Because I never met a throwaway line I didn't want to investigate.

Here's a Google Map I just did up.

The locations with a pin are the locations with Starbucks in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, and southeast Alberta. (Just picked because that was a region of the country where I was guessing Starbuck density would be low).

The lines show how far it is from Glasgow, Montana, to the nearest Starbucks.

The closest is in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, at 160 miles away. The closest United States Starbucks is 185 miles away in Billings.

I'll bet Exxon is even less.

I'll bet 7/11 is even less

I'll bet Strip malls are even less.

I'll bet strip joints are even less.

According to their station locator, Exxon does not operate stations in Oregon, Western Washington, Nevada outside of Las Vegas, Kansas, Nebraska, or Missouri. So I'm guessing there are many failures.

As an example, Newport, Oregon, is 215 miles away from the closest station in Yreka, CA.

According to their store locator they do not operate in much of the upper midwest.

Probably. But I just learned this:

I suck the humor out of things like that Star Trek salt monster creature.

Actually I just just really hoping you'd find a good strip club locator.

Christ. No Disney, No In-and-out, No Sees and now I find out not a damn strip club for miles. Why in the hell do I live here?

Why open a strip club when you've got a steady stream of politicians paying a lot more to just come on over to their house while their wife is gone?

Ahem, I have been known to send boxes of Sees to NJ PA & VA and will be happy to do the same to MD (except in summer months).

Just ask. I'm am elevator ride down and less than 2 minute walk from a Sees Candy shop.

Seriously, be happy to do it. Yes, I know you can order online, but the hand picking is nicer and fresher.

If you can get those delivered by an exotic dancer wearing mouse ears I'll be in business! :D

Here's your money back, and if it's any consolation we knew full well we were selling you and 20,000 other people a ticket to an awful experience that we by no means had the facilities to accomodate!

Pfft, sports fans get what they deserve.

Hilarious. :rolleyes:

This sort of thing smells illegal. Not enough bathrooms? Inability to see the event/venue itself? Bait and switch, health code violations, possibly a fire hazard...

Hmm, and here I thought the Oregon coach sending a personal check to the fan that followed the team to Boise State only to see them lose (and subsequently lose a player) was the refund story of the 'football' season.

But, this is amazing.

Damnit... Hoag promised me confidentiality!

If he gets to count people who can't actually see the game in person towards the attendance record I hope he included me in that number since I also only watched it on TV.

The mind boggles. Meet the newest American Girl doll, Gwen. She's homeless :|

And.... Wait for it..... She's only $95.00

Buy one now. It's sure to be a collectors item once they yank it of the shelves next week.

then she truly will be homeless.

She's a bargain, because you don't have to spring for grooming supplies or get her hair done--for more than I pay for a haircut--at the salon at the American Girl stores. Also, you probably won't be taking her to tea at the American Girl Cafe because she won't be allowed in.

Yes, because I want my nine year old daughter to play "I'm homeless" with her dolls and imagine all of the fun and frivolity that entails.

I feel like I've missed out because I never played Homeless Barbie role playing when I was little.

I think I will tell Olivia to take the boxes she uses as "homes" for her Barbies and have them be actual boxes that the Barbies sleep in...and then pretend the coffee table is a rundown bridge....

Barbies? Plural? I know a fake little homeless girl who'd be happy with just one Barbie.

Here is a way to sneak a bomb into just about any secure location. Airports, federal buildings, sporting events, etc..

It was used recently in an attempt to assassinate a Saudi Prince (in charge of counterterrorism)

It pretty much makes a mockery of all our security measures here in the US.

You'd think it would make headline news, but this is the first I've heard of it.

I wonder why that is.

Oh yeah, I remember, it upsets the sheeple to be told what a waste of time bag checks and metal detectors are.

The report uses the term "keistered". I have learned a new word. I am laughing.

Oh sure, it's funny now. But just wait until an entire plane goes down because the guy in 12c farted.

Seems like a bit too much effort for minimal gain. If it will pass through an airport metal detector in your ass it will pass through an airport metal detector in your pants pocket.

I think this suidice bomber's handler was playing a practical joke on him. "No, really, it has to be up your butt! <snicker>"

The writer of that article sure likes the phrase "anal cavity".

Yeah, well who doesn't?

With lab-grown meat now a possibility, what would PETA have to protest? ;)

Puppy mills, lab testing, fur coats, ju koon.

Boy, won't THAT look great on a menu.

Oh great! Now what will the Matrix need us for?

Bizarre Act Halts Court Hearing

Major Warning
This story is absolutely revolting. Don't open the spoiler nor click the link if you are fainthearted and/or don't want to get grossed out.

Yesterday Toyota recalled a few bazillion cars (including the Mrs. Moonie Mobile) because in rare cases the floor mats could come loose and cause the accelerator pedal to stick.

Here is audio of the 911 call that sparked the recall.

Does anyone but me see a problem with that call?

No, I'm not sure what problem you're noticing.

I was driving once when the throttle stuck fully open. Fortunately I was in the interstate at the time so there was no immediate need to stop or maneuver and traffic was loose enough that I could weave through it as necessary.

It was pretty damn scary before I got things under control.

How long did that take?

I think that rather than take the time to call 911 and talk with them, I would have put the car in neutral and stood on the breaks with both feet.

Even if the breaks were out, which they mentioned but I doubt, it would still get the car stopped a hell of a lot faster than calling 911.

In the old days, you could also just turn the key off, or jam it into 1st or reverse.

Apparently, and this is something I did not know, on cars like Mrs. Moonie's with the key-less push button start if you are moving and push the "power" button nothing happens. You have to hold it down for 3-seconds to have the engine turn off.

The guy calling was not the guy driving, he was a passenger. Presumably the driver was working at it. And the driver was a member of the California Highway Patrol so I assume he knew something about driving. Here's more details. But it is certainly possible that the driver didn't do something he could have been doing, I don't know the conditions under which he was driving.

Here's where they crashed. Not only did they hit an intersection but it was a t-intersection so regardless of why they were still traveling 100+ miles an hour they were screwed.

Oh, to your first question. I would say it was 3-4 miles to get myself to a complete stop from the first suspicion that something was wrong. Only a couple minutes but I did spend a fair portion of that going more than 100 miles an hour. I did put the car in neutral for bursts but let me tell you that the noises a car in neutral makes with an open throttle is extremely scary in itself and it feels like you're making a choice between having the car go uncontrollably fast and having the car explode.

ETA: Also, the three other people in the car becoming extremely...excited (to use a nicer word) when they realized what was going on didn't help to make sure I responded to the situation with peak efficiency.

In most cars if you turn the key off it locks the steering wheel.

And it was a loaner car from the dealer, not his own car so he may not have been as familiar with the controls as well.

Accidents happen everyday to both good and bad drivers. Sometimes there is just nothing you can do. Another car runs a light and T-bones you, or your breaks fail just as you reach that crosswalk full of kids....

But that was not the case here. The driver had time and the possibility of stopping the car. He made bad choices and paid the price for it.

