ASYLUM - For all mankind

AccuWeather meteorologist Jim Kosek may not be a household name yet, but one of his recent forecasts threatens to change all that. In a clip that has over 300,000 YouTube hits, Kosek fluctuates between flat-lining and freaking out while discussing the impending snowfall in Baltimore, USA.

The clip is full of high-volume, highly quotable potential catchphrases, but our favorite is "Tertiary problem (yeah we've been reading the dictionary) blowing and drifting AAAHHHH!"

Some cynics have suggested that Kosek's wintry diatribe was pure stagecraft, rather than a true spleen-venting. We wanted to get inside the mind of the Mad Meteorologist, so we asked our US cousins to get in touch with Kosek to find out if the tirade was the real deal.

Keep reading to find out what the whacky weatherman had to say and re-watch his now-famous forecast.

Traffic pilot Frank Vogt's single-engine Cessna started running rough, and he noticed that the plane's oil pressure was dropping rapidly. He thought for a moment about returning to the airport, but quickly realized he would never make it.

The 28-year-old turned to his passenger, Metro Networks traffic reporter Mike Lankford, and said, "This is really happening."

They were 1,200 feet above New Jersey and it was 6:30 a.m. -- still dark enough that most of the ground looked like what Vogt describes as "black holes." With his engine failing, Vogt glided toward the one place he knew would be properly lit: the New Jersey Turnpike.

Read on to find out what happened and to watch a video interview with Vogt.

24 movie edges nearer. (Empire)

Tim Robbins up for Green Lantern. (Empire)

Noel Gallagher In Court Demand . (Clash Music)

Anne Hathaway posed in lingerie for GQ. (The Blemish)

Would happen if Quentin Tarantino tackled the Super Bowl? (With Leather)

Sony could reboot the Terminator franchise. (FilmDrunk)

Wanted and All About Steve are some of the worst Photoshopped movie posters. (Unreality Mag)

India's richest prepares Liverpool bid. (Guardian)

West Ham players face 25% pay cut. (The Sun)

Pompey in race to postpone winding-up order. (The Times)

Terry thanks Chelsea fans, but no apology. (Sky Sports)

Minister for Women, Harriet Harman, who is known for her staunch feminist views has been nominated for the annual Rear of the Year award.

The Leader of the House who wants pictures of Page 3 girls banned from the workplace to protect the sensitivity of staff has had twelve nominations.

Rear of the Year organiser Tony Edwards said: "These are not large numbers but a dozen nominations in one week usually indicates encouragement on a fan-based website or an organised group effort of some kind.

"It happens, from time to time, with celebrities in the public eye whose blogs and websites sometimes promote them as potential candidates.

"But we've never seen it happen before with an MP in the 28 years the competition has been going."

Sally Allen, boss of Wizard Jeans which is sponsoring the presentations at London's Dorchester Hotel in June, said Miss Harman was clearly comfortable wearing trousers and slacks.

She said: "She's frequently seen in Downing Street and at the despatch box in black slacks and short jackets."

Last year's winners was Rachel Stevens, while Denise van Outen and Charlotte Church have been deemed worthy recipients in years gone by.

Hollyoaks is only good for two things:
Making you feel intellectually superior to the people on it and Gemma Merna. (Nuts)

Ahh goal celebrations -- remember the Sharpie Shuffle? Remember the bite your teammates willy? No neither do we.

Need to tell her you've cheated? Here are 10 ways. (AskMen)

Geek Tee of the day. (The Daily What)

Urinal Super Bowl 44 tribute. (I-am-bored)
Why did the strawberry call a lawyer?
Because he was in a jam! Jokes of the week. (Nuts)
Dimitar Berbatov is a talented, but ultimately lazy man.
Who is the laziest player in the Premier League?

Our happy hour fact to amaze your pub-going pals with.

Up to one in five people have an "unfitness" gene, which severely limits their ability to increase their aerobic capacity.

After having 600 volunteers take up a cycling training program, researchers tracked improvements in their fitness, including how much oxygen they could inhale (an indicator of a healthy heart). About 20 percent of the volunteers, who shared a similar cluster of genes, were unable to get any cardiovascular benefit from the exercise.

"The change in aerobic fitness was so small, you could miss it," said one of the researchers. On the other hand, 10 percent of the volunteers, who also shared another genetic cluster, saw "massive improvements" when compared to the rest of the group.

Soon there will be a simple blood test to determine if you have the "unfitness gene." We recommend everyone play it safe (and not risk wasting their time) by taking it easy until then. (Or just take this. Or have this done.)

Behold, then, this video of Tillman the snowboarding dog!

We know a lot of people who are constantly checking their smartphones. It's not just because they're bored of our company or have ADHD; rather, they need to know what time it is, and why wear a watch when you've already spent a few hundred bucks on a phone that has, among other things, a clock?

Kempler & Strauss reasoned that its only a matter of time before everyone's going to start to pine for '80s-style digital watches. So, they've created the W Phonewatch. Aside from the necessary Bluetooth connectivity, there's an SD slot to accommodate MP3s and games. It supports a finger-touch interface and looks like a snap to operate, if you have super-excellent vision.

The W goes for $200 (that's £120 in real money) and will start to ship at the end of February. [via GadgetCrave]

So, did you watch the Super Bowl last night? Yeah we did too, and grudgingly we to have to admit that it was pretty freakin' awesome, no Champions League final, but you know, right up there.

Sadly, if you watched the show on the BBC you'll have missed out on one of the key elements of the Super Bowl, one so important that it costs around 3 million dollars per 30 seconds of air time -- the Super Bowl adverts, or "commercials" as our American cousins like to call them.

The Super Bowl adverts are like, well, The Super Bowl of advertising, you've got half the world watching you and you've got one chance to make a great impression. So how do you go about it? Stress your integrity and commitment to producing a great product at a fair price -- or just make it inordinately hilarious. You guessed it...

After the break we present the funniest Super Bowl commercials.

Chayne Hultgren -- artist or nutcase?

The man nicknamed the Space Cowboy has gone where no man had before - swallowing 18 sharp swords.

The professional sword swallower set the new Guinness World Record in Sydney today by swallowing all of the 72-centimetre long swords at the same time.

The 31-year-old beat his own previous record of 17 swords, which he set in 2008.

But for all those wannabe sword swallowers out there Mr Hultgren warned the stunt had taken years to perfect.

"It's amazing," Mr Hultgren said. "I've been preparing for this since I was 16. It is definitely one of my greatest achievements so far."

More, plus footage, after the jump.