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Bill Gates Takes the Family to Rome

Karl Erikson — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:01:00 GMT

Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and his family spent last weekend in Rome. Bill and Melinda went looking at the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, and other big Rome attractions with their kids, Jennifer, 12, Rory, 9, and Phoebe, 7.

Then the fam had a nice picnic in Villa Borghese Park, followed by a casual ride through the park on some bicycles.

Bill doesn't run Microsoft these days. Instead, he and Melinda have their foundation, which donates tons of money to global health care and education.

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Seinfeld Says For $10 Million I'll Even Pretend to Love Vista

Karl Erikson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:28:00 GMT

Jerry Seinfeld, the 54-year-old father of three and star of the infamous Seinfeld sitcom, is getting $10 million to plug Microsoft Windows Vista. Yep, Bill Gates is plunking down $300 million in a big advertising push to start airing on September 4, all in an effort to try and knock down Apple's series of Mac commercials. You know, the awesome spots where Justin Long (of Ed fame) portrays Macs as hip and cool (since they are) and John Hodgman as the inept and boring PCs (since they are). Word on the street is that Microsoft is also trying to woo Will Ferell and Chris Rock for the ads.

Many of my friends are self-proclaimed Mac snobs, but I am a stubborn hold-out for Windows. In my defense, however, I still use Windows XP and refuse to upgrade to Vista because, well, it's a big flaming ball of crap. I know - I've played with it and I'm currently inventing entirely new swear words while trying to fix a friend's computer.

So when I say that Jerry Seinfeld has a hell of a job in front of him, I know that I'm not the only one. Sure, Seinfeld still cracks me up, but can he do for Vista what he did for the "puffy shirt" or Junior Mints or older men dating teenagers? I don't know. He did act as the successful pitchman for American Express in 2004 in "The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman," but that was different. Most people don't taste bile when they say "American Express."

According to industry insiders, the new ads will revolve around the slogan "Windows, Not Walls," but I think it's a tall order for anyone to make Windows look good. Course, for $10 million, I'd do an ad campaign for heroin. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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GQ Presents the Most Whipped Husbands in the WORLD!

Whit Honea — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:34:00 GMT

GQ has compiled a list of men that have been subjected to the proverbial "p" whipping by their bossy and/or powerful women. Many of them are fathers as well. I think there is a big difference between being a dotting dad and wuss, I hope GQ took that into consideration.

That said, here's the list:

25. Mark Consuelos, wife Kelly Ripa
24. Rudolph Giuliani, wife Judy
23. Larry King, wife Shawn Southwick
22. Michael Douglas, wife Catherine Zeta-Jones
21. Seal, wife Heidi Klum
20. Kevin Smith (the Clerks director), wife Jennifer Schwalbach
19. Sergay Brin (34-year-old Google wunderkind), wife Anne Wojcicki
18. Ben Stiller, wife Christine Taylor
17. Gerald Levin (the former CEO of Time Warner), wife Laurie Perlman
16. Jack Welch (the former General Electric chair-man and CEO), wife Suzy Wetlaufer
15. Tim Burton, wife Helena Bonham Carter
14. Keith Urban, wife Nicole Kidman
13. Elton John, husband David Furnish
12. John Edwards, former presidential candidate, wife Elizabeth
11. Woody Allen, wife Soon-Yi Previn
10. Ashton Kutcher, wife Demi Moore -he's top 5 for sure
9. Howard Stern, wife Beth Ostrosky
8. Rupert Murdoch (Aussie billionaire), wife Wendi Deng
7. Kurt Warner (quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals), wife Brenda
6. Marc Anthony, wife Jennifer Lopez -shouldn't he be higher?
5. Josh Kelly, wife Katherine Heigl
4. Bill Gates, wife Melinda
3. Eminem, wife Kimberly
2. Doug Christie, wife Jackie
1. Guy Ritchie, wife Madonna

There is a slideshow at GQ that explains why each man made the list. It's pretty funny, at least it seems like it is, my wife wouldn't let me read it.

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Guitar Hero Presents: The New Odd Couple

Whit Honea — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Move over Oscar and Felix. Slash and Bill Gates are gaming buddies and I am officially one day older and one day closer to death.

I wonder if Bill showed Slash a thing or two on "Sweet Child of Mine."

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