A radio station in Cincinnati is in hot water after dropping twenty live turkeys out of a helicopter. Rather than flying away as expected, the birds dropped “like sacks of wet cement.”
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Paul McCartney, Registered Trademark
// October 16th, 2006
I’ve long suspected it, and now it’s proven true: Paul McCartney is the evil opposite of John Lennon
“My Bad” first uttered by Manute Bol
// May 7th, 2006
Turns out that the phrase “My Bad” may have originated with 7-foot-7 Sudanese former Golden State Warrior Manute Bol.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 10, 1989: When he [Manute Bol] throws a bad pass, he’ll say, “My bad” instead of “My fault,” and now all the other players say the same thing.
Language Log: Pick-up basketballism reaches Ivy League faculty vocabulary
Mr. T Back on TV
// May 3rd, 2006TV Land just announced that it will start a new show called “I Pity the Fool”, where Mr. T will go around the country giving advice.
“My show ain’t no `Dr. Phil,’ with people sitting around crying,” he said. “You’re a fool - that’s what’s wrong with you. You’re a fool if you don’t take my advice.”
TV Land network plans Mr. T series
Japanese Rube Goldberg Ads
// April 12th, 2006
BRILLIANT Rube Goldberg-machine ads for Japanese children’s show Pitagorasuichi. Only click this link if you have 12:54 to spend!
(Thanks to Marcy for the quick googling of the show’s website!)
Google Videos Link
Bay Shore Chrysler-Plymouth
// April 12th, 2006
Moral of the story: don’t hire the guy you just pissed off to do your live TV ad.
Conspiracy Theory Rock
// April 10th, 2006Watch this TV Funhouse video. It was aired once, and never again–presumably because it’s too true for the big owners of NBC.
Compfused.com - Conspiracy Theory Rock
Stupid Cadbury Egg Tricks
// April 6th, 2006
What you know is, the above image contains two Cadbury Creme Eggs (better known in the Ray household as “Easter Crack”, or “Peep Garnish”). What you don’t know is which one contains standard Creme Egg goo, and which one contains BBQ sauce.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing for PC Review - PC Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review
// March 28th, 2006
Gamespot reviews the Worst Videogame Ever:
Just how bad is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing? It’s as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend. It is so disturbingly bad that even its budget price tag seems like a slap in the face. It really makes you wonder if the company that put out this dreck even took so much as a half minute to glance at the game that it was releasing. The game’s readme file does assert that the game was thoroughly tested on various PCs, but the end result seems to suggest otherwise. The fact is, even if you tried, you couldn’t play Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing the way it was seemingly intended to be played, and even if you could, you wouldn’t want to.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing for PC Review - PC Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Review
The First Church of Lindy Hop
// March 24th, 2006The Lord is my Rock…..step.
I will pray for your Spins.
The Lord is my lead.
I will go where thou Leadeth.
Satan made me do West Coast.
Swing out to the lord.
Bada-Beam Laser Cat Toy
// March 24th, 2006This cat toy projects a laser dot onto floors or walls–circling, then stopping. I can only imagine how exciting that would be for a few of the fuzzier members of our household.
Only $13! Jack needs one!
Multipet Bada Beam - TheKittyStore.com
Airline Loses Phillip K. Dick’s Head
// March 24th, 2006Two roboticists built one of the most advanced artificial intelligence robots ever made, and put Phillip K. Dick’s face on it, in tribute to the late Sci Fi author. Problem is… on his way to show it off at Google, one of them left in the overhead compartment of his flight. The airline found it and shipped it to him, at which point it… disappeared.
That makes them (say it with me) Dick-Head Losers.
Daily Helmsman - Robot head lost in shuffle of travel
How to destroy the Earth
// March 22nd, 2006The Earth is built to last. It is a 4,550,000,000-year-old, 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000-tonne ball of iron. It has taken more devastating asteroid hits in its lifetime than you’ve had hot dinners, and lo, it still orbits merrily. So my first piece of advice to you, dear would-be Earth-destroyer, is: do NOT think this will be easy.
How to destroy the Earth @ Things Of Interest
Exploding Liquid Nitrogen Tank
// March 16th, 2006
See those two liquid nitrogen tanks? The one on the right didn’t have its pressure valve welded shut, and as a result, failed to build up pressure over the course of several months until the bottom of the tank ruptured off under pressure of approximately 1200 psi, shattering the cement floor, punching a 20″ hole through the cement ceiling and launching it into the a lab on the floor above.
The one on the left? Less lucky.
How Not to Do It: Liquid Nitrogen Tanks. In the Pipeline:
You’re In for a Fun Time
// February 19th, 2006
DrankTank : The Beverage Blog
// February 18th, 2006
My buddy Derick (who keeps a personal blog linked from my left bar) has just started a new blog dedicated to beverages of all types and descriptions. I can’t think of anyone more into beverages than Derick.
He’s still in the shake-down period–the theme is different every time I go there–but the beverages are great! Go check him out!
Ever seen a TV chef make something they didn’t like?
// February 13th, 2006
Looks like Giada De Laurentiis, resident chef/hottie of Everyday Italian didn’t care for her cranberry sorbet…
The Birthday Paradox
// February 12th, 2006An exploration (with pre-crunched numbers!) of the thesis that in a room of 40 people there’s a 90% chance that two share a birthday.
As much as Math would like us to think that it is an advocate for structure and intuition, every once in a while it churns up something dastardly and unintuitive like the Birthday Paradox, the Monty Hall problem or Benford’s Law. And we have no choice but to obey these fickle whims of the great control freak. But every once in a while, I like to divide by zero, just to show Math that I’m not powerless to retaliate.
Damn Interesting ยป The Birthday Paradox
Top 10 Most Eccentric People
// February 9th, 2006
Did you know that the gentelman in the picture above, Pope Michael I, a native of Kansas who was elected pope in 1990, is still actively schisming against the Church of Rome?
Did you know that David Icke, a British football player and sports presenter, is on a campaign to save us from a race of reptilian humanouds who have dominated us since ancient times?
Well, read this page and get to know them, and eight other wack jobs you’ve never heard of. (Although actually, I’d heard of “La Petomaine” before…)
2Spare - Top 10 Most Eccentric People you didn’t know
Life Imitates Slapstick Comedy
// January 30th, 2006This is either the world’s unluckiest klutz, or a viral advertisement for the new The Pink Panther movie. This was definitely a Clouseau move.
CNN.com - Museum visitor trips, breaks Chinese vases - Jan 30, 2006