The comic will explain itself.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Don't blame beer for that belly!
It's the news every man has been waiting for - drinking beer doesn't give you a beer belly!
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet the PlayStation 3 Kid
First, there was the Nintendo 64 Kid, and now, years later, the PlayStation 3 Kid has arrived.
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3 Very Cool Color-Changing Household Items (w/pics)
Awesome wallpaper, poster and calender that are sensitive to touch, light and heat.
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Can You Recognize a Terrorist? (PIC)
"It's always been about semantics. History is written by the victors... and terrorists are only terrorists if they're against you! If the tables were turned and the USA were fighting an Iraqi invasion of our homeland, we'd be awarded medals for using the same tactics that Iraqis are using against US troops."
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Cop Tasers Himself
Copper gets a taste of the zapper gun on himself. It almost looks like the other cop trips him at the end. Sweet sweet justice.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Ron Paul Does Not Accept Evolution
What has happened to our society when some of the most well educated people in our country do not accept this most basic and obvious of scientific theories? So, this is it, the truth about Ron Paul is finally out. It seems he was too good to be true. Now we can clearly see that he is a typical American asshole who has no intention other then to mind-fuck the general population into following his idea's that seem just as crazy as every other prick goof candidate in the upcomming election!
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How Not to Interview John Cusack
Typical college student. This girl has no idea what she is talking about. Buy the end of this short clip she has put her foot in her mouth to the point were you dont even want to see the rest of the video clip without poking your eyeballs out with a sharp stick.
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Classic SNL Japanese Game Show Sketch
Sure, real Japanese game shows do some pretty wild stuff... but none feature Chris Farley.
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Canabis and sex
Cannabis can have some extremely potent effects on sex. Some of the effects are directly physiological, while many others are simply perceived – but a perceived effect more often than not also leads to an actual, physiological change.Throughout history, Cannabis and its preparations such as Bhang and Hashish have been used for sexual reasons. Some used it as an aphrodisiac, and some used it as an inhibitor. Because of the multiple uses of Cannabis for sexual reasons in history and the taboo (and often illegal) status of this ancient, sacred plant today it can be difficult to establish just exactly how this plant affects us and our sexual natures.When we think of Cannabis, we may think of some of the propaganda spread by those who would like to exterminate the plant. Some of us may have heard rumors that smoking Cannabis will cause men to grow breasts, make your hair fall out, cause both women and men to become infertile, transform a heterosexual into a homosexual, and other nonsense. These claims and rumors are completely unfounded, and are really just intended to scare you. Most of these claims are based on pseudo-scientific studies with bad or lack of controls, or wrongly theorized from results of some of these same tests. These rumors are based off of hormonal changes in the body that come from perceived effects – for instance, if you become calm after consuming Cannabis, your testosterone levels may slightly decline, but you will not sprout a prestigious pair of mammary glands from a lower level of this hormone, and it will not cause all your hair to fall out. Reports that Cannabis reduces your fertility are likewise unfounded, as they are based primarily off of “lower than average” sperm counts in the male and reported changes in ovulation (reported, not observed through studies in humans, mind you) in females. Attempting to scare others with reports of “Cannabis makes heterosexuals gay” is just dastardly and ridiculous, as there is absolutely no way to even support that theory or quantify heterosexuality or homosexuality for scientific studies. ancient erotica But, we do have some factual evidence on what Cannabis does. Cannabis is a vasodilator, which means that it expands blood vessels, increasing heart rate and lowering blood pressure in the process. Cannabis is also a euphoric, and bonds to the anandamide receptors in the brain; anandamide means “bliss amide” and plays a great role in pleasure sensitivity (wikipedia.org). With the combination of increasing blood flow and pleasure response, it is little wonder that Cannabis makes an effective aphrodisiac. Enhanced blood flow means greater engorgement in the genitals of the male and female, and enhanced pleasure response means that our bodies will respond even more greatly to sexual touching.Despite the natural aphrodisiac properties of Cannabis, its greatest impact on sex rests with the way it affects our minds. Because it enhances our physical pleasure of sensation and makes us euphoric, our inhibitions can be lowered. We become more at peace with things that we normally would be afraid or would find reasons not to do. This lowering of inhibitions can lead to more sex with partners for whom we have no emotional connection – we simply partake in the sex act for the joy of sex. Since a lot of us are programmed since early childhood to only have physical relationships with people we have strong emotional bonds for, some of us are unable to engage in “casual sex” and we can use Cannabis as an aphrodisiac to overcome that obstacle and simply enjoy another’s physical presence for the sheer sake of pleasure itself.Another result of the way Cannabis affects our minds can be displayed in just the opposite of the aphrodisiac effect. If we consume Cannabis because we’re extremely distressed or angry, it can increase these feelings and make us more agitated. If we partake of it in order to resist sensual desires, it will work for that end as well. Cannabis can be a multi-functional tool that should be used responsibly. If we consider how we intend to use it and moderate our response to its bodily and consciousness effects upon us, we can utilize it in whichever fashion is best for us.