It takes time to get a car up to 120mph (the reported speed), it took time for the passenger to make a call to 911, get connected and talk with them. Time that could have been used to prevent this accident.

Time to turn off the engine, time to put it in neutral, time to do a lot of things.

Oh and just for the record, In my younger days, I was on a motorcycle when the throttle stuck open. I pulled the clutch in and yes, it did sound like it was going to explode right between my legs but I still let it scream long enough to break to a stop and dump that mother F'er on the ground. So I know the sound and I know the feeling.

No one knows how they'll react to an emergency until they're in one. He was in an unfamiliar car dealing with a confusing situation. I will simply continue to be thankful that I wasn't the one who had to try to deal with it and have people criticize me after I've accidentally killed much of my family.

I think youlre jumping to conclusions that aren't entirely founded. But even accepting that the driver was a horrible driver (even though he's been through advanced training) or just paniced under pressure and got everybody killed. So what?

if that exposed a design flaw is Toyota supposed to just say "he wouldn't be dead if he'd driven better"?



From posting on a car board apparently this car has an unusual button shifting system. And it was a loaner so it is entirely possible that the the driver was having confusion issues.

Ugh, those poor people. Sad.
:(

In short, this appears to have been a preventable accident. We don't do anyone any favors by turning away from that truth. I think it's better to learn from it so that if one day you are in that situation you are better prepared to deal with it. Going forward will you ever drive a car without looking at the shifting pattern? If you car races out of control on a highway will you think to put it in neutral? Those are the lessons to take from this because there are a lot of reasons besides questionable floor mats that can cause an accelerator can get stuck open.

Ok, so going back to your original question:

Apparently, the answer is no.

That said, the driver may very well have done the right stuff but not known how in an unfamiliar car because that model has some still unusual features. Here's what one owner posted on a message board:

It is worth noting that the fact that to turn off the engine while the car is in motion requires pushing the button for 3 seconds is not mentioned in the owner's manual.

And the NHTSB issued a report in 2007 that Lexus drivers have reported difficulty stopping cars with stuck accelerators because of these issues, plus

So it is quite possible that he:

1. Tried to put it in neutral but because the car was in a mode that he may not even have known existed, was not actually performing the maneuver necessary.

2. Then tried to turn off the car but couldn't.

3. And meanwhile he's breaking hard but quickly losing braking power.

4. He's dealing with trying to figure all of this out while weaving through traffic in a car going over 100 miles per hour.

Do I know that is what happened? No, but I wasn't there like you were. If it did, does this mean it was still an avoidable accident. Sure, if that is the lesson one really wants to find in it. The man was trained in advanced driving skills, he was apparently reasonably calm as you hear him providing information on where they are, reports are that he had his hazard lights on. Why jump to the conclusion that he behaved stupidly otherwise? He may have, but why assume it?

Also, you mentioned the time it takes to get up to 120 miles per hour. According this video, in a Lexus ES350 it takes 11 seconds to go from 0 to 120. 5-6 seconds if you're already going freeway speeds. I imagine most of the time was spend trying to figure out if one's gone crazy and your foot really isn't on the accelerator.

This reminds me of the guy who left his toddler in the car by mistake while he went in to work all day, because he wasn't usually the one to drop the kid off at day care. The child died.

I don't think I found a single soul who didn't empathize with the guy. It ruined his life. If I remember correctly he got a very light sentence because it was obvious that he was a broken man due to this awful accident.

Moonliner, I daresay that if you had to face a man who had mistakenly killed his loved ones, you wouldn't say "you could have done better".

Now as to whether we can learn something from this, well I daresay that if I were driving someone else's car for one trip I wouldn't remember to find out how to stop it if the accelerator gets stuck, same as I wouldn't find out a million other quirks of the car. That would be a long safety list to go over.

You're correct, we don't know what the driver did, we don't even know if the floor mats played a roll or not. It's all just speculation. At least until the full accident report is released.

What we do know, is that if a car is accelerating out of control, putting it in neutral, hitting the emergency break and standing on the regular breaks will bring a car to a stop in less time that it takes for a passenger to make a 911 call.


If you look at the control panel for the ES350 you will see there is nothing odd or non-standard with the gear pattern. Neutral is right where is it supposed to be. There is no "mode" that disables it, including cruise control.

There is a model of the 350 that has a manual-shift mode similar to the one in my Mazda 3. If the stick is in that mode, pushing up does not put the car into neutral, it upshifts the geabox.

You quoted what I wrote, did you read any of it? Such as the part where this model does have a mode that made moving it to neutral not actually be neutral?

Or the other part where standing on the brakes while the throttle plate is fully open can, as reported by the NHTSA, actually cause them to quickly lose effectiveness?

Again, he could have been the biggest idiot driver ever. But I haven't been inconvenienced by Toyota wanting floor mats reviewed so I'm sure I don't have the correct incentives in reading about this.

The accelerator stuck open on my Mercedes a few years ago. I was going 80+mph, up the steep side of the grapevine, WITH the brakes on. And yes, my first instinct was to throw it in neutral, which caused the rpms to skyrocket and the engine to sound, as previously mentioned, like it would explode if I kept it there. It took me the entirety of the trip up the steep side of the grapevine (eg: heading south on 5) to get the car under control. Assuming that "under control" includes veering off on a dark mountain road, throwing it into neutral anyway, then shutting the key off (which I didn't realize I could just do, having never turned off a car while in motion before).

I understand perfectly why it would have taken him so long.

Even though I am replying to a post from Alex, I am just using it as a reference point: my comment is not specifically directed at Alex.

If my two choices are blowing up an engine or having no other way to interrupt the situation and possibly crashing at 120 MPH, I will blow up the engine.

Yes, that is absolutely the right choice. Especially when it won't actually blow up the engine.

That said, if you don't know that the choice doesn't feel like:

A. Keep going 120 miles hour; or
B. Put it in neutral, risk destroying the engine, and stop safely

but rather

A. Keep going 120 miles hour and try to find some way to stop the car; or
B. Destroy the engine while still going pretty fast, and possibly lose all power and control.

That was one of my concerns when it happened to me. If I killed the engine (either by turning the ignition or destroying it) what would still work? If I lost power steering and power brakes how well would I be able to try and stop the car while avoiding all the other cars around me.

It also felt weird to steer around other cars while going at high speeds in neutral.

But yes, with the experience of more driving experience I should have moved to an edge lane, put my hazards on, put it in neutral and just stood on the brake until I was going slow enough that I could pull onto the shoulder safely.

Conservative Christian Group Editing Bible to Remove Liberal Bias

You just can't make this sh!t up folks!

It has always simplified the task of translating the bible into modern vernacular if you decide first what it will say then go back to primary sources.

Just wait till they get all the way through it and read Revelation 22:18

(Hilarity will ensue)

At first, I read this as "Hillary will ensue" and wondered what the former First Lady had to do with this.

They're going to have problems with their 6th edict "Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil."

The logic?!? Oh I love it when Christians try to use Logic to prove the Bible. Grab some popcorn folks, this is gonna be better than Cirque du Soleil, what with all the leaping and stretching they're gonna be doing!

