The Ball is Back!

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You don't have to be a Phantasm fan to appreciate a sweet paintjob.

(snagged from foundphotos)

LiveJournal Trolling: Various South Park pics

LiveJournal user asian_power enjoyed these fan pics of South Park characters from some Asian website. He can't read the pictograms, neither can I. Probably a various assortment of colorful curse words.

Yahoo! Japanese Novelty Store Has It All!

Plenty of strange items abound, just click around some, have fun with it.

The monkey guy in the above picture really digs the swank banana underwear, but it may just be his homoerotic animal lust getting the better of him.

For the furry in your life, this page might have some swell gift ideas.

(snagged from octupusdropkick!)

Finnish Forest Management Device or Our New Insectoid Robot Overlords? You Be The Judge.

Plustech Walking technology:

"The walking machine adapts automatically to the forest floor. Moving on six articulated legs, the harvester advances forward and backward, sideways and diagonally. It can also turn in place and step over obstacles. Depending on the irregularity of the terrain, the operator can adjust both the ground clearance of
the machine and heigh of each step."

Look at that damn thing, first thing I visualized was how that thing would look walking around servicing the human batteries that will power our Future Machine Masters.

Then I watched the videos of them in motion, and man, is it slow. Geez, I can crab-walk faster than that sucker.

As long as I can outrun it, all is cool.

I'm not worried. Yet.

(snagged from interconnected)

Gif animation step-by-step painting of a woman

Cool step-by-step animated gif, probably done in Photoshop or some other digital paint program.

(snagged from J-Walk)

Old and Busted: Trucker Hats. New Hotness: GOP Dildo Bonnets.

Could the dude in the cock pharoah hat look any happier? I think not.

I laughed at the comparison in the Comments section of the originating post. Gross but fitting.

Is that an elephant on your head or Rasputin’s penis?
Posted by at September 3, 2004 02:12 PM

(snagged from grow-a-brain)

The Zombie Survival Guide

The Zombie Survival Guide

Top 10 lessons for surviving a zombie attack

1. Organise before they rise.
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don’t need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto your bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

(snagged from interconnected)

Michael Moore Eats Bill O'Reilly!

(snagged from humor is dead)

White Stripes: Jack Says...

She looks bored with such childishness. Slap him in the face!
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LiveJournal Trolling: red_mustang: Retards are love.

red_mustang: Retards are love.

Don't be a tease, red_mustang, why are retards love?

Milkman By David Firth

Milkman By David Firth

Flash animated short, definitely not Disney fare. Be prepared to be disturbed, prolly NSFW.

(Thanks for the link, Ron S.!)

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Governator Arnold “Thick Brick” Swertzenhagger (sp?? who cares) talks about inspiration.

He cited the (fictitious) event that inspired him to become a Republican. He also went on to state that listening to the Lincoln Vs. Douglas debates on the radio as a child made him want to come to America in the first place and that the moon is indeed made of green cheese.

(Monkeyman adds: Is that skim milk in dem titties?)

Yet Another Reason to Love Japanese TV

Some bouncy Japanese girls have a relay race on late night Japanese TV in 1993.

(snagged from linkfilter)

Little Known Levitation Event a Rousing Success at Olympics in Athens

Just kidding, it's only ping pong. (TABLE TENNIS DAMN YOU MONKEYMAN!)

Table tennis players at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (news - web sites), clockwise from top left are: USA's Ilija Lupulesku on Aug. 14; China's Zhang Yining on Aug. 22; Shu Arai of Japan on Aug. 14 ; Italy's Yang Min on Aug. 14; Sweden's Jorgen Persson on Aug. 15; Hong Kong's Leung Chu Yan on Aug. 16; Germany's Jorg Rosskopf on Aug. 17 and Ryo Yuzawa of Japan on Aug. 14. At center is Laura Negrisoli of Italy on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/stf)

(snagged from kottke)

Kaiju Big Battel | Live Monster Mayhem

Kaiju Big Battel | Live Monster Mayhem:

(from the website)

"'Dr. Cube has run roughshod over Kaiju Big Battel in recent months, and it is time for the Kaiju Heroes to set things straight. I have every confidence that Neo Teppen, Los Plantanos, and a very special surprise Super Hero will teach Cube's Posse a lesson or two on September 8th in Los Angeles.'

Dr. Cube has yet to respond to the lineup (see below), but stay tuned to kaiju.com for his reaction. In the meantime make sure to get your tickets for Tinsel Town Showdown at ticketmaster.com, or at any Ticketmaster outlet."

(snagged from boingboing)

James Doohan, Recently Diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Gets Star on Walk of Fame

Click here the images of the presentation.

I recently posted a Slashdot article about 3M transparent aluminum, and had included an additional note on the sad news of James Doohan's (Scotty of the original Star Trek series) diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in July of this year.

Alzheimer's is a horrible disease, I hate to see that happen to anyone. :(

(snagged from boingboing)
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Low pay worker has fun with Howard Johnson's computer billboard display

Click here for all the pics.

Apparently he won't need this job on his resume. What a great way to go out.

(snagged from linkfilter)

Points Deducted for Not Sticking the Landing

View this guy's big mistake here

Gotta give him some style points for trying to finish his martial arts demo, tho.

(thanks, Thomas J.!)
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Guy tries to launch bottle rocket from clenched buttcheeks
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Hippo eats dwarf
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My new fighting technique is unstoppable!
Prison Survival Guide
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Slashdot | Open-Destination Quantum Teleportation

Slashdot | Open-Destination Quantum Teleportation

KAHN & SELESNICK - The Apollo Prophesies

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Panoramic Photographic Art:

The Apollo Prophesies is a long sidescrolling panoramic artwork, very detailed and fanciful. I could easily see motivation for a composer to create a musical score to complement the visuals.

About the Artists:
"Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick have been collaborating for over ten years on panoramic photographs, sculpture and writing that portray the fictional world of the Royal Excavation Corps in 1930' s England. Their work is in numerous collections, including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Kahn was born in New York City in 1964 and now divides his time between Coxsackie, N.Y. and Brooklyn, New York. Selesnick born in London in 1964, divides his time between Truro, MA and Brooklyn, New York"

Slashdot | Video Games Hit The Big Screen

Slashdot | Video Games Hit The Big Screen

Anonymous Coward writes "A movie theatre owner in Logan, Utah is hoping to start a new trend by bringing video games (Halo in this case) to the big screen. The local newspaper in Logan, The Herald Journal has a nice write-up about the success they had. Does anyone else think this could catch on to be successful, especially in college towns?"

Note from Monkeyman: I think this is such a great idea for theatre owners, much better than their 'host your corporate meeting here, hooray!'