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Top 10 Worst Realtor Headshots
In a profession not always know for being professional, it's pretty amazing what some agents will do to set themselves apart in a bad way. These are all actual headshots, of actual agents, actively online. Take a look and see what you think.Usually people think realestate agents are just assholes, but in this case they are just clowns. Trying to entertain anyone who see's their advertisements.
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Skinny Girl Owned By Desert Eagle
A skinny girl in a bikini tries firing a .50 Desert Eagle and gets a pretty good kick back. She is lucky that it just hit her on the nose abit, and that it didn't bust her face wide open.
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The Dancing Weather Girl
Im not sure which newscast this is from but during the middle of it the weather girl busts out in the Soulja Boy dance and gets a couple others to join her while on the air.
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The Cloud Factory (PIC)
A picture taken on a flight from Vienna to Frankfurt. This is probably a picture of the Grosskrotzenburg Power Station, a modern coal-fired thermal power station in the east of Frankfurt, Germany. Awesome shot!
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Cute Girls Sing Awesome Song About Digg
"And when I see those stories about Senator Ron Paul, I don't even RTFA; I just digg them all!" Crash The Super Bowl Semi-Finalist Kina Grannis sings a hilarious song about Digg--check out the video! (Lyrics included.)
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The World’s Loneliest Prada Store (PICS)
Prada marfa is an unusual building located in the desert near marfa, texas on an otherwise desolate stretch of highway 90. Behind the glass a selection of shoes and bags, presumably more expensive than the structure itself, have sat untouched since 2005. Very few people have ever been inside prada marfa...
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The Gay-est Sports Ad of the Year !
Not that I've seen a whole of gay sports ads or anything but this is personally, one the best ads I've seen this year. It was for the Rugby World Cup in Paris this year. Just look carefully (I know thats hard for some but trust me, its funny)& you'll notice a lot more going on in the picture :-)
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Top 10 Humorous, Bizarre and Compelling [PICS] of 2007
An absolutely awesome image collection with something for everyone. You have probably seen some of them before, but if so it's still worth checking out for the ones you haven't! Enjoy!
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
It is ILLEGAL for animals to have SEX in PUBLIC [SFW]
A woman received two tickets after her goats were caught mating and relieving themselves on her own yard.
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My picks for the biggest assholes of 2007 by Bill Maher
Come on, no list of assholes and fuck-ups could be complete without the Dipshit in Chief. Who will tell this president what everyone but him already knows? The theory of evolution. And the times tables. And where the sun goes at night.
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Super High Me Teaser
Teaser for Doug Benson's super anticipated documentary Super High Me, a documentary where he smokes pot for 30 days and then doesn't for 30 days...woah man! Should be amazing.
Plush Jesus comes with WWID (What Would I DO?) Bracelet
A plush, earnest Jesus. His bracelet reads "WWID" Approx 11" tall and under $20. The apocalypse is surely at hand.
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Mixed Messages: a shop dropping intervention
Mixed Messages is a shop dropping intervention that critiques absurd and manipulative advertising language by re-labeling products in supermarkets and stores
Angry Gradpa Ruins Christmas
Grandpa shows up a little late and has missed Christmas morning, he is not pleased and doesnt hold back.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Al Gore Couldn't Get Through to New Yorkers (it seems)
A shocking visual indication of New York's environmentalist apathy, as seen by a digger.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians
Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay.
