dinner that involves salad and a baked potato.

A current sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay studying special education, Sara enjoys terrible freshman college music, Harry Potter, and being constantly undermined by her older brother.

Happy Birthday, Scoob.

Sports

I'm sure K. of Analog Giant is ready to jump all over this story and somehow spin it into how it's going to secure a Seahawks victory Sunday (wow, look at that alliteration!), but some photos of Big Ben partying with some hot mamas in what looks like a college basement have surfaced on the internet.

The pictures, which depict a heavily beareded Roethlisberger donning a "Drink Like a Champion" shirt pouring liquor down girls' throats, were recently featured on Deadspin. Sure, you could go ahead and say that this shows that the Steelers quarterback is irresponsible, or you could realize that he's a 23-year-old quarterback about to be playing in the Super Bowl in just his second year in the pro's...damn straight he's gonna drink like a champion and party with some hunnies!

As my friend Ben said on one of our messageboards: "Are they drinking in some basement? One would think that an nfl superstar would go somewhere a little different. But then again, maybe he's just a down dude. Pouring liquor down some girl's throat seems to indicate so."

Also in Sports:

Does anyone remember ten years ago when the Seahawks almost called Southern California home?

Score one for the black and gold as Dodge picks the Steelers to win Super Bowl XL. Welcome to the team, big guy.

News Links

• From New York Magazine, a story on the sex lives of teenagers: The Cuddle Puddle of Stuyvesant High School
  

• A BBC piece on Redneck Muslims, Christian Texas who are converting to Islam (via Metafilter)

• Apple sued over Ipod "hearing risk"
  

• Tom Cruise speaks at official unveiling of zoo's new tiger enclosure, from McSweeney's
  

• Michael Berube talks Ramones

• From the New York Times, an article celebrating Boris Karloff, the monster and the man

• Britney Spears has a big mouth (via WWTDD)
  

Music

• Though the band split up last December, Equal Vision act and my favorite band of 2005, Bear Vs Shark, have posted a video from their final release, Terrorhawk. You can check it out here (via Punknews.org). The song is awesome and the video straight kicks ass. This is exactly like the concert I saw of theirs when the lead singer Mark sweated on me. Watch this or get off my blog.
  

• Andrew Bird tour dates, including a stop in Madison, over at YANP
  

• This has nothing to do with music, but did Kyle catch the OC last night? It was rediculous. What was that shit at the end? Thankfully I was busy watching The Office and My Name is Earl instead, but happened to catch the incredibly-lame end of the OC.
  

• Addie has begun posting over at Progressive U for a chance at a college scholarship; check it out.
  

• I Guess I'm Floating has Christopher O'Riley covering Radiohead.
  

Friday Night Birthday Mix.

Editor's note: It's for my sister. Sorry if it's too Hot Topic.

The Fray - "Cable Car"
The Ramones - "Blitzkreig Bop"
Daphne Loves Derby - "Closing Down the Pattern Department"
Pretty Girls Makes Graves - "If You Hate Your Friends You're Not Alone"
The Von Bondies - "It Came From Japan (live)"
Cursive - "The Martyr"
Sahara Hotnights - "Hot Crash Night"
Halifax - "Broken Glass Syndrome"
Le Tigre - "Deceptacon"
Mixel Pixel - "Pink Shirts"
The Suicide Machines - "Kaleidoscope"
Of Montreal - "Wrath Pinned to the Mist"

Tune in tomorrow for our Pre-Super Bowl Spectacular!