But in other news, Dr. Horrible did attempt a take-over. Seen here is Neil Patrick Harris (Barney of How I Met Your Mother fame) in his famous online-blogger-slash-failed-supervillain avatar!

Google “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” if you want to see more of him!

Let’s look at some of the funniest, sexiest ads ever made. Cheers.

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1. Get a good boomerang. A boomerang is a precise object and is difficult to mass produce.^[1] Do not assume that all boomerang-looking objects will return if thrown. There are several cheap versions on the market which will not work properly, or may be dangerous to throw. A good boomerang should cost around $5-10, or £5-10.

2. Find a large, open area. (i.e. a baseball or soccer field) There should not be any trees or other obstructions around the distant area. You should know the estimated distance the boomerang will fly (which should be supplied by the manufacturer) and throw in the middle of an area with twice the area of the boomerang’s range. Never throw a boomerang in a crowded area. Warn onlookers before you throw the boomerang so they will be watching the flight.
3. Watch out for wind. Wind is a big factor in the proper return of a boomerang. The best flights will be achieved in 0-5 mph winds, however, after some practice you will be able to adjust for many wind conditions (within reason, of course) by throwing more into the wind, turning the boomerang, or by adding weight or flaps. The suggested angle to the wind is between 45° and 90° to the right or left of the wind in direct relation to the throwing hand. To get this angle, face directly into the wind, turn about 60 degrees or so to your right (if you are right-handed) and throw your boomerang in the direction you are facing.
4. Start with the proper grip. The two main grips are the cradle grip and the pinch grip.
   • The cradle grip is where the boomerang is grasped like you would a tennis racquet. The flat side of the boomerang is to the palm of the hand and the fingers wrapped around the shaped side. The thumb is either over the fingers (like a fist) or just above the index finger. Hold the boomerang as close to the end as possible to get maximum spin.
   • Use the pinch grip for better spin and control. Place the boomerang between the thumb and forefinger with the thumb on the curved surface. Cock the boomerang back toward the wrist at about a 45° angle. Pinch tightly so that the boomerang “pops” from the fingers as the arm straightens out. This makes for a cleaner release and better spin which helps the boomerang return.

5. Keep the layover angle (or angle of release) slightly less than perpendicular to the horizon. You’ll want to throw the boomerang overhand, like a baseball. A boomerang that is thrown horizontally like a flying disk or a frisbee will not return. The proper layover is normally 75-80°, but each boomerang will have its own “proper” layover. Start with the suggested angle and work from there. You must throw your boomerang nearly perpendicular, with the flat side of the boomerang away from you!

   

6. Throw the boomerang horizontally, or up to 20 degrees above the horizon. Most beginners will want to throw the boomerang up too high. This is not necessary, since the boomerang will naturally climb as it progresses through the circle of flight. If you throw too high, the boomerang will land behind you. If you throw too low, the boomerang will fly in front of you.

7. Catch the boomerang. It should be spinning relatively horizontally (if it is thrown properly). The easiest and safest way to catch a boomerang is to reach out both hands and attempt to clap them together on it. If the boomerang is moving too quickly, do not try to catch it! Later, after you have a better understanding of how the boomerang will react, you may try some trick catches or one-hand catches, but exercise caution. Wear cycling or weight lifting gloves, especially if you are attempting trick catches. These have open fingers for gripping the boomerang while throwing, but have extra padding in the palms, which will give you more confidence to catch the boomerang!

Patrick Swayze, whose good looks and sympathetic performances in films such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” made him a romantic idol to millions, died Monday. He was 57.

Patrick Swayze’s doctor said in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from pancreatic cancer. Swayze died of pancreatic cancer, his publicist, Annett Wolf, has revealed. Swayze’s doctor, Dr. George Fisher, revealed in early March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from the disease. “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” Wolf said in a statement Monday.

Most recently, Swayze starred in A&E Network’s “The Beast,” which debuted in January. He agreed to take the starring role of an undercover FBI agent before his diagnosis. The network agreed to shoot an entire season of the show after Swayze responded well to his cancer treatment.

“If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I’ve tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself,” Swayze said, back when asked why he decided to do the show. “And that keeps me going, that gets me up in the morning. My work … is my legacy.” “The Beast” was canceled in June because of Swayze’s illness, after doctors told him the cancer had spread to his liver.

Hated by her own crew?

Megan Fox was the target of an open letter from unnamed ‘Transformers’ crew members slamming her as thankless, classless, graceless, dumb, trailer trash, and ungracious after she likened director Michael Bay to Hitler in an interview. Legitimizing the letter’s authorship and sidestepping some of the allegations it made, Bay even weighed in.

The fracas started when Fox recently told an interviewer of Bay:

He’s like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he’s a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he’s not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he’s so awkward, so hopelessly awkward. He has no social skills at all. And it’s endearing to watch him.

In return, unnamed crew members posted a long slam of Fox on Bay’s website, signed “Loyal Transformers Crew,” which has since been removed. But here it is:

“This is an open letter to all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have worked with Michael for the past ten years. Last week we read the terrible article with inflammatory, truly trashing quotes by the Ms. Fox about Michael Bay. This letter is to set a few things straight.

Yes, Megan has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to keep the moms happy.

Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses’ life. He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina - second thought - she’s no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.

