Digital Funtown - funny,videos,computers,download,digital,college,university,textbooks,iphone,classes,lsat,gre,ringtone,upload, Crime Fell During Recession, FBI Says - 'Unemployment is high, the economy is down. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: more crime. ' 12 Ways To Curb Your Spending - 'A particularly effective means of draining your bank account is to do so in small doses. Twenty-dollar withdrawals from the ATM feel so petty that it doesn't seem harmful to go through half a dozen of them over the course of a few days. Of course, when the monthly statement comes in, it becomes clear just how damaging they really are. ' How to 'Flip' a Bad Day - 'Ask yourself: How much does this really matter? If something’s bumming you out, think about what it’ll mean tomorrow, or a month from now. “You may see that what’s happening doesn’t have as big an impact on your life as you think.....” ' Apple tablet computer rumour sends shares up - 'Apple shares rise by more than 1% in early trading on Wednesday amid further speculation over new products. ' Honda Sued for Using "Save the Earth" T-Shirt in Ads - 'Honda Motor Co. is at the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by the Save the Earth Foundation, a tiny nonprofit group that apparently holds a trademark to the term 'save the earth.' ' Joseph A. Palermo: A Lesson for Obama: President Kennedy's Stand Against the Steel Industry - '' Blake Fleetwood: Exclusive: TSA Seizes Hard Drive from Travel Blogger - '' Rush Limbaugh Hospitalized: Taken To Hospital In Hawaii After Reported Chest Pains - '' Switch To Electronic Health Records Could Miss Federal Targets - '' 2010 Laws Will Target Vices As States Face Budget Gaps - '' Tony Sachs: Ten Records That Made This Cruddy Decade A Little More Bearable - '' Jon Chattman: Precious star Sidibe "Pushes" Her Way to 2010 - '' Sunday Rose Urban Looks Like Nicole And Keith (PHOTOS) - '' New Years Kiss: Which Woman Do You Want To Make Out With At Midnight? (PHOTOS) - '' Bradley Cooper Shows Some Butt Crack (PHOTOS) - '' Who Has The Most Diserable Celeb Bod? - ' According to a recent poll, the beautiful Kate Winslet has the most desirable celebrity body. We have to admit she does look fab! Especially after having kids. Also included on the list is Halle Berry, Cheryl Cole, Beyonce, Megan Fox & Lily Allen. Really? Silly Allen's desired? By whom!? What's more surprising is which celebs are [...]' Dreamin' Of Clooney - ' We don't think it's humanly possible for George Clooney to take a bad picture! The international playboy is featured on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly, alongside Up in the Air co-stars Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, and he's looking as foxxxy as ever. Clooney's like a fine wine! Wouldn't U agree??? ' Blair Waldorf Takes On Miami - ' Is it just us, or do Leighton Meester's ankles look like they're about to snap in two??? If you can't stand straight up in them, don't wear 'em! The Gossip Girl star donned her highest heels for the opening night of Miami's newest nightclub, Klutch, where Miss Waldorf performed for the crowd in a seksi [...]' Saturday Night Live Announces Lineup For 2010 - ' Ready for a new year of funny? The first hosts and musical guests for SNL have just been released. Charles Barkley and Sigourney Weaver will host the first two new episodes with Alicia Keys and The Ting Tings providing the tunes on their respective nights. The mild laughter begins on January 9th. Are U excited? ' Draco Goes Topless! - ' We love a boy who's not afraid to show his true colors! Actor Tom Felton, best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter flicks, caught some much needed sun rays by the pool on Wednesday! The young Brit wasn't afraid to go shirtless while soaking up the Miami sun at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach [...]' Attacks kill 8 apparent CIA employees, 5 Canadians - 'Eight Americans killed in an Afghanistan attack were believed to be CIA employees, a source says. Five Canadians, including a reporter (above), died in another attack. ' Iran parliament: Arrest protest leaders - 'Iran's parliament has asked authorities to arrest "the main instigators and directors" of Sunday's violent anti-government protests, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday, the same day massive pro-government rallies were held in Tehran and other cities. ' Somali tries to board with chemicals - 'A man tried to board a commercial airliner in the Somali capital of Mogadishu last month with chemicals that authorities believe could have been used as an explosive device, an African Union official said Wednesday. ' Group: Home had 500 animals' remains - 'Investigators recovered the remains of more than 500 animals after executing a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to the city's chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ' Texas Tech fires coach in fitting end - 'Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach was fired two days after the school suspended him while it probed allegations that he mistreated an injured player, SI.com reports. '