My only reservation is that I'm not sure anyone would want to play games that involve wearing the gear in the above picture.

Guess I'm just not down with the hip crowd anymore.

Some Lawyers Know Dirty Words and Use Them in Voicemail, Apparently Aren't Aware of the Internet...

(I got this link from obscurestore, clipped the entire post from kinsellalaw.com)

I popped in the links to the offending voicemails, the second one is especially funny for how angry the guy builds up to through the message he leaves, man, take a Valium.


KinsellaLaw: "Friday, August 20, 2004

Professional Courtesy: According to the attorney who sent it to me: this was a voicemail message 'that an associate at Winston & Strawn left for an associate at Latham. Latham is representing a borrower in a real estate transaction and W&S represents the lender. I don't know what correspondence preceded the voicemail but as I understand it, W&S asked Latham to make some cosmetic changes to mortgages a day before closing and Latham responded by email that they thought the changes were unnecessary. The response from W&S is pretty unbelievable--a pretty abusive voicemail. This is soon to be part of law firm urban legend along with that summer associate from Skadden [I earlier guessed--wrongly--that they meant here Tucker Max's story, The true story behind 'The Now Infamous Tucker Max Charity Auction Debacle' email --SK]--it's already making it's way around the email circuit. Enjoy!'

And along those lines, an oldie but a goodie: Voicemail message, with increasingly frustrated obscenities, purportedly left by trademark applicant/appellant with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB); resulting Final Order concerning disclipinary action of the attorney (linked here)."

Trash Talk Shock Jock Orders/Eats a Late Nite Shoe Sandwich, Surprised to Find No One Cares

Read the Whole Article Here:

"Shock jock Tom Leykis says he was attacked in Seattle."

By Mark Rahner
Seattle Times staff reporter

Seattle police are looking for radio listeners who allegedly assaulted syndicated shock jock Tom Leykis outside a Seattle bar early Monday.

Leykis said yesterday that the attack left him with 17 stitches above his right eye. His call-in show originates in Los Angeles and airs afternoons on Seattle's KQBZ-FM (100.7). Reached by phone in Los Angeles, Leykis said the attack occurred during one of his regular trips to broadcast from Seattle, where for several years he's maintained a large fan base."

(snagged from obscurestore)

FARK.com: (1099735) FBI investigates alleged Pentagon spy

'The spy just minutes before being caught:'


FARK.com: (1099735) FBI investigates alleged Pentagon spy

I was reading through the comments on the alleged spy at the Pentagon that is accused of passing information to Israel.

The banter is going back and forth, people bashing Israel, cracking wise, blah blah blah. Then I came across this post by Farker drwiii with a caption of 'The spy just minutes before being caught:'

Man, the look on the guy's face in the posted pic is awesome. I love coming across something that really makes me laugh, thanks dwiii! :)

Separated at Birth? Or in Boot Camp?

Ha ha ha! The resemblance is uncanny! :>

Doctors Reattach Austrian Man's Anal Foot

(snagged from Davenetics)

Kid Robot Speakers

Kid Robot Speakers

(snagged from octopusdropkick!)

Old Fashioned Service is the Key to Selling!

Pleasanton Real Estate, Chuck and Loretta Aydelotte, serving Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon and Tri-Valley areas

As experienced realtors, Chuck and Loretta know that the real secret to selling quality real estate is in the 3rd picture listed (look closely).

(thanks, Gargulio! I think he got it from Fark)

...fishin'...for... trouser trout...

(Click pic to make it bigger, bebe... oh yeah...)
cheesedip.com: marvel swimsuit special

Damn, dude. Do I need to say anything else?

'Whoop it out' was the word in the late 80's/early 90's, anybody who might disagree on this point is probably smuggling bones to this very day.

(snagged from anil)

Cops make it easier for Pimps to check up on their Hos.

(You better got all mah cash, biatch!)

Operation Snapshot

This web page has been created to help the citizens of Winnipeg who are living
in the areas known to be frequented by Sex Trade Workers and their customers

Via (mefi)

Get Fuzzy on LOTR Collectibles

(click pic for larger, or visit link below to keep corporate lawyers out of my hair.)

Sacrifices were made, yes.

Stromotion - Stop-Mo Computer Wizardry or New European Athlete Cloning Technology: You Decide

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collision detection: The Dartfish Olympics:

Stromotion - software that breaks an athlete's fluid movements into stop-motion-style freeze-frames.

The tres cool software is made by the Swiss company Dartfish, and apparently Olympians have been using it to train in an incredibly innovative way: They take a performance of a classic Olympian from the past and run it alongside their own, with both broken down into Stromotion frames.

(snagged from kottke)

The Evidence is Clear...

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This might be a sign that your girlfriend/wife is getting her freak on
while you are out at the strip club.

At least she didn't write 'Oh yes! Oh Yes! Wash me big boy!' on the hood with her tongue.

Florida Voting is Now Secure

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The Fisher-Price Voting Device (tm), making life easier
for all voters with suspect reasoning skillz.

Hot Girl on Girl Action = Best Olympics Evah!

Misty May and Kerri Walsh of the U.S. celebrate after winning the
women's gold medal match against Brazil in the women's beach
volleyball competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

In other news, ratings for the Olympics are up.

(Note from Monkyman: Is anyone really, truly surprised by this?)

Iron City Beer in Aluminum Bottles

Beer in Aluminum Bottles on the Way:

"Pittsburgh Brewing, Alcoa to Make Aluminum Bottles That Keep Beer Colder for 50 Minutes Longer

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- How much would you pay for a bottle of beer that stays cold nearly an hour longer? Pittsburgh Brewing Co., maker of Iron City Beer, is asking an additional $1 per case.

The brewery has partnered with Alcoa Inc., the world's largest aluminum maker, to produce aluminum bottles that keep beer colder for as much as 50 minutes longer than a glass bottle, Alcoa officials said."

Ok, but what are you gonna smash and brandish in a barroom scuffle?

(snagged from gizmodo)

Ani DiFranco Had an Ample Portion?

Ani D. is never one to shy away from peeving one half of the country off.

I don't see why she can't wear her 'I had an ample portion.' shirt, what's the big deal?

(Ok, just to stem the trickle of hate mail, I know that's not what the shirt says, geez, calm down.)

Here are a couple of the comments from the article:

Posted by: Ben Finklea at August 24, 2004 05:30 PM

What the Pro-Choice crowd doesn't seem to realize is that the rest of us consider abortion murder. If that's what you believe, that shirt might as well have said "I murdered my own baby." See how that is a bit upsetting? It doesn't matter how well you've done in business if you consider convenient murder something to be proud of or used for political gain.

