Archive for September, 2007

“I’d Like ten Big Macs, six Cheeseburgers and some fucking Chicken Nuggets.”

September 28th, 2007 – 9:00 pm
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British humor is not for everyone… but I think most of you can find the humor in this:
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This comes from the show “Balls of Steel,” which also happens to be the home of “Annoying Devil” and one of my personal favorites; “Militant Black Guy.”

Everything blends… except Chuck Norris (with Danger Pirate Bonus)

September 19th, 2007 – 10:58 pm
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Because we’re adults and can eat desert first… I’ll start with the bonus:

And now for the main event. The only question regarding Chuck Norris that has yet to be answered… Will It Blend?!

In other news: The Chinese Army, Break Beats, and Chrysler Transmissions.

September 18th, 2007 – 7:58 pm
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I’m bored at work…
…so here is a YouTube video with vintage Chinese Army footage remixed to “Monster Truck Driver” by T. Raumschmiere!

And while we are on the subject of Electronic music (sort-of) here is a brief (well, 18 minute) history on the “Amen” break:
And speaking of Turbo Encabulators, here is a training video from Chrysler [...]

The Big E

September 16th, 2007 – 9:34 pm
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Every year, West Springfield Massachusetts hosts the Eastern States Exposition (Most often refereed to it as “The Big E”).
Originally intended to spark enthusiasm in agriculture, it has grown to be the third largest such fair in the country (and first largest in New England). Of course Wikipedia has a nice write-up about it.
I mention this [...]

Uber Expressive Robots - “Keepon”

September 11th, 2007 – 4:16 pm
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“Keepon” is a robot developed by Hideki Kozima for use in researching social development. With it’s two camera’s, microphone in it’s nose, and wide range of movement it is capable of interacting with humans on a very primal level.

Keepon is designed to interact with children by communicating attention and emotion. It has four degrees [...]

Talk Like a Pirate Day - Wed, Sept 19th

September 9th, 2007 – 10:29 pm
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Ahoy, it occurred t’ me that I’m probably the only one that marks this in me calendar. So I figured I’d mention har. Aye.
Sept 19 is “Talk like a Pirate day!”
Bellow are some tips courtesy www.talklikeapirate.com although I prefer www.talklikeapirateday.com for all my Pirate Day needs.
THE BASICS:
Pirate lingo is rich and complicated, sort of like [...]

Apparently Southwest has a policy against Attention Whores.

September 7th, 2007 – 3:04 pm
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Not sure if you are following the American news cycle… but it appears that the most important thing happening recently is the story of Southwest Airlines kicking a passenger off on account of her attire.
The 23 year old Colorado native boarded the airplane, and just before departure was called to the front where the Captain [...]

A few people have asked me why the flags are at half-staff…

September 7th, 2007 – 1:03 pm
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Everyday, countless people loose lose their lives. Whether it be to old age, disease, violence, accident… it is always a sad event and we need to take pains to remember and honor these people.
But every once in a while there is an individual who gives their life. Some of these individuals signed up for Military, [...]

A Picture is worth a thousand words.

September 1st, 2007 – 8:59 pm
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Over at the blog Boat Lullabies there is a pictorial history of one women.
Here is what the author says:
Yesterday at the flea market I picked up a small cosmetics case stuffed with photos almost all of which were of the same woman. The bulk of the photos were photobooths and portraits documenting her as she [...]