I have definately come to the conclusion that people come up with new children television shows when they are increadibly high. Take Adventure Time for example. Make sure you watch it all to get the scope of it all. Seriously, it had me laughing out loud at some things that were just […]

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I was watching Current TV tonight, and caught a pod about a cause-created company called TOMS Shoes. It’s a simple company with a simple purpose.
Blake Mycoskie formed a shoe company that manufactures simple canvas slip-on shoes for men, women & children based on a traditional Argentinian design. For every pair of shoes purchased […]

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This is a video about a soldier who recieved a Silver Star for his duty in Iraq. It tries to look further than what ended up on paper, and interviews the soldier himself as to what happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOT3OspouyY

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Well, if you’re feeling a little sluggish today, there’s a scientific reason. According to experts, today is the unhappiest day of the year.
Taking into account mathematical equations that account for things like bad weather, debts from Christmas shopping and failure to keep New Year resolutions, January 22nd is the most unhappy day of the […]

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Ever say… there is not enough chocolatey goodness on the internet these days?  Ever watch those M&M commercials and say, “Why doesn’t Santa just eat them?  I mean, he loves chocolate chip cookies!”
Then, I think you would enjoy this site.  Its PLANET M&M.  One of the fun features is, make your own M&M character!
–doing my […]

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Click for video of a TV news helicopter in Oklahoma that used its rotors to push a deer out of icy waters and on to land where it was able to run to safety.

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For the web and graphic design geeks in the crowd, comes this handy little tool from MyFonts. Ever need to track down exactly which font was used in a logo, ad, brochure, flyer, etc? You can make that task much easier, using the great WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the […]

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Troy Hurtubise, the Canadian man who brought us the ingenious bear protection suit has brought the world another, and even more exciting suit. This time its a ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armour!

according to the article “Already, he says, the suit has stood up to bullets from high-powered weapons, including an elephant […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOcQr-2-pE

America’s friendliest actor as England’s most dangerous secret agent. This couldn’t be anything but a guaranteed money-maker.

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The ever-popular Darwin awards, celebrating the chlorinating of the shallow end of the gene pool, are posted here.
The top-rated story involves a British guy who vaporized himself after being warned to avoid all manner of flame & fire.  Dumbass.
Technorati Tags: Darwin awards

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Interesting post over on Neatorama about the 5 smallest countries in the world. And you thought Green Bay was small.

Vatican City
Monaco
Nauru
Tuvalu
San Marino

Technorati Tags: Neatorama, Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, San Marino

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Google continues to develop amazing tools.  One of their latest is a Patent Search Engine, which allows users to pore over 7 million US patents dating back to 1790.
We haven’t really had a chance to dig through it, but fortunately someone else has.  Ironic Sans has posted 20 patents held by a variety of celebrities […]

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Okay, this link was listed by a female friend of mine, I don’t troll the internet looking for this stuff… but on the other hand, its too damn hilarious to not share.  Plus, apparently its like a public service announcement or something.  Anyway, its basically an advertisement for a certain kind of sports bra.  It […]

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The Daily Show on arming teachers, along with other, less sane alternatives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DancCMeBOgA

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If you find BitTorrent too confusing or time consuming, check out this site I came across last night. It’s called peekvid, and it has streaming videoof TV shows, movies, cartoons, anime and Asian drama & movies.
They claim to have over 20,000 videos online. Don’t see how this can possibly be legal, so enjoy […]

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