Posted by: misuba at August 24, 2004 06:12 PM

Ben: do you see how the first and last sentences of your comment negate each other logically? Ms. DiFranco can't be assumed to share your belief that abortion is murder. With all due respect to your beliefs, slipping these kinds of fallacies into your arguments does you no service.

(via anil)

New Drawing Collages by Tony Fitzpatrick

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New Drawing Collages

Beautiful collage work by Tony Fitzpatrick. A quick Google, and here is another site with his collages, drawings, and etchings.

The visual art poetry of Tony Fitzpatrick, in the true style typical of Chicago eloquence, chronicles the causes of the little guy given the short end of the stick. His etchings, paintings, drawings, and collage work all are visual short stories and poems of the hardships of urban survival. His style and his vision both epitomize the gritty, working class celebrated by Carl Sandburg, Upton Sinclair, Nelson Algren, and Studs Terkel. Through his art, Fitzpatrick is a historian, passing along the images and moods of a world that was Chicago in its earlier times: a robust, brawling stew of hard labor in packing houses, steel mills, factories, open air markets like Maxwell Street, and other by-gone legendary places and people. Tony Fitzpatrick’s larger than life artwork festers and boils with concerns about prisoners on death row, sideshow freaks, prostitutes prowling dark avenues and dangerous niches of cities, has-been boxers, anthropomorphic dogs, cats, birds, and other animal types, all anti-heroes, all metaphors, which mirror the stories of struggles past and present, both real and imagined.

(via paperholic)

Damn, That's a Big Fish...

Star-Telegram | 08/22/2004 | DUDE, HERE'S MY GAR:

"One day last month, Tommy Frank found himself just where he likes to be -- about to do battle with a seven-foot alligator gar weighing more than 200 pounds, which he held, literally, on the end of a string."

Damn, that's a big fish. The guy went all Robin Hood on it and shot it with a bow and arrow.

(snagged from Fark)

Hi Girls, Anyone want to chat?

Hi Girls, Anyone want to chat?

What do you get when you are a hot Indonesian man who was a gigolo and has a sweet ride?

Every time I read 'Am I not hot?' I bust out laughing.

(via Presurfer)

100 Extra Dos & Don'ts

The link on Mefi was originally on Photography, but someone posted in the Mefi comments that there was an even better Extra list on the site.

Here is one of my favs:

40. Don't interrupt yourself with, "And this is a true story." You're not in front of a microphone, this isn't the Tonight Show.

YHBTM | Hoobastank

YHBTM | Hoobastank

Well, it's true, ya know.

All these fools know it,too. Way deep down in their little, sad, tone retarded hearts.

How can a helmet manage to be both funny and practical? This guy pulls it off like he was born a winner.

UPDATE: Hahaha! The footage at the Justin Timberlake/Christina Aguilera concert is great! :>

Video game vampire to go topless in October Playboy

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Boing Boing: Video game vampire to go topless in October Playboy

I wonder if women will be offended? Now, instead of just fake boobies, we'll get 100% fakeness.

(At least least this cyberbabe won't wind up all messed up like Pam Anderson.)

3M makes Transparent Aluminum, Trekkies Await Imminent Rapture

Slashdot | Transparent Aluminum Is Here

(a sad side note at the bottom of this page about Scotty:


July 10, 2004

James M. Doohan, the actor who played Scotty on Star Trek has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, his agent confirmed Tuesday.

What's...taters, Precious?

Albino Blacksheep / Flash / Mashed Taters (Potatoes)

(thanks Audrey!)

The Elvis H. Christ Collage Gallery

The Elvis H Christ Collage Gallery

Collage work can be pretty trippy, and sometimes just plain funny. The above image is by Jonathon Baker.

Jonathon Baker turned twenty-nine in the year 2004, which means he has been doing this for nine or ten years, as a result of studying inserts for Dead Kennedys records.

(via CoLLaGeMaNiA)

They Need Your Support

NICE TITS!:

From the site:

"Our Tits need support! If you feel as passionate about Tits as we do, please shop at our very own TIT SHOP by clicking below. There are simply loads of titillating gift ideas there..."

Image:Uss iowa bb-61 pr.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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USS Iowa has some mighty popguns:

"The Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) firing off of Puerto Rico, Public domain photo from history.navy.mil at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/dod/8505379.jpg"

I love this image from Wikipedia's Featured Artwork page, the blast from the guns is awesome and the concussion shockwave on the surface of the ocean is pretty mind-numbing if you consider how much water is being displaced. Boom!

(via diversionz)

Slashdot | A Dicebag of Dungeons and Dragons Documentaries

Lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightning bolt!:

Ah, 30 years of Dungeons and Dragons. How fondly I remember my 8th grade year, rolling and re-rolling stats and generally just making up bad-ass player characters. Good times... good times... I actually had more fun reading all the descriptions of the monsters in the manuals and soaking in the artwork.

(Especially soaking in the artwork of the hawt femmes in the skimpy outfits, huzzah!)

Here is the blurb from the /. article:

"Jason Scott writes 'While we're celebrating 30 years of Dungeons and Dragons, Slashdot readers might as well sit back with their DVD players and enjoy a few documentaries that have recently popped up; all of them done by independent filmmakers, too! Uber Goober: The Movie calls itself 'A Film About Gamers' is a not-taking-itself-too-seriously overview of the life of RPGs and LARPs. Life With the Dice Bag, a 'Documentary about Role Playing Games and the people who play them' looks to take itself a bit more seriously as it covers the last GenCon held in Milwaukee. And finally, who can resist the pull of 'The Dungeons and Dragons Experience?'"

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Chopper babe - Photos of a bikini girl on a motorcycle at Flickr
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daedalsobriquet: so last night i saw motley crue
Scary women of bodybuilding
Yamaha causes 'bumpy irritation'? or "Mama, it burns!!!"
Anna Kournikova in a yellow bikini plays crotch peekaboo
Guy tries to launch bottle rocket from clenched buttcheeks
Twenty Underused Yoga Positions
Hot babe + man boobs = best radio stunt evah!
Black guy's ninja skills are both questionable and painfully funny
White boy rappin': Horrible and funny (mp3s available)
Nympho robot takes political action (stinky Flash anim?)
Hippo eats dwarf
What the hell is wrong with people?!?
Wigger Comix!
Japanese chicks slap the taste from each other's mouths!
My new fighting technique is unstoppable!
Prison Survival Guide
God loves... the gays?
Punch yourself in the face!
When celebrities SNAP: Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake battle midget paparazzi!
Biker Fox is ready to come to work!
Stick figure vet loving up on a cow
EA Games management motivational posters
What the hell is wrong with this picture?
Food chain sells 6 lb. hamburger
Spongebob Squarepants pukes!
Who does this baby belong to?
The New Yorker Spins Senate Antics Old Skool
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Kodomo no kuni - Kodomo no kuni and It's Artist

Beautiful pre-WWII Japanese artistic children's magazine:

"Kodomo no kuni was one of the leading artwork-featuring journals for children founded and published in 23 volumes and 265 issues from January1922 to March 1949.

