Blogorama: Eat 9 Pies and Hate Yourself Edition

Rawr.

Hey folks! It’s been a week, hasn’t it?

Me, I’m still deciding on what level of terrible I am for helping 11 people eat 9 pies. Honestly, this is the kind of person I am: I went out, had a good time, had some great food, and met some good people. Yet my internal dialogue the last six days has been “Christ, that pie has ruined my life,” as if the bad eating habits over the holiday weekend have doomed me to a lethargic existence.

I know it’s not true, but I’m wired a certain type of way that requires that I remind myself that it’s not true.

So I decided there were two things I could do: one, decide that from now on all I’m going to eat is what I hunt and kill. Unfortunately I’m too much of a pansy, so that option’s out. So, instead, I’m going to give myself a resolution to stay on track with my work-outs, and also go get out and try new things.

Speaking of trying new things, here’s your one chance of the week to immerse yourself in something other than my rants.

THIS WEEK: Scrooging, leaking, book writing, overrating, and weight cutting. THIS…IS BLOGORAMA.

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TU BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

On Skidmore and Cold Pizza (Mark McGuire)

The Scrooge Part of Me (FarmLife)

What if WikiLeaks Were Retroactive? (Rosemary Armao)

The Whole is Better Than Expected (Ed Dague)

I’m (not) Sorry (This is College?!/KC Orcutt)

What Are We Overrating This Week? (Daniel Nester)

Treat Yourself to 3 Free, Functional Phone Apps (Albany/Vincent Barr)

Leaf and Let Leaf (Funnies/Joshua Sperber)

Anti-Facebook Pastor Admits Affair (Rev. Alan Rudnick)

Leave Willow Palin Alone! (High School/Tobi Walsh)

What to Donate & Where to Do It: Food, Clothing and Pet Supplies (Simpler Living)

Losing Weight Isn’t Always Healthy (High School/Peter Quandt)

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More amazingness is after the jump.

ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET

Locally

Move Your Feet, Give Up Your Seat (Leigh Cummings)

What Happens in the Men’s Room (Alan Ilagan)

NASA Concedes RPI’s Darkest Dark is Darker (The Approach)

Ed Dague’s Six and  Eleven (All Over Albany)

A Gay Wedding in Montreal (Friday Puppy)

Congrats to CRUMBS! (Nippertown)

The World at Large

Boxing in Review 2010: The Fight We Didn’t Get (Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports)

Hines Ward: Heroic (Jeff Pearlman)

Lovin’ Cups: The Top 10 Sports Championship Trophies (WebUrbanist)

More Examples of Fake Marvel Covers Done 1960s DC Style (Kerry Callen)

Saturn’s Moon Rhea May Have Breathable Atmosphere (io9)

Machu Picchu: One of the Most Beautiful Places in the World (Best Bookmarks)

Amazing David Bowie Videos (We Who Are About to Die)

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ART

Insightful, thoughtful, inspirational, and/or straight up pretty stuff from great artists, most of whom I just learned existed in the past week.

Sarah Haze (sculptures, visual art)

Emily Armstrong’s “Someday I Won’t Suck” (web comic)

Christian N. St. Pierre (Illustrations)

Adrian Borda (paintings)

Rachell Sumpter (gouache and pastel works)

Roger Ballen (photography)

National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010

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MMA

Card Finalized for The Ultimate Fighter Finale this Saturday Free on Spike. See it for Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan, which we can go ahead and give the Fight of the Night bonus to in advance.

Chaos, Confusion When Josh Barnett Finally Shows Up to a CSAC Commission Hearing (MMA Fighting)

and at the same hearing, Chael Sonnen’s Suspension Shortened to Six Months (CageWriter)

Moving Past Serious Depression, Jeff Curran Regains Focus (MMA Fighting)

Freddie Roach: Koscheck Going to Get KO’ed (CageWriter)

TV Deal or Not, K-1 Dynamite Show Still Happening in Japan (Fight Opinion)

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