Alex Moaba

Today's Web Crush -- Peggy Wang, Blogger and Musician

By day, Peggy Wang pretty much runs the Internet. A senior editor at Buzzfeed with a raunchy sense of humor that would make Andrew Dice Clay proud, it's her job to write funny one-liners about Web gems like Erotic Falconry, pictures of dogs going down on each other, and Shake and Bake Meth. digg_url = 'http://www.asylum.com/2009/09/04/todays-web-crush-peggy-wang-blogger-and-musician/'; ...

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Obama Awkwardly Honors NASCAR

The Democrats' health-care bill is in danger of collapsing, dragging President Obama's approval rating down with it, but HEY -- look at that really cool car! This was the scene yesterday at the White House, as the Commander-in-Chief honored NASCAR and its 2008 Sprint Cup points champion, Jimmie Johnson, in a ceremony specifically designed to make rednecks forget their seething hatred of the ...

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We Asked the Internet What to Get Your Dad, Part Deux

Prev Screen Junkies The Venture Bros.: Season Three ($30.99) This little collection has been out since March, but it's the first season of Adult Swim's super-clever, pop culture reference-filled series to arrive on Blu-Ray. Plop down on the couch with Dad and have some laughs. Then when it's over, casually mention to him that the show's prominent theme of failure reminds you of your ...

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We Asked the Internet What to Get Your Dad

Father's Day is coming up around the bend, which means it's time to buy a thoughtful gift for the guy who taught you how to throw a baseball, tie a tie and get discreetly inebriated at family functions. There was a time when you could make him a lame book of coupons filled with scraps of paper that promised to do things like "mow the lawn" or "take out the trash," but you're a little older now, ...

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Asylum's Best-Case Scenario for the 2009 MLB Season

While flipping between games on opening day, we heard some announcer say that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. Unfortunately, living in modern times has robbed us of our patience for marathons. They take freakin' five hours. And while we enjoy basking in the warm patriotic glow of our national pastime, we got to wondering what would have to happen for baseball to hold our sustained ...

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Governor Blago's Top 10 Craziest Moments

This week, the nation was introduced to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, the most batsh*t crazy elected official in America. Arrested this Tuesday on corruption charges after an FBI wiretap revealed he was trying to auction off President-elect Obama's vacated Senate seat, the man we affectionately call Blago has ignited one of the most entertaining political scandals in recent memory. ...

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Makers of Jack Daniels Doing Just Fine in the Downturn

America finally got some good economic news last week when Brown-Forman, the makers of Jack Daniels, announced their profits were up 13 percent in the second quarter. Chief Executive Paul Varga credited the strong performance to "the stability of our company, the strength and resiliency of our brands and people, and the quality of our cash flows and balance sheet." That could work. Or maybe it's ...

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Aussie Politicians May Have to Stop Boozing and Legislating

Australian lawmakers are looking into requiring members of Parliament to be breathalyzed before voting on legislation. The new initiative comes the morning after Nationals MP Andrew Fraser came straight from a Christmas party to a legislative session and proceeded to get into a shoving match (pictured here) with a female colleague. Not cool, dude, not cool. ...

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