The magazine included pictures, stories, children's songs, dances, plays, and articles on handicrafts for young children. In format and content pioneering the totally new genre of artistic children's magazine, it was published by Tokyosha."

I've seen links for this today on boingboing, metafilter, and several other places. The artwork is very delicate and colorful, very interesting to compare it to artistic styles current in manga and anime.

Scientists Say Risk of Water Wars Rising

How deliciously ironic.

We're mostly made of water, the Earth is mostly covered by water. But it is so darn pesky to find.

I am drinking some water from my Brita water filter hoobajoob right now, and it sure is tasty.

(snagged from anil)

Graphic Designer Fired After Heckling Bush

"Please stay in the free speech zone.":

Interesting article, guy acts a fool at a Republican political rally, hooray for free speech.

The kicker is that the guy's workplace had been provided tickets by a client who was soon not-so-amused with this dude's antics, blah blah blah, guy gets fired/pwnd/served.

"I was told that my actions reflected badly on the company and that a client was upset," Glen Hiller of Berkeley Springs said.

Ok, as much as I sympathize with this guy getting thrown under the bus, how smart do you have to be to not pull that kind of stunt when it is obviously connected to work? That's called 'asking to be fired.' Sure, he has every right to speak his mind, but how about being a little smarter about it?

I hope those martyr steaks taste good.

Anyway, I thought this snippet at the bottom of the article was interesting and/or a bit disturbing:

"Last month, Charleston City Council apologized to two protesters arrested for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts to the president's July 4 rally. The pair were taken from the event in restraints after revealing T-shirts with Bush's name crossed out on the front and the words 'Love America, Hate Bush' on the back. Trespassing charges were ultimately dismissed. "

Tell me what you think in the comments if you want, I'm easy to amuse.

(via)

Most Influential Christians in America/Jan 2003/Church Executive Magazine -

Saw this on Fark today, pretty interesting read. The magazine's website is down for the count courtesy of the sledgehammer web collective known as Fark, mousing through and soon pounding the magazine's web prescence to it's buttery lil knees.

The list is from the Jan.2003 edition, wonder why it is just coming to attention now?

(...oh yeah. Forgot there is a prez election this year...)

Here's positions #1 and #2:

[1] George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Formerly the Governor of Texas, this compassionate conservative has grown in popularity since 9/11. His decision to go after terrorists at all costs has recently caused an uproar, but he has also proposed bold initiatives to ensure churches can play a role in the betterment of this country. His establishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives had a rough start, but President Bush is working to ensure its success.He is always willing to share his testimony after being saved at age 40. He is also very open with his faith, unlike his many predecessors.

[2] John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Attorney General Ashcroft has been the center of controversy since his appointment in 2001. This son of an Assemblies of God minister has not been bashful about discussing his religious beliefs. However, he has not allowed those beliefs to dictate his enforcement of the nation's laws, much like his opponents thought they would.He leads an area and department that typically has been predominated by secular individuals. For many years God was purposely left out of decisions at the Justice Department.

The mag's website is still down, but luckily Google has a copy cached for viewing.

San Quentin Prison T-Shirt, Tee, Tshirt at PalmerCash.com

San Quentin Prison T-Shirt, Tee, Tshirt at PalmerCash.com

Man, i saw a t-shirt ad on Fark, jumped in and browsed around the shirts. This shirt made me laugh and squirt sweet precious tears of justice. Sounds like something Preach would say.

Here's the shirt's description on the site, pure greatness:

Detailed Description Chillin' Like A Villian - San Quentin State Prison T-Shirt.

Some times I feel like doing nothing, nothing like the fellas down at San Quentin. No work, no bills, no bitching girlfriends, no laundry, no meetings, nothing to do but chill. So buy this shirt and let the world know you be chillin' like a villian.

$15.97 is cheap, 3.95 shipping in the US.

COUGH!

Funny Logo for SQL Fairy

What do you get when you cross a milkman, Tinkerbell, and a programmer?

(via kottke)

Parallel Park Game - Time yourself parallel parking - Flash Game

Annoying but a fun time waster.

This game is tough, but if you really dig parallel parking, this Flash game will scratch that itch aplenty.

Redneck Neighbor

Redneck Neighbor:

(Note: I saw this a loooong time ago on the web, but it is time to dust this gem off for another showing. The following snippet sets it up quite nicely.)

"Background:

My neighbors moved into the house next to ours in October 1997. It’s a brand new neighborhood with new houses. Everyone’s house looks beautiful but that’s about to change. The new neighbors seem like normal people until shortly after they move in (more later).

First, let me say that my redneck neighbor is not destitute or under-privileged. The guy owns a business, drives VERY nice new cars, he just doesn’t care about his house. In order to protect the ignorant, we’ll call him John Doe # 8 or JD8 for short."

(via)

PortlandTribune.com | Bush, Kerry stir up Stumptown:

"An unidentified supporter of President Bush tries to silence protester Kendra Lloyd-Knox (right) outside Southridge High School in Beaverton. Elsewhere in Portland, supporters of Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., rallied on the waterfront. "

You know, I don't care hold old that lady is, but I just might freak the hell out if someone stuck their hand in my face like that.

British Royalty Joke

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Di were out driving in the family Bentley
when they were overtaken by highwaymen. The thieves demanded all their
jewels, but the ladies insisted that they weren't wearing any. After
searching them, the thieves decided to settle for the car, and left. As
the Queen and Princess were walking back to Buckingham palace, the Queen
asked Di, "Weren't you wearing a diamond ring when we left?" Di said
"Yes I was. But when I saw the thieves, I hid it up my... well, you
know. But weren't you wearing that sapphire necklace Prince Philip gave
you?" The queen answered "Yes, but when I saw the thieves, I put it up
my...well, you know." They walked a little further and the queen added
"It's a shame we didn't have Princess Margaret with us; we could have
saved the Bentley!"

It's a Quiznos Cat!

"I like de moOooooOnnn!!!"

Holy Kryptonite Shekhar!!

Occasionally something will come along that reminds us that humans should not take themselves too seriously, lest they be struck down by the Old Gods.

Captain Japan is a sexy man.

It's circus time! Be a brave soul and visit his site. (You guessed correct, it's NSFW.)

"Some people will go down in history
for curing illness or helping bring down the Berlin Wall,
and some people will be noted for spinning and clapping."