At least the LOLcat bible tries to stay true to the intention if the source.

Think about it... if they remove everything from the NT that could be construed as "liberal", the remaining text would end up fitting on a single sheet of lined note paper - double spaced.

Batsh!t Crazy. Seriously.

They've already admitted to believing in the bible, so I can't really see any further leaps of illogic as standout.

Get paid for your sperm donation FIRST...

Whole story here.

"One Nation Under God"

Link

I am unable to roll my eyes to the extent this requires, as I'm afraid I'd sustain a frightful injury.

That is one smokin' hot Jesus, however.

Here's the corrected version.

Hah! Hah! and Hah!!!

Ah the combination of patriotic and religious glurge! If only hypertext media could hang on my wall!

Actually, I'm curious why the artist hates several generations of American soldiers who died for our country. Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam soldiers are represented.

No love for those who died in the War of 1812, the various Indian Wars, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, the Gulf War, or the War on Christmas?

I do love the absolutely stunning contradiction of the text accompanying the immigrant.

wwwwwwwow! I don't think I have enough :eek: and :rolleyes: emoticons to describe my feelings about that.

Love it! I feel a little bit cleaner, thank you!

He has Thomas Jefferson near Jesus. The man was pro-separation of church and state... I bet Jesus would be too.
;)

Not to mention the War of the Roses

"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." - Jesus

Yep, you may be right.

Hehehe...

You'll probably find more interest in the Gay Thread

Wow who knew cartoons could be so hot! I don't think I'll ever look at the princes the same way now!

Oh cool, davidkawena has made some more. I like his stuff. (not just the sexy princes)

Kevy Baby, mousepod, Moonliner, Strangler Lewis, SacTown Chronic, Ghoulish Delight, Pirate Bill, Andrew, Capt Jack, Stan4dSteph, Gemini Cricket, ToriBear, Deebs, Tref, me, JWBear, bewitched, Cadaverous Pallor, €uroMeinke, lashbear, CoasterMatt, Alex, Morrigoon, Betty, Snowflake, you, and Disneyphile. ;)

So I'm minding my own business, watching The Click List: Best of Short Films on Logo, and see a commercial for the Shake Weight. My jaw dropped. I thought it was a joke and/or that it was one of the short films being shown. But it wasn't. It was/is real! And there's one for men. It costs ten bucks more, but it looks heavier.

I wondered if I was the only one who thought this was a jack-off tool. I didn't wonder for long. (NSFW-Language)

lurve it

Too subtle.

I want two!

Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver


facinating.

Yeah, I was watching that. I just don't think the "craft" was large enough to get a kid off the ground. So I'm going with he was never in it to start with.

I only hope he is hiding somewhere, scared shietless. His little brother said he was on it, but, he is only 3 right? Could have just assumed that.

Did anyone else get the urge to make Jiffypop?

Real Energizer Bunnies :(

(Warning: Bunny lovers might not want to read this.)

And... welcome back to the 50's where blacks and whites can't marry each other! :eek:

What the hell century is this again?

Ding ding ding! If you guessed "Hiding in the attic" you win!

All's well that ends well

Well, when you let the government get away with telling some folks who they can or can't marry, you give others in government the idea that that sort of thing is acceptable. Can't have it both ways.

From the Justice of the peace:

:rolleyes:

I wondered if maybe in Louisiana a "justice of the peace" was just anybody who was permitted to officiate weddings, in which case as abhorrent as this guys point of view may be more power to him (to force him to marry interracial couples would be the same as forcing Catholic priests to marry homosexual couples once that is again legal).

But they're not. They're actual elected officials.

He's not a racist anymore than Spencer Tracy's character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was.

"I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Once my nephew {he was only 4-6, if I remember correctly} did something wrong. He hid in a camper parked in front of their house. He was deemed 'missing' and they searched everywhere, including the camper. They had helicopters out looking for him.

Eventually he was found.

I am glad this boy was found. What a horrific way to die, eh?

{oh, I'd have guessed attic if I knew they had one!! :D }

I know, I almost snarfed some water when I read, "they use my bathroom." HAHAHAHAHAHA

While the title of the show was undoubtedly chosen specifically to play up this confusion, describing it like that will give people unfamiliar with the show the wrong idea about this family.

I'm going to fix that guy's quotes. It looks like the paper "forgot" to include some of the stuff he said. Fortunately, I have a complete audio recording and, because I love you all so much, will happily transcribe it for you.
May his career not reach 3 years!

One time we called the police when my younger sister went missing. Turns out she'd gone to sleep under a pile of towels in the laundry room.

ROTFLMAO!!

Balloon boy and family were just on Larry King:

The Balloon Boy story caused me to squee with delight (until I found out he was a fraud) and confess my own desire to build a personal zeppelin since it appears I'll never get a jet pack. Perhaps this is information my coworkers didn't need to know about me.

Things have gotten weirder in the balloon story. First, the kid said something about "doing it for the show" in an interview (in between throwing up twice). The father claims he doesn't know what the kid meant, and sure, a 6 year old is liable to say things like that purely stemming from some imaginary narrative in their head.

But now there's video of the balloon being released. The whole time the brothers were the only one who saw the balloon get free, but this video clearly shows that A) The dad released the balloon himself and B) he's pissed because he suddenly realizes no one's holding the tether.

My current theory - dad's pissed because he just lost his balloon. Knowing he wouldn't be able to track it down himself, he tells the kid to hide, and tells the other kids to say they saw him climbing in the balloon. Then he can call the cops and get the whole town to follow his balloon for him.

Link to the new video here

If you look at the size of that thing, there is just no way it could have the lifting power to get a 6-Year old off the ground. The dad (who built it) had to have know that. So, yeah, he's up to something.

baby carriage falls onto train track

I nearly crapped myself when I saw the vid, and while the video is breathtaking and shocking, it has a surpisingly happy ending.

I think you guys are on to something. On top of that I think the dad is a bit nutty. Why didn't anyone else say how the dad is in the video? I mean, on the news and such?

Yikes, that carriage video is freaky. I wondered what the people on the platform were thinking as well as the people on the train.

Is it just me or did anyone else notice someone kind of head towards the carriage and then stop? Sometimes people see things and don't act on their feelings because they are afraid of being embarrassed or yelled at for trying to grab a kid.

I think they did try, but that train came on so fast, I thought sure the mother would get hit as well..the other lady along the back was just too far away to really do much except stretch out her arm. even with the way it came out, I dont think anyone on that platform would ever be the same after something like that.

Part of me wonders how many mean-spirited pranksters are now thinking about how fun it would be to do that but not actually have a baby in the stroller.

Actually, pretty lucky that the mom didn't get herself killed in the process of trying to save the baby. You never know how an individual would creat but I imagine a significant percentage of parents would have jumped down regardless hoping to throw the baby back up in time.

Virginia man arrested for being naked in his own home

I sure wouldn't complain if he were my neighbor!

So now the person inside the house, rather than the person peeping is the criminal. Well don't that open up a whole can 'o worms.

