August 27, 2008
Military humor
One of 38 pix of military humor.
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A different world
There's a store in my neighborhood called Futon World. I love that name. It makes me think of a magical place... that gets less comfortable over time.
- Demetri Martin
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The first lesson
An ad by a Dutch insurance company that's a retelling of an old joke.
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Pure genius
Moline man jailed after sending hostages for beerBy The Associated Press
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:23 PM CDTFORT MADISON, Iowa — An Illinois man who police say held five people hostage in a Fort Madison motel was arrested after he sent two of his hostages on a beer run.
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August 26, 2008
Pimp your Lamborghini
Here's one of many photos of this hand-customized Lamborghini.
The car was actually done in sharpie markers on the paint and then finished with a clear coat for protection. It took about 2 weeks total. Prestige (Lamborghini Miami) definitely shocked a lot of people when this car was first seen in California during the Concorso Italiano/Pebble Beach week. It attracted attention good and unfortunately bad everywhere it went.
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Refute this!
Kansas university fires mooning debate coach
Fri Aug 22, 10:18 PM EDTWICHITA, Kan. — Fort Hays State University has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear.
University President Edward H. Hammond also announced Friday that the school was immediately suspending its debate program until problems are addressed at the national level. He said it was important to take a stand against the declining standards of college debate.
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Quick change housekeeper
An ad from Ikea.
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Too much information
Trailer Thief Caught As Officer Tries To Buy
Detective No Longer Interested In TrailerPOSTED: 9:47 am EDT August 26, 2008
OCALA, Fla. -- A vacationing Florida deputy was looking for a deal -- but got a crook.
Off-duty Marion County sheriff's Detective Thomas Tingue spotted a travel trailer on the road with a "For Sale" sign. He called the number to ask the price and learned the trailer had been stolen.
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August 25, 2008
Beijing panorama
A 360° view of the Olympic stadium in Beijing
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Buds R Us
Authorities Find Marijuana Grow Operation At Miami MallPOSTED: 7:55 am EDT August 25, 2008
MIAMI -- The Mall of the Americas in Miami was home to a business not usually found among the food courts, retail stores and movie theaters of similar locations: a hydroponic nursery with more than 200 marijuana plants.
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The gymnast you didn't see
H.T. Carol
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They're here to help
Commuter Flights Grounded Thanks To Bumbling TSA InspectorWed, 20 Aug '08
Damaged TAT Probes On Nine Jets While Conducting 'Security Checks'They're the government... and remember, they're here to help. A bumbling inspector with the Transportation Safety Administration apparently has some explaining to do, after nine American Eagle regional jets were grounded at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday.
Citing sources within the aviation industry, ABC News reports an overzealous TSA employee attempted to gain access to the parked aircraft by climbing up the fuselage... reportedly using the Total Air Temperature (TAT) probes mounted to the planes' noses as handholds.
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Olympic humor
Mary sent this cartoon about super swimmer Michael Phelps.
When I went searching for its origin, I found this site with 6 other Michael Phelps cartoons.
Update: Narayanan at Tech Spikes left a comment: 'Here are 14 more Phelps cartoons.'
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Misdiagnosed
Carol sends an oldie that's worth another go...
A drunk man who smelled like a distillery sat down next to a priest in a subway car. The man's tie was stained, his face was smeared with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, 'Say Father, what causes arthritis?'
The priest replied, 'My son, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for yourself and the lack of a bath.'
The drunk muttered in response, 'Well, I'll be damned.' He resumed reading his paper.
The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. 'I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to be so uncharitable. How long have you had arthritis?'
The drunk answered, 'I don't have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does.'
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August 22, 2008
River dogs
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It's not long 'til deer season
And if you start soon, you can build a deer stand like the one described here.
Spot the difference between the seventh and eighth pictures in this collection.
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50 years of American history
Mary sends a like to a Flash clip based on Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire. The presentation's a little cheesy, but the collection of images is pretty good. (Of course, it helps if you like the song.)
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Did I say, 'Stranger than fiction'?
Ms. McKinney's story gets even weirder than my first post about her.
Dog cloner Joyce McKinney sought over burglary to fund horse's wooden legAn American dog lover who garnered global attention after having her pit bull cloned and then admitted to being the woman accused in a 1970s British sex abduction case is now being sought on charges of plotting a bizarre burglary in Tennessee.