Slashdot | Jabberwocky in ActionScript

Slashdot | Jabberwocky In ActionScript

VeryVito writes "You can tell Flash programming is beginning to grow up: It's not just for designers anymore, but for real, honest-to-goodness tech geeks. As evidence, I present The ActionScript Jabberwocky. Enjoy!" It's almost as good as reading it in the original Klingon.

Man in Blue Tutu Interrupts Olympic Diving Event

CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - CBC Sports: Olympic organizers boost security after Canadian fan leaps into pool.

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Olympics organizers have increased security at all sports venues after an unidentified Canadian spectator plunged into a swimming pool during a diving competition.

The man, bare-chested and sporting a blue tutu, scampered onto the pool deck and climbed to an adjoining diving board during the men's synchronized three-metre springboard event on Monday.

Another great publicity stunt from online gambling site palace.com.

My Little Pony : Lord of the Rings NAZGUL Custom on eBay

Haha! Brilliant! Too bad they didn't rake in a sky-high bid for modding that lil piece of plastic horseflesh.

Long live the shadowy world of the secondary market!

(snagged from Waxy)
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Chopper babe - Photos of a bikini girl on a motorcycle at Flickr
Team Photo: Sheer Perfection
Scary women of bodybuilding
Yamaha causes 'bumpy irritation'? or "Mama, it burns!!!"
Anna Kournikova in a yellow bikini plays crotch peekaboo
Guy tries to launch bottle rocket from clenched buttcheeks
Twenty Underused Yoga Positions
Hot babe + man boobs = best radio stunt evah!
Black guy's ninja skills are both questionable and painfully funny
White boy rappin': Horrible and funny (mp3s available)
Nympho robot takes political action (stinky Flash anim?)
Hippo eats dwarf
What the hell is wrong with people?!?
Wigger Comix!
Japanese chicks slap the taste from each other's mouths!
My new fighting technique is unstoppable!
Prison Survival Guide
God loves... the gays?
Punch yourself in the face!
When celebrities SNAP: Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake battle midget paparazzi!
Biker Fox is ready to come to work!
Stick figure vet loving up on a cow
EA Games management motivational posters
What the hell is wrong with this picture?
Food chain sells 6 lb. hamburger
Spongebob Squarepants pukes!
Who does this baby belong to?
The New Yorker Spins Senate Antics Old Skool

Political parody draws Web crowd | CNET News.com:

"JibJab Media's 'This Land' Flash animated political parody film, received 10.4 million unique hits during the month of July."

Company co-founder Gregg Spiridellis was presented with these staggering numbers and was reported to have said:

"s1F...wh4+?... 0MG, re@Lly? WE 0wnZorED 4LL J00 PH495!"

Mattel Rejects Suicide Bomber Barbie

In a not-so-surprising move...

...Mattel executives unanimously rejected their marketing department’s latest submission: Suicide Bomber Barbie. This would surely become a political hot-potato,” explained June Cabrini, Executive Production Manager, “and thats not the sort of thing Mattel wants to get involved with.”

(via Fark)

Dude looks like...a Salt Vampire?

Seperated at birth?

(thanks, Mike!)

The New York Times - A French Employee's Work Celebrates the Sloth Ethic

The French version of 'Office Space':

"PARIS, Aug. 13 - Finally, instead of dissembling behind ambiguous notions of Gallic joie de vivre, someone in this leisurely land has declared outright that the French should eschew the Anglo-Saxon work ethic and openly embrace sloth.

Corinne Maier, the author of 'Bonjour Paresse,' a sort of slacker manifesto whose title translates as 'Hello Laziness,' has become a countercultural heroine almost overnight by encouraging the country's workers to adopt her strategy of 'active disengagement' - calculated loafing - to escape the horrors of disinterested endeavor."

(via Mefi)

...dead Cthulhu waits dreaming...

"Wait, you plush fools!" cried Professor Blue Smush DinoBaby. "'In
his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.' Do not disturb Him,
or you will doom us all!"

My favorite comment from the FAQ has to be:

Why in Heaven's name would someone make a stuffed version of an evil unholy creature?
Something's got to keep all those unruly Beanie Babies in line.

CRAIGSLIST / On the record: Craig Newmark - SFGate.com

Here is a snippet from the article on the background history of Craig Newmark, creator of the 'let's get right to the point' free classifieds/posting site known as Craigslist:

Back in 1994, Craig Newmark was working a computer security job at Charles Schwab and looking for ways to improve his social life. He started an e-mail list among his friends and sent out messages about events and happenings in and around San Francisco. His friends loved it, word spread and Newmark's little list grew by leaps and bounds. People started calling it Craigslist, and a phenomenon was born.

A decade later, Newmark stands at the helm of an Internet firm of astonishing proportions. Craigslist sites, found at www.craigslist.com, serve 45 cities across the United States, Canada and even England, attracting 5 million unique visitors every month.

Although the company has been fiercely independent to date, Newmark finds himself at a crossroads. On Friday, he said EBay bought 25 percent of his company from a former Craigs-list employee who had independently sold the shares to the San Jose auction firm. We caught up with Craig Friday to ask him about this latest development.

The whole article is here.

(via /.)

Marginal Revolution: Dutch Auction IPO

This article explains the Dutch auction idea nicely.

After reading the article, I wonder if Google's use of this IPO method will adversely affect the investment banking community?

(via kottke)

Top Ten Reasons to Vote for George Bush

Top Ten reasons to vote for George Bush

10. The 17 percent productivity growth from the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2004 stands head and shoulders above the growth rate for any comparable period. In the first 13 quarters of the Bush Administration, the basic determinant of our standard of living increased by almost as much as during the entire 32 quarters of the Clinton Administration.

9. The USA Patriot Act brought down the artificial wall separating law enforcement and intelligence officers and allowed them to talk to each other as they work to prevent future attacks.

8. If the Indian tribes sue to get back the land you're living on, which candidate do you want in control?

7. What's more important, knowing how to pronounce "nuclear bombs" or knowing who to drop 'em on?

6. He can't be as dumb as everyone says.

5. He's the only candidate who stands for the principles that originally made this country great - like slavery and denying the vote to women.

4. If Bush had been President, we never would have gotten involved in Vietnam. Especially if he could have been President and still have been "draft age".

3. Big deal, Kerry got the Purple Hearts and Silver Stars. Bush got the Yellow Moons and Green Clovers.

2. Are you a man or not? Our guy - named after a beer. Their guy - named after a character on Sex in the City.

1. Actually, there's no reason to vote for him if you live in Florida. You don't have to. We got that shit under control.

(via fark)

joewahkeen: "Hakuna Matata": "'Hakuna Matata'

Huh.

