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yippie-ky-ay, motherfarmer
Do you feel an uncontrollable desire to start your car by punching through the glass of the drivers door, then ripping wires from under the steering column?
Whenever you shift into gear and release the handbrake, does Kenny Loggins start playing?
Did you start your day at loggerheads with a hotheaded young buck, only to develop a grudging respect for their methods as the day wore on?
If so, you might be in an 80's action movie.
creepy
SCANDAL: Victoria's Secret ...REVEALED?
(Found at DRT News.)
Need help pooping?
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New openings daily!
(Found in my Nascar Scene magazine.)
Lane ends, merge left
Why are there "unexplainable" traffic jams on the freeway?
(Image from Rock 107)
good for them
"Transvestite students at a vocational college in Thailand have been given their own lavatory after being chased out of the ladies' and gents' loos.
Dubbed the Pink Lotus bathroom, the facility is exclusively for Chiang Mai technology school's 15 transvestite students, and features four stalls, but no urinals."
The first question I had after reading the headline was "Which Icon do they use on the door?"
"On the door, hangs a sign with intertwined male and female symbols."
Speaking of icons - fishbucket found a site that has the AOL guy doing some extremely disgusting things. You will never look at him the same again. This is adult material. You have been warned... ICON SEX IN THE AOL STYLE.
Crusty
Making fun of Mall Surveys.
(Found at DRT News.)
Mia Dio! Hakilo estas en mia kapo!
Learn how to say "Oh my god! There's an axe in my head," in various languages at The Web's #1 Axe In My Head Page.
(Found at DRT News.)
Update
I mentioned that A Scanner Darkly was being made in a film a while back. Now there is a cool little update from PKD's daughters.
"June 12, 2004 - As many of you have already heard, A Scanner Darkly is being adapted for film, and we are happy to finally share details about it. This project is very exciting for us -- not only because of the caliber of talent behind it, but because we believe that it will be the very first faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. Directed by Richard Linklater from his own screenplay, A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane."
Read more from A Note from the Philip K. Dick Trust Regarding the film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly.
They say this could be the most faithful adaptation of a PKD novel. If this thing is even half as cool as the images you get from reading it, it will be out of this world good.
(Found at slashdot.)
I have always liked this guy's work
More from the wonderful world of Miroslav Sasek.
(Found at The Cartoonist.)
LOL
There is a wonderful story that goes along with this.
(Found at things magazine.)
I'm rich!
It turns out I own a paperback worth $250.
Joyce
10 worst album covers of all time.
(Found at mememachinego.)
Desanctified
Sale of Boston churches expected to be a boon for condo market
'When St. Peter and Paul's Church closed and was bought by a private developer, there was a lot of resistance from South Boston residents. Not only was their beloved church closing, but it was being turned into something anathema to this working-class neighborhood: luxury condominiums.
As the Boston Archdiocese prepares to put 60 church properties up for sale, developers and real estate brokers predict they will be scooped up for condominiums, a trendy re-use for churches with a hot market right now.
"Huge, huge, huge, huge, huge," said Peter LaBranche, a real estate agent at Prudential Edna Krantz in Newton, where two churches are to be closed. "They'll sell in a heartbeat, overnight, in 10 minutes."'
The article didn't mention it, but the guy probably looked like this as he was talking:
(cartoon taken from Violent Nation)
new to me
From the Live Journal image feed.
Corny
Hot, young and live on cam!
If you are into something a little more hardcore, you may want to check out the group milking action.
(another repeat from 2003)
I had no idea
Does Mother Nature want you eating half a cup of oats coated with three teaspoons of sugar and laden with more artery-clogging fat than you'd get in a McDonald's hamburger?
(Found at grow-a-brain.)
Ick
The Potted Meat Tribute Page.
Learn even more about foods made with meat by-products.
Add ingredients one, two and three with constant agitation
Why Engineers Don't Write Recipes
A place for your stuff
Storage condos - the new trend. If people can buy spaces in a parking garage, why not a storage locker?
Found at Cyburbia, the Urban Planning Portal.
(Found at metafilter.)
Putting a song in your head
More singles
Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con
OryCon22 was quite the swingin' event, with the masquerade and the dancing.
The next one in November should be a blast.
As an aside, Cliff Yablonski would have a ball with some of those masquerade pictures.
good
Pill Bunny, from the The Pimentohead Gallery of Despair.
