The Academy Award for Best Picture was well deserved for The Hurt Locker.  Everytime Jeremy Fenner puts on the bomb suit, you always knew good shit was going to happen. 

I found this fantastic article about the real-life bomb suit, what it's made of, its specs, and the bad ass guys that put them on.  Here is an excerpt from that article: [DVice]

How a Bomb Kills You
The "EOD ensemble," as Borkar calls it, is not simply a body-condom version of a Kevlar vest: "It's a complex composite product consisting of both rigid and soft armor systems." These two fundamental layers are designed to defeat the two main threats in an explosion: the overpressure pulse, or shockwave; and the fragmentation, commonly known as shrapnel.

The overpressure wave is actually the more dangerous of the two. A microsecond after a bomb goes off, the explosion compresses the surrounding air and blows it outward in a lightning-fast shockwave that ripples through clothing and literally flattens internal organs. 

How the Suit Keeps You Alive 
The EOD suit's rigid outer armor layer, the first and most important defense against this threat, is composed mainly of aramids: high-tech synthetic materials that are "strain-rate sensitive." In other words, "the faster something hits them, the harder they become," says Borkar. (Kevlar is simply the brand name of an aramid manufactured by DuPont.) The entire front-facing portion of the suit is reinforced from head to toe with hardened composites of two or more aramids, optimized for strength and lightness. This rigid layer can literally reflect or bounce some of the overpressure energy away from the technician, while also repelling flying fragmentation.

To read the rest of the article, click here.

Throughout the week on the show, we talked about our parents.  I introduced the listeners to my profane dad who loves botany, machine guns, and saying the word "Dick" every time he got upset.  Now when it came to sex talk, there was none of that at home.  I learned from my elementary school chums and since there was no internet at the time, there were no visual confirmations of the stories and information that I received.  Where did you get your sex education from? Did your parents talk to you about sex?

I just want to update everyone regarding my diet that I talk often about on the radio.  It's the HCG diet by the Belo Medical Group.  If followed strictly, you could safely lose about a pound a day. I follow it at about 90% of the ideal rules and regulations and I've lost some considerable weight.  The duration of the diet is roughly 24 days and it cost in the area of 20K pesos--well worth it if you promise to keep it off by regular exercise and moderate dieting. 

The diet isn't a walk in the park.  It can be difficult but I love the quick results. If you want more info about it, call Belo at 819-BELO. [Belo Medical Group]

Now I want to reward myself with a cheeseburger.  Actually, I'll take an ass sandwich please.

American architect Bryan Berg photographed beside his world-record-breaking house of cards — a free-standing replica of The Venetian Macau, constructed over the course of 44 days using 218,792 individual playing cards. [DailyWhat via BuzzFeed]

Justin Timberlake and friends partied in the VIP balcony of TAO nightclub until 2:30am. Justin spent most of the time flirting between cute blonde and brunette latin gogo dancers! Justin and friends left at 2:30am, the brunette was also seen carrying a LARGE bottle of champagne …

All the while, Timberlake's girlfriend Jessica Biel was in New York promoting the documentary of her climibing Mt Kilimanjaro. [WWTDD]

I wonder which one or our starlets and/or celebrities are going to put a move on Justin when he gets here in a few weeks.  I'm 100% sure it's going to happen, just wondering who it will be. Who do you think will bang Justin in Manila?

How To Fart In Public -

[via Holy Taco]

American Idol hopeful Michael Lynch went out a just killed my favorite Maxwell/Kate Bush song, 'This Woman's Work".  I remember the first time I heard this song on the soundtrack of the movie She's Having A Baby (the Kate Bush original) and when I heard Maxwell record a live version, it instantly became one of my favorite songs of all-time.

It's just so refreshing to see an Idol contestant choose to perform it...and then nail it.  If you haven't heard the original, or even better, the Maxwell version--you must hit YouTube right after reading this.  A great goddamn song. Good job, Mr. Lynch.

Yesterday I posted the 10-second trailer to Twilight:Eclipse, knowing that even such a ridiculously short teaser for the movie will make teenage girls around the world go insane.  Well, today the new trailer came out so be prepared to hear screams come from your little sisters room all day long. Case in point, check out chunkay here go nuts, bananas, and get all hongry for the new Twilight installment, Eclipse.

First, the full trailer:

Next, the impact it has on teenage girls:

The feedback from the Canon 1000D Gadget Giveaway from Tradeport.com.ph has been downright crazy! Thanks for all the participation and kind words. let's give out one final DSLR before we move to another gadget--but don't worry, we will likely have more of that prize in the future. Other upcoming gadgets are an Apple iPad and a 100k peso LCD Hi-Def Television.  How badass is Tradeport? And they even deliver it to your house! Because they are so awesome, let's dedicate today's trivia to them.  Here it is:

How many stores and brands are in Tradeport? Make sure you count everything including the ones that each store carries. Closest guesstimate wins! 

Post your answers on my Twitter and don't forget to add Tradeport on Facebook!