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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Trending Topics on Twitter -- An Asylum Investigation</title><link>http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/</guid><comments>http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/asylum-exclusive/" rel="tag">Asylum Exclusive</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/fun-with-numbers/" rel="tag">Fun With Numbers</a></p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/06/twitter9amfinal_thumbnail.jpg" /><br /> Twitter is like a collective consciousness for our nation. In real time, it tells us what Americans are talking (tweeting) about. And it's often unflattering. 
 
For example, Justin Bieber, who has been trending on Twitter for roughly 17 years ... <a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/forward/19505810/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/09/trending-topics-on-twitter-an-asylum-investigation/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>chicago</category><category>dallas</category><category>hashtags</category><category>justin bieber</category><category>JustinBieber</category><category>los angeles</category><category>LosAngeles</category><category>new york city</category><category>NewYorkCity</category><category>social media</category><category>SocialMedia</category><category>trending topics</category><category>TrendingTopics</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator>Brett Smiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-09T15:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>The Biggest Rivalry in College Basketball -- Definitively Proven by Math</title><link>http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/</guid><comments>http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/barroom-debate/" rel="tag">Barroom Debate</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/weird-science/" rel="tag">Weird Science</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/asylum-exclusive/" rel="tag">Asylum Exclusive</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/fun-with-numbers/" rel="tag">Fun With Numbers</a></p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/03/gyi0056894175_thumbnail.jpg" /><br /> As Americans began to pore over their brackets for the NCAA men's college basketball tournament and cost employers billions in lost productivity, we wondered, How could we enable you to think more about college basketball and less about work?  
 
So, ... <a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/forward/19390867/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/15/the-biggest-rivalry-in-college-basketball-definitely-proven-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>biggest rivalry in college basketball</category><category>BiggestRivalryInCollegeBasketball</category><category>cincinnati</category><category>college basketball</category><category>CollegeBasketball</category><category>Duke</category><category>formula</category><category>georgetown</category><category>Indiana</category><category>Kansas</category><category>kentucky</category><category>louisville</category><category>missouri</category><category>NCAA Tournament</category><category>NcaaTournament</category><category>north carolina</category><category>NorthCarolina</category><category>Purdue</category><category>rivalry</category><category>sagarin ratings</category><category>SagarinRatings</category><category>syracuse</category><category>Xavier Musketeers</category><category>XavierMusketeers</category><dc:creator>Brett Smiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-03-15T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Maxim, AskMen and FHM's Top 100 Women Lists Dissected</title><link>http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/</guid><comments>http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/entertainment/" rel="tag">Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/women/" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/celebrity/" rel="tag">Celebrity</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/asylum-exclusive/" rel="tag">Asylum Exclusive</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/fun-with-numbers/" rel="tag">Fun With Numbers</a></p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/02/chart-584_thumbnail.jpg" /><br /> 
Our compatriots in dudeism have made a business of ranking the hottest women on the planet and for the most part people just accept the lists they put out, shrug and move on. But here at Asylum, we like to consider ourselves hotness scientists which ... <a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/forward/19340160/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/02/04/maxim-askmen-and-fhms-top-100-women-lists-dissected/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>askmen top 99</category><category>AskmenTop99</category><category>FHM Top 100</category><category>FhmTop100</category><category>maxims top 100</category><category>MaximsTop100</category><category>most desirable woman</category><category>MostDesirableWoman</category><dc:creator>Brett Smiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-02-04T12:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Misery Index -- Which City Has the Most Depressing Local News?</title><link>http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/</guid><comments>http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/entertainment/" rel="tag">Entertainment</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/weird-news/" rel="tag">Weird News</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/tv/" rel="tag">TV</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/asylum-exclusive/" rel="tag">Asylum Exclusive</a>, <a href="http://www.asylum.com/category/fun-with-numbers/" rel="tag">Fun With Numbers</a></p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/01/frownmap2-1264443122_thumbnail.jpg" /><br /> 
We were watching the local evening news a few weeks ago and counted two stories covering murders, one armed robbery and a failed terrorism plot before the first commercial break. 
 
Could the local evening news be so laughably depressing everywhere? ... <a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/">Read more</a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/forward/19317777/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/27/live-at-11-which-city-has-the-most-depressing-local-news/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Atlanta</category><category>chicago</category><category>cleveland</category><category>doom</category><category>evening news</category><category>EveningNews</category><category>local news</category><category>LocalNews</category><category>new york</category><category>news</category><category>NewYork</category><category>report</category><category>study</category><category>tv</category><category>washington dc</category><category>WashingtonDc</category><dc:creator>Brett Smiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-01-27T11:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>