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Man Surfs the Biggest Wave You May Ever See on Earth
Mike Parsons surfs a gigantic wave at JAWS Bay Maui, off the coast of Hawaii at the World Two-in Champsionships. "Jaws" is an underwater ridge that acts like a "giant magnifying lens," bending and enlarging Pacific Ocean storm swells to soup up monster surfing waves as high as 70 feet.
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How to Buy Your Own Private Island [COOL!]
Could this be every Digger's dream? Surprisingly, owning a private piece of paradise isn't reserved for the uber rich, prices start in the low six figures. Start saving, Diggers!!!
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Eyes!
Isolated and close-up, it's easy to see why these are called "the windows to the soul"
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How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors
Most of us know that stone blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper covers stone. What is less well-known, however, is how to win the popular playground game. Now stalwart players have come up with a winning strategy...
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Hollow Earth: The Weirdest Theory on the Planet [w/PICS]
Hollow Earth theories come in many forms but perhaps the strangest of all is the believe that there is another habitable surface on the inside of the Earth with its own sun at the center of the Earth! One (albeit insane) 'scientific explorer' is trying to raise $2 Million to mount an expedition through the ice caps to find this 'Inner Earth.'
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How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors
Most of us know that stone blunts scissors, scissors cut paper and paper covers stone. What is less well-known, however, is how to win the popular playground game. Now stalwart players have come up with a winning strategy...
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Ron Paul Owns Neil Cavuto
Ron Paul is side swiped with a question of campaign donations. Ron Paul hits back!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Zen of Shaving: How a Razor Can Change Your Life
If I told you a way you could improve your health, save money, help the environment, and feel better about yourself by doing something you already do every day, would you be interested?
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European Team of Astronomers Say Gliese 581 May be Habitable
More than 10 years after the discovery of the first extra-solar planet, a European team of astronomers have confirmed that one of the planets might indeed be located within the habitable zone around the star Gliese 581.
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Britney's 16 year old sister Jaime Lynn is pregnant
Britney Spears's 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant, Nickelodeon confirmed Tuesday. Not surprising.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Some guy confronts two Hollywood cops parked illegally
Some guy confronts a couple of cops on their parking habits....he thinks they have parked illegally. You couldn't make this stuff up.
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Awesome dorm room door
The door is actually closed. Awesome effect. Most likely made with http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ or something similar
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12 Reasons Why You Should Have Sex Tonight
A hot, sweat-inducing sex session may be far more beneficial to your overall health than the time you spend on the treadmill.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Homer Simpson takes a photo of himself everyday for 39 years
"PICTURE A DAY FOR 39 YEARS." Homer Simpson mimics Noah's photo time lapse. From "The Simpsons," episode 19x09 which aired December 16, 2007.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
travis barker dj am birthday show club pure las vegas 4 of 6
travis barker dj am birthday show club pure las vegas 4 of 6
Friday, December 14, 2007
Kramer animated rap video
Yeah, I know it's a little late for Kramer stuff. This is a funny-ass video
REAL CRIME CAUGHT ON TAPE
100% REAL FOOTAGE OF CRIMINALS CAUGHT ON TAPE COMMITING CRIMES.
GANGBANGIN FOOTAGE, CARJACKING, ROBBERY, MURDER, RAPE, HOMOCIDE... AND MORE... Blacksploitation movie of the year!
CRIMINALS CAUGHT ON TAPE: REAL CRIME CAUGHT ON TAPE
Blaxploitation 2008
100% REAL FOOTAGE OF CRIMINALS CAUGHT ON TAPE COMMITING CRIMES.
GANGBANGIN FOOTAGE, CARJACKING, ROBBERY, MURDER, RAPE, HOMOCIDE... AND MORE
REAL STREET CRIME
CRIMINALS GONE WILD
Murder caught on tape
Thursday, December 13, 2007
18 Christmas trees you probably won't see at Grandma's
'Tis the holiday season. While not everyone busts out the real or fake tree, it is always a symbol of the beginning of winter and the end of the calendar year. With the latest generation of kids striving to avoid conforming to the traditional ways new ways of displaying the traditional Christmas tree have exploded and taken the holiday by storm.
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South Koreans Clone Cats that Glow in the Dark
South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.