I shall make it my mission to get Angelina Jolie arrested.

Links dead now. :(

Sadly, that's not new. A few years back a couple was sentenced to community service because if you stood in the right spot in their yard and their bedroom door was open a crack, you could see them in their bedroom in a reflection in a mirror.

Halloween costume want ad -

Well, there are double-amputees out there (probably more than a decade ago, thanks to our previous simian president) ... and who says some of them are not up for a little fun?

You know, if someone's up for that, more power to 'em.

I'm sure there are double amputee Star Wars fans out there. But he might have a hard time finding someone before this Halloween.

I keep thinking of that guy who fell out of the teacups.

Or Johnny Eck from Freaks. Such an awesome movie...

This one just gets me, A man drives away from the scene of an acident with the victim stuck on/in his windshield :eek:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33493022...me_and_courts/

To top it off the article says he only stopped, a mile later, because someone was following him!?! WTF

Too bad he hit two other guys and left them by the side of the road. Otherwise he could argue that the accident with the guy on the windshield was ongoing, and he hadn't left the scene of it.

Man convicted of murder is now suing his former hostage, and he's winning! :eek:

Classy.

Great White Shark Nearly Bitten in Half Off the Coast of Australia

For the non-squeamish, here's a link to the story with the photo

wow!

And other juicy bit about the murderer / hostage taker / lawsuit plaintiff:

Durham made international news for his unusual plea deal in 2006. He agreed to plead guilty in exchange for his favorite foods from KFC and some Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

just in time for halloween

truly, deeply, amazingly effing warped

Oh yes... because "Mahr-TEEN" and Marcos are Soooooooo hard to pronounce :rolleyes:

Jerk.


...and *Yikes* to the Sharky.

Is this even for real ??

yup

Awwww...

Now what could have gone wrong with that....

Now THIS is how you veto a bill.



Governor's office is claiming it's pure coincidence. A very believable story, especially considering the author of the vetoed bill, Tom Ammiano, recently pulled a Joe Wilson on Arnie. Yes, very likely to have been a coincidence.

Oh puh-lease! What century are we in?

Where can I get in line for the "Sex with Demons" That sounds kinda kinky.

Wow, sounds like something that Landover Baptist would say.


For those who may not know, the Landover Baptist Church is a completely fictitious satire. Sadly/hilariously, many if its visitors do not understand that fact.

well, never actually had sex WITH a demon, but did the nasty IN a Demon once...or was it twice?



although...she was a pretty wicked lil thing...but I dont really think "Demon" wicked

I had sex with a Demon two weeks ago ... and haven't gotten a phone call since.



:(

I loved the whole "Halloween candy is evil becuase witches cast spells over it" thing.

Darn, the article is gone.

"We're sorry, the page you have requested cannot be found."

probably because they got so many "you cannot be serious with this weak crap" replys

That's why you have to love Googles Cache Function :evil: :D :snap:

Zomg! That list of "secret activities" could be right out of any of my reference books on the "witch trials."

Hey, I'm totally rolling in the dough from the secret contracts that Hersheys and Reeses offered me to go chant over chocolate at their plants. I have personally been involved in making "Satan's Kisses" and "Demon Semen Cups". ;)

While I laughed at reading the article, I was also saddened, because I know too many people will believe this sensational irrational dreck. :rolleyes:

Tee hee hee, no wonder I like them so much! :evil:

My online banking just got a little more interesting:

Dun dun dun! They've transferred ownership deposit accounts to U.S. Bank, which is the hated bank I opened the CalNat accts to get away from in the first place. Bleah.

Hehe, that's like when I switched from AT&T to Cingular, only to have them bought out by AT&T.


Can't win.

Well, at least I didn't go out of business!

Uh, nevermind.

See, I don't think he should have resigned for that (though maybe for his remarks afterwards about having such good black friends that he let them use his bathroom).


We queer folk are trying to maintain that no one will be forced to perform a gay marriage where such marriages are legal. No one should be forced to perform an interracial marriage either. Or a marriage where the bride is named Winnifred. Or one where the groom is left-handed.

Get my drift? No one should be required to perform any marriage they don't want to.

I disagree slightly. I don't think anyone in the private sector should be required to perform a marriage against his/her beliefs. But if you're a state employee, you better well perform your duties to everyone equally. You do not get to pick and choose to whom you will administer duties. If you have a problem performing your job, there's the door.

Yeah, I forgot he was a public official. But he shouldn't have resigned.



HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.

Wow, weird...

Source

I KNEW MJ was juicing!

Quite so!! - he was into all sorts of healthy things, and making your own fresh green juice daily is an important way to get essential nutrients into your diet. You should get one for CP.




:p

So, is she completely banned from playing her sport ever again or what?

And they think its safe to give her a license?

Woman passes driver's test on 950th try
South Korean must still get past the driving exam to get license
The whole story

KB ~ I was going to post that today, but I forgot. I hope she doesn't come to Hawai'i and rent a car.
:D

Wow! Subway stopped inches from running a drunk woman over

Not sure why but my immediate mental response to your post was to try to come up with a $5 foot long joke.

When I was in Boston, I wondered how this didn't happen more often. Lots of drunk people at that station and nearby ones immediately after a Celtics game. Not to mention that it's usually mega-packed, much more crowded than it was during the time the woman almost got smooshed. But I'm not sure how they could install a railing or something, I thought about that while I was there and it would be very difficult to make that work. Maybe a corral system like the monorail has at DL? Not sure.

Really? Marlo Thomas is 51 today?

Huh.

Umm... She was 21 years ago!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that when I was little, That Girl was more than 7 years older than me.

If that girl is 51, I'm 25.

Works for me!

Never mind, didn't see next page of posts.

Kind of like cindy williams. I once had to set up phone service for her. Shre NEVER gives her real age.

She's 62.

That's 434 in dog years.

Well at least it was for a good cause! Not that being hit with a ham should be a requirement or anything but at least she took it well.

I swear that woman can and will laugh at anything!

Paging scaeagles...

Might be NSFW... but damn funny.

Man thought to be in Coma for 23 years wasn't

This one amazes me, I can't imagine just being a mute spectator to my own body for such a long period of time. I think I would go mad.

Oh, the simple life of a robot.....

There's been anohter article published since then saying that that's not entirely accurate. He's using assisted communication (someone helping him push buttons to communicate) and that person has heard the question being asked and is looking at the keyboard. James Randi (the skeptic debunker guy) has basically said they are full of it unless he can still communicate without her looking at the keyboard and without hearing the question first.

I don't know enough to pick a side since they claim they started looking for evidence of consciousness based on some brain scans, but yeah, if Facilitated Communication is the method being used my default is going to be an assumption of either self-deception (by the facilitator) or simple fraud.

Here's the Randi article.

Give him a Oujai board, I bet he can communicate with the spirit of that really cute boy that died in the hospital room 50 years ago.

Heh, WTF out of Australia, with a literal "F" - Photo of couple having sex in historic Sydney shopping center clock tower. (mostly SFW, out of focus bare female back) It does not appear to be the Lashpair.