When asked how many more bunnies he would paint, the artist said , "i think the simple answer is that as long as people are interested in buying bunnies, i'll be painting bunnies."
S H O P P I N G
ShopGoodwill.com not only offers a way for you to donate to a worthy cause, but gives you a way to relive your childhood on the cheap.
Collection of Marbles-Jar Full. I remember spending hours shooting just to get the perfect blue cleary, and there it is, right next to what appears to be a blue cleary boulder!
I also ran across this set of Richard Scarry's Look and Learn Library. These books were a fun way to, well, look and learn. The worm used to crack me up. If you have kids that are just learning to read, these are highly recommended.
I was never a Nancy Drew fan, but I did notice that an almost complete set of the first 44 books are available in four lots (1, 2, 3, 4). They are already going for a lot of money. I was dismayed to find that this collection does not include the controversial "Clue in the Clock."
Learn Curing Animal Skin, Smelting Iron, Gun Repair, Accounting...
If Sally Struthers were alive a couple of thousand years ago, her commericals for jobs you could study for at home would be the ones on this illustrated list of Iron Age tasks.
(Found, in a roundabout way, via plep.)
Learn something new
"Have you ever experienced a "water failure"? That is, have you ever turned on your faucet and found that no water came out of it? If you get your water from a municipal water system, the answer is probably "no."
Water pressure is very reliable. A big reason for that level of reliability is the water tower."
(Found at DRT News.)
the things people do
"Since 1977, Mike Carmichael has been painting, what started out as, a baseball. Sometimes, he's painted the ball 8 - 10 times a day. Today, the ball of paint is over 103" in circumference, weighs over 900 lbs. and is 32 inches in diameter."
(Found at presurfer.)
A slice to go
Slice has the low down on all things pizza in NYC. If you are one who appreciates a good slice, I suggest visiting.
(Found at grow a brain.)
FREE MAGAZINES!
Xbox.net is giving away free 1 year magazine subscriptions to Xbox Nation, Computer Gaming World, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Shopper, and PC Magazine if you register at their website.
I just tried it. Looks legit. Sign up for their site and reply to the email. You will see the magazine choices. Pick up to all five and within 4 to 12 weeks, you will have quality bathroom reading for an entire year.
(Found at techbargains.)
his tummy is full
President George W. Bush rubs his stomach after he was asked if he enjoyed his dinner with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac, U.S. first lady Laura Bush, and Bernadette Chirac at the Elysee palace in Paris, June 5, 2004.
Worse that we thought
"President George W. Bush's increasingly erratic behavior and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern over their leader's state of mind.
In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media, Democrats and others that he classifies as 'enemies of the state.'
Worried White House aides paint a portrait of a man on the edge, increasingly wary of those who disagree with him and paranoid of a public that no longer trusts his policies in Iraq or at home.
'It reminds me of the Nixon days,' says a longtime GOP political consultant with contacts in the White House. 'Everybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him. That's the mood over there.'"
Read more about Bush's Erratic Behavior.
I don't know the veracity of this information, but it makes me smile and tremble with fear at the same time.
(via Eschaton)
Very Nice
As the proud owner of the 50's and 60's books in the All American Ads series from Taschen, I was extremely happy to learn that the 70's volume will be released this month.
For $27.99 and free shipping, you get 704 pages of fullpage ads from all sorts of publications. The only problem with this series is that they are almost impossible to put down.
Thanks to scrubbles for the heads up.
I got nothing
The Wisdom of the Illiterati brought to light this gem.
That's it, I'm done.
"Established biometric vendor Veritouch has teamed up with Swedish design company to produce iVue: a wireless media player that allows content producers to lock down media files with biometric security. This week Veritouch announced that it had demonstrated the device to the RIAA and MPAA.
In practical terms, VeriTouch's breakthrough in anti-piracy technology means that no delivered content to a customer may be copied, shared or otherwise distributed because each file is uniquely locked by the customer's live fingerprint scan," claims the company."
RIAA wants your fingerprints
Sure, this is more of a scare piece, but it is also so much bullshit. I am a firm believer in IP rights, and I believe that music is covered by them. If you created something, you should have every right to the proceeds.
I think borrowing a cd from a friend and duping it is fine. This is a perfectly legal use. Putting up that same CD on an open server or on an open p2p app is not.