If that doesn't keep ya regular, nothing will, my friend.

joewahkeen at Livejournal says:
Look what I've been up to in Ohio, Bastard Rasmus Kay Cuffari Uri Gellar goddamn assraped by Eddy Gordo. YATTA!"

Adopt Your Own Emo Kid!

Adopt Your Own Emo Kid!

From the mouth/webpage of the creator, doom_dolly:

I've disabled comments on the emo kids because im tired about getting messages like this: "FUCKGNIN HAWTE MEODH BOIIISS AREEE OMG THANKO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111 IMMA FRIEND YEREW BECOS YEWMADE KEWL ASWS EMOHDBOIS!"
Or messages telling me to go fuck off and die or something like that.
you can still adopt the emo kids, and you can still send me hate messages here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/doom_dolly/114096.html
ok. bye.

I have no idea what this says...

...but it would be really swank if it said something like:
"Talk on phone during movie? Our ushers soon fix your wagon."

(click image for larger version)

Found this while GIS'ing for 'samurai', there are more photos to
eyeball at http://www.alles.or.jp/~katsurao/kt3/kotodamanga.htm

.:Ready Teddy Death:. .:Video:.:

From the website:

"This charming woodland scene was spoiled when someone left a cuddly toy on top of an old tree stump. Here's how we got rid of it."

Right click link to save as .mpg.

(snagged from Presurfer) 

:: Corey Harris ::American Blues Revivalist

From the bio page:

In Martin Scorsese’s film, “Feel Like Going Home,” Corey Harris visits Niafunke, the Sahara Desert hometown of Malian master musician Ali Farka Touré, known around the world as the king of African blues. The encounter between Harris, a young, American blues revivalist, and Touré, a musician with a vast sense of cultural history, is as close as any of the films in Scorsese’s series, The Blues, comes to grappling with the African roots of blues music. But for Harris, that was just the beginning.

There are tons of streaming clips of his music and a small Quicktime of Harris in concert.

(via)

Stoned scientists:

"Marijuana and psychedelics have inspired many of the modern world's greatest minds."

Or maybe they just liked getting high.

(via)

Who To Kill - Online Game

Create a login, then go to town snuffing celebrities, corporate icons, porn stars, kittens, dictators, wrestlers, blah blah blah! When you click on the picture of a potential victim, the stats and percentages of whether they have been deemed worthy of life or not is displayed.

This is a certified fun fun fun day waster!

(via) 

American Politics Journal -- A Death in the Congressman's Office

Alas, the Net, she bores me momentarily!

So... let's dig up some old, uncomfortable news.

Joe Scarborough. Brr. That is a seriously weasely looking dude. (Hint: He doesn't have brown fur, if you get my drift...)

I bet he hangs out with OJ, they play rounds of golf and just LAUGH and LAUGH. Good times.

 

LOL. 

Pxgblftn - Weird, strange art, bizarre, surrealistic, nonsensical art. Cartoon abstract art style

What a page title, who needs metatags when you have all that?

Here's a snippet of this artist's bio:

Jeff Lyons currently resides in Calgary, Canada. (b.1965) A self-taught, professional artist. He began cartooning in 1973, then gained an interest in fine art in 1987, originally painting realism and impressionism. He has also dabbled in music composition, architecture, short story writing, film animation and graphic and web design.

Jeff's main medium since 1996 is oil paint. 95% of paintings are on stretched canvas.. 

Sweet!

If there is anything good that comes from technology it is the ever
increasing ease of pron delivery.

First cellphone-based porn mag?

While a host of mobile carriers in Europe already offer adult content to subscribers, Brit porn auteur Ben Dover (nee Lindsay Honey) and tech firm Symbios Group say the digital porn mag they're launching this month in the UK will be the first such publication designed specifically for mobile delivery

(via boingboing)

Terminator 4 Casting Begins

Maria Shriver will star as the new villain in the upcoming T4 epic action flick. She will be playing a new Terminator model, T-ug1y, that will specialize in scaring humans to death and generally standing around looking creepy.

Outsider/Lowbrow Art by Mr. Hooper

Mr. Hooper

I am a product of Nashville, Tennessee, its neighborhoods and people. I have been fortunate in my life to have known some very unusual individuals. Basically, my art is rooted in the true story of my life, though I choose to embellish it as I will.

I taught myself to draw by emulating Robert Crumb as a teenager. As my ability has grown, I have coupled my cartooning skills with a desire to tell stories. Essentially, my paintings are about temptation and vice.

 

Techdirt:eBay Buys One Quarter Of Craigslist

I do so love how he tries to play this off.

(Thanks Thomas!) 

TrekWeb.com - William Shatner No 'Has Been': Record Drops Oct 5th, Song and Interview Clips Available:

A follow-up to this previous post:

"William Shatner continues his foray into multiple media this fall when he will not just appear on ABC's new BOSTON LEGAL, but croon on a new CD produced by Ben Folds entitled HAS BEEN. The record contains songs written by the actor and performed by him and several guest vocalists. The new web site ShatnerHasBeen.com has launched, providing audio clips from the CD and audio interview bits with Shatner about each song."

(Thanks Thomas!)

History of the origins of Habitat, Pixar, and LucasArts Games

Here is the article: A snippet is below:

"A posting by Andrew Kirmse in Orkut's Lucas Valley High community (a group for current and former LucasArts and Lucasfilm Games people) expressed interest in the history of how Habitat came to be. I started to compose a response and then realized that this would probably be interesting to a wider audience than our little ghetto on Orkut, so I decided to publish it here instead. It also ended up being rather longer than I had counted on. Some of this may be a little rambling, but history is like that.

In 1985, when Habitat got started, Lucasfilm Games was a very different organization from the LucasArts Entertainment Company that people see today."

(via)

True to form.

Looks like procrastination.org really lives up to their namesake as there homepage is blank, trying to navigate around generates lots of HTTP errors. And their page is full of files it is unable to open. The good news is that they have some good pron links in the bottom left hand corner.

Why am I telling you this? Because we have managed to become one of their top referrers. Leave it to Snarky to send you all to hell.

Get All Your Amish Bling Bling Here:

"Amish.Net is America's first website devoted to Amish Country information, Amish made products and tourism services."

In other exciting wicker-people news, being online has freed the Amish up to advertise hot, steamy wagon rides to get some intercourse.

(I'm not making this up, look at the pic above if you doubt me.)

Apparently there is a whole village of nothing but full-on boning and vittles in Pennsylvania.

"Jebediah! Pack thee bags and jimmy hats! We are off to fornicate!"

(via)

$98?