Wow, I know it's been hot there but still. I mean, they could have done it without being so obvious.........

I wonder if it will come out that they work at the shopping center. I mean, that time of day?

What's the point of exhibitionism if no one's watching?

Well, true, but the location must have been pretty, um, invigorating on it's own? :D But, to be completely naked?? Ha, I'd worry about sunburn and my clothes flying over the balcony. :blush:

Depends on two slightly different motives:

1. The risk of getting caught is a thrill.
2. The fact of being seen is a thrill.

To the extent that I've engaged in inappropriate public behavior in the past (sadly the thought process has changed from "if I get arrested for this I'd be so embarrassed!" to "if I get arrested for this I'd probably get fired!" so I'd never do now what I did years ago) it was more the former than the latter. But these people seem to be squarely in the latter camp.

Or perhaps it is just the best cuckoo clock ever.

I have always worried about who would see us so I guess I'm not an exhibitionist. I don't worry about being seen doing a lot of other things but that, well....

Arrested? Crap! Never considered that.

Places are cool but I don't care to be seen. That's all I'm gonna say about that.

It is a wasted day here at work so I've been poking around on this and everything I've seen convinces me it is facilitated communication and therefore complete bunk.

They may have found other evidence of consciousness (though the details on that seem to be unknown) but these conversations he's had aren't. First step is to get a faciliator who doesn't speak Flemish and see how good the results are. Then ask him questions while his facilitator is out of the room.

Then fire the doctors who fell for this and feel really bad for the family desperately grasping at straws and taken in by a con.

They claim they started with yes/no questions that he answered (presumably unassisted) using taps with his foot. I wonder how illegitimate even that much was.

What they didn't mention in the article is that this particular clocktower is directly opposite Sydney University.

...those crazy Uni Students !!!

Here's a headline you don't see everyday!

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/...y-motorist-in/

Now they're going after each other!!!!

Hmmm - the NPR interview with the MD made it sound like they conducted tests to rule out facilitated communication.

I'd be interested in hearing that, if you recall which program it was. [ETA: Was it the interview mentioned in this blog post over at NeuroLogica? BTW, that post also prefectly sums up the position of I've reached: he may be conscious but he probably isn't communicating through this method]

But all the videos I've found so far show his facilitator, his typing is near perfect and fast (odd for a person with spastic motor control) and doesn't seem get worse when he head is turned away from the screen (try typing with one finger while your eyes are closed with no tactile feedback). ETA: See this video linked from the blog post I added above where he is pretty clearly communicating and typing with his eyes close. The following is a sentence I'll type with one finger, eyes closed, and with the benefit of tactile feedback from the keyboard rather than a flat computer screen:

tjis us jaxilitated ci,,unication

Wow, better than I expected. But I can touch type at around 100 words a minute so have the keyboard visually in my head and could always find the f and j keys because of the bumps on them. He is not resetting his position after each letter, just jumping perfectly from letter to letter (and much faster than I just did, though he'd be well praticed by now).

I'd be happy to be wrong (and I'm still agnostic on whether they found other evidence of consciousness) so would be very interested in how they defended against influence from the facilitator but do remember that similar claims were made for autistic facilitators years ago (and if the trend from those are mirrored here, eventually the speaker will make claims of sexual abuse against caregivers).

This is what I originally heard

which implied to me it was validated. non-the-less, the thought of being conscious and unable to communicate is the real wtf for me in this story, as I think I'd rather just be vegitative

The 2012 Olympic logo looks like Lisa Simpson giving head.

My WTF lies not with the "flawed" logo (though I do think it's a weird logo), but in the fact that people actually think it looks like Lisa giving a beej. If you want to start painting extra things onto logos, let start with the Olympic Rings themselves. You see, they're really manacles for your arms, legs, and neck!

Puh-lease! :rolleyes:

I would have never seen it without someone else saying it, but it made me laugh.

And the logo is rather hideous.

Wow, that's a stretch.

Besides, it looks more like Paige from FoxTrot.

I agree that it's strange but I certainly wouldn't think of that when I look at it.

If you color it correctly I'm guessing you could make it look like Babar drinking a lemonade under a pine tree.

Awful. And it's in my high school colors, before my high school realized they sucked and added blue (not much of an improvement).

As I was getting into my car this morning I spotted a black cat playing around in the vertical blinds in the upstairs window of one of the units in our complex.

Then I noticed that the cat's neighbors seem intent on giving him an inferiority complex...

That doesn't even make sense!

I'm ashamed to say I don't understand what you're talking about. What am I supposed to be seeing in that picture?

Try now

The left window just looks like a big blur to me. Is it two people "doing it"?

It is a (presumably not real) male lion.

Are they using a blanket with a giant lion's head on it as their drapes? That alone is funny. The black kitty makes it funnier though.

If I saw correctly (this was pre-coffee, so I could be mistaken), the lion image was actually applied to the mini-blinds themselves.

I can't see the image (home computer using FF).

sads

Which I think is also funny.

It doesn't seem that way from the picture (to me). It looks like the blinds are obscuring, not creating the photo and it fades on the left side like it is further from the glass.

But pictures can be misleading. Remember to confirm tomorrow morning.

It fades on the left because there's a screen on that side of the glass. But if I'm parked on that side of the complex again I'll make sure to investigate further.

Odd. I use Firefox everywhere and I see the picture just fine. It was making out the lion I initially had trouble seeing.

I think it was like this kind of illusion. Once you know what to look for, the image is obvious. But of you're not "keyed in", it makes no sense.

I can see this photo going viral big time. Then we can all laugh and say we remember when......

VGDM

It totally needs an LOLCat caption.

You're not lion to us, are you?

Ask and you shall receive

Disturbed Elf Threatens to Blow Up Santa

Seriously!

For more fun holiday reading, check out:

www.standforchristmas.com

It's comedy gold.

Here's one of my fave comments, left by a shopper:

Praise be the All Mighty Dollar! LMAO!!

Yeah, that whole "No Shirts, No Shoes, No Service" thing was always a bitch for Christ.

That site makes me ill.

I can't say I'm fond of it, but to me it isn't all that different from the sites listing businesses where people donated to Yes on 8 so that they could be boycotted. Or the similar lists that popped up after 2000 so that "blue" businesses could be supported over red. Just part of the societal fracturing supported by the idea that it is good to only interact with like minded people.

Sure, whether greeters at a store say "Christmas" or "Holidays" isn't important to me, but lot's of people care very passionately about things I find ludicrous. Wonder how they feel about Disney's The Princess and the Frog posters that say the movie is opening "Holiday 2009". That doesn't even make grammatical sense in its contortions. Also December 8 is not a holiday so far as I know.

I'd argue that there's a big difference between "this business cut a check to help a discriminatory law pass" and this:
I didn't have to go far to find this quote - clicked the first retailer and it was the 3rd one that caught my eye (because I'm a dirty Jew, no doubt.)

I can't tell if comments like this are real or trollish:

I found 3 tacitly anti semitic posts within about 30 seconds after I clicked ("The font used was suspiciously blue...").

