The Eyes of Silver Breeze

Solely in the public interest - and not at all because I'm personally burdened with a ridiculous debt now several times larger than the amount I borrowed when I was 18 - I humbly direct your attention to this awesome Consumerist infographic on the evolution of the student loan from social-service program to burdensome rip-off.

To see this right, as far as we can tell, the Arcade Fire want you to be on a 15" MacBook using Chrome. It'll still work with Firefox on a 12" screen, it's just gonna really start to bug you when the little popping windows start activating. Also, if you're doing work or anything, that's probably not gonna fly. But for all you hipsters lounging in the coffee shop who can just focus on this GENIUS piece of ART… hey, enjoy it! The Arcade Fire presents The Wilderness Downtown, an interactive video where you can listen to their music as you see… pictures of your childhood house.

As a species we face more decisions now than we ever have in the history of human kind. While our ancestors faced such intellectual challenges as "Will there be more food to the East or West?" or "Is that thing poisonous?" to get through their day, we can sometimes have to make a dozen decisions before the day even starts: what to eat for breakfast, what to wear to work, whether or not to brush your teeth, the list goes on and on. It can lead to paralyzing indecision as you begin to realize you're willing to do pretty much anything if someone ELSE would just decide. So leave it up to What Could I Do Today...

Thirty years ago, America was gripped by the humiliating agony of the Iran Hostage Crisis. There was nothing most of us could do about those 52 Americans held captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran. But a small force of musicians did what musicians always do in moments of crisis: write topical songs about it that would be forgotten as soon as the whole mess was resolved. Here's our Iran Hostage Crisis Top 6:

Thirty years ago, America was gripped by the humiliating agony of the Iran Hostage Crisis. There was nothing most of us could do about those 52 Americans held captive in the U.S. embassy in Tehran. But a small force of musicians did what musicians always do in moments of crisis: write topical songs about it that would be forgotten as soon as the whole mess was resolved. Here's our Iran Hostage Crisis Top 6:

It's Monday. I've got nothing. So here's some really attractive Turkish people singing about Facebook and messaging each other instead of using the chat feature between dance breaks. There also seems to be a curious lack of annoying Farmville updates. Maybe that's why they're dancing?

It's Monday. I've got nothing. So here's some really atractive Turkish people singing about Facebook and messaging each other instead of using the chat feature between dance breaks. There also seems to be a curious lack of annoying Farmville updates. Maybe that's why they're dancing?

I'll be honest. I did a lot of things for money as a teenager I'm not proud of, including, but not limited to, passing out breadsticks to snickering friends or dancing around in a mouse suit for the entertainment of children. But if I had walked into The Freckled One's Squared-Burger House on my first day and been forced to watch these orientation videos, I might have run for the door, car insurance be damned.

There's a certain amount of trust that come with about twelve years of friendship. So when my best friend Dave says to me, "Dude, I need some help dragging this thing out the alley and into my girlfriend's house," I don't even bother saying no. I just ask for enough time to finish my beer while secretly hoping it's not a deer cadaver this time.

Am I, like, the only person on the Internet who had never heard of Belka and Strelka, the Russian dogs who were among the first Earthlings to go to space and return safely? They blasted off 50 years ago today along with some mice, rats, fruit flies, and a rabbit. The whole menagerie came back alive after 24 hours of orbit, proving that adorable living organisms could survive space flight.