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Friday Funnies
Let's start off with this typical story. You're a Russian cop, and you pull over a guy's car, ask for the license and registration, but then you have to jump into the guy's car when a pack of Russian wolves come out of nowhere. Russian Cop Hops In Car To Avoid Wolves – Watch more Funny Videos Now, since it's … Read More
UFOs DID Arrive Yesterday
Yesterday, I made a short tongue-in-cheek post about how some Air Force dude predicted that yesterday was the date for "a fleet of extraterrestrial vehicles to hover for hours over the earth's principal cities". Ha, ha. Big joke, right? Except…. A silvery vision of a dozen balloon-like dots hovering in yesterday's clear-blue sky over West 23rd Street had thousands speculating … Read More
UFOs To Arrive Today
Look up: A newly-published 352-page book by a retired Air Force officer, Stanley A. Fulham, tentatively predicts October 13, 2010 as the date for a massive UFO display over the world’s principal cities. According to the author, the aliens will neither land nor communicate on that date; they are aware from eons of experience with other planets in similar conditions … Read More
Captain Jack Sparrow Shows Up For School Mutiny
Not long ago, a nine-year-old girl attending Meridien Primary School outside London, wrote the following letter: It reads: Captain Jack Sparrow, At Meridian Primary School, we are a bunch of budding young pirates and we were having a bit of trouble mutiny-ing against the teachers, and we'd love if you could come and help. Beatrice Delap, aged nine, a budding … Read More
Maybe He’ll Stay Down There
Remember those 33 trapped Chilean miners? Yes, they're still down there, but it looks like they'll finally be rescued early next week, perhaps even this weekend. Miner Jonny Barrios, 50, may not be eager to come out. Apparently, there is a virtual encampment of relatives and friends near the mine site, and his wife is dutifully there. Unfortunately, she ran a woman … Read More
I Was Just Complaining About This….
Seriously, though. Why does my battery hover between 100% and 60% for 7-8 hours, and then plunge from 60% to 0% in about an hour? Can you imagine if fuel tanks in cars worked that way?
The 1,905 Page Suicide Note
This past Saturday at about 10:50 a.m., a 35 year old man named Mitchell Heisman — a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts — walked into Harvard Yard and shot himself. Heisman who posted a 1,905-page document on suicidenote.info, a website he created, arguing history, politics, religion and death. His mother reportedly told the Crimson to publish his name to let people … Read More
In Which I Step Into The Controversy About Whether The FDA Should Allow For Genetically Modified Salmon, And If So, How Should It Be Labeled
Doesn't matter — I still ain't gonna eat it.
Battery Issues
For some reason, my Droid is having a hard time sustaining battery life. Usually, I can go a solid 8-10 hours without recharging. For the past two days…. 6 hours. Whaddup?
The Stewart/Colbert Rally On The Mall
Actually, it's two rallies competing against each other. But it's October 30, whatever it is. Awesome? You bet. Here’s the website. And the other website. From the CSMonitor: Mark your calendars. The Rally to Restore Sanity and the March to Keep Fear Alive will be held on Oct. 30 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. And we’re pretty sure Glenn Beck has not … Read More
Joaquin Phoenix Was Acting
First, he grew a huge beard. Then, he imploded on David Letterman back on 2/11/09, announcing in a bizarre mumbly voice that he was quitting acting to become a rapper: Now he's the subject of a documentary by Casey Affleck entitled I'm Still Here. Except, it's not a documentary. It's fiction. As was the Letterman appearance and Pheonix's behavior. … Read More