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“Man goes to court after butt stapled shut” - headline of the month award with bonus for rhyming.

24. September 2008

Not one, but two respectable news outlets today feature a story about a man and his butt. Unfortunately there's no happy ending here. It appears that his rectum was stapled shut and he couldn't defecate for 17 days which turned out to be a real pain in the . . . man's life. Hard to stomach, I know so imagine how he feels. Apparently MSNBC was enamored with the Baltimore Examiner's article and with a slight tweak they spread the news far and wide. The doctor who did the questionable stapling is in court defending his end of the proceedings. Read on for the original article.

Crazy guy communes with Aliens for a televised interview. Makes interviewer feel his energy-beam induced chest sweat

22. September 2008

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Crazy guy communes with Aliens for a televised interview. Makes interviewer feel his energy-beam induced chest sweat

I like aliens. I've never met an alien I didn't like actually. Until I saw this guy. He qualifies for both an alien I don't like and the first alien I've ever met, so I guess I've totally struck out. Here's a guy who claims he is channeling aliens via an energy beam directly to his hairy, slightly repugnant sweaty chest. The very same chest he then makes an interviewer feel to confirm the alien-beam sweat.

Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.

21. August 2008

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Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.

Remember in grade school there was this kid who could make fart noises with his armpit? How cool that was? You wanted to be able to do that too, but never seemed to be able to pull it off. And remember how in high school, the same kid was still making fart noises with his armpit? But now you thought it was gross (You never admitted to anyone you still tried to make it work alone in your room). Have you ever wondered what happened to that guy?

USAF’s Cyber Command Canned

16. August 2008

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This may not come as a surprise, but the United States Air Force's fumbling attempt to dominate the internets got axed shortly before it was declared operational. Read more about it over in Wired's blog post.

Ditko’s Objectivist Tracts

28. July 2008

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As a geek, you're likely to know that Steve Ditko created Spider-Man. Amongst his lesser known creations are a series of Objectivist comics presenting his unconventional political beliefs. If you're a follower of Ayn Rand yourself, or you just get a kick out of Jack Chick-style political tracts, check out this post over on Dinosaur Gardens, where one of his full comics entitled "The Avenging World" is presented in PDF and Comic Book Archive format.

Monkey Face Pig (yes, you read this correctly)

25. July 2008

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Monkey Face Pig (yes, you read this correctly)

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Bongo the monkey ever hooked up with Ethel the pig? Wonder no more because apparently nature was just as curious and conjured up a creature you might see in your nightmares.

Strange, alien-like faceless people captured on camera.

3. July 2008

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I’ve been seeing a bunch of articles based around these pictures - which purport to show some faceless alien-people who turn up at high profile social events. Even the Daily Mail has covered it. While certainly looking a bit creepy, a little more digging turned up this site: www.facelesspeople.com - which a quick whois shows belongs [...]

Human Trebuchet - the new extreme sport?

15. May 2008

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Following up on our Trebuchet theme, the new extreme sport - Human Trebuchet Launching! Technorati Tags: trebuchet, human, japanese, cool, extreme sports Click the icon, share the link:

Multiple stab wounds shown to shorten life expectency. Bonus: In monkeys.

8. May 2008

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Anyone want to join me in applying for a million dollar grant to establish the link between high end gaming rigs and number of frags? Technorati Tags: monkey business, obvious, stabby, knife wounds, primate dueling Click the icon, share the link:

How Alaska got a town called Chicken

7. May 2008

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Occasionally I learn something or hear a tidbit of info that makes me smile to myself. Today’s tidbit was Chicken, Alaska. No, it’s not a dish and it doesn’t involve heating something frozen, which I imagine happens quite a lot in Alaska. Chicken is a town. Full time population of 17 to 37. So why the [...]

Footage from the lost Mars Rover moments before destruction - could this be the proof we’re looking for?

5. May 2008

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I’m a huge proponent of life outside of our planet. I do really believe the chances are very high for life, perhaps even intelligent life. What I lack however, is concrete proof of this. Until, perhaps, now. Technorati Tags: aliens, mars, rovers, proof, mars monkeys Click the icon, share the [...]

Did you know that the ATF has a kids page?

28. April 2008

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Ahh sweet memories of childhood. Bootlegging moonshine, selling arms to neighbors and smuggling cigs into Canada. Those aren’t your childhood memories? Well I’ll bet you have the ATF to thank for that! The Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco Firearms and now, Explosives (ATFE) has launched their kids page! Enjoy pictures of old time ATF agents and the [...]

Warning: Manson’s New Album- and no, not Marilyn.

5. April 2008

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What do you do if you’re a washed up, imprisoned ex-hippie cult leader who’s popularity has gone way down hill since the reality TV boom showed that the mentally ill are a dime a dozen? Why you make your own music of course! Charles Manson reaches behind bars and into your iPod with his new album [...]

Mars Global Surveyor snaps picture of another spacecraft orbiting Mars, protecting us from Klingons around Uranus.

2. April 2008

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Okay, it’s really a cloud, but given our tendency to take abstract patterns and glom them into something relatively familiar - we get the Starship Enterprise. It’s nice to know that while we fumble about with space flight and much, much slower than light travel that the boys and girls from Starfleet are [...]

For lack of actual funny pranks online I give you an uber-expressive hedgehog

1. April 2008

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Google, meh. WoW? Okay, I guess. Redirecting web comics? Come on. Rickroll? Blech. But this little hedgehog chewing on a carrot larger than it’s brain with the Costanza brows? This made me laugh. Technorati Tags: hedgehog, chewing, carrot, funny, animals Click the icon, share the [...]

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“Man goes to court after butt stapled shut” - headline of the month award with bonus for rhyming.

Crazy guy communes with Aliens for a televised interview. Makes interviewer feel his energy-beam induced chest sweat

Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.

USAF’s Cyber Command Canned

Ditko’s Objectivist Tracts

Monkey Face Pig (yes, you read this correctly)

Strange, alien-like faceless people captured on camera.

Human Trebuchet - the new extreme sport?

Multiple stab wounds shown to shorten life expectency. Bonus: In monkeys.

How Alaska got a town called Chicken

Footage from the lost Mars Rover moments before destruction - could this be the proof we’re looking for?

Did you know that the ATF has a kids page?

Warning: Manson’s New Album- and no, not Marilyn.

Mars Global Surveyor snaps picture of another spacecraft orbiting Mars, protecting us from Klingons around Uranus.

For lack of actual funny pranks online I give you an uber-expressive hedgehog

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