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If you watched football this weekend, you probably saw this ad: Is it me, or is this a bad ad?  yes, it got my attention, but something about this ad made me NOT want to buy a Jetta, or even ride in one if the situation presented itself.  I mean, I get the point, but now I associate car crashes … Read More

Lindsey Lohan, on the passing of Robert Altman, writes words of condolence.  These are actual quotes: “I am lucky enough to of been able to work with Robert Altman amongst the other greats on a film that I can genuinely say created a turning point in my career,” she began, less than certainly. “He was the closest thing to my … Read More

McSweeney’s Lists: A rabbi, an Arab, a robot, and a Catholic priest walk into a bar. Only the robot exits. A robot walks into a pharmacy. The pharmacist asks him if he’d like anything. The robot replies, "A soul." How do you stop a robot from destroying you and the rest of civilization?You don’t. "Waiter! Waiter! What’s this robot doing … Read More

Americans: 60’s are the new middle age Story Highlights • 60 percent of Americans surveyed believe their 60’s are the new middle age• Globally, three out of five consumers surveyed believed the 40’s are the new 30’s

Love this warning which appears at this website, which is selling a FurReal Friends Butterscotch Pony (pictured right).  The product carries the following warning: Adults take note: Pony comes unassembled in box with head detatched. You may wish to not open the box around your children if they may be frightened by a box with a decapitated horse inside. Noted.

Soap with money inside it: Virtual Computer-simulated Lego: A glass gun:

UPDATE (two hours later): Aaaaand just the one, apparently.

Bizarre: A town conservation commissioner involved in a debate over hunting on conservation property has resigned, but not before allegedly delivering a deer’s severed head to the home of a New Hampshire Fish and Game Department official.

I still say some of the best programming is on public educational TV.  This week, Nova looks at the so-called "family that walks on all fours".  If you haven’t heard about them, it’s an interesting story. The Ulas family lives in a remote village in Turkey.  They are nineteen in all (it is a big family) which is unique in … Read More

Naked Man Arrested For Carrying Concealed Weapon Nope.  I don’t want to know….

DUAL JIM OUT SPY: HIT ANY VICE LOBSTER CHERRY MYLAR MIKE YEAH, HARM BETH HARD HEN, SOFT KEN OLE JAM, I SWAN SWANK TEEN MYTH CRACK EEL CRAB Here’s a few shows I’ve been in: BIBLE DAD DOES SEAL ODD LEVIS, SIR ONE OFF, SIS HER THIN TIT, EDWIN LONDON GOD PEN BITCH US A LOT. MAYBE. Yup.  I’ve been … Read More

From Boing Boing via Mental Floss

I think they’re planning something big.  This is going to become like The Birds: Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh. "It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw … Read More

If you buy online — and more and more people will do that this Christmas than before — you probably have seen those boxes and the "checkout" page where you can enter a "promotional code" or a "coupon code" and get a discount on your purchase.  Sadly, you probably don’t have a code, right? Fear not. Retailmenot.com is an online … Read More

Modular shelving that’s shaped like the game Tetris: "Sure, this is somewhat prohibitively expensive, but the idea of creating a bookshelf out of Tetris-like shelving units was too good to pass up. Designed by Bravespace, the pieces are made from walnut and ash wood and come in five shapes that you will recognize from Tetris–they are even called Tetris Shelving … Read More