The idea is that the music is sold with an understanding that there will be a few copies made. Hell, if the music is any good, it acts as promotion for the band and sales increase. The main thing is that this is personal word of mouth. No one has 1,000 friends with whom to share the latest chart-topper. At that point it becomes theft. If it wasn't for these bastards we wouldn't be in this mess.
My fingerprints to listen to music or watch a movie? No.
I love a lot of the music on iTunes, but they tell me what I can and cannot do in my own home with music I paid for. They don't get my money.
If the RIAA goes any further in crippling my right to listen to what I have paid for on whatever device I can get it to play on, I will just stop buying. I won't steal. I will just listen to any one of thousands of CDs, tapes and records I already own. If I get real desperate for new music, there are enough indie labels willing to sell me a cd for $10 and let me do whatever the hell I want with it.
(Register article found at slashdot.)
If you have another viewpoint, send me an email.
I could live in this
The totally cool prefab Glidehouse.
(Found via things magazine.)
Ha Ha!
Laughter Yoga
Anyone can laugh in a group for 15-20 min without depending upon the Sense of Humour, Jokes or comedy. It combines laughter exercises based on Yoga breathing, which turns into real laughter when practiced in a group.
(Found at DRT News.)
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Dali
1,500 paintings by Salvador Dali sorted alphabetically
(Found at Incoming Signals.)
Free Grand Turismo 4 Demo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben's Bargains reports that GameSpot reports on a method to get the GT4 Demo. Basically request info on two vehicles, one of which must be the Prius. This is of course for PS2.
Over at Ultimate Insult, I saw a link to a site showing Matchbox cars of the 70's. I have always had one car from my childhood that I really wanted to have again. It was my good fortune that the car I desired was made in 1970.
This is the Alfa Carabo.
Further research shows that this was an Alfa Romeo Prototype from 1968. The site is in italian, but the fish says it goes something like this:
"To the end of the years Sixty creative effort Bertone of is focused on the prototypes. The fantasy and the courage of the Turinese Carriage maker touch l'apice, nell'anno 1968, with the Carabo, introduced to the Hall of Paris of October. Realized on motor chassis Romeo 33 centers them dell'Alfa, comes from always considered a test of automotive, rich style of inventiveness and of solutions it originates them. Some its prerogatives contribute to round create to it a fascination halo. To begin from the stiff lines, the facade a lot streamlined that one agrees again to the windshield without continuity solution, and from the game of the taken ones and the vents d'aria. Continuing with unknown l'apertura of the doors - in ahead and towards l'alto (resumption later on on the Countach of production) - until the color, atypical: the cangiante green of a coleopter (carabo, exactly). The study ends on all the world-wide press, not only of field, and the comments unanimously are positi to you. Bertone proposes with the Carabo an audacious prefiguration, but coherent on the plan they works and aesthetic, of the sport car of the future. L'impiego of new materials and unknown constructive techniques more makes of this vehicle-study something regarding the simple exercise of style."
Thank you, internet. You have made an old man very happy.
perfect
"Like the leaves on the trees they're ubiquitous yet rare. Every one is different, different in shape or marked in a different way. But unlike leaves they have weight and heft in the hand. They're solid and heavy and (though this, of course, is an illusion) reassuringly permanent. They're cool to the touch but comforting to hold. They're free but precious, too: a favourite pebble can become a talisman, a minor household god, a Becketian worry-bead, even a smug little social mark. They're as refined as the most delicate sculpture, yet they're also tough as nails."
If he only wasn't so damned enthusiastic...
From an editorial about paperless e-voting machines.
"There is nothing partisan about the survival of our democracy or its legitimacy. We cannot and must not put the success of one party or another above the good of our entire country and all our people. To the governments of the fifty states, Republican or Democrat, I ask you to put paperless e-voting machines on the shelf until 2006 or until they are reliable and will allow recounts. In a democracy you always count the votes no matter who wins. To abandon that principle is to abandon America. "
From Howard Dean's new column.
For Help, call 9-1-2.
Deborah Boroughs is a freaking moron.
(If you are not signed up with philly.com, bugmenot has the info you need.
(Found at Obscure Store.)
eerie
I learned to drive in this one
See more at The Online Home of the Station Wagon.