We know this quite intimately because we’ve had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies. We’ve spent a total of 12 months on set making these two movies.

We are in different departments; we can’t give our names because sadly doing so in Hollywood could lead to being banished from future Paramount work. One of us touches Megan’s panties, the other has the often shitty job of pulling Ms. Sourpants out of her trailer, while another is near the Panaflex camera that helps to memorialize the valley girl on film.

Megan has the press fooled. When we read those magazines we wish we worked with that woman. Megan knows how to work her smile for the press. Those writers should try being on set for two movies, sadly she never smiles. The cast, crew and director make Transformers a really fun and energetic set. We’ve traveled around the world together, so we have never understood why Megan was always such - the grump of the set?

When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we’ve had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it’s very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option. But make-up beware, she has a paragraph tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) easily another 45 minutes in the chair!

So when the three of us caught wind of Ms Fox, pontificating yet again in some publication (like she actually has something interesting to say) blabbing her trash mouth about a director whom we three have grown to really like. She compared working with Michael, to “working with Hitler”. We actually don’t think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she doesn’t realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was? Well, here let’s get some facts straight.

Say what you want about Michael - yes at times he can be hard, but he’s also fun, and he challenges everyone for a reason - he simply wants people to bring their ‘A’ game. He comes very prepared, knows exactly what he wants, involves the crew and expects everyone to follow through with his or her best, and that includes the actors. He’s one of the hardest working directors out there.

He gets the best from his crews, many of whom have worked with him for 15 years. And yes, he’s loyal, one of the few directors we’ve encountered who lowered his fee by millions to keep Transformers in the United States and California, so he could work with his own crew.

Megan says that Transformers was an unsafe set? Come on Megan, we know it is a bit more strenuous then the playground at the trailer park, but you don’t insult one of the very best stunt and physical effects teams in the business! Not one person got hurt!

And who is the real Megan Fox? She is very different than the academy nominee and winning actors we’ve all worked around. She’s as about ungracious a person as you can ever fathom. She shows little interest in the crew members around her. We work to make her look good in every way, but she’s absolutely never appreciative of anyone’s hard work. Never a thank you. All the crewmembers have stopped saying hi to Ms. Princess because she never says hello back. It gets tiring. Many think she just really hates the process of being an actress.

Megan has been late to the sets many times. She goes through the motions that make her exude this sense of misery. We’ve heard the A.D’s piped over the radio that Megan won’t walk from her trailer until John Turturro walks first! John’s done seventy-five movies and she’s made two!

Never expect Megan to attend any of the 15 or so crew parties like all the other actors have. And then there’s the classless night she blew off The Royal Prince of Jordan who made a special dinner for all the actors. She doesn’t know that one of the grips daughters wanted to visit their daddy’s work to meet Megan, but he wouldn’t let them come because he told them “she is not nice.”

The press certainly doesn’t know her most famous line. On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn’t let us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza pyramids. God hold us witness, Megan said, “I can’t believe Michael is fucking forcing us to go to the fucking pyramids!” I guess this is the “Hitler guy” she is referring to. So this is the Megan Fox you don’t get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch. It’s sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they’re really looking up to.

But ‘Fame’ is fleeting. We, being behind the scenes, seen em’ come and go. Hopefully Michael will have Megatron squish her character in the first ten minutes of Transformers 3. We can tell you that will make the crew happy!”

-Loyal Transformers Crew

Late Saturday Bay waded in slamming both sides: “I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part of her crazy charm. The fact of the matter I still love working with her, and I know we still get along. I even expect more crazy quotes from her on Transformers 3.”

No word yet from Fox.

Today’s award goes to these people who decide that even though there are large trucks spreading tar on the road, there should be no problem running straight through it. Congratulations on your stupidity!

Apple unveiled the new third-generation iPod Touch finally breaking the 64GB flash memory barrier! What else does it have? Keep watching …

Courtesy: phonedog.com

"I hate church! So should you!"

A Michigan church is enlisting Satan in a bid to drum up attendance at services. Metro South Church in the Detroit suburb of Trenton is posting signs saying the non-denominational Christian congregation “sucks” and “makes me sick.” The ads are signed by Satan. The campaign even has a website explaining why Satan hates the church. Youth Pastor Adam Dorband told WJBK-TV the church is trying to reach out to people and cut through the “noise.” Dorband said Jesus “wants us to be creative and he wants us to … use whatever it takes to reach people.” Pastor Jeremy Schossau said the campaign is meant to be whimsical and isn’t intended to upset anyone.

So what does this mean for young India? Personally, I’ve been hoping and praying for a long time now that someone in the education ministry would come to their senses and do away with the board exams. Not just because of the pressure it puts on students nowadays (I am sick of hearing about kids who kill themselves because of examination stress) but also because, in the long run, your results at these exams actually count for very little. It’s important because it is probably the last general examination a student will do before specializing in either science, arts or commerce and it helps the student, and more importantly schools, decide what stream the student has better aptitude for. But ironically, the entire purpose of these traumatic papers pretty much ends when that decision has been made. Of course, this is but a first step in overhauling our education system for one that guarantees quality education for every student in the country. Sure, the grading system is a sigh of relief for burdened teens but now we need to ask; what about quality teachers? What about free education for all without compromising on quality? Hopefully, it’ll be soon enough.