I know that a lot of people don’t like Domino’s for whatever reason.  Personally, I get major 555 cravings after working there for 2 years.  Tonight I decided to try out my local Domino’s by ordering online.  The Philly Cheese Steak pizza is addictingly amazing, although it’s almost as greasy as it is cheesy (and it’s very cheesy).  The online ordering process was so outstandingly convenient that i decided to share it with you (I’m not advertising, I promise).  While I’m powerless against what my manager called “Taking a trip to Philly”, the thing that’s really got me excited is the way that Domino’s has utilized preexisting resources to create a unique consumer experience dubbed “Pizza Tracker”.

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AKA: I”m fucking stoked as hell for the Animal Collective show on May 16th in Toronto.

Choof, you should be into this

Ninja Edit by Rob: I resized the dimensions on this bad boy for ya Fil.  Fucking sweet vid too man.

All,

Earlier, over Mexican food, Eric & Phil were discussing the phenomenon known as “The Musical Phase”–that is, a period of time where a certain album or artist dominates our musical preferences.  While this wasn’t a new discovery, and in fact has been the topic of many a conversation at 440 Bergen Street, they decided that it deserved a little attention and love.

Since Juice The Blog was nearly always on their minds (if not somewhere just nearby), they rather immediately happened upon the idea to create a shared calendar in collaboration with the JTB community, where temporally appropriate albums and artists could be scheduled at their menological peak for all to enjoy.  May we present to you our Calendar….

A Year in Music: A Calendar.

Please feel free to add but not delete your musical preferences, for as we all know, overlap is a good thing. You can schedule your bands or albums for however short or long seems natural. Be sure to share any other information in the details section deemed necessary for maximum appreciation. Also, make sure your events are set to repeat yearly.

If you are interested in contributing, leave a comment on this post requesting an invite and you will be contacted by e-mail.

With Love and Affection,

Phil & Eric, 440 Bergen St.

When exposed to a high-voltage electric field, water in two beakers climbs out of the beakers and crosses empty space to meet, forming the water bridge. The liquid bridge, hovering in space, appears to the human eye to defy gravity.

From PhysOrg.com

Me too (doing some AR stuff)! from Anatoly Zenkov on Vimeo.

Arlen Specter (D-PA):

When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party. But, I saw the stimulus as necessary to lessen the risk of a far more serious recession than we are now experiencing.

Since then, I have traveled the State, talked to Republican leaders and office-holders and my supporters and I have carefully examined public opinion. It has become clear to me that the stimulus vote caused a schism which makes our differences irreconcilable. On this state of the record, I am unwilling to have my twenty-nine year Senate record judged by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate. I have not represented the Republican Party. I have represented the people of Pennsylvania.

I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary.

This is really good move for just about everybody.  The Democrats are happy to see their ranks bolstered to 59 (and soon to be 60) in the Senate, Arlen Specter no longer has to worry about losing his primary bid, and the people of Pennsylvania will most likely get to keep their Senator.

I said almost everybody because this is definitely not good for the Republican Party.  They can whine and pretend that they don’t care, acting like they’re glad to see him go (see Malkin), but ultimately what this blares out in the grandest fashion is: There’s no room in the Republican Party for moderates.

Nate Silver is calling this the Republican Death Spiral:

Thus the Republicans [...] are in something of a death spiral. The more conservative [...] their message becomes, the more they alienate non-base Republicans. But the more they alienate non-base Republicans, the fewer of them are left to worry about appeasing. Thus, their message becomes continually more appealing to the base — but more conservative, partisan, and strident to the rest of us. And the process loops back upon itself.

But what does this actually mean for the sausage in Congress?  Probably not much.  Specter will eventually slide a little to the left because he no longer has to pretend he’s more conservative than he is, but he’s no Bernie Sanders (or Barack Obama, for that matter).

I’m thinking he’ll end up somewhere between a Ben Nelson and an Evan Bayh, which, on the whole, is a net gain.

ESPN is starting to suck less, now that I found out about this awesome easter egg on their website.

Step 1: Visit www.espn.com
Step 2: On your keyboard, hit the following key sequence: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Enter.
Step 3: Enjoy. Try clicking on some of your new friends.

They took it off moments after I posted.

ESPN sucks, so I can’t embed the video, so you’ll have to click here to watch.

4th team in 109 years to allow at least 15 runs in 3 of their first 17 games. Did not know that.

Hilarious.