02:03:04 05/06/07 It won’t happen again for another hundred years, so enjoy it while it lasts.
Uh… Thanks?
What gift do you give to the person who has everything? Or even better . . . what gift do you give to the person who doesn’t deserve anything? How about giving them . . . Nothing? That’s right. Some enterprising people have packaged, and are now selling, …nothing. The cost is a little over $6.00 and you get a … Read More
All The Bad Historical Shit Happens Tomorrow
April 14, 1865 — Lincoln shot in Ford’s Theater April 14, 1912 — Titanic hits an iceburg; sinks April 14, 1970 — Tank explodes aboard Apollo 13 Just sayin’……
A Post That Probably Only I And My Brother Might Find (Slightly) Interesting
The picture below is causing a bit of a stir, because it shows Karl Rove at a company called Coptix, a Chattanooga computer outfit which — speculation goes — may have something to do with "privatizing" White House emails so that they cannot be discovered through pesky things like subpoena and FOIA requests. But it is the picture on the … Read More
The (Boring and Incomplete) Origin Of April Fool’s Day
Because you wanted to know: The origin of April Fool’s Day remains clouded in obscurity. Basically no one knows exactly where, when, or why the celebration began. What we do know is that references to ‘All Fool’s Day’ (what April Fool’s Day was first called) began to appear in Europe during the late Middle Ages. All Fool’s Day was a … Read More
Well, Okay. But Don’t We All?
Michael Jackson wants a 50-foot statue of himself that shoots lasers from the eyes.
Google Maps Tells Me To Jump In The Ocean
So, check it out. I asked directions from Google Maps — how to get from Winston-Salem, NC to London, England. I’m told to drive up the East Coast and take the Mass Turnpike into Boston. Then: 23. Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quuncy [0.4 mi] 24. Merge onto Atlantic Ave. [0.8 mi] 25. … Read More
Not Buying It
It’s a great story…. [Debbie Parkhurst, 45] said she was home alone with the dogs Friday afternoon when she decided to snack on an apple. Suddenly, she said, a chunk of the fruit became wedged in her windpipe. "It was lodged pretty tight because I couldn’t breathe," she said. "I tried to do the thing where you lean over a … Read More
Cna Yuo Raed Tihs?
Max saepk, you lositn: fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres … Read More
That’ll Teach Them A Lesson!
Supermodel Vida Guerra (who I never heard of, but never mind) was upset that nude photos of her were making their way around the Internet. She insisted that they weren’t real. And to prove her point, she’s agreed to pose nude in Playboy. Smaaaaaaart.
A Shoutout To My Peeps
With Easter approaching, it’s time to celebrate Peeps and their fans. Specifically, the history of rock & roll as performed by Peeps Here are some Peeps re-enacting the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly (aka "the day the music died"): Flash forward to 1967, and the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Peeper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band: And who can forget … Read More