Aug 9th 2010 By Asylum Staff

Hot, Fresh Links -- Served When We Feel Like It

The Hottest Fan Outfits in Sports
Get excited for summer athletics (Bleacher Report)

Top 10 Pot-Smoking Follies (Brobible)

Guy Craps Himself and Passes Out in Ditch (Barstool Sports)

25 Twin Babes - The Sequel (Break)

Darth Schwarzenegger
Will cause you to wet yourself with laughter (The Chive)
Infiltrating a Gang
Based on knowledge of 'West Side Story' (Cracked)

Street Magician and the Missing Card Trick
Be sure to watch till the very end (I-Am-Bored)

Aug 9th 2010 By Nick Romano

Asylum's Bringing Some 'Domo' Into Your Life

    Have you ever heard of Domo?

    You should have. The strange, brown, animated character's Facebook page has exceeded over 100,000 followers since he first hatched from an egg and won the hearts of Japan's youth as the mascot of their national broadcast system, NHK.

    One reader will be chosen to receive a butt-load of Domo merchandise -- posters, iPhone skins, a laundry bag, a messenger bag, wall art, a DVD and more.

    And if you think you're not interested, you should know that his daily activities include having psychedelic brain freezes, eating weird plants, listening to music, getting the munchies, hallucinating two flower creatures and watching TV. Just like yours.

    Be sure to enter your e-mail address in the form below to get some Domo in your life.

    Aug 9th 2010 By Laura Leu

    Comedian Stimulates Economy by Soliciting Hugs on Wall Street

    There are times when all you need is a hug. Like when your team loses the game or you're Keanu Reeves. Or, say, when the economy collapses, taking your job, cushy salary and morals down the tubes with it.

    So it would stand to reason that the bankers on Wall Street would appreciate comedian Rob Lathan's hug-giving campaign. He recently took to the streets of Downtown Manhattan and offered up his warm embrace to anyone who'd take it.

    Which is to say, many of his offers to foreclose on a hug were greeted with confusion or a heavy dose of f**k offs. To watch the hilarity unfold, check out the video after the jump.

    Aug 9th 2010 By Jeremy Taylor

    Our Personalities Don't Really Change After 1st Grade

    Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.

    Your personality at age six is your personality for life.

    Researchers from the University of California, Riverside compared teacher personality ratings of 144 elementary students in the 1960s to interviews those same students completed 40 years later. They found that behaviors observed by the teachers when the students were in first grade were almost always predictive of their personality in middle age.

    "We remain recognizably the same person," concluded Christopher Nave, who authored the study. "This speaks to the importance of understanding personality because it does follow us wherever we go across time and contexts."

    So why is it, if our personality is set at age six, you don't see more adults walking around with juice boxes?

    Aug 9th 2010 By Bonnie Biess

    Naked Roller Coaster World Record Attempt


    Over 100 participants stripped down and buckled up to try to break the world record for most naked roller coaster-riders in Essex, Britain, this past weekend. The event was held in aid of the Bosom Pals breast cancer appeal, beating a similar attempt in 2004 by 32 naked riders.

    Sure it's no nude snorkeling attempt, but if nothing else you've got to admire their willingness to face gravity's effects on all their unfettered parts. Keep reading for more (sort of unpleasant, probably NSFW) photos of the event.

    Aug 9th 2010 By Emily McCombs

    A Woman's Perspective on Diets

    At the risk of Asylum quickly devolving into a "Cathy" comic, we felt we had to address a topic that affects women everywhere -- and therefore affects men everywhere. Watch Asylum's token girl give a woman's perspective on diets -- and why they suck for men. (Click here for more information on Pop-Tarts ice cream sandwiches.)


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    Aug 9th 2010 By Alex Moisi

    This Day in Geek History -- 2 Geeky Inventors Are Born


    In honor of AOL's Geek Awards on Aug. 18, we've declared it Geek History Month. Embrace your roots, as we revisit some important events in technology, gaming, sci-fi and more.

    Just like the friend that only wishes you Happy Birthday after everyone else filled your Facebook wall with greetings, we're a little late on this one. However, in our defense, both of the men we want to celebrate today have made it easy to waste five hours of time without even noticing; so, ultimately, it's not our fault.

    That's because the two men to whom we wish a happy belated birthday are Jimmy Wales and Ken Kutaragi, the inventors of Wikipedia and the good old PlayStation, respectively.

    Aug 9th 2010 By Jeremy Taylor

    Are the Obamas Taking It a Bit Too Easy This August?

    President Barack ObamaBarack Obama played basketball with Dwayne Wade, Bill Russell and Magic Johnson over the weekend, according to our friends at With Leather.

    The only spectators for this fanciest of pick up games, which took place in a gym at Washington DC's Fort McNair, in front of a group of wounded soldiers. So it wasn't like the president was summoning a bunch of basketball legends just so he could play a little full court.

    Nevertheless, with Michelle Obama cavorting with the royal family in Spain, and President Obama shooting hoops with basketball royalty back home, there is increasing criticism that the first couple is creating bad "optics" by having such a good time. Meanwhile, the country may be teetering on a double-dip recession.

    Criticizing a politician's leisure activities is nothing new. George W. Bush was regularly skewered for his Crawford, Tex., brush clearing and his golf habit (which he eventually quit.) In fact, just this week, a group aligned with Democrats put out an ad attacking oddly-tanned House Minority Leader John Boehner for playing too much golf. (So that's how he got that shading!)

    Is this latest line of attack on the Obamas simply politics as usual? Or should they tone down their summer of fun, especially given the state of country.

    Are the Obamas having too much fun this August?

    Aug 9th 2010 By Greg Voakes

    17 Mouthwatering Facts About Bacon

    bacon strips Bacon has often been referred to as "nature's candy." No matter how you slice it, it's always delicious. Even vegetarians have trouble resisting this meaty treat when they smell it cooking. But did you know that Americans consume an average of nearly 18 pounds of bacon per year?

    Here's a tribute to one of the best things that pigs have to offer humankind.

    Aug 9th 2010 By Brian Fairbanks

    Today Show Weather Girl Gets Stuck in an Elevator During Broadcast

    Al Roker Stephanie AbramsRemember Stephanie Abrams from our Hot Girls of the Weather Channel report? Well, the correspondent proved this morning that she's just as resourceful as she is easy on the eyes, when she broadcasted the morning weather live from an elevator.

    In addition to field-reporting and covering the 2010 Winter Olympics, she's also apparently Al Roker's fill-in weather girl on the "Today Show." Abrams was scheduled to make a cameo on this morning's program from 30 Rockefeller Plaza, which is across the street from the "Today'"s street-level studios.

    Instead, with minutes to spare before the broadcast was due to go out live, the elevator Stephanie was riding in broke down. (Our general suspicion is that it was somehow Tracy Morgan's fault.)

    With no one else on the show able to wave vaguely at a green screen, Abrams called her producer, who decided to have her broadcast the report from inside the 30 Rock elevator.

    Luckily, around 8 a.m., Abrams was "rescued" from the treacherous machine by a maintenance team. The comely correspondent then Tweeted about it, writing "We are OUT and GTG!! first time stuck in elevator! who else has that happened to....stories? in 140 characters or less of course! ha."

    Keep reading for the full clip of Abrams gamely doing the weather live without a teleprompter.