Sure, I certainly feel more symptathy, empathy, and satisfaction in some of the issues than others. And I find many of their comments offensive.

But I still think the desire to limit gather together, identify, and then operate only within that circle of ideological security comes from the same place (we just disdain their view more than others).

If someone calls you Christian and you stop to point out you're Jewish is that being hateful?

In the comment you posted, I would guess the "very offensive" comment was aimed at the individual being told "Happy Holidays". That seems to set these people off.

"Was wished a Happy Hanukkah as I left the store. When I stopped and explained I was Christian, the lady at the counter told me 'Happy Holidays!' This was very offensive!"

I don't think I would have said Happy Holidays. I think I would have said, "That's okay, you're still allowed to be happy during Hanukkah, even if you're Christian." And not to be snide, it's just kinda my pat response, and it's pretty much what I think to myself when on the other end of that (being an atheist Jew who has just been wished a Merry Christmas). I wonder if this person's head would have exploded at that.

When people say "Happy Birthday" to me I don't respond "hey, I'm not the narcissist you obviously are to think that being born is somehow a special event and failure to die is worthy of note."

I got over that, and now I just take it in the spirit in which it was intended. This store employee obviously intended "Happy Hanukkah" to mean "we've marked you as a Jew and the clean up squad will be visiting your home this evening." So it was very important for the customer to clarify the situation.

Extreme Christians have single-handedly been fighting The War On Christmas for a very long time. They even switched sides at one point! Link

And....

If these folks want to be so damn picky, Technically It's not Christmas or Hanukkah yet. "Happy Advent" would the the correct Christian greeting until Christmas eve.

You have to wait until 12/25 before you can express a desire that people be merry on 12/25?

Here's my favorite so far

Umm, you're at a retail store. No sh*t they want you to think about purchasing gifts. If you're walking into an American Eagle store hoping for spiritual enlightenment, I really think you've missed the point.

The list does suggest that there is a correlation between killing animals and having a proper take on Christmas.

Technically, Yes.

The season of Advent is the four weeks leading up to Dec. 25th*

The Christmas season begins at sundown on 24 December and ends at sundown on 5 January. AKA the 12 days of Christmas.


From a semantic point of view, I suppose you could say "I wish you a Marry Christmas" but just "Marry Christmas" is technically incorrect but generally socially acceptable.

* And yes, as most people know December 25th is not Christ's real birthday. I don't' think that's even know for sure. It was chosen primarily to co-op existing pagans celebrations.

The comments about people repeating "Merry Christmas" to get it said back to them remind me of movie scenes like the one in The Sound of Music where the local Nazi official repeats "Heil Hitler" until Christopher Plummer's music friend says it back to him.

Closer to nature closer to God I suppose.

I don't think I agree with you here, but I suppose it isn't a particularly life-vital point.

How about if I say "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" on December 23. Am I wrong twice even though it is pretty clear I don't think today is both of those days?

I suppose we could settle and just break one kneecap.

Oh and do keep in mind that this entire train of thought came up in relation to how irrational people deal with Christmas. Personally I just appreciate the sentiment when wished good will for pretty much any reason or time of year.

Hahahaha! Governor accidentally directs parents to phone sex line. Tee hee!

Yep. Exactly. Merry Christmas could potentially discourage atheists, Jews, Hindus, etc from shopping. Happy Holidays is inclusive and welcoming, which could encourage more people to come shop. It's logic.

I wish more people would think this way.

OOps!

Which is exactly what they find offensive. How dare they acknowledge the existence and right to courtesy of people not like themselves! Satanists!

Though an athiest/Jew/Hindu/etc being offended or not shopping somewhere because someone says "Merry Christmas" to them is just as silly as refusing to shop somewhere because they said Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

It is a carved-into-the-very-fundamental-physical-properties-of-the-universe rule that misstating a phone number in a very public setting will always result in directing people to a phone sex number. Three times over the last three years at my current job I've been involved with emergency fixes to deal with incorrect phone numbers that reached production on web pages. Every single one of those wrong numbers (each different) was a phone sex number.

Agreed. But it's also basic marketing- because someone might react this way, we have to do "X."

Apparently there are a lot of phone sex lines.

But he looks so normal



That is really funny to read in conjunction with your current avatar :)

And it took two months for it to be noticed.

Or two months for it to be reported.

The only thing that could have made that more awesome is if it had been a gay sex line. Because Charlie Crist directing people to gay sex=searingly funny irony!

Hehehehehehe.

This takes my screen name to a whole different level. :eek:

(Note: Technically SFW, but could be highly embarrassing.)

I'm guessing it's an artwork somewhere. I don't recall seeing them in K-mart. :D

You're probably looking in the wrong departments

Strange Lights Over Norway

The first two photos totally look "enhanced" with an effect, but the only explanation I have for the others and the video is that it's most like a test missile that exploded. There are many more articles with photos and videos too.

Phil Plait (www.badastronomer.com) gave his take on it this morning. He agrees it is a rocket spiraling out of control.

Looking at the videos, you can see the effect being projected into the sky from the ground. There is a conical beam of light starting from a small point on the ground.

it's all right until someone puts out an eye....

So this happens the day before Obama is heading for Oslo?

Coincidence?

Yes.

I suppose, because the Russians (or us for that matter) would never think of using a military hardware "test" to show off a bit for a rival.

Of course having the thing fail in such a headline grabbing way might not have been part of the plan.


Although I do hope the worlds fireworks manufactures are looking at this technique.

Eh, all that says to me is that Russia's always got something going on somewhere, it just gets noticed when the President is coming to town.

Again, perhaps.

But I do find it odd they were testing the Bulava a sub launched missile reported to "possess advanced defense capabilities making it nearly impervious to existing and future missile-defense systems".

While it's true some progress has been made, Russia is still generally pissed over the subject of missile-defense systems. So they just happened to test the Bulava a day before Obama was to arrive in the area. Ah, yeah. Sure.

The fact the missile apparently failed also leaves open the possibility they were rushed to get the test off.

Still it's just speculation.

7 of 13 tests have failed. This was hardly unprecedented, or indicative of a rush-job. It's business as usual.

but it looked really coooool!! :snap: :cool: :snap:

And that's all that matters!

DL will be adding this to their holiday fireworks display for sure.

Unless, of course, your grandma is the other one. Then you could probably get the better of her.

Wow, who knew what a 98 year old was capable of?! Then again I saw that a very elderly molester was due to be released and they still considered him a threat.

Why mathematicians should not be allowed to order pizza.

And some say that acupuncture is harmless quackery.

Hmmmm

So, what's suggested is that religion is a right hemisphere brain function?

And that god is a hand sticking out of your forehead?


(Actually, I've always found that to be a bit of a stretch but then I tend to downplay such things in art unless the artist has explicitly copped to it. And the guards in the Sistine Chapel were very strict about shushing people so I didn't get to ask my companions their thoughts at the time.)

Michelangelo is known to have spent a lot of time doing dissections and studying anatomy.

