I Wish Christmas was Today

With Christmas so close, how could you not post this comedic brilliance? Best part? regardless of weirdly shaped guitar, keyboard held by Chris Kattan, or Jimmy Fallon clearly looking down at his note sheet, it was Tracy Morgan, dancing, and not saying a word. So elegant, yet so powerful

Thank God She's Wearing a Seatbelt

So I'll let the video speak for itself, because its awesome in its own right.

But my question is more about how they phrased doing this? Like "Listen, we want you to ride around in our CTS-V Coupe, and we need you to wear alot of cleavage, I mean alot of cleavage.. Those sweater puppies are huge. And don't mind the cameras that are right there either."

My favorite is at like the 1:12 mark, she adjusts her seatbelt and hair, looks down, "yup my boobs look good" then went back to normal. Big boobs and fast cars? Cool stuff indeed

Men's College Cup

Checkout this year's College Cup between the Carolina Tar-Heels and Charlotte 49ner's.

The game winner is just a stunner! Pretty impressive stuff that there are still quality soccer players still in the college ranks. Sooner or later, most of the guys this good are going to be gobbled up by some youth system whether its in Europe or here for a MLS team at 15 or 16, but today is not that day.

Best commentary of the highlights is "doing his best Leo Messi impression." When they zoom in the second time they show his run, it looks EXACTLY like a Leo Messi type run

Battleships

Out May 18th, 2012 Battleship is about "A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals."

Looks kind of ridiculous, but then again Liam Neeson aka Qui-Gon Jinn is in this movie as well as Brooklyn Decker. So it can't be all that bad.

America Samoa World Cup Qualifying

American Samoa players celebrate after a historic a 2-1 win over Tonga in Oceania World Cup qualifying in November.

 This nice little piece over at ESPN/Soccernet (<--Click)  talks about the run of America Samoa, who have been dead last in the FIFA rankings for some time now. Pretty cool stuff that Thomas Rongen, the US U-20 national team coach, lent a hand to help them out.

Reading through this article, I came across this:

""Walking in the first day for the first meeting," he said, "there's literally a very good-looking what I thought female walking into the room. And I thought she must be a team administrator, or a massage therapist. And I actually said to her, 'What's your position?' And she said 'center back.'I came to find out that it was a fa'afafine, a third-sex transgendered, who became one of our more important players. So that was an interesting cultural thing, totally accepted in this culture --dress every day as a woman, date men, but play sports with other males -- and probably became our best defender. So those things are pretty amazing, quite frankly.""

Why haven't we heard more about these fa'afafine?! This is ridiculous if you ask me.  The fact that FIFA, who has been super stringent on the most absurd issues allows a third-sex transgendered person play, is different to say the least.  But hey, when you're dead last in FIFA world rankings and have about 60,000 people in your nation, I guess you can let fa'afafine play for you any day of the week

Finals Are Coming

Like all college kids, the next few weeks are dedicated to finals. The library is packed. Studying every night. You're ready to pull your hair out. Luckily you're sitting next to a hot blonde, so that isn't so bad.
So to all my fellow students, best of luck with whatever finals you have and not to worry, there is light at the end of the tunnel: WINTER BREAK!

John Carter- Movie Trailer

Not Cool Stuff: People think Muppets are are part of "brainwashing" your kids

Do yourself a favor and click on this link to check out a segment from Fox News about the new movie currently out in theaters called The Muppets. 
 Goodness gracious Fox!  I'm not one to jump into politics, but the Muppets are an American institution, not part of some secret liberal agenda. Anyways, I need to see The Muppets, with Jason Segel from How I Met Your Mother.  He's on a roll.
Sidenote: Not one person will allow anyone else finish their own sentences in this video.  Not cool stuff at all

How Beer Saved The World Part 3

Here's How Beer Saved the World Part III. Maybe I'll make a weekly "I'll Have a homebrew" post or something along those lines, pertaining to the coolness that is all things beer.

Anyways, besides the fact that this Discovery show is all about beer, but it's about beer pertaining to history, and I've always found history to be an interesting subject. So drink up and enjoy!

