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A moving video from one of the five federal marijuana patients.

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It was reported today that one of America’s greatest authors, Kurt Vonnegut, has died at the age of 84. Possibly his most acclaimed work, Slaughter House Five, detailed the horrors of World War Two through the story of the time-traveling veteran Billy Pilgrim. We highly recommend picking up any of his books for a good, thought-provoking read. Had it not been for Vonnegut’s inspiration, we might not have ever started the literary juggernaut know as RoughCuff. So it goes, Kurt, so it goes

Read a book, goddamnit.

We’ve all heard the big to-do about Sanjaya, the least talented remaining contestant on American Idol. Howard Stern is claiming responsibility for his ability to escape the vote off thus far. Stern has started his “Vote For The Worst” in an effort to derail the show. Here at RoughCuff, we’re quite happy that Sanjaya has remained on the show - each week he’s still there means that his amply endowed sister is still in the crowd.

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The gun fight in Heat, shot in the streets LA. Link

The gun fight at the end of Children of Men, in apocalyptic England with some great steadicam work Link

Oh, and let’s not forget the news team brawl from AnchorMan. “Como estan, Bitches. Spanish language news is here.” Link

It’s not surprising, just awesome.

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As everyone’s probably aware, I’m a big Formula 1 fan. I’m also a Ferrari fan.

Well there’s definitely a bigger Ferrari fan than me. This guy in France has built a one-third scale model of a Ferrari 312PB race car. He spent over 15 years on it, crafting everything by hand. The entire car works exactly the same as on the real thing!

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So, DirecTV has this new product coming out - it’s called Sat-Go. It’s a briefcase satellite receiver/17″ LCD TV.

Depending on your outlook this is either really cool - or really sad. I sort of feel it’s a little of both.

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Nice trick that will super cool your favorite beverages - works better on cans than bottles.

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Now I’m not one to advocate the smuggling of alcohol. But if one did want to do such a thing, then this pair of sandals would sure be a big help!

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Rasheed Wallace hits a crazy 3-pointer with .02 seconds left for the tie, Pistons win in O.T.

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We won’t go into details, but somebody decided to google “sweat tea testicle” …. apparently ball soup, dank nuggets, and assissippi are some of the many names that ball sweat goes by.

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So this guy smuggled 2500 lights into the super bowl, and got people wearing them during the halftime show to spell out a message.

Here’s the whole story. How come we’re only hearing about this now?

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Call me weird, but I actually find the Supreme Court interesting. Former federal Prosecutor Kenneth Starr (the guy who tried to get Clinton to admit he got a blowjob) - is currently representing an Alaskan school district in the Supreme Court.

The district is being sued by a student who was suspended for 10 days after holding up a sign while the Olympic torch was carried by. The student was standing across the street from the school, on public property - and the sign in question said “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”

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Some great beatboxing from around the world.

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French Samoa
Australian

Okay, I know Formula 1 is not the most popular sport in the United States - but it should be. It’s the worlds most expensive sport - and one of the most popular outside of the United States.

Once you’re up to speed (no pun intended) on things the races are much more interesting. I think some of it comes down to better announcers and quality TV production.

Here in the States I watch things on SpeedTV. Since most of the races are overseas, a Tivo or some other brand of DVR is a necessity.

Official Formula 1 Site
Formula 1 Technical
Speed TV Formula 1 News

Erica was in big trouble last year when Boca Raton, Florida school officials found out she posed for the National Bikini Team. The issue was dropped when officials decided there was nothing wrong with a teacher in a bikini. Well, this year, Playboy made her an offer to lose the bikini - and the teaching job - and she jumped at it. Her male students are currently petitioning the school board to pay teachers more so that such a travesty never occurs again.

Bikini Team Pics

Playboy Pics

Sylvester Stallone was detained on a recent visit to Australia after trying to bring 48 vials of Human Growth Hormone into the country.

I’m sure everyone is totally surprised that he would have anything to do with performance enhancing substances.

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To promote Pride 33, “The Second Coming”, Maxim Online is showing Pride’s 10 Greatest Knockouts

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Ever hear a great song on the radio, but then the DJ doesn’t give you the name or artist? A new service call 411song.com has the answer. Just call them, and hold your cell near the music for 15 seconds. You’ll get a text with all the info so you can, um, pay for the song. We vigorously tested this using our ABBA collection, and it worked great.

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Jay Leno highlights some great 911 calls…

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Like wow man.

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Tired of having the same car alarm as everyone else on your block. The FlashFog company has a new fog-based car protection device that deters thieves with bright flashing lights and thick fog.

Just make sure you don’t park your car in front of that house down the street where all those raver kids live.

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AT&T (who used to be Cingular - who used to be AT&T) has just announced a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to bring professional wrestling to the carriers phones. The deal will include ringtones, graphics and videos of events.

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Some guy in Germany cut his house in half with a chainsaw - and carted his half off with a forklift.

I guess that’s one way to solve a problem.

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From consumerist.com - tips from insiders for getting deals on new phones and service.

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