It’s headlines like this that make me proud to be a lifelong resident of Wisconsin: Man Arrested For Restraining Son With Tape For Not Wearing Packers Jersey  Too many comments floating in my head.  I will sum them all up with a hearty WTF?!?! Technorati Tags: Wisconsin, Packers Jersey

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Ok, I’ve forgotten many things in my life – keys, birthdays, appointments, phone numbers, instructions, anniversaries, my name, etc… but a dead body? That’s what one Charles E. Gross of Pueblo, Colorado claims. Sure, he admits to shooting the guy in the head 7 years ago, but he shoved the body under his mobile home [...]

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It’s a familiar story with a bizarre twist.  Imagine you’re in the military… and you find the love of your life.  You decide to marry while you are on leave, and three days later you must return to your army unit.  Then imagine not seeing your wife for 60 years. That’s what happened to Russian [...]

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OK, so I was a day late (and so many dollars short), but TubaPants would like to wish the Smurfs happy 50th birthday.  Started by the Belgian artist Peyo, the Smurfs made their debut in comic strip form in 1958. Some Smurfy links for you: the official site a list of character names and, of [...]

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The day before yesterday I heard of (supposed – I say this because there were no signs to me that said they were Iranian, but if I look into this further that may become more apparent with finding out exact position of where this event happened and other things) Iranian boats getting too close to [...]

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As I may have mentioned, TubaPants comes at you from the frozen tundra of Northeast Wisconsin. And, like it or not, the Green Bay Packers are more than just our team, they are a way of life for many. Open the phone book, and you’ll be dumbfounded by the number of businesses that have “Packerland” [...]

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Major Andrew Olmsted has been blogging from the frontlines of the Iraq war both on his own and for the Rocky Mountain News. On Thursday, January 3rd, Olmsted became one of the first two casualties of 2008. Being truly committed both to blogging and to his chosen profession, Olmsted knew his was a dangerous lot [...]

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A company called Jailbreak Toys has released a series of toy figurines called “Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows,” a series of important artists, writers, thinkers and world leaders. There pretty neat actually.  Check ‘em out. Technorati Tags: Jailbreak Toys, Lord Crumwell’s Oddfellows

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Ok, as you can see by the little countdown thingy over there on the right, we’re only a few days away from the (probably abbreviated) new season of LOST, and I gotta say I’m really starting to get excited. I mean, there have been good shows out there, but none that physically get my heart [...]

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This is an awesome version of Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child o’ Mine” performed on sitar.  Just plain cool! Technorati Tags: Guns N’ Roses, Sweet Child o’ Mine

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From a Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners to a South African man with a gunshot wound told by a doctor to “walk the pain off,” the world was full of weird news in 2007. A Moscow woman set fire to her ex-husband’s penis as he sat naked [...]

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that last post reminded me of this gem. You’ve probably seen it, but I like it.

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A while back I posted a pretty extreme gamer tattoo that I thought some of ya’ll might find interesting. Well, stumbled across another one in the same vein. This one’s a little more basic in its design, but equally representative of the old school nerd world. Behold, the 20-sided die tattoo from hipsterplease.com: “I wanna [...]

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