How Beer Saved The World Part II

As promised here is Part two of "How Beer Saved The World" The Discovery Channel documentary

Highlights include

Egyptians having antibiotics not discovered until the 1930's
How beer saved millions of lives in the Middle Ages
Monks brewing beer (By the way, church would be the most popular place on Sunday mornings if they still offered beer)
How beer helps establish America
Hot chicks at Octoberfest (8:27 mark)

Basically it has everything you could ask for

How Beer Saved The World

Watched this show over break starting at midnight. Maybe it was the few beers I had beforehand, but this documentary/show had me riveted.

Scientists and historians line up to tell the amazing, untold story of how beer helped create math, poetry, pyramids, modern medicine, labor laws, and America.

Beer is single handedly one of the best things in the first place, now to find out it's responsible for all this?! Literally my mind was blown. Part II will be posted tomorrow.

Back In Action

So the Thanksgiving break has come and gone, it's back to the grind, not only for school, but back to the blog as well.  Coming back with a big bang, let me introduce Facts and Chicks.  This site is dedicated to two awesome things, ridiculously hot women, and random facts.  For example (click on the picture to see a larger version):

It's Been some time..

Hello Internet!

Sorry this past week has been ridiculous. It was topped off by a 3 hour performance by Foo Fighters live at the Garden as their last stop on the U.S. tour. Unbelievable doesn't begin to describe how awesome their concert was. So until tomorrow, when I have the chance to get back to posting the cool stuff, here's a Walk off of Foo Fighter's lastest album Wasting Light.

Pillow Fight- Literally

Watch out for the flying ninja stars..

So these awesome pillows were spotted over at Geekologie. While my gut instinct would be to go with the lightsaber, its definitely not the most effective in this situation.  

However, the whole childhood fantasy of a "Pillow fight with Princess Leia" is a possibility at this point.  Although, seeing Carrie Fischer today in a pillowf fight/lingerie should be considered a nightmare. 

Not Cool Stuff: Running into a Wall

So this may not exactly be considered a "Cool Stuff" Story, maybe I'll start a weekly "Not Cool Stuff" post, regardless, this is pretty funny. Fabio Santos, of Brazilian Serie B side Vitoria, scores a ridiculously lucky goal off the top/back of his head. The real fireworks come after when he decides to try and celebrate with the fans. Watch out for the bushes and then the 15 ft wall bro.

Good Morning

Good Morning and Happy Friday internet world! I've been up for a few hours now, because I have work to do for my two classes today.. Should have done it last night, but brewing beer was clearly a priority. It was the first batch I've brewed outside of my house, so it was a different experience. Anyways, here's to that first cup of coffee this morning, have a great Friday!

Snow White and the Huntsman

So I am oddly intrigued by this movie. Not because it is a variation of Snow White, although I would love to know what the original storyline of Snow White is at this point. But because it has a combination of Thor (aka actor Chris Hemsworth) and CharlizeTheron (as the evil queen.) That alone makes this movie sort of bad ass.

As far as I know, this movie comes out next summer.

Wenger on Brek Shea

So in keeping with today's soccer themed cool stuff, here is Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, on FC Dallas player Brek Shea. Our American homeboy has been killin it in MLS and on the US National Team. So this winter he's getting a chance to train with Arsenal. That's cool and all, but I think whats even better is the fact that we have one of the most storied EPL coaches talking directly about an American soccer player. Its amazing how far American soccer has come in a short period of time. 'Merica!

If you know English football, you will enjoy this

So this is definitely one of my favorite comedy clips. Basically, what's going on here is the comedian, he goes by Smithy, is a plumber, and also a huge fan of the English National soccer team. (Think Team USA basketball, but for soccer.. and in England) Anyway, he stumbles across important players for the national team and gives him a motivational piece of his mind.
Other clips by Smithy can be found here and here. The second one is a bit long, so if you had to choose, watch the first one.
Cool Stuff approved

The Sound Of Football

I have no idea why Pepsi is a technology leader in having blind people play soccer, but this is absolutely one of the most impressive things ever. I mean I have a hard time playing with both my eyes glued to the ball, some of these guys are pretty good on the ball! I wish we could have heard what it sounds like to hear what the player hears during a game, but it obviously works. Cool Stuff indeed

Peugot EX1

Back in my younger days (ok like 4 years ago) when I first got my license/ first truck, I was a huge fan of anything automobile related. Since then, I've found other fascinations, (mostly females) and my obsession with cars has tapered off to say the least. But this baby is AWESOME! Its a batmobile look alike sure, but its one sexy looking batmobile.