 
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I was drawn to Digital FunTown originally for the music. That was, at least, the first thing that got me to click on the site in an attempt to get some news on and hear what was going down in the world of neo soul and smooth jazz. But, if you are a Digital FunTown regular you are already well aware of the many pokers that DFT has in the fire. It is truly an original, interactive, creative community. One of my favorite pieces of the Digital FunTown pie are the videos and Short Short skits. They can be kind of tricky to watch at work though. I know I could just wait until I get home and watch as many as I please with the volume cranked, but I am not the most patient person in the world. In fact, quite the opposite, especially if I know or have an idea of what is waiting for me. That is exactly the case with the animation series, The Nuttcups. Now, I love cartoons. I always have and fully expect that I always will. I have always especially enjoyed the cartoons, like Bugs Bunny, that worked on more than level. The kind of cartoon that has a first layer with an almost slap stick style of humor. And then, after thinking about the piece, you are able to pick up on a more thoughtful and subtle type of humor. The creator of the Nuttcups must be aware of the similarity, slight as it may be, to the cartoons of Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes. At the beginning and ending of the cartoons, the Nuttcups feature the same background as Bugs and his Looney Tune brethren. But while Bugs Bunny is a children's cartoon that can also be enjoyed by adults, The Nuttcups is for mature audiences only! The Nuttcups cartoons feature content and language that is strictly for mature audiences. If you have not yet seen any of the cartoons, what the heck are you waiting for? The cartoon series features a group of squirrels who live in a tree in Central Park in New York City. They always seem to manage to get themselves into some kind trouble and there is always some greater, underlying commentary related to some sort of current event or social issue that manges to get touched upon in addition to the craziness. Like most cartoons, The Nuttcups have a formula of sorts, but they do it well, very well. The language can be difficult to follow, but it plays an important role. The Nuttcups obviously are to represent inner city African Americans and the language isn't at all "cleaned up" for audiences. I find it interesting how, so often, in the entertainment industry, if any program is trying to give an audience an authentic look into another culture’s inner sanctum, this feat is often attempted in animation. In the cartoon, Nuttcups Justice, the boys’ tree house is broken into and robbed. By following them in their attempts to recover their stuff, particularly an iPod, the cartoonist points out a number of social injustices and culturally relevant issues that are tied into the central topic. When the Nuttcups call the police, the police do not take their situation seriously at all. In fact, the police are in the process of smoking pot, possibly the very same pot that was earlier taken from The Nuttcups apartment. This shows The Nuttcups attempting to work within the system and it is that very system that is giving them problems in the first place. But The Nuttcups don't go the easy route. A real effort is made to give a little bit of the blame to everyone involved. At this point in the cartoon a fat African American man, supposedly meant to represent the Rev. Al Sharpton, is shown stuffing himself with a gluttonous amount of food when he smells an opportunity to get himself some publicity and he will go to any lengths to make sure he is sufficiently praised. Nobody gets out of here without taking a few lumps, but the character representing Sharpton seems to take the worst beating of all. Perhaps this implies that being a traitor to his own people for his personal gain is the worst crime in this parade of people looking out merely for themselves. Sometimes what is going on in the world can be so messed up, mixed up and ludicrous that depicting it in cartoon form is perhaps the best way it can be achieved. The Nuttcups pull this off time and time again masterfully, while all the time also making sure it is freakin' hilarious.  Read Comments..

Andrei "Pit Bull" Arlovski gettin big ups on Showtime

Yo fools. Berserkey here.

Got an update for all my MMA fans out there. I got it on good authority that Andrei The Pit Pull Arlovski is gonna be on Showtime's version of HBO's 24/7 before his next fight. We gonna peep all the behind the scenes action that goes on before the big day. I'm so fucking pumped for it. I'm gonna borrow BCN's crowbar and go steal a TV and a cable subscription after I finish typing this blog - that's how pumped I am.

"The Day of Reckoning" is January 24th,2009. Get ready bitches. Andrei is gonna take back his heavyweight belt like I stole my $40 back from that tranny hooker on Halsted street.

Recognize, Bizzurks

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Nuttcups Celebrate Obama Win!!

The treehouse was rocking on the night of Nov 4th when CNN announced that Obama won Ohio.  It was all over baby! I bet the 'Cupps took special pride in the victory as they were responsible for making sure Rev. Wright never reared his ugly head in the last couple months.  Because he's decomposing in a barrel of lime at the south end of Grant Park.   

I think BCN scared McCain into not talking about Rev. Wright in the final weeks of the campaign.  (BCN strapped him to a rocket in Colonel Comes To Town) McCain was afraid of some Nutcups retribution and decided against his advisers' will to not even discuss Rev. Wright on the campaign trail.

Change in 2008!  Yes We Did!

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Dress as The 'Cups for Halloween

Running out of last minute costume ideas? Grab some of your baggiest jeans, your Timbaland boots and some scissors, construction paper and scotch tape. Cut out some buck teeth and tape them to your gums...BAM. You're Herky. Get a sharpie and draw some tats around your navel and BAM. You're Berserky.

Dressing as Bone Crushin' Nigga would be the funniest, but you'd have to be six foot five, 330 pounds and not drown all of your guests in the bowl of orange Halloween punch.

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Was that Perez Hilton?

I swear that the fat guy in A Day At The Pool has got to be based on Perez Hilton. You know, the creepy pedophile who tries to mouth-rape Herky in that hollowed out Ice Cream van... Then BCN stomps him out and drives the van up his ass.

If it wasn't Perez Hilton it must have been Rodriguez Marriott - that other chubby, gay, celeb stalker.

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