Man, that is a bit pricey, but I bet a lot of people would be willing to drop that kind of money for a one-of-a-kind Pez dispenser. I wonder if I could send in some pics of Cthulhu? That would be teh aw3s0m3 to eat lil tasty candies from the mouth of eternal suffering.

 

I dub this cool.

What a great idea, a hexagonal cardboard box that can hold up to 60 lbs of equipment that can be chucked from an aircraft. The copter blades on the top spin during descent to float it to the ground.

 

Gaylord.

Sometimes a woman’s nagging can drive a man to do some crazy things.

Just another Dummy.

Porter Goss, president Bush’s nomination to lead the CIA is caught on tape admitting that he is not fit for the job while doing a past interview for Michael Moore. If this is true, he should fit right in with the rest of the administration. I do feel that this is just a grand conspiracy on the part of the right wing to make Michael Moore look intelligent.

(via MetaFilter)

Here is my result from the test:

I AM 97% WHITE TRASH! Born in a trailer, live in a trailer, die in a trailer. I am the epitome of white trashiness. Unfortunately, I have no clue what epitome means. Take the WHITE TRASH test at Fuali.com

Zombie Pinups Want Your Brains!

Nothing finer than cadaverous hottie.

 

White Trash Test

Not sure if you qualify to marry your sister? Check the above link to make dubble shure.

(via) 

Gizmodo : Thin Cut Porcelain Lamp 

Boing Boing: European copyright extension: protecting Elvis to the detriment of everyone else

It figures...

Rule #1. Big Corporations will win. Always.

(until the revolution comes, of course...).

Wired News: Turning Slackers Into Workaholics

Uh oh...:

"Procrastinating monkeys were turned into workaholics using a gene treatment to block a key brain compound, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday."

Some great footage (NSFW language during one part of the preview clip, but it is funny)

"This one-of-a-kind event compiles footage from videos that were found at garage sales, estate sales, in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country."

(snagged from octopusdropkick!) 

DALLAS -- This billboard in Dallas on Feb. 2, 2004, is a campaign by Dallas- based nonprofit software company by NetAccountability, a nonprofit software company that aims to help Christians confront the "secret sin" of pornography. The company is urging men to give their wives a special gift for Valentines -- abstinence from porn. The billboards are scheduled to be displayed on Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, the day before Valentines Day. (02/12/04 AP photo)

 

LAS VEGAS -- Rick Roufus, left, delivers a blow to the body of Taro Akebono of Japan during the third round of the K-1 Battle of Bellagio III at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Roufus won the fight by a unanimous decision. (08/07/04 AP photo)

 

She seems thrilled to be there. 

Take it's clothes off, and it looks like Kenny from Southpark. 

best retarded cat ever | Metafilter 

Mammals Chilling Together...

Cute pics of dog and baby deer hanging out.

Lockergnome - Your Top Technology Information Resource!

The Lockergnome Universe for August 2004.

There are more tech links here than you might believe possible:

Windows Fanatics
Linux Fanatics
OS X Fanatics
IT Professionals
Web Developers
Problem Solvers
Tech News Watch
RSS & Atom Tips
Hot Downloads
Bargain Hunter
DVD Deal Center
Geeks Gone Wild!
Net Connections
Technobabble
Search Engineer
Game Invasion
Hardware Help
Media Center
Mobile Lifestyle
Political Geeks
Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics: Camtasia Studio v2.0
Lockergnome's IT Professionals: Small Business IT Check List: Security Basics
Lockergnome's Web Developers: Newspaper Does Standards
Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips: Egress - PocketPC RSS Reader
Lockergnome's OS X Fanatics: Production Suite
Lockergnome's Linux Fanatics: Latest Security Advisories
Lockergnome's Political Geeks: Text taxation rebellion
Lockergnome's Hardware Help: BTX coming to Gateway
Lockergnome's Technobabble: Slash Your Electric Bill with Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Lockergnome's Media Center: Video Capture
Lockergnome's Game Invasion: Doom 3: A Casual Gamer's Review
Lockergnome's Mobile Lifestyle: Wednesday Scribble
Lockergnome's Search Engineer: Astronomy Resources
Lockergnome's Net Connections: Successful Forums Tip #4: Positive Reinforcement
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch: NASA Plans Robotic Fix for Hubble Space Telescope
Windows File of the Day: PiXPO v1.5

Yoshitomo Nara: From the Depth of My Drawer:
2004-08-11 until 2004-10-11
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Tokyo, JP

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Yoshitomo Nara. This exhibit features drawings, paintings, photographs, three-dimensional works and installations by Yoshitomo Nara, ranging from small, early pieces made in the 1980s to his latest works. Planned by the artist himself, the show marks the debut of a new permanent installation made by Nara for the Hara Museum."

Googling for more info on Yoshitomo Nara came up with some images of his past artwork. Here are some nice examples:

1 2 3

NPR : T. Rex 'Lived Fast and Died Young'

NPR : T. Rex 'Lived Fast and Died Young':

"One of the mysteries of dinosaur evolution is how animals that started out at about three feet long grew over millions of years to become the planet's most fearsome monsters. "

It was steroids, man. Pure 'roid monstrosities!

The Shatner is Back!

You'll...never fail...like...common people...

William Shatner has a new album coming out
produced by Ben Folds Five
click.the.link.to....hear a track"

(via)

DubyaSpeak.com : Dubya Audio (peeance)

What the hell is a peeance?

Mindgame Trailer.

Saw this on Waxy.org. What a bizarre
Japanese animated trailer, Parappa the Rapper meets Waking Life meets Akira.

Waxy.org got the link from Octopusdropkick, here's a snippet
about the film from that site:

Mindgame is new animated movie that just came out in Japan. I caught the trailer this morning and it looks pretty awesome. It has a unique style of animation that includes 2D, 3D, and live-action faces composited on animated bodies. The live action faces have an animated look, so I think they pulled it off well.

Windows Media Player link
Macintosh link

The Big Charade

"'Somebody told me the French made it up hundreds of years ago,
but I always thought my dad invented it just for me.'
(And other cool shorts.)"

I want to see this.

Cool mixed media sculptures by Michael Demeng.

(snagged from CoLLaGeMaNiA) 

Worst. Trailer. Ever. | Metafilter

Poor ol' Christian Slater and Tara Reid...

Link to Trailer

Spidey reviews a box of Crayons. This is what happens when you have a digital camera and too much time on your hands.

Carnation Instant Break...FASSSSST!
You're gonna love it in an instant!

(snagged from J-Walk)

 

(click image to enlarge)

FARK.com: (1066684) Photoshop what the classic Nintendo games would have been like had they been owned by Microsoft originally. 