I want candy
"I have to admit it -- I bought this wrapper recently on eBay. Some guests to the museum had inquired as to whether I had one of these, and I realized it really was a gaffe that I hadn't acquired one back in the 70s. Call it temporary insanity. Thank goodness for eBay, where you can find just about anything you lost or overlooked decades ago. This came at a very reasonable price, too -- about $5.00 including shipping."
the candy wrapper museum
Do not read if you plan on eating soon
"Say what you will about American food, at least we Yanks haven't afflicted the world with calamities like haggis, the Scottish staple made of boiled sheep's stomach, or hakarl, an Icelandic offering of putrid shark. In fact, it's hard to think of a down-home American recipe that would warrant inclusion in The Joy of Cooking a Dog's Ex-Breakfast - the obvious title for a collection of demented dishes like haggis. Unless, that is, you happen to know about the human-hair extract in U.S. baked goods, the crushed-insect residue in many of our foods, and the flavorings made with ... something unimaginable."
Human Hair Waste is used as a source of amino acids. You may recognize some of these from food ingredient labels.
(From the article, Putting the SOY back in SOYLENT GREEN.)
New and Improved!
Our forum has moved! You can now discuss your leg and back pain at sciaticaforum.com.
back when everything was wrapped in bacon
1960's trouser ads
A bacon big boy from Family Indigestion.
Please make a note of it
Telephone Sounds & Recordings, including a collection of recordings that are representative of the late Jane Barbe, known unofficially as "The Telephone Lady". Mrs. Barbe, who died in July 2003, had produced many telephone company intercept recordings, as well as lent her voice for used in automated intercept systems, operator assisted dialing systems, and voice mail systems. This collection is representative of the period from 1973 to 1985.
B26354
Fictional Badge Numbers
I did not know this
Two weeks before a 'flying disc' was discovered at Roswell, NM, in 1947, nine bright saucer-like objects flying at "incredible speed" at 10,000 feet altitude were reported here today by Kenneth Arnold, a Boise, Idaho, pilot who said he could not hazard a guess as to what they were.
See you at the fair
Billy Rose's Aquacade (Amphitheatre)
Eleven gaily-colored parachutes operated from the top of a 250-foot tower, enable visitors to experience all the thrills of "bailing out" without hazard or discomfort. Each parachute has a double seat suspended from it.
See more at the Amusement Zone Exhibits page from the most comprehensive 1939 World's Fair site I have ever seen.
APT 88
BUNDY, Al & wife, Peggy
(Married...with Children)
555-2878
9674 [or 9764] Jeopardy Lane
Chicago, IL The Bundy's live with and their children son, Bud "Budrick" Franklin and daughter, Kelly and a dog named Buck. NOTE: The house seen as the Bundy residence is reportedly located on Castlewood Lane, south of Deerfield Road in the real suburb of Deerfield, Illinois.
What is the address and/or phone number of your favorite TV character?
(image from no maam)
deep
The Philosophy of Jell-O
It is the entry on 5-27 at 16:48:57.
Thank you
things magazine has a complete breakdown of that Men of Metal ad campaign you have probably seen in a lot of popular magazines.
They also have something nice to say about this site as well.
killer
The new Schwinn Stingray bike looks awesome. I was a Huffy man in my youth, but this would have made me switch in no time.
The TV commercials for it are great.
(Found at mookie.)
Those Wacky Canadians
Top Ten Reasons to Live In...
BRITISH COLUMBIA
1. Weed
2. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges
3. The local hero is a pot-smoking snowboarder
4. The local wine doesn't taste like malt vinegar
5. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is 5 hours from downtown
6. A university with a nude beach
7. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations
8. If a cop pulls you over, just offer them some of your hash
9. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on
10. Cannabis
From the Canadian Global Supremacy page.
(bad back day, so you get an entry from the archives)
Remember, you pray with that mouth
It's in the Bible
(bad back day, so you get an entry from the archives)
Truly fascinating.
"One of the more unique clubs in Topeka in the early years was the St. Ananias Club. It had its roots in the city room of the old Topeka Daily Commonwealth Building, but eventually moved to a large room in the Stormont Building, 107-109 W. 6th, and remained there until it disbanded.
The Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletin on "The Clubs of Shawnee County, From A to Z" states that the St. Ananias Club, named after the patron saint of liars, was established on July 4, 1776, organized on June 26, 1873, and incorporated on Aug. 10, 1886.
According to the constitution of the club, its purpose was "the cultivation of the members' imaginations and social recreation." According to Chubb, it was mainly for drinking and playing cards.