The EX1 is being designed to celebrate Peugot's 200th anniversary. Here's something even cooler, it is completely electric. Yup, it has two electric motors, one in the front and the other in the back, designed to ensure constant torque of 240 Nm in the both front and rear.

Study Session: Creation Lake - Silversun Pickups

For those of us who are studying, here is a lovely study companion in the form of Silverson Pickups. The title of the song is Creation Lake. Absolute chill song, very relaxing song, allowing me to get some serious work done. However, spending time posting this is just helping me procrastinate at this point. SO back to value merchants and Business to Business it is.

Back Again!

Why hi there world, I must apologize for my brief absence. We had playoffs for soccer, and our season ended at the hands of SNHU on Tuesday. (Sidenote: SNHU lost to Franklin Pierce 1-0 today in the conference finals) Anyways time to get the cool stuff cranking again. So this is called a kitewing, and it is a combination of skiing/ snowboarding and hang gliding. Skip to the 0:45 second mark to skip most the introductions. If i was any good at skiing, I would be all over this extreme sport, however, the best case scenario would land me in a hospital if I ever tried this.

Hope Solo Dancing with the Stars

Here's our lovely Hope Solo dancing the Samba

The New Rule Book

Some one asked me today why I started this blog. My goal is to share things/objects/ideas/anything that I find to be "cool stuff" with the rest of interwebs in one convenient location.

On an unrelated note, when you google image "Cool Stuff" this pops up. I'm starting a rule book for Spikes Cool Stuff starting with rule #10: Share Cool Stuff

Weekend Recap

It's Halloween weekend!! My main costume is Captain America (In case you didn't know who the muscular looking man was in the picture) I have the shield and everything.

Anyways, Friday was senior day, pops got a cigar from coach (he doesn't smoke) but it was a kind gesture regardless. Then I gave mom some flowers. During the announcement, they said that I was part of Bentley's record amount of shutout minutes, which I didn't know and cool stuff indeed. My awesome cousin Rob was on hand for the weekend, very happy he was able to make it up.

Last night we went into Boston and had drinks and dinner with our good family friend, Morgan. Definitely nice to get off campus and have a solid meal. Legal seafood was unbelievable, but thank god I went out with people who have real jobs and can pay for that sort of place!

Last Regular Season Game

So tomorrow is senior day for Bentley Men's Soccer. I happen to be a senior. It is pretty nuts to think that it was only four years ago that I was just finishing my first college season. I've definitely grown up a whole freaking lot over these four years, or at least I'd like to think so.. Until someone says "duty." Because I giggle whenever someone says duty haha. I feel very fortunate to be where I am, and what it has taken me to get here. I've made some of my best friends along the way, and couldn't ask for any better drinking partners.

That's enough for the reminiscing, but all things considered it's been a wild and crazy ride...

Young the Giant - Cough Syrup

Just an awesome song. Definitely an different music video, but a song worth listening to, and then listening to again. Cough Syrup is off of the self titled album, Young the Giant.
They will be playing locally at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence on Nov. 30.

By the way, I'm learning my way around this whole blogger setup. I can now add links to other things, and they will always be highlighted in red for your convenience ladies and gentlemen.

Pumpkin Beer

The good people over at The Smoking Jacket did a quick little write up on Pumpkin beers.. We'll skip the not-so-great-stuff and get right to the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (rated the best out of the three beers evaluated)

The Punkin Ale is a hazy dark pumpkin color with a foamy tan head. And prepare to be floored – it smells like pumpkin and spices.

This has a squash flavor in the introduction, but it’s closer to a pumpkin than most of the others. The cinnamon and ginger spices compliment it nicely. It definitely is more akin to a brown ale with pumpkin spice highlights than a pumpkin ale, which I rather enjoy.

It delivers a little alcohol warmth, but nothing overbearing. The finish seems to leave remnants of the squash flavor to linger with a earthy/grassy hop flavor which strikes me as a little abrasive relative to the introductory flavors, but it’s not a game changer.

Overall, this is about as close to what I believe a pumpkin ale SHOULD taste like. It’s not something that I would want to drink year ‘round, but it’s festive and chock full of holiday fun. And at 7% alcohol it is guaranteed to make the holidays at least 7% more tolerable.