Without word from him, I wouldn't try to guess at his intended meaning, but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility, and is probably even likely, that the resemblance is indeed intentional.

Oh, I don't deny it's possibility at all. I just tend not to put too much into it because I don't personally have the skills to separate the wheat (which this connection may be) from the chaff (finding coded evidence in The Last Supper proving that Jesus was a woman).

But if intentional it is an interesting connection to have been made.

Michelangelo was a hack

In the Dan Brown school of thought, God is an internalization of Humans. 'Know you not that you be Gods" and all that. This would seem to fit with that concept.

Maybe he was born with them?

Such a pointless tragedy.

Eh, that's too much guesswork. Without anything from Michelangelo on the subject to go by, I wouldn't even begin to pretend to know WHY he might have done that. It seems just as likely to me that he was making some grand philosophical point about religion as it does that he just felt that fitting the subjects into forms that mirror anatomy makes for aesthetically pleasing art. So the existence and nature of any particular message remains a total mystery. But, based on the known fact that he studied anatomy deeply and applied those studies to other works of art, I DO find it more likely than not that the resemblance to the brain is more than mere coincidence, whatever his reasons for doing so.

Small Boy Found Staggering Drunk and Wearing Stolen Dress

I wish that wasn't actually the truth...

No good can come of that.

Wasn't Michaelangelo around long before people realized exactly how important the brain was? Much more credence was given to other internal organs for the longest time...

The first Greek to put forward the idea that the brain was the center of consciousness (as opposed to the heart) was in the 5th centruy BCE. It was controversial but the Greeks and Romans eventually pretty much settled on brain over heart.

I don't recall how much the Medieval period lost that knowledge but I imagine any intellectual familiar with classical thought and philosophy was aware of it.

McNuggetini

(We really need a barfing smiley.)

Calling that a martini is like calling a McNugget chicken.

4 years old and drinking! One really should wait until they're six.

You can use the one I stole:

This is another one that comes in handy:

What a criminal waste of good vodka.

If it were a chocolate shake with vodka, with a couple fries for garnish, I'd totally go for that (no BBQ sauce though). For some reason, McD's fries taste really yummy dipped in their chocolate shakes. It's beyond wrong, but tastes so right.

I used to love Farrell's French Fries dipped in their hot fudge. It may work elsewhere, but I haven't had the gumption to try.

Best french fry/desert combination is Wendy's fries dipped in a Frostie. Lani did not believe me, but she was an immediate convert.

Oh, yeah! I forgot about that one. :snap:

Help Save the Environment By Cranking Off Before You Get off!

(NSFW)

That's actually pretty cool.

Not a story, just a WTF.

KISS nut crackers! What every rock fan needs!!:cool:

One of the world's oddest jobs: applying bronzing to a bodybuilder's "bikini zone" with a paint roller. Not entirely work safe

OutSports described this picture thusly, "Wrestlers compete in the traditional form of the sport in Jammu, Indian wearing only briefs and wrestling in a clay pit."

The guys in the photo below are not nude, but because of the pose and the fact they're scantily-clad, I'm spoilering it.

My questions is, wouldn't wrestling on rocks hurt like hell?

Yes, but afterwards their skin is so nice and soft.

British scientists can't find g-spot

I know, too easy.

Did you see the xkcd comic yesterday?

Yeah, which made that even easier. I'm not above stealing material.

The XKCD GD and Alex are referencing:

Hmmm, so that's what smoked salmon with caviar looks like.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Lamb born with human face.

:eek:

Does KB have some 'splainin' to do?

You can try that mix again!

I don't know how I missed this. Frosties and fries FTW!

I missed this too - my fave combo (which for the record, I haven't had for about 20 years...) was McD's fries dipped in the hot fudge from the sundae.

Hmmmm there's a McD's in Hornsby Westfield just up the road........

The more I think about it, the less I want to find out.

When I went to Farrell's it was when I was in high school and the Marching Band always went after football games. My memories are romanticized versions of what took place 30 years ago - I doubt that today's experience would even come close and I think I would rather not spoil the memories.

NASA finds cocaine in shuttle hangar

The Whole Story

Which I provide only so that I can follow up with (from Woot):

My God, It's Full Of Booger Sugar: 15 Signs That NASA Had A Cocaine Problem

1. Suspicious number of recent Space Shuttle flights to Bolivia.
2. Mission Control keeps going to the toilet as a group.
3. Where do you think the nickname "Buzz" came from?
4. Space station radio transcripts include two straight hours of chatter about how beautiful everybody is, followed by three hours about how the Space Shuttle could totally kick Jupiter's ass.
5. Mars Rover solar panel covered with white smears and razor marks.
6. Planned lunar lander to be named after Fleetwood Mac's dealer.
7. CIA now much more involved in funding of NASA missions.
8. Last launch countdown: "10... 9... 8.. 7.. 6. 5. 4 3 21BLASTOFFOHMYGODTHATLOOKSSOAMAZING"
9. Astronauts keep ducking into the Space Station "real quick," staying for 3 days.
10. Constant giggling while bouncing around the "moon landing" movie set.
11. We should have known those tiny spoons weren't for freeze-dried ice cream.
12. You ever see how clean the inside of that Space Station is?
13. Crew members radioed Mission Control about being "40,000 miles high" before shuttle had actually launched.
14. Why else would you drive straight through from Texas to Florida wearing diapers?
15. C'mon. They're shooting MONKEYS INTO SPACE.

I lol'd just at the term "Booger Sugar" (I'd never heard it before)

Okay, not really a 'story', but it seemed like as good of a place as any to put this:

Anybody want a $4,000.00 pair of sunglasses?

I'll take them off your hands

The more expensive the sunglasses are, the faster the Rat loses them. Those would last about 90 minutes.

(cf. his Home Depot safety sunglasses, which stick around long enough to actually wear out.)

I found that I prefer more expensive sunglasses as I DON'T lose them - I am too paranoid about losing an expensive item. The ones I have now I've had for several years and they are beyond worn out.

I don't lose expensive sunglasses.

However, what I've learned is that I don't take any better care of expensive sunglasses than cheap sunglasses. Use of the case will not extend beyond the first week. To the extent that expensive sunglasses stand up to wear better that's ok. But they're all going to scratch when then end up in a pocket with my car keys.

But I had a pair of expensive sunglasses for almost five years before they broke. Then in the two months following I went through (losing them) five pairs of convenience store sunglasses.

I think I've finally found the magic combination for me. An intermediate-priced pair ($40) with a cloth pouch. I have had them for quite some time now, always keeping the pouch with me and have yet to lose or damage them. I think it helps that they fold up very flat and the thin pouch doesn't add any bulk, so I can comfortably slip them into my pocket when I'm not wearing them. It means I don't sit on them, drop them, leave them laying on a table.

There pretty much has to be nuclear testing going on in my neighborhood for me to even think about wearing a pair of sunglasses. I don't like the way they pinch my head, and I don't think it's a good look for most people on most days.

I generally lose the cloth pouch on my way out of the sunglasses store.