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Jessica Alba's Pregnant - Men Look for Someone New
Jessica Alba is pregnant with boyfriend Cash Warren's child, her representative told People magazine.
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Angry Thai Women Lead the World in Penis Slashings
Thai surgeons are becoming expert at putting members back on. "Sometimes they chop into pieces. In those cases we cannot put it back."
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Crank That Kosha Boy
The video is well produced, and its a joy to watch. That said, the jokes in it are really inside jokes for Jews I think - cause I didn't think it was funny.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Nolan Ryan Fight
What in the hell was Robin Ventura thinking? If you charge the mound and beat the crap out of him, you’ve successfully beaten up a man twice your age, who’s a baseball legend. If you lose, well, you get this…
Jose Canseco Homer Off of Head
I’ve studied the bible, the Koran, The Torah, but this clip right here is what convinced me that there is a God.
Gary Neville 2-0 v Croatia
Here’s why this makes the list. If you came from outer space and had never seen or heard of the human race, and you saw this video, you’d still be like “Dude. Females will cease to procreate with that life form after whatever it is that just occurred.”
Jim Marshall runs the wrong way
During a 1964 game against the 49ers, Jim Marshall recovers a fumble only to run to the wrong end zone and score a safety for the 49ers. The Vikings won the game 27-22, and the player who fumbled was Billy Kilmer, who eventually went on to quarterback the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl.
Stars at Oilers - Patrik Stefan Blows It 01/04/07
Not only does he miss an open net to win the game, everyone is so surprised by his miss that the other team easily scores with 4 seconds left in regulation. On the embarrassing scale, that ranks right up there with “Not being able to get it up for a prostitute who’s actually an undercover NBC reporter taping a special.”
Personal details get revealed in the wrong IM window (NSFW)
This is everyone's fear when having a dirty conversation over the Internet while having a clean one in another window. A single misdirected message can change a friendship.Warning: contains naughty text.
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Jessica Simpson ready to strip naked for Hollywood
Jessica Simpson is ready to strip naked in a Hollywood movie. The blonde beauty wants to be taken seriously as an actress and believes baring all is the best way to earn the respect of Tinseltown, even if it goes against her family's wishes.
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National Geographic - One Of The Best Picture Of The Year
Look very closely, the animals are in white. The black you see are their shadows!
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From The Programmer's Mouth: How The 2000 Election Was Fixed
Clinton E. Curtis, ex-programmer tells all during a Congressional hearing on voting fraud. In October 2000, Curtis was asked by Tom Feeney (R), then Speaker of the House in Florida, to write a computer program that would render electronic voting fraud undetectable. Curtis did just that.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Most Kick A$$ RV You'll Ever See... Period
And yes my friends, that is a Mercedes Roadster tucked away into that bad boy!
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Make Your Car Moan Like Jenna
Yeah, Chevy just invented a device that would help you locate your car in a parking lot. You can add your own sound, so why not Jenna? :D
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Let's Paint,Exercise and Blend w/a Burlesque Dancer
John Kilduff has thrown down the gauntlet on cardio-multitasking. Running on a treadmill, while painting a post-contemporary portrait, while taking calls from viewers at home, while blending fruit drinks! Not to mention deflecting the wildly insulting commentary from the audience with grace under fire. Oh, and he’s entertaining Miss Bonnie Delight, a burlesque dancer. It’s like a seven-minute-long Andy Warhol party.
Japanese Workout: I was robbed by two men
Call them crazy all you want, but Asians are master multitaskers. Here you not only learn English, but you also learn how to avoid being raped by jihadist muggers. Plus, you learn basic aerobics, which is important because a mugging is no excuse for unshapely hips and thighs. It makes you wonder how America will ever compete with such a high dedication to efficiency. Until you watch...
Japanese Workout: I was robbed by two men
Call them crazy all you want, but Asians are master multitaskers. Here you not only learn English, but you also learn how to avoid being raped by jihadist muggers. Plus, you learn basic aerobics, which is important because a mugging is no excuse for unshapely hips and thighs. It makes you wonder how America will ever compete with such a high dedication to efficiency. Until you watch...
