From Frank Ferri: Destroy my driveway with a jackhammer. (I sleep through anything.) Excavate 9 to 11 inches deep. Install brick pavers, arranged in any pattern, but preferably with a dramatic circle of stones in the middle. Hilarious! Carefully sneak around back. I’ll leave the light on so you can see. Situate fine-grained teak furniture—eight chairs and an oversize table—on … Read More
What I Saw On The Way To Work This Morning
Driving down Robinhood Road. Early morning frost. Coming over a hill, I saw a lot of cars pulled over to the side of the road. I slowed down and rubbernecked. All eyes were gazing out to the field. I grabbed my camera and filmed this: There were a couple more in the field, too. As well as a couple of … Read More
Fire In The Dorm
That terrible fire that killed the college students becomes easier to understand when you see this compilation of videos. You would think that college kids would know better than to play with matches and set things on fire within the residence halls. You would think….
O Arturo, Prince of Irony
The State of Texas generates too many reports. Various state agencies and commissions are required by law to write monthly, quarterly, and/or yearly reports. A LOT of paperwork apparently, especially when you consider that some reports are obsolete (For example, there are still report requirements for the Human Rights Commission, which the Legislature abolished in 2003). The preparation and storage … Read More
That’s Franken-steeen!
For Halloween, the first screen adaptation of "Frankenstein": Running about 12 minutes, it was made by the Thomas Edison Film Company in 1910. It was believed to have been lost by fire in 1914, until an archival copy was re-discovered in the 1970’s. No, it’s not very good. Frankenstein’s monstor looks like a reject from Cats.
Ordering Pizza Online
Don’t you hate ordering pizza online? What you want…. What you end up getting…. NO, NO, NO, DAMMIT! Can’t you see that I ordered the PEPPERONI on the left, and the MUSHROOMS on the right?!?!?!? Courtesy of The Sneeze
Pleo
This might be the sought-after toy this Christmas: I’m gonna get me one just to scare the crap out of the dogs…..
The Haunted Swingset
Click through and watch the video. If the video is real, it’s really creepy: A ‘HAUNTED’ playground swing that rocks backwards and forwards on its own for days has scientists baffled. Parents and children are convinced a ghost is to blame. They were so spooked they reported the swing to cops after it began moving four months ago. The phenomenon … Read More
Che Guevara Comes To Winston-Salem
Several people have seen the plane soaring overhead around the city today. "Hey. That plane is dragging a banner of Che Guevara." That’s what they’ve been saying. They’s what I said too, when I first saw it. It’s not Che. It’s the Geico caveman. I caught a close look. Mistake is understandable though. So, as a public service, I thought … Read More
Who You Gonna Call?
The CIA has an actual "terrorist buster" logo: Seriously. It’s on the CIA website. They just unveiled it. Of course, it should look familiar to many of you… Laugh, snort.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!
YES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TODAY REALLY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!
Baby Mouse Wine
My self-education as a wine conneseur is progressing slowly (as evidenced by the fact that I can’t spell "conneseur"). That said, I can safely say that I am not a fan of rice wine stuffed with baby mice: Used as a cure all in rural parts of Korea, it’s made by stuffing a hoard of two to three day old … Read More