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• Take Him to Detroit: America's 11 Most Depressing Places

  This really ain't Michigan's week, is it? First, some dumbass ex-Mayor was arrested for having an extramarital affair in the middle of the street. Then, we made a mean joke about the Detroit Free Press and it's sex advice column, complete with a newspaper headline that says, "Detroit Blows." Now, comes word that Business Insider is further driving down the state's property values by including two MI cities on its list of the most depressing places in America. Cheer up and enjoy this sprightly little list... Read More... Posted May 14 2009, 03:46 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: dating, lists, cars, funny, florida, michigan, michael moore, travel, kansas, detroit, arizona, top 10, indiana, georgia, illinois, california, cities, auto industry bailout, auto industry

• Sloppy Seconds: No Bullet-Proof Bras For You

  Check out this badass panda ripping some guy's jacket right off his back. The days of pervy conservatives keeping an eye out for Splash Mountain topless photos are over. Flash away! What do we think of this list of the Top 10 reasons men don't want sex? (We thought all ten would be "They're not attracted to you.") Read More... Posted May 07 2009, 06:36 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: movies, james bond, sloppy seconds, bra, Daniel Craig, Disney, travel, mexico, the wire, Mexican, will smith, abstience, bullet-proof bras, bristol palin, cute animal videos, canada news, mia farrow, idris elba, panda, screengrab, hunger strike

• The Only Thing Stranger Than Love on Omegle: Blogger Marries a Commenter

  We do not blog to get laid (even though we suspect Scanner Brian does). Not that the idea hasn't crossed our collective minds. When we were first offered this job we thought it would be a boon to our sex lives. You know: meet guy in a bar. Tell guy what we do. Guy falls all over us because he's so impresed. This obviously has not happened. Sure we're out a little less and shower a lot less because we blog professionally, which probably has a lot to do with it. But we have to admit we're surprised—and a little disappointed if we're being honest here—that of the tens of thousands of people who read Scanner every week not one is a bearded man who lives in the mountains of Kansas City and wants to ride bikes and eat hamburgers with us. But even if that man were to actually exist and he were to reveal himself in the comments section we can't imagine we'd be rushing off to meet him at a Royals game or anything. Maybe that's just us (because we can totally see Scanner Brian doing something like that). Recently Ann Althouse, a professor in Wisconsin who blogs about politics, law and culture announced on her site that she would be marrying commenter "Meade." Her readers were about as shocked as you would be if we told you that we plan to marry "Apollo"—which we do not. And we have to give the New York Times kudos for the first line of Sunday's story about the whole thing: CONSIDER the erotic potential between blogger and commenters. Read More... Posted Apr 06 2009, 04:34 PM by Emily Farris with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: scanner, new york times, marriage, love, republicans, bloggers, scanner emily, scanner brian, Wisconsin, travel, engagements, blog commenters, bloggers don't shower, nerve blogs, commenters, love connection, omegle, bloggers who don't shower, blog readers, WI, showering, blogger marries commenter, not showering, ann althouse, madison, erotic connection

• Scandals Clinging To Sarah Palin Like Trig To Her Pantsuit

  Forgive the obnoxious headline-- we're serious that Sarah Palin is becoming bogged down in scandals. Troopergate is, of course, the one investigation she hasn't been able to talk her way out of. With that hanging over her and threatening to derail the McCain campaign, a second major revelation broke last night, one that probably won't change any hearts or minds about the Republican VP candidate... Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: new york, politics, babies, scandals, vice president, money, families, travel, corrupted mind, taxes, alaska, sarah palin, bristol palin, todd palin

• Scanner Bryan is Back From Mardi Gras

  Hello, youngsters! I, Scanner Bryan, have returned from the Crescent City -- and sadly, I've not brought back a single picture of boobies. Why you may ask? Well, blame the calendar. Not only was it a somewhat chilly Mardi Gras, but the earliness of the date in the year meant that New Orleans was devoid of the marauding, drunken spring breakers who can generally be counted on to generously donate their nudity to the holiday. It was still a pretty great week, though. Have a look at our pics after the jump -- and if you celebrated the day yourselves, let us know what you were up to! Read More... Posted Feb 08 2008, 04:00 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: scanner bryan, photos, New Orleans, Mardi Gras 2008, travel, Mardi Gras