Bonus Bananas June 20, 2014

Happy Friday, monkeys! On to the links!

1) BitCoin to Sponsor St. Petersburg Bowl Game: Is this another step in the quest for bitcoin's relevence? Or is this merely a way to avoid the question, "What's a 'Beef O' Brady's"?

2) Canada OKs Pipeline to West Coast: In shocking news to environmentalists everywhere, pipes can run east to west as well as north to south. From where I'm sitting, this seems like a perfectly reasonable step for Canada. But, it does seem like everyone loses in this scenario. Well, maybe not China.

3) High School Censors Yearbooks: With tape. Seriously. In other words, Sabino High is taking the same approach to censoring yearbook quotes as some states do with nipples in a strip club.

4) Door-to-Door Salesman Not Welcome in Soddy Daisy: This is the story of a door to door salesman of children's books getting his license to do business pulled. More importantly, there's an area of the US named "Soddy Daisy". Say it out loud. Now, try and use it as a pet name for your wife/girlfriend. Enjoyable, no?

5) Oil's Tipping Point Closer Than It Appears: Iraq does is having something of a tough time recently and not surprisingly, it could negatively affect oil prices. But, how much and to what effect? Seems like it could be very problematic for everyone going forward.

6) How Bell Labs Almost Put a Videophone in Every Home: Think all your fancy Facetiming and Skyping are new capabilities? Well, unless you're of the opinion that 1970 = new, you'd be wrong. A fascinating look at the videophone from back in the day at the bargain price of a mere $1,000/month.

7) Does TSA = Troyer Squeezing Administration?: Clearly, the TSA didn't catch the 3rd installment of the Austin Powers movies or they would've known that Mini-Me was a good guy! Well, I suppose we should be happy that we're all safe from Verne Troyer thanks to the TSA. Check out the picture and try to guess what's making Troyer the most uncomfortable...

8) Young Mother Does Something Horrible: This will ruin your day. Proceed with caution.

9) For $5k, Match.com Will Set You Up With People Who Look Like Your Ex: I'm not sure if this is a genius idea or if it's a horrible idea. Really, it all hinges on how many people are still seriously hung up on their exes. Granted, the actual service is a little more nuanced than what Jezzy lets on, so who knows? Could be the future of dating!

10) GM Hit With $10 Billion Lawsuit: I really hope that GM's response to this particular subsection of the complaint, "GM's egregious and widely publicized conduct and the never-ending and piecemeal nature of GM's recalls has so tarnished the affected vehicles that no reasonable consumer would have paid the price they did when the GM brand meant safety and success," is, "When has the GM brand meant safety and success?" Anyone short GM?

Video of the Week

It was a tough choice between this one and the last minute winning goal by Switzerland. Sorry Switzerland, you're just too neutral for me:

Have a great weekend everyone!