Funny Workout
She looks like a cat hocking up a fur ball while taking a shit. And that’s putting it politely. But imagine the ramifications if she’s right about this method of weight loss? High school girls everywhere would be hock, hock, hocking their way to trimmer waist lines and tighter asses. It could kill an entire fetish. Unless you’re into the cat thing.
Butt Workout
This clip proves that the number one problem in America isn’t obesity. It’s stupidity. Think about it: 67,000 people have watched this video. That’s 67,000 people who can’t find real porn on the Internet.
Poodle Exercise with Humans
I had to watch this four times to convince myself that I wasn’t suffering from an acid flashback. This is the kind of strange, futuristic world Stephen King dreamt up: People are turning into poodles. One vaguely racial personal trainer has resisted the metamorphosis, and it is her job, and hers alone, to keep the other poodles in shape. The fate of the world depends on it. Only King’s version would be 800 words long and less terrifying.
McCain has lost touch with reality.
CNN: Military Sources Respond To McCain's Escalation Remark With 'Laughter Down The Line'
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told radio host Bill Bennett that President Bush's escalation is working. "There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today," he said. Today, when CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked McCain why Americans still aren't able to safely leave the Green Zone in Iraq, the senator replied that Blitzer was giving three-month-old talking points:
General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee. I think you oughta catch up. You are giving the old line of three months ago. I understand it. We certainly don't get it through the filter of some of the media.
But according to CNN reporter Michael Ware, who has been in Iraq for four years, McCain is "way off base." He stated, "To suggest that there's any neighborhood in this city where an American can walk freely is beyond ludicrous. I'd love Sen. McCain to tell me where that neighborhood is and he and I can go for a stroll."
Ware also rebutted McCain's assertion that Petaeus travels in an unarmed humvee: "[I]n the hour since Sen. McCain's said this, I've spoken to military sources and there was laughter down the line. I mean, certainly the general travels in a humvee. There's multiple humvees around it, heavily armed." Watch it:
What if taglines were honest?
iPod: It’ll break in a year, but by then you’ll want the new one.
Apple: You think you need it, we know you just want it.
Panasonic: Didn’t you mean to buy Sony?
Ikea: One day you’ll be able to afford real furniture.
Hummer: Get the attention you’ve always craved. While filling up the gas tank again.
Taco Bell: You’re drunk and we’re still open.
Zipcar: So convenient that you’ll ignore the high rates AND the dog hair.
Southwest Airlines: On your marks, get set, find a seat!
UHaul: We don’t guarantee availability because we can get away with it.
PopTarts: Until you realize how disgusting they are, we’ll keep making them.
Ben and Jerry’s: Whoah, dude, did you eat that whole thing?
Krispy Kreme: Less filling, just as fattening.
McDonalds: Always a good idea. Until afterwards.
Starbucks: Long lines, high prices and the best legal high available.
Apple: You think you need it, we know you just want it.
Panasonic: Didn’t you mean to buy Sony?
Ikea: One day you’ll be able to afford real furniture.
Hummer: Get the attention you’ve always craved. While filling up the gas tank again.
Taco Bell: You’re drunk and we’re still open.
Zipcar: So convenient that you’ll ignore the high rates AND the dog hair.
Southwest Airlines: On your marks, get set, find a seat!
UHaul: We don’t guarantee availability because we can get away with it.
PopTarts: Until you realize how disgusting they are, we’ll keep making them.
Ben and Jerry’s: Whoah, dude, did you eat that whole thing?
Krispy Kreme: Less filling, just as fattening.
McDonalds: Always a good idea. Until afterwards.
Starbucks: Long lines, high prices and the best legal high available.
Really Lucky Go Cart Accident
This guy does a front flip in his go cart and is really lucky he didn't break his neck.
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Friday, December 7, 2007
A History Of Snowboarding in 2 Minutes
Learn about how one of the coolest winter sports, snowboarding, was born - in just 2 minutes! Now hit the slopes!
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The Ultimate Collection of Unflattering Hillary Clinton Pics
As a public service, zombietime has compiled this gallery of unflattering Hillary photos.Is this "fair"? Is it mature, impartial and reasoned? Of course not. But this is politics, after all.
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
25 Skills Every Man Should Know
These days, you can outsource almost any job — but some things you need to know how to do yourself. Study our master list with step-by-step tips from the experts, and test your DIY aptitude each step of the way.