But it did indeed encourage active imaginations of its members, as the club's constitution also states: "One new and original lie had to be told at each meeting and at the first meeting of each month a new tall tale would be asked for."
Official titles of some of the club's charter members included: Capt. J.B. Johnson, Truth Torturer; Norris L. Gage, Quaint Quibbler; Henry Strong, Racy Romancer; H.P. Dillon, Felicitous Fabricator; and W.L. Gordon, Brilliant Boaster. When a member met someone who told an interesting tall tale, he would reward the storyteller with membership in the club. Honorary memberships were distributed throughout the world.
The only time the club allowed women in the club room were the annual January and June banquets, at which time members could bring their "wives, sweethearts or neighbor's wife." This rule was bent when Mrs. Orville N. McClintock, referred to on the club roster as "John Hodgins," became a member and the club's historian.
The doors to the St. Ananias Club were locked for the first and last time in 1907 when the club disbanded."
From a brilliant article that contains more interesting facts about Topeka than you could possibly imagine.
The photo of the Hotel Jayhawk is from here.
Let it ring for evermore
Telephone Collectors International is an organization of telephone collectors, hobbyists and historians who are helping to preserve the history of the telecommunications industry through the collection of telephones and telephone related material.
take to the rails
Along Your Way -- Facts about stations and scenes on the Santa Fe, 1946.
meeces
According to MOUSE HISTORY 101 (A Basic Timeline for Rodents), Amos Mouse invented bifocals and the stove in 1752.
 Get your very own copy of Ben and Me.
MOUSE TALES: LIVES OF DISNEY MICE.
One hundred suggestions for a better life by the Greatest Mouse Ever
spread the love
Liberal Commie banners
(Found at diepunyhumans.)
Ed read my ruminations about gaming and brought up MAME.
Since I am one of those copyright freaks, I can't partake in MAME. Maybe I will find $3,700 laying around one day so I can buy the Arcade Legends Full Size Game System. 35 vintage games in one nice package.
That is kinda steep. Maybe I should reconsider and just fire up my Dreamcast...
I never knew these existed
Radiolarians are single-celled protistan marine organisms that distinguish themselves with their unique and intricately detailed glass-like exoskeletons.
A general assortment of radiolarians from Forays into "Consumercam" Photomicroscopy.
Learn more at radiolaria.org.
i hate jewel
Gloria Dion wants her money back after being subjected to what she calls the worst Jewel concert ever.
At one point, she asked the audience to yell requests and then told them to "shut the hell up."
Jewel was on stage for about an hour and played only four to five songs. Halfway through the show, Dion said Jewel began to talk about Zoloft and Paxil for about 10 minutes.
Dion said Jewel came out for an encore, but instead of singing one of her hit songs, she yodeled for a minute and then left the stage.
Nicole Dion said the entire experience made her no longer want to be a Jewel fan.
(Found at fark.)
More politics
Fair & Balanced Links about the Election
It's funny. Laugh.
If Eric Idle dies in a small plane crash, his FCC Song may have had something to do with it.
(Found at Skippy.)
You, green sweater; me, chaps and gold thong
14th and E. Burnside. I work at the UNC. I asked to use your bathroom, you said no. If I ask you out, would you do the same thing again?
Read more chance meeting/our eyes met personals.
(Found via a comment by karmaville at metafilter.)
Old School
People are still making games for the Atari 2600.
gaming
I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but I have had nearly every videogame system from the Bally AstroCade (Thanks, Dad!) to the PS2 (Thanks, wife!). I always have the "Latest minus one" video card in my PC. I just like playing games and when I have the chance, I will be racing Tony Stewart in NT 2004 or hunting Charlie in BattleField: Vietnam.
I have been reading a great little gaming site recently, qWirkGames Lite, and feel I need to recommend it to everyone who is not quite hardcore, but just loves playing games.
Two really interesting posts lately discuss the merits of Tribes2 vs. the recently released UT 2004, and a very well thought out explanation of why you should buy an X-Box over a PS2, including mention of the "Hit-to-Crap" ratio on each box.
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i don't need holes through my nipples to be cool.
correlation does not translate into causality
"To say my country, right or wrong, is something no patriot would say except in dire emergency; it is like saying, 'my mother, drunk or sober.'" - G.K. Chesterton
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