Category Archives: News

My take on news from around the world…

Horrific Car Crash

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Jim

I guess you’ve probably seen this by now, but here’s a video clip of a horrific car crash that was making the rounds a couple days ago: Wow.

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Friday’s Tab Closer

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Jim

From the “Holy Crap I have 84 tabs open in Firefox!” Department: – Glass-bottomed boats are old school and boring. How about a glass-bottomed hot air balloon instead? Looks like freaky fun to me! – Michael Dick (yes, that’s his … Continue reading →

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Thursday’s Roundup

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Jim

- Check it out: a picture I took was used in this post at The Consumerist! Basically, The Consumerist has become famous for exposing the “Grocery Shrink Ray”, where food producers shrink the sizes of their products but charge the … Continue reading →

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Random Thursday

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Jim

- Remember the “Death to All Juice” guy? The guy from this post? Described as a “wannabe New Jersey Jihadist”, he was apparently arrested last week on his way to Somalia to get “terrorist training”. The man, Carlos Almonte, apparently … Continue reading →

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Workers banned from flying English flags

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Jim

More proof that England’s losing its mind in the race to multi-culturalism: council workers in Greater Manchester have been banned from flying the English flag on their cars. In England. Because that might be racist. To fly one’s own flag … Continue reading →

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Weird Tuesday

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jim

- Well, the Lost finale sucked… and not just because of the crappy writing. Entertainment Weekly reports that the finale had 107 commercials, or over 45 minutes worth! A typical hour long show normally has 18-20 commercials per, but the … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Leslie Buck

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Jim

You might never have heard the name Leslie Buck, but you just might be familiar with something he designed: His iconic paper coffee cup was originally designed for the Sherri Cup Company of Kensington, Connecticut. The design proved to be … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Roundup

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Jim

- The Smoking Gun has posted the original police report about the Ben Roethlisberger fiasco in Milledgeville here. It’s pretty disgusting. – Speaking of The Smoking Gun, I just noticed that they have greatly expanded their archive of concert riders. … Continue reading →

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