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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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Do yourself a favor and get in on the ground floor of this amazing opportunity before word spreads. Among the many benefits of the Blank Paper Utility from Benjamin Bradford…

Extend the life of your print cartridge.
It’s free.
No download required.
Blank sheets of paper whenever, wherever you need them.

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Ok, you’re gonna want to sit down for this one.
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing a live-action/animated “Smurfs” project to the bigscreen.
I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in.
My favorite quote from the Variety article: “We’re very excited to introduce a new generation to Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic [...]

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This is a little something I captured on my blackberry whilst leaving dinner with my wife.  It’s hard to see, but there’s a nice Master Lock on the gate as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU2lLz9SMMM

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Things you might forget before going to bed… especially if you’re a drunk Russian:

brushing your teeth
shower/bath
pajamas
a six-inch knife sticking out of your back

“Yuri Lyalin, 53, took a bus home, ate breakfast and apparently slept like a baby before his spouse noticed a handle sticking out of his back. “
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They actually had the gall to call the new Anna Nicole Smith biopic “the most anticipated motion picture of the year.” If by “anticipated” you mean, will cause me to stick rusty ten-penny nails in my eyeballs if forced to watch it, then yea, I guess they’re right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEon9IGYabM

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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?!?!
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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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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 course, the opening

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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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In an effort to push the envelope and get creative with their Halloween costumes, a couple of Penn State students have created quite a stir.  Facebook photos have recently surfaced of the students dressed in Virgina Tech apparel and sporting blood stains and bullet holes - a la the shooting victims in the Virginia Tech [...]

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