Mom naps - Toddler buys earth mover online

posted by Gary on May 22nd, 2009

Dig if you will the picture… mom’s online logged into her favorite auction site.  She gets tired and decides to take a nap.  Her 3-year-old daughter took over the controls, and by the time she awoke the youngster had purchased a $12,300 earth mover.  So the toddler had the house to herself?  That’s messed up.

Maru - The internet cat!

posted by Joe on May 19th, 2009

I’m an avid browser of youtube, and I was delighted to find this poster.  He posts short videos of his cat, Maru.  they may not be for everyone, but its one hellofa cute cat!

http://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu

cutest cat

Plus, there is a blog as well…

http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/

This is unprecedented in the cell phone industry.  Starting today, U.S. Cellular customers with dead or dying batteries can walk into any retail store and receive a fully charged replacement for free.  Two minor catches… 1) you need to be a U.S. Cellular customer and 2)  your phone needs to have been purchased within the the last 18 months - but, if it’s older than 18 months, you’re likely eligible for a whole new phone anyway.

Visit the USCC site to see if your phone is eligible.

via BoingBoing, comes this totally messed up story… in Bakersfield, CA, a father douche who procreated got high on PCP and proceeded to eat the eyeball of his four year old son and permanently damaged the other… let that sink in… oh, and he proceeded to try and cut his own leg off with an ax.  i got nothin’ else.

According to an article in today’s USA Today, last year 75% of bodybuilders tested for banned substances either failed or refused to be tested.  So it’s no wonder that when drug testers showed up at a recent bodybuilding competition in Belgium, competitors scattered like cockroaches.  The majority of them headed out of the arena, and the competition was cancelled.

Vince Shlomi, better known to you and I as the the ShamWow guy, was arrested in February on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room.  Check out the Smoking Gun for all the gory details.

This is why you’re fat

posted by Gary on March 5th, 2009
The 30,000 calorie sandwich

The 30,000 calorie sandwich

And here I thought it had to do with a low metabolism or something… but the site thisiswhyyourefat.com sheds light on the matter - with some of the strangest and grossest food concoctions on the planet.  Pictured above is the 30,000 calorie sandwich:

Sandwich filled with ground beef, bacon, corn dogs, ham, pastrami, roast beef, bratwurst, braunschweiger and turkey, topped with fried mushrooms, onion rings, swiss/provolone/cheddar/feta/parmesan cheeses, lettuce and butter on a loaf white bread.

I’m fairly certain my cholesterol went up just looking at these dishes.

Airline looking to charge for toilet use

posted by gary on February 27th, 2009


So Irish budget airline Ryanair may be taking this whole cost-cutting thing to new levels. Yea, they’re considering charging passengers to use the loo.

Rochelle Turner, head of research at Which? Holiday, said: “It seems Ryanair is prepared to plumb any depth to make a fast buck and, once again, is putting profit before the comfort of its customers.

Check out the BBC article here.

Folk Music Sing-a-Long Time!

posted by gary on February 26th, 2009

Take that you pretentious coffee-house bastards!

The debut of Chad Vader - Season 2 is here!

posted by gary on February 1st, 2009

Those cool cats over at Blame Society have launched Season 2 of they’re wacky series.

A sequel to the internet video sensation Evolution of Dance, by Judson Laipply. Check it out, yo.

The Far Side in real life

posted by Gary on January 1st, 2009

For those of us who are a) old enough and b) warped enough to have grown up on Bloom County and the Far side, there’s a clever Flikr pool out there with reenactments of some of the strips featuring real people (like the one pictured below).

Another interesting auto paint job

posted by Gary on December 25th, 2008

Last year we brought you the questionable paint job on a Lamborghini.  This year, we bring you a questionable paint job on a much less expensive ride - a 1993 Saturn.  What started as an effort by Jill Bell, the car’s owner, to cover up a scratch exploded into the picture you see below.

After seeing how well the quick fix held up, the avid quilter decided to cover her entire vehicle in a quilt pattern entirely with nail polish.  250 or so bottles later, you have the masterpiece below.

Amazing Race for the rest of us

posted by Gary on December 24th, 2008

This is kind of a neat idea.  A tour company called Competitours offers tours of Europe that emulate the competition of the hit TV series Amazing Race by incorporating offbeat tasks each day.

According to this National Geographic article, a fella by the name of Steve Belkin recently launched this unique service.  “Challenges are set up for maximum exposure to the culture, not as a test of speed or prowess.”

You can check out the Competitours website here.

Henrietta & Merna sing like angels

posted by Gary on December 23rd, 2008

This rousing rendition of “Go Tell It On The Mountain” will have you dancing in the streets.  The enthusiasm of Henrietta and Merna is simply infectious.