Be truthful - and funny will come | Metafilter

Be truthful - and funny will come | Metafilter

Holy crapholi, I actually did a spit take and nearly whizzed myself laffing at work when I read this snippet from the linked article on Mefi: (RP is Richard Pryor)

Jason Byrne: You talk about Muhammad Ali in your latest DVD and how frightening it was to be in the ring with him. But do you reckon you could beat him now that the two of you shake like maracas?

RP: That's your fuckin' question?

Google email being hacked

Wear a condom.

Boing Boing: Print real US postage stamps with your own photos. No boobies.:

Sean Bonner says, 'Stamps.com has launched Photo.Stamps.com
where you can upload your own images and print real stamps.
Here's some I'd like to see:" (see above)

(monkeyman adds: "What? No goatse stamps?")

J-Walk Blog: Songs And Literature

List of songs that retell a work of literature.

"The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy retells J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
"Killing an Arab" by The Cure is closely related to Albert Camus's The Stranger.
"Lay Down" by The Strawbs is based on Psalm 23.
"White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane partially retells Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

The Ents are Attacking!

Here is the footage in Windows .wmv format.

 

Lightning Strikes Photo Gallery by Steven Noyes at pbase.com

Most excellent burnination!

(snagged from J-Walk) 

On Sale Today! $16.38 through amazon.com.

DVD: Late Night with Conan O'Brien - The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

 

Journalists Dribble Out Dumb Questions to Usher

dallasobserver.com | Usher in the Love | 2004-08-05:

Hahaha, journalist can say some really dumb things when the pressure is on. For example:

"The Slip-Up

Q: Good evening, Usher. How are you doing?

Usher: I'm just fine, woman.

Q: Excellent. I want to congratulate you on a stellar year, and I'm
curious, since you've clearly had sex--excuse me, success in the
past, what do you think it is about this year that really allowed
you to break through in a major multiplatinum way?

Usher: [Ignoring the slip-up] It could have been the fact that,
after 10 years, I've been constantly doing it. And it could
just be, surely, God's grace and my persistence, prayer
and patience."

Read the whole article, there's more where that came from.

(snagged from kottke)

Cool copper wire sculptures.

(snagged from J-Walk) 

The stoners will love this!

There's a new film camera by Lomography, the 'Colorsplash,' that has a built-in color wheel (tube?) over its flash that will let you tweak the colors of your pictures to add an 'abstract edge to Lomography as a whole.'

 

Wired News: Doom 3: A Helluva Tech Demo

Can I Blow Up Stuff?

If answer is 'Yes', then it is a good game.

Which random shout from the guy in Teen Girl Squad are you?...

Burnination! 

Sharp brings 3D to PCs, without the funny specs

...and pr0n will nevah be the same...

The LL-151-3D is a 15-inch LCD monitor that taps 3D technology Sharp first showed off in late 2002. The company has already incorporated the technology into screens for phones and notebooks; the new monitor, which Sharp had originally hoped to release by the end of 2003, marks the technology’s debut for desktops.

MP3Blogs Aggregator

Tons of MP3 blogs.

(snagged from Interconnected Mini Links)

Pretty trippy 8-bit short.

(snagged from Waxy) 

Techdirt:Online Gambling... For A Living

Techdirt:Online Gambling... For A Living:

"Of course, the online poker player they talk to seems to have made a career out of beating Americans who shouldn't be gambling online anyway: 'The best time to play is between 4am and 7am,' she explains, 'because the Americans are playing - and they're drunk.'"

Free music! | Metafilter

Free music. (It's late. I can't think of a title.) | Metafilter:

"KVRX, University of Texas' radio station, has an archive of tracks recorded live in their studio. Artists include The Magnetic Fields, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Broken Social Scene, Devendra Banhart, Explosions in the Sky, Sebadoh, Mojave 3, Okkervil River, Japancakes, Call and Response, Super Furry Animals, Cat Power, I Am The World Trade Center and the sublime Paul Burch, among others."

Folder Size Tracker Tool (Downloads)

Full Drive Got You All Sad?

Then download this nifty lil tool:

“When you want to identify space-hogging folders, you don’t need to wade through each folder’s Properties data to determine its size. Just point the Folder Size Tracker Tool to the desired path and let it compile and display the statistics for you.”

Boing Boing: Human lie detectors

Can't tell who is lying?

You may not be able to tell, but the Secret Service knows what to look for.

Yahoo! News - Gorilla Seeks Help Using Sign Language:

Pretty cool, this part made me LOL:

"Her teacher, Francine Patterson, was at her side when the anesthesiologist prepared to put her under in the morning, and apparently Koko asked to meet her specialists.

They crowded around her, and Koko, who plays favorites, asked one woman wearing red to come closer. The woman handed her a business card, which Koko promptly ate.

Otherwise, Koko was calm, Liang said."

(thanks for the link, Ryan W.!)

The Visual World of Michel Gondry || kuro5hin.org

I enjoyed 'Eternal Sunshine' when it was in theaters, looking forward to getting it on DVD (Available Sept. 28, 2004). Check out the Director's series on his work on DVD, it includes a bizarre short film starring Jim Carrey.

Gorgeous aerial photos.

Breathtaking imagery, I dig it.

(snagged from J-Walk)

little brain creeped...of me...today logical revenge

(thanks for the link, Gargulio! ... I think....) 

Logic will not stand in the way of Justice.

Terry Nichols will serve 161 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Would somebody please explain to me how it is possible to serve more than 1 life sentence without the possibility of parole?

Republicans score a political victory! Humanity loses big time.

"...and this is me when I was four..."

James Hart would like you know the truth on Race Relations and swears that he does not have a screw loose. He has just won a seat in Tennessee's 8th Congressional District. A mass migration of rednecks to that district is expected.

I don’t think he likes black people all that much:

“These worthless bums from the slum could not tie their own shoes let alone run the government”

Funny, and showing off Doom 3 technology. It will be the purr-fect addition to your Hello Kitty collection, maybe not as much fun as this, but that would be too much to expect, I imagine. 

Slashdot | The Unknown Newton

A genius, and a bit odd.

You know, I bet Newton ran around the house buck naked with a carrot stuck up his butt.

When you are all smart and stuff, people will cut you a ton of slack on your behavior, no matter how freeky deeky you are.

Beyond weird. Saw a link in the comments on Mefi for these psychotic lil Flash episodes.

4. evil diamond II has some naughty words in it, so put on your headphones if you are at work. Check out the yo rodeo! link, some cool rock show posters and stuff. 

Those emo kids will pay big bucks for these rock show posters by Darren Grealish.

I know, this has been around a while...

Still makes me laugh. :>

13th century silver cross found in English field

The power of IESVS compels you!

A curator at the British museum said that the find woud have been bought during those times most likely by a wealthy person and it would have been used to ward off evil.