(parts one and two here and here)

At New York Magazine,

Amy Poehler achieved hero status forever when she called Jay Leno a "fucking asshole" in a mad wicked Beantown accent

Why you're an asshole and why that's just fine over at Lifehacker

Remember you inherently suck just as much as everyone else, so forgive people for their shortcomings. Unless someone's bad behavior goes beyond the small annoyances in life, forgive your trespasser and let it be. Save your battles for when they actually matter and accept that you suck, too.

What's capable of making you an asshole, also over at Lifehacker

It's inevitable: somewhere, at some point in time, we all transform into an asshole.

In music at Shalom Life, Macy Gray: Boycotters are Just Assholes

After posting a Facebook status asking her fans for their opinion on whether she should go ahead with two planned concerts in Tel Aviv, and later confirming she would in fact be performing, Macy Gray is now dealing with the backlash from her decision.

 

Gray confirmed that she and her band would be coming to Israel as planned on her Twitter account Wednesday night stating: "Dear Israel fans. Me and the band will be there in 20 days. Can't wait. See you then. Peace."

 

Soon after, she was forced to defend her decision from those claiming she was supporting apartheid, and even a Nazi-like regime. . . 

 

It appeared that Gray was taken aback by the aggressive tone of some of the posts. In response to a poster claiming to be "passionately Palestinian" she wrote: "See I'm willing to listen - really listen - but some of you so called boycotters are just assholes."

There's a good article at the Sydney Morning Herald ~ Say it Again, Sam ~ on memorable movie lines including Aaron Sorkin's use of two "assholes" in The Social Network:

Dumping him, girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara) explains: ''You're going to be successful and rich. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a tech geek. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole.''

 The scene is neatly paired with the emotionally confused Zuckerberg's closing conversation with the second-year law student (Rashida Jones) who's been assisting his counsel.''You're not an asshole,'' she says to the young man looking for a shoulder to cry on.''You're just trying terribly hard to be one.''

That's it from the Week in Assholes. If you're interested in why this word appears in the title of my book, wander on over to Amazon.com and pick up a copy. It will soon be on Kindle so stay tuned!