And if I'm outside while the sun is up I'm probably wearing sunglasses. I would prefer not to but my eyes seems to be above-normal in terms of light sensitivity and otherwise I end up walking around with my eyes mostly closed.

In the description tab, I totally read this:

as this:

I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

It's amazing what they can with raisins these days.

Well, you DID cook them with blacklight.

It's been lifelong (I know you're kidding). We once had a neighbor that thought I was blind for a short while because whenever she saw me walking down the street it looked like my eyes were closed.

"It shined like a disco ball"
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_421751.html

personal body decorations taken to a new level...:eek:

I think my IQ lowered a few points from clicking on that link. Bad JLH.

Will she be using "my pink button" too? I'm at work and I don't want to search for the link from here but feel free. (it's pink dye for your snooch)


Snooch - it's snatch and cooch together as Snooch.

Huh. Crystals? Naw. If you're gonna do that for your guy add something useful like a USB port or better yet: Blue-tooth.

Oh this reminds me of the 50th Anniversary day at Disneyland, when mousepod, Heather and I spent most of the day discussing anal bleaching.

The Consumerist blog ran a story from a reader who tried it out of curiosity. Apparently it didn't do much. And it burned.

[DELIVERY="Ralph Wiggum"]It tastes like burning![/DELIVERY]

vagazzle the vajayjay

I'm off to Facebook. ;)

My cousin had a tattoo that read: Chachi's Tatoo.
Dumb for a couple of reasons.
:D

My sister has at least one kanji tattoo that is essentially just a label for the body part it is on. Lani was afraid to say out loud what it said because she found it hard to believe that is was what my sister had actually asked for (it was).

Reminds me of the people who pay for personalized license plates that are just the make or model of the car.

Would one reason be that his name is in fact not Chachi?

Cuz that would be a good one.

You couldn't find another $10 million in profit? Or adjust it somehow? Did no one think that posting this exact figure of profit might not be the best idea?

From this story about Microsoft's profit:

:eek: :evil: :eek: :evil:

Rip Torn?

After reading this version, maybe this belongs in the Sooooo.... thread, if it is even newsworthy at all. Where have I been?

Rip Torn is quite a character. At an Oscar party/fundraiser I coordinated at the House of Blues Hollywood about 6 or 7 years ago he a) crashed the party, b) decided to help himself to a front row (highest level sponsor) seat and c) refused to move when the guests arrived. When we told the sponsor couple that Rip Torn was in their seat, they said "Rip who?". Talk about humiliation.

He needs an intervention. What a train wreck.

^and this is considered legal because they disclose the rate. WT Heck are they thinking?

I wouldn't want one. But if I have bad credit and was trying to re-establish good credit I'd rather than this product existed than it didn't and I just couldn't get anything. Though I'd strongly recommend going with a secured credit card route first.

Or that he misspelled tattoo?

Cuz that would be a better one.

Holy sh!t!
Camera catches accident on tape. A truck driver falls asleep in traffic.
Yikes!

OMG!!!

That's crazy! Holy crap. I wonder how long it took him to wake up?

And how long after he woke up it took to stop confusing the gas pedal for the brake.

"The left (or right) side camera claps of condition"

I can't figure that out.

Yes, there is a perfume that smells like a ladies' crotch. The link is an article which discusses why it isn't marketed to lesbians (from a gay man's perspective). You gotta watch the video. Totally creepy!!!! LMAO....

Ah, Tom Ford's other project

Darn, it's been pulled. I missed it. :(

What else do you really need to know about that story?

Here is my WTF story for the week:

Adults get ear infections? And they hurt like hell? WTF??????!!!!!???????

Yes they do - I've had one. I thought I might die. Hope it gets better soon.

I've had ear infections all my life- I'm practically immune to all commonly prescribed antibiotics because of that. They suck.

Holy crap!
Killer Whale Kills Trainer at Sea World Orlando

Here's an interesting tidbit related to this story...
Source

Imagine that, a creature called a "KILLER WHALE", actually kills somebody. Or in this particular orca's case, a couple somebodys.

I wonder how much it sucks to be a whale in captivity there. On the one hand, you're living life never leaving your house and the entertainment rarely changes. On the other hand, they seem to feed them often. I imagine they are pretty bored though.

Free Tilly!

Dine With Shamu - TO THE EXTREME!!!

Just a follow-up on this:

http://www.theluxuryspot.com/2010/02...a-camera-crew/

Loved this line (with extra for context):

When I saw the pictures, I could help but feel pain just thinking about the friction scars

I loved this comment: Bwaha!

I was listening to Mark and Brian the other day on the radio discussing the cover art to Hotel California. Being a long time Eagles fan, I wanted to look it up and see the buildings in other photos but forgot until just now.

One of the first image searches led me to this page: http://www.itwillpass.com/facts-Hote...c-Church.shtml

Not only do they claim that the photo is of the first satanic church, they also have a link loving on the No Greater Joy ministries and lot's of other really odd ball stuff. did you know that we haven't had any judges in 100 or so years? Or a US Treasury? That we have a one world government and the revolutionary war was a fraud?

Wacky fun for all!

Really?

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a satanic church?! Who knew!

Toyota Defense might rescue Jailed Minnesota man.

I think it's the same guy but the link in the original story is dead now.

The original discussion in this thread starts here.

So is the guy in the original story.

This is just "ew"!

Well, allegedly, one can purchase used panties on the streets of Japan. Or at least could at some point.

Swedish bus driver reported for kicking gay man off bus

Just looking at the title, this seems like a pretty "normal" occurrence. Not an acceptable thing mind you, but not wholly unexpected. But two things in that article made my head tilt like a confused dog:

• Gay guy gets on bus wearing sagging pants, thus his underwear is somewhat exposed. Bus driver refuses to continue the route and says, "...you best leave the bus as I could get turned on." Huh?!?
• Later on, the gay guy's mother is complaining to the bus company (go mom!). As reparation, they offer her movie tickets and a potted plant. WTF!?! :eek:

That is just horrible; the correct reparation should have been theatre tickets and a Prada handbag

I give this gay slur two snaps up.


As reperation, I offer SM two bus tickets to Bakersfield.

SacTown, I think you're confusing "reparation" with "punishment". ;)

And where's my houseplant, dammit!

Utah Can't Afford Twelfth Grade But It Can Afford to Send a Whole Lot of Innocent Women to Jail

Yep - you read that right.

F this state.

But can't someone think of the children?!?

Wait... they are protecting the unborn children.

No, wait... they don't want to protect the 12th grade children

AAAAAaaaaaaiiiiyyyaaaaahhhhhhhh...

He could come visit me!!!!

F'in UT!

The right to life ends at birth.

I didn't attach it, but I think what bugs me is how vague the law reads and how much it could cost. It was all over the news that they were thinking of cutting out 12th grade, and then this - it could cost the taxpayers to investigate and prosecute a woman that - for example - fell down the stairs on accident, already had to suffer the trauma of losing her child and now has to suffer an investigation, if there's any suspicion. Then we all have to pay for her incarceration if she's found guilty. Lovely.

Does it get reinstated at death?

Kore Desu !! :D