Month: August 2008

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Hoaxes

Because We Need More Hoaxes

I thought I’d remind you that there are still scammers lurking about trying desperately to show you crazy monsters and big foots. I know the internet has made the spread of information amazing and crazy now, but that doesn’t mean you should go spreading lies. I feel a new mythology coming alive thanks to the miraculous ability of people to spread great forgeries faster than ever.

Oh, and just so you know, there’s a Nigerian banker trying to get a hold of you. Since he has your inheritance.

Thanks Neatorama.

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Interesting

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” -Vladimir Nabokov

Fact of the Day:
The only U.S. president to have been the head of a union was Ronald Reagan, former president of the Screen Actors Guild. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
International Left Hander’s Day –better head for the Leftorium, you freakish “South pawers.”

Link of the Day:
Soviet poster blog, they look really cool. I love the old artwork they used.

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New Products or Services

Kind of an Ad…But Honest

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Animals

Baboon Teaching Kitty to Sit

Neatorama posted this first, but it’s so cute I can’t pass it up. National Geographics archieve has this photo and story and it’s so cute and silly.

Photography by Kurt Severin, National Geographic Image Collection

SITTING KITTY
A patient little cat endures lessons in baboonery. According to notes accompanying the photograph—which arrived at the Geographic in 1956 but was never published by the magazine—”Baboon mother tries to make Fluffy sit up like a good monkey baby. But the kitten always falls back on her four legs. It seems like such a hopeless case.” The baboon, named Helen, was an attraction at Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute, a roadside zoo funded in 1929 in Silver Springs, Florida. She may have been a holdover from the days when Tarzan movies were filmed in the region and Allen provided animal actors for visiting Hollywood productions. —Margaret G. Zackowitz

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Daily Goodness

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.” -Harry S Truman

Fact of the Day:
In Virginia, from 1984 to 2000, Martin Luther King was honored on the same day as two guys who have very different legacies: Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The state holiday was known as “Lee-Jackson-King Day –Source

Today’s Holiday:
International Youth Day –youngsters rejoice, old men hide.

Link of the Day:
This silly deer followed the dog home through the doggy door. Must have been a surprise for his owner.

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Stupidest Products (or ideas) Ever

Ever Go #2 and Think “I’m Hungry?”

Then perhaps you’re a person that should be eating at one of the fine dining establishments listed in WebUrbanist’s World’s Strangest Theme Restaurants. Also listed are death eateries and cannibalistic sushi.

Who’s hungry?

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Humor Sex Sickening Weird news

Another Lesson in Bad Sex

Note to self, do not hump holes in a park bench and get stuck. It is embarrassing to get caught being not only a pervert, but a weird l0zer. If only this was in front of the Olympic stadium.

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Daily Goodness

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.” -William O. Douglas

Fact of the Day:
I got laid off. Strange but true, I know.

Today’s Holiday:
Presidential Joke Day –although the president is supposed to make jokes this day, really, Bush makes us laugh everyday…although, usually at him, not with him

Link of the Day:
Japan likes more weird foods than just eel pizza, cow toungue ice cream is all the rage as well.

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Fashion New Products or Services

Monopolize This Way

These are a crazy, silly and awesome design improvement for Reebok (who generally are lame). They are official Monopoly shoes. I have to say though, as cool as they are, I’d still never wear them. Would you?

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Daily Goodness

Daily Goodness

Quote of the Day:
“I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.” Daily Goodness
Tony Curtis

Fact of the Day:
The first VCR, developed by the Ampex Corporation in 1956, weighed nearly 1,500 lbs. It took another 15 years before a version small and light enough for home use hit the scene. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
National S’mores Day…nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom

Link of the Day:
Harijuku fashion in Japan is awesome, here’s a great gallery of all the goodness.