Is this the greatest, or silliest, invention ever? Not content to put their entire archive on DVD–which was the best thing I bought last year–the New Yorker has put their entire archive on a custom-made USB drive. So you can take it anywhere.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s sassy and I love it. But why would I pay $299 for the portable complete New Yorker, when I can get the DVDs for $63.

And why do I need the New Yorker to be portable in the first place?

Don’t get me wrong: It’s the greatest magazine on the planet. But . . .

Someone who loves me recently got me this fabulous trinket from the USPS. Are these the coolest stamps since Elvis? Yes. Yes they are.

I’m not even sure he reads this blog anymore, but this Bill Simmons mailbag is just for Vic:

Q: After the “Entourage” episode when Vince had $300,000 riding on multiple blackjack hands and the chucklehead sitting to his left split his face cards, as it always does for Vince’s crew, things worked out and dealer busted, followed by Ari kissing the chucklehead on his bald dome. Shouldn’t there have been a Public Service Announcement at the end of the episode instructing amateurs not to split a 20. … Or at least have had Johnny Drama beat the pulp out of the dude in the final scene while screaming “Never split a 20!”?
–Ben, Charlotte, N.C.

SG: I like the idea of the public service announcement. It could have been like one of those ’80s sitcom moments — Vince and the gang staring seriously into the camera and saying, “Tonight’s episode was a dramatization. In real life, you should never split 10s when someone else has $300,000 riding on the table, unless you want to be beaten up, mutilated or murdered outside the casino later that same night. Please respect everyone else at your table. Thank you.”

Pursuant to our earlier Wii discussion, a reader sends in this link to what is the funniest ad you’ll see for a very long time. Modeled on the PC/Mac ads, it features the Serious, Powerful PS3 and the Cheap, Fun Wii.

So hot.

While you were lounging poolside at the Marmont, Josh Friedman was posting genius here and here.

Galley Reader S.H. sends us this link to the Onion’s A.V. Club interview with Sam Jackson. Highlights:

VC: You’re doing the voice of God for an audiobook version of the Bible. How does the voice of God differ from the voice of Samuel L. Jackson?

SLJ: Not very much.

AVC: How do you get into character for that?

SLJ: I don’t. I just kind of read it and hope it sounds omnipotent. There’s no formula for that. [I don’t] say “I’m going to be God now, how do I need to sound?” I don’t know. Nobody knows. The good thing about that is that God’s not talking to people as much as he used to in the Old Testament, so nobody really knows if he sounds like me or not. So I can get away with it.

It’s not quite official confirmation, but it seems likely. Meanwhile, Sony hasn’t begun manufacture of the PS3 yet.

So here’s a question: If, in November, the Nintendo Wii is $170, the xBox 360 drops to $299, and there’s a shortage of $600 PS3s, which system would you be least likely to buy?

Galley Brother B.J. writes in about the Hefty Lefty, Jared Lorenzen:

This guy could be my favorite non-Eagle backup player in the league. I watched about 20 minutes of the 3rd – 4th quarters of the Giants vs. Chiefs preseason game last night ’cause (1) I was waiting for the UFC to start and (2) I wanted to see this guy in action. I’d heard about him before he was drafted, but last night was the first time I saw him play. It’s one of the craziest things to watch. The starters for both teams were hanging on the sidelines being bored because it’s the end of a preseason game. Then, this guy comes in and immediately everyone starts paying attention. He’s a 6-4 285 lbs (not a typo 285 lbs) QB. It’s like watching a lineman play QB.

Thing is, I don’t think he’ll make the Giants. For some reason Tim Hasselback is firmly entrenched in the #2 spot, which I don’t understand because I don’t think he’s ever been rated higher than 65 in Madden (my guess is that its one of the new NFL rules where if a Manning is your starting QB you have to have an embarrassing backup to avoid QB controversy & just to make the Manning look even better). Apparently, it’s a battle for the #3 spot between this guy & wait for it . . . Rob Johnson.

Yeah, that Rob Johnson who damn near caused riots in Buffalo when Wade Phillips kept starting him over Doug Flutie. So if history is any guide, Rob Johnson will win another underserved roster spot & the Hefty Lefty, Jared Lorenzen, will get cut (hopefully, he’ll get picked up by a team I like).

But, on the bright side if Rob Johnson does make the team, Tom Coughlin will probably decide to start him in the playoffs if the Giants get there.

Update: Galley Reader and Redskins Super Fan P.G. writes:

Everyone should know who Jared Lorenzen is because he was part of the one of the top-5 NCAA football games of all time. LSU-Kentucky 2002, check out the highlight. Watch the part where the fans who prematurely stormed the field react in horror as they realize what happened.

Lorenzen will be a starter in the NFL some day; he throws the ball as far as anyone in the league. He’s also mobile for a 285lb white boy. He’s far more mobile than Drew Bledsoe or Patrick Ramsey.

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