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How to Make Exercise More Fun Than Sex
OK, maybe not the orgasm thing, but what if you could find a way to exercise that was so outrageous, so exhilarating, so much fun you couldn’t wait to do more of it every single day. What if it became such a treasured part of your life, you actually had to pull yourself away from it to make time for other pursuits?
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Best Windows Error Ever May Rip Time-Space Continuum
In what computer analysts and physicists all over the world have classified as "a clear and present danger to the survivability of the Human Race and the Universe as we know it," LA area-man and Gizmodo reader Kevin Barbee reports that his Windows Vista Problem Reporting has reported that it has stopped reporting
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Perfect Lego Costume Allows Man to Get Drunk to Pieces
We love LEGO, the perfect excuse to waste a weekend doing constructive things and/or just get drunk. We can even eat LEGO. Other people, however, actually are LEGO. Like reader Rob Hoffmann who, pulling a Robert DeNiro, became LEGO himself thanks to vinyl, chicken wire and foam, the three cornerstones of any equilibrated diet.
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The Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold
Ever wondered just how much your best photograph could be worth if it was put up for auction?
Here are the photos that have won the five highest bids when put on the block.
Of course, we’re not saying that one of your photographs could be worth this much… but then again, who knows?
1. Andreas Gursky’s “99 Cent II Diptych”
Photo Courtesy Sotheby’s
The first photograph to sell for more than $3 million, Andreas Gurky’s 99 cent II, Diptych reached $3,340,456 at a Sotheby’s auction in London, February 2007. This was the third time the photograph had sold for more than $2 million. Another print of the same image was sold for $2.25 million in May, 2006, and yet another print had reached $2.48 million just six months later.
Interestingly, the record-breaking photograph was sold not at a photography auction, but at a sale of contemporary art. That might suggest that how an artwork is sold plays an important role in defining how much it can sell for.
2. Edward Steichen’s “The Pond-Moonlight”
Courtesy of Sotheby’s
Just missing the $3 million mark, and for a while the world’s highest-selling photograph, Edward Steichen’s “The Pond - Moonlight” was sold for $2,928,000 at Sotheby’s in New York in February, 2006.
The picture shows moonlight between trees and reflecting on a pond, and appears to be in color. However, color photography did not begin until 1907, three years after the photograph was taken.
Steichen used layers of light-sensitive gum to create an impression of color. Only three prints exist, with the other two in museum collections.
One way to create an expensive photo then could be to use a unique process, keep it rare… and wait a hundred years.
3. Richard Prince’s “Anonymous (Cowboy)”
Courtesy of Christie’s
Richard Prince’s photograph of a cowboy was perhaps an odd choice as the first photograph to reach a million dollars at auction. It sold for $1,248,000 at Christie’s in New York in November 2005.
The photograph, which was taken in 1989, wasn’t original but a shot of part of a Marlboro ad. Prince had started shooting images of magazine ads while collating press clips for Time Life in the 1970s.
The only other image, other than the proof in the possession of the artist, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Subject matter and rarity count it seems.
4. Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey’s “Athènes, T[emple] de J[upiter] olympien pris de l’est”
Courtesy of Christie’s
It’s a little easier to understand the appeal — and the price — of French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey’s image of the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Athens, which was sold at Christie’s in London for $922,488 in 2003.
Shot in 1842, the daguerreotype is believed to be the oldest image of the temple still existing.
It makes you wonder what the first photograph of the iPhone might be worth in 150 years…
5. Gustave Le Gray’s “The Great Wave, Sete”
Sometimes a combination of the rarity an old image brings and a striking subject matter can be enough to create a high price. For Gustave Le Gray, it created a picture that sold for $838,000 at Sotheby’s in London in 1999.
Le Gray’s image marked the first time that a photographer had managed to expose landscape and sky correctly in the same image. He did this by creating one negative for the sky and one for the sea, and printing them together on the same sheet of paper. In effect, he created a collage.
It’s an easy technique for a modern photographer to emulate but try doing it without a digital camera, Photoshop… and from a glass negative.
Before you start sorting through your archive to pull out better images than these, bear in mind that the value of a photograph at auction depends on all sorts of factors that go beyond the quality of the image. These might include the state of the stock market, the fame of the artist, the number of prints, when the print was made and the restrictions imposed on the negative.