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August 20, 2008
Presentation is everything
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$11,111.11 per foot
Man Sues Restaurant Over 9-Foot Tapeworm
Customer Says Salmon Contained ParasitePOSTED: 2:25 pm EDT August 19, 2008
CHICAGO -- A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant.
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Franz's lawsuit seeks $100,000 from Shaw's and its parent company, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, contending the restaurant's staff was negligent in serving him improperly cooked fish.
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Sculpted hair
This comes from a collection of pix of 11 'head graphics'.
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Headed for the Office Olympics
German police seize teens' motorized office chairMon Aug 18, 5:55 PM ET
BERLIN - German police have confiscated what may be the world's fastest office chair. Police say officers happened on the contraption — the work of two inventive 17-year-olds — in the western town of Gross-Zimmern on Saturday.
The pair had added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes and a metal frame to the revolving chair — making into a go-kart-like vehicle.
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August 19, 2008
It's not particularly aerobic
From a post titled The State of Exercise in America
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The old trouser snake trick
Weatherman freaked out by trouser snake
Monday, August 18, 2008There's a reason the saying 'never work with children or animals' was coined, as a terrified TV weatherman found out.
Weatherman Kurtis Gertz put on a fixed-yet-terrified grin as a python started to slither inside his shorts on US television.
It had all started so well. The KCCI-TV presenter first appeared with the 10ft long creature around his shoulders as he reported from the Iowa State Fair last week.
But the giant Burmese python, called Dawn, had other ideas.
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Amazing stuff
says CodeWritinFool. And it is pretty impressive.
Uni. Washington and Microsoft Research collaborates on (yet another) mindblowing 3D photo viewerIf you think you've seen what's possible with Photosynth, then you've seen nothing yet. The collaborative research team from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research who only two years ago in 2006 published their paper "Photo Tourism" and their technology demonstration "Photosynth" have again pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved by intuitively processing the abundance of digital images shared on the web.
This week at SIGGRAPH 2008 they're sharing with the world some even better technology they've been working on which they call "Finding Paths through the World's Photos". Don't let the name fool you, it's damn cool. If you're not much of a reading person like me, take a look at this video demonstration. (Watch it till the end)
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Seemed like a good idea at the time
Poodle drove carA Chinese couple received a police caution for trying to teach their dog to drive.
Traffic police at Liunan spotted a car driving too slowly on a local expressway, reports Nanguo Morning Post.
As they pulled in behind the car, officers were amazed to see a poodle with its front legs on the steering wheel. [...]
The woman says she and her boyfriend came up with the idea of teaching their pet dog, Niu Niu, to drive after noticing the expressway was nearly empty and the weather was good.
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August 18, 2008
Canadian wildlife
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The downtown duck hero
Carol sends a batch of photos of a mallard duck who built a nest on a second storey ledge in downtown Spokane and hatched her brood there. The link goes to a story -- with the photos in a slideshow -- about a man named Joel Armstrong who took them all under his wing and helped Mama Mallard get her ducklings to the Spokane river.
Downtown Duck HeroOn Tuesday, May 20, a Spokane man who works downtown as a loan officer at a local bank, became a hero in the eyes of his sister and many of his co-workers. What follows is his story, as told by his sister, Candace Mumm.
Here's a picture of the happy ending.
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If you want to be happy
Lonely Aussie Men Appeal To Ugly Women
Following Criticism, Mayor Says He Was MisquotedPOSTED: 9:31 am EDT August 18, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia -- Ugly women are wanted for the bachelors in the Australian Outback mining town of Mount Isa.
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August 15, 2008
More latte art
The Wall Street Journal and I are both a few months behind on this one. Be sure to check out the video.
Foam Sweet Foam: 'Latte Art' Heats Up in Home KitchensBy CARI TUNA
August 14, 2008; Page A1For the past eight months, Wayne Mathias has been perfecting his pour.
Every morning, the 47-year-old San Francisco legal-records analyst makes a cup of espresso, froths some milk and then decants it into the cup with a rhythmical flicking motion. When all goes well, the delicate white swirls form a heart or a fernlike leaf called a "rosetta." Sometimes he gets a formless blob instead.
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