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Entries for April 23rd, 2008

Quote of the Day: We want weed! We want weed!

“I have a different outlook on marijuana than America does. I’ve never been