Put Stephen Colbert In Space!

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Nation, the other night on the Colbert Report, Stephen told his viewers to go to the NASA website and enter his name in the suggestion box for a contest to name a new node for the International Space Station. 

Colbert is currently number one among the suggested names, though it in no way fits the criteria they've listed. Still, I think it's worth the effort to keep voting on Stephen's behalf until the contest ends on March 20th. 

Below is the segment from the show explaining the importance and how he is in fact the new galactic overlord of Scientology. 

Also, who would have ever imagined a blog post that would include this assortment of tags?

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One More Michael Phelps Joke

Ok, so by now we all know about the Michael Phelps situation. All the crazy hype surrounding it was pretty silly from where I'm sitting. The included video seems to be one of the more rational rants on the subject I've seen, and it comes from Seth Meyers at the Weekend Update desk. 

He tackles the issue of Kellogg's pulling their sponsorship of Phelps and his suspension from the U.S. National team for 3-months.

I don't watch the show anymore. Like my strategy for the Oscars, I just wait for the good sketches to filter to me through the vast labyrinths of the Internet. 

Mendoza College of Business - #2 Undergraduate Business School According to Business Week

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The University of Notre Dame business school, Mendoza College of Business, recently earned a #2 ranking by Business Week in a poll of the top undergraduate schools in the nation.

A new king atop the undergraduate business school rankings was crowned as former #1 University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School fell to #3. The Quakers held the #1 spot for the past 3 years, but were eclipsed in the latest rankings by new top dog University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commcerce. Sorry, Justin.

Outlined in the article here, the presence of an uncertain economy reveals why Notre Dame cult-hero - and resident Special Teams stud - Mike Anello will forgo an opportunity to start saving for his 401(k) this year.

Why stop at #2, though? I'm sure my colleague can agree with the following statement:

Go Irish, Beat Wahoos!

Blackberry Almost Takes Bite Out Of Apple

What follows is an ad that Blackberry parent company Research in Motion almost ran to target its push vs. Apple's iPhone.

Guava, hailing from New York City, is the creative mastermind behind this creative anti-Apple concept.

Wether you're an Apple aficionado or officially addicted to your Crackberry odds are you will enjoy the next 19 seconds you spend watching this video.

Unfortunately, you will never see this outside the Internet realm as, perhaps against better judgment, RIM decided against using the ad for its Blackberry Storm campaign.

Validation

I saw this a while ago and had sort of forgotten how great it was. The video is called "Validation", a short-film billed as a fable about the magic of free parking. It stars TJ Thyne, who is best known for his role as Dr. Jack Hodgins on the FOX series, Bones, which is pretty quality entertainment.

This 16-minute short has won multiple awards and is definitely worth a look.

ESPN Shows Irish Some Love

Mark this down as one of the few times ESPN has ever given ND positive press. Below is their new commercial for the "new" espn.com.

Current ND Leprechaun (Lepre-Juan) and Bob Golic give this spot quite the Irish vibe.