Grade: A-

Tron Motorcycle

In keeping with all things "Cool Stuff" is the Tron Motorcycle. I know its a little after the fact considering Tron Legacy has come and gone, but its still cool nonetheless.

The bike was created by Dream Machines, a Florida bike shop and costs $55,000... Unfortunately there is only a limited supply of less than 10 of these bikes, and they do not come with the chick riding the bike either

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

So I will whole heartedly confess that I spent hours upon hours playing both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask (both previous Zelda games.. but definitely more time with Ocarina, that game was away better)

Supposedly it has already received unbelievable reviews, which is nice, because wii hasn't had a solid game in a while from what I can recall. And for those of you who aren't Zelda fanatics, Zelda is the blonde chick, the elf looking guy, his name is Link.. I was actually Link one year as a little kid, had a slingshot and everything. I'm very excited for this to be coming out.. November 20, 2011. Since there's a wii at home, I know what I'm doing over winter break..

THOR 2

Being a bit of a comic book geek, it was particularly exciting to hear that there will be a Thor 2...

Straight from marvel.com
"Marvel Studios announced today that Patty Jenkins will direct "Thor 2," which will be released in theaters on Friday, November 15, 2013. Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman will return to star in the film along with Tom Hiddleston. Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige will produce the sequel to this summer’s blockbuster "Thor," which has grossed over $448 million worldwide to date.

Patty Jenkins previously directed "Monster" starring Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for her performance in the film. Jenkins, who received an Emmy nomination for directing the pilot of AMC’s acclaimed series "The Killing," has also directed episodes of "Entourage" and "Arrested Development." Most recently, she directed “Pearl,” one of the five short films that comprise Lifetime’s original movie "Five."

In addition to "Thor 2," Marvel Studios is currently scheduled to release "Marvel's The Avengers" on May 4, 2012, and "Iron Man 3" which is slated for release on May 3, 2013."

Fishys on the side

In case you were wondering, the fish to the right can be fed if you roll your mouse over the water and left click. very cool indeed..

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi

Studying for a Services Marketing test tomorrow, here's a little study music helping me get through the evening.

Regional Rankings

The regional rankings (we're in the Northeast region) helps determines who gets an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. An at-large bid is rewarded to the top 6 teams regionally ranked. Currently we're #4. The last time Bentley made the tournament was in 1975, so it's been awhile. Three games to go until the end of the season, the NCAA tournament is so close!

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” -Benjamin Franklin

In keeping with the title of the blog, "Spikes Cool Stuff" here is a cool fact about drinking:

Beer brewing dates to almost 6000 BC. However, it was the Sumerians around 2000 BC who really loved the stuff. Their plaques and carvings often center on people or gods drinking from large jars of beer. A hymn to one of their most important goddesses, Ninkasi, is actually a very detailed explanation of how to make beer; this was helpful in a society that was almost entirely illiterate. Want to make some beer but can’t read the recipe? Just start reciting the hymn and you’re set. Beer was so important that the average Sumerian couldn’t be bothered to stop drinking it for anything apparently, as there is a carving of a woman drinking out of a beer jug in the middle of sexual intercourse. That’s some dedication to your booze.

Band of Skulls - "Light of the Morning"

Figured how to embed a video, plenty more to come!

Checking In

So we have a game tomorrow at St. Rose, we're leaving at 8 am, so its a relatively low key night. Figured I would drop by, say hi and leave this awesome Star Wars/ Pulp fiction picture here.. Have a good weekend all

Homemade Rocket

Saw this on TheChive, I always wanted to be an astronaut as a kid, I guess building your own rocket is a close second.
I wonder if you need to get permission from someone to send a rocket into space? I mean you can't just go down to your town hall and ask for an outer space permit, but maybe you have to ask NASA or the airforce? Either way its not a request that probably gets made often

http://thechive.com/2011/10/12/homemade-rocket-makes-its-way-to-space-34-photos/

Beer Me

So I'm aspiring to own my own brewery/ a bar. Just love the idea of providing the community with locally brewed deliciousness. I started the business plan today, so its a big day for me

Bentley @ SNHU

Big game for Bentley tomorrow; conference game at Southern New Hampshire

Falcons currently sit in 5th place, behind SNHU

Livestream of the game can be followed here:

http://www.snhupenmen.com/information/video

My First Post

Hello World,

This is my first post, just wanted to drop in and say hi

Spike