xkcd - Change You Can Believe In!
Oct 8, 2008 Wacky
You can now get an audio preview of your comment before you post it to Youtube. There was a recent xkcd comic on something similar to this, although Randall wanted a mandatory dramatic reading. Unfortunately, this will not stem the tide of idiotic Youtube comments. This might still be more useful for that. ;)
Tags: lifehacker, webcomic, Webcomics, xkcd, youtube
Jay McKee IS Walking Through That Door…
…but he’s dressed as Marilyn Monroe:
If only the weird-o-meter stopped buzzing after the guy who played Andy Kaufman showed up dressed as a Communist dictator. As Hinote pointed out in his groom’s speech: “You must be a bunch of screwed up people to dress up like the ’50s, right? I have a teammate dressed as a woman.”
That teammate would be St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay McKee. Who showed up to the wedding in “a blond wig, ‘Seven Year Itch’ white dress and heels.” As Marilyn Monroe.
This was all from St. Louis Blues forward Dan Hinote’s wedding to Amy McCarthy, the Playboy playmate sister of former Playboy playmate Jenny McCarthy. The Communist dictator mentioned was Jim Carrey as good ol’ Fidel Castro. I’d make a joke, but I’m not the one who’s going to tell Jay McKee what he can and can’t wear.
Tags: amy mccarthy, blues, hinote, jenny mccarthy, jim carrey, mckee, st. louis
Nightmare Fuel
Jul 26, 2008 Wacky
I’m borrowing that phrase from Deadspin, for very good reason. I took a peek in the spam folder in my Gmail today, to make sure nothing important got sent there…and came across this:
Mccain sex tape surfaces
/brain scrub
Moving on, it appears that some spammers have switched to humorous subjects for their offending mails, perhaps for the pity click for the joke:
Bulimia Not The Same As Being A Greedy Bastard, Say Doctors
Stupid woman buys iPhone for 5000
Bush And Putin Agree To Restart Cold War During G8 Summit
Capitalization is theirs.
Belt-Fed Nerf Cannon Available
UNLEASH HELL
Remember the Nerf N-STRIKE Vulcan EBF-25 belt-fed office warfare toy spotted at Toy Fair 2008? It’s available. :D Totally worth it, too.
Tags: gizmodo, nerf, toy, vulcan ebf-25
Moose Update
Jul 16, 2008 Wacky
No, not you Papa Moose. There was great fear across the land when this picture was sighted, but it turned out he was just making a border run to see a friend:
Cat also has a flavor
Tags: icanhascheezburger, moose
This is NOT right
I missed free Slurpee day. Those punks know I’m there all the time, couldn’t they have mentioned it at least? NOT COOL, 7-11.
Tags: 7-11, consumerist, free slurpee, seven eleven, slurpee
Draft Bio: TheTick
Man of Inaction
Inspired by Heather B. of Top Shelf.
TheTick
- Position: Out of position, usually.
- Shoots: Right.
- Height: 6′1″. Weight: 210lbs.
- Born: April 7, 1978, Virginia Beach, VA.
- Hometown: Buffalo, NY.
- Player Comparison: The fat guy in NES Ice Hockey.
While unskilled physically, TheTick is known for having an amazing hockey sense amongst his peers. Despite never having strapped on skates before the NHL Combine, still managed to best the time of current NHLer Derian Hatcher. Dives like a soccer superstar. Potential 25 goal scorer, if playing on the same line as Alexander Ovechkin.
Favorites
NHL TEAM: Buffalo Sabres
NHL PLAYER: Thomas Vanek
SHOOTOUT MOVE: drill it off the goalie’s mask
PRACTICE DRILL: pretending to go down when elbowed like I was just shot with a sniper rifle
VIDEO GAME: Final Fantasy IV, VI, Diablo II
MOVIE: Iron Man
TV SHOW: CSI (all of them), House, MXC (right you are Ken), Star Trek
ACTOR: Patrick Stewart
GROUP: Genesis
WEBSITE: Deadspin
BOOK: Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead
PUMP-UP SONG: Bodies, Drowning Pool
FOOD TO COOK: Grilled Cheese
ACTIVITY AWAY FROM THE RINK: reading, PC gaming, drawing
TOY GROWING UP: NES
PLACE TO SHOP: Best Buy (but I don’t buy anything)
PLACE TO VISIT: New Orleans, LA
Tags: buffalo, draft, Hockey, sabres, Thomas Vanek
Wall-Climbing Robot
Check this out: Researchers at SRI International have come up with a wall-climbing robot - one that uses electro-adhesion to attach to the wall. There is a video at the Popular Mechanics link, which shows a tracked ‘vehicle’ climbing up a normal household wall. Pretty neat technology. Spotted at Gizmodo.
Tags: gizmodo
Speaking of Bacon…
May 2, 2008 Wacky
I just came across this link, and I have to share it. I know there are a bunch of bacon fans in my circle of blog/web friends who will appreciate this.
Tags: bacon, burger, cheeseburger, food
Robot Snow Shovel For Places That Don’t Need It
With the incredibly inventive name I-Shovel, to boot. I’ve been expecting something like this, to be honest, but I can’t imagine it will be tough enough to work during a real snowstorm. Spotted at Gizmodo.