Creating a million dollar photo often requires a lot more than getting the shot right.
See what’s now on the block at Sotheby’s photography auctions here, and Christie’s here, and tell us what you think of the price of photographic art.
30 Miserable Lives Lost In Greyhound Bus Crash
ALBANY, NY—In one of the most merciful disasters in recent years, a Greyhound bus traveling from Rochester to Albany, NY skidded into a ditch Tuesday, putting dozens of deadbeat fathers, penniless addicts, and worthless high school dropouts finally out of their misery.
According to Greyhound officials, the fatal crash occurred less than an hour after passengers gathered their pathetic belongings and dragged what little hope they had left onto the despair-soaked bus. Emergency crews called to the scene described the remains of the victims as "slightly more lifeless than they were before the accident."
"This is by far the saddest thing I've ever witnessed," said head rescue worker Charles Rabnett, referring to the sea of fast-food wrappers, losing lottery tickets, and scorched corpses that littered the crash site. "We've done our best to contact family members and loved ones, but so far we've only been able to reach four parole officers and 10 AA sponsors."
Added Rabnett: "Dear God, what a terrible waste of my time."
While officials are still not sure what happened aboard the Albany-bound bus, a number of theories have been posited, including icy roads, low visibility due to fog, and the likelihood that the driver, Ron Jenkins, fell asleep at the wheel after spending a restless night consumed by his failures as a husband.
Police investigators also suspect that the cause of the accident may have been as simple as "these luckless bastards getting shit on by the world one last time."
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Rescue workers were visibly sickened by the number of hamburger wrappers and soda bottles strewn about the bus.
"Dental records have helped identify only two-thirds of the casualties, as the remaining 10 passengers were discovered to have none of their original teeth left," Albany police chief Henry Goodwin said. "Among those, one is believed to have been a recently disowned teenage mother, the other an elderly widow forced to pawn her favorite necklace in order to purchase a bus ticket, and what appears to be the hollow shells of several middle-aged men."
No survivors were reported following the accident. In addition, initial surveillance of the wreckage seems to indicate that those who managed to pull their world-weary bodies out of the overturned bus, gave up on their wretched existence within minutes. According to paramedics, it is likely that many of the casualties had suffered during the crash, and, if not then, for years earlier.
"Thank heavens nobody made it," said chief paramedic John Thurston, who described the "disturbing smell" at the scene as a combination of gasoline, body odor, Aqua Velva, and relentless disappointment. "For a second there, I was worried I'd actually have to interact with some of these people."
In response to the relative tragedy, Greyhound has agreed to donate $200 worth of rolled quarters and greasy, crumpled dollar bills they had collected as bus fare to a local charity. The casualties of the crash will also be memorialized with a small commemorative plaque that will hang at the Albany station, between an out-of-order vending machine and a set of bathrooms where customers can often be heard weeping.
"It's hard to believe that something like this could even happen," said Albany resident Carl Robinson, who, since losing his home to a fire earlier this month, has been sleeping in the city's dilapidated bus station. "To know that life, no matter how dreadful or hopeless, always has a chance of coming to an end—it's so inspiring."
As of press time, hundreds of men and women had gathered at the site of the fatal accident to mourn the loss of a perfectly good bus.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Toddler Fools art World with Ketchup Masterpieces [PICS]
To the untrained eye, they appear to be simple daubs that could have been created by a two year old. Which is precisely what they are. But that didn't stop the supposed experts falling over themselves to acclaim them. The toddler in question is Freddie Linsky, who has fooled the art world into buying and asking to exhibit his paintings.
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I Have Feelings, Too. (pic - had to!)
Probably the cutest picture in existence.I have feelings, too. (pic) ---> had to :)
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[ESSAY] 2 Girls 1 Cup
"in the masterful modern 2girls1cup, the feminist genre is reexamined through a series of reversals of expectations..." LOL
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Spiral galaxy M81 - sharpest image ever taken
Though the galaxy is located 11.6 million light-years away, the Hubble Space Telescope's view is so sharp that it can resolve individual stars, along with open star clusters, globular star clusters, and even glowing regions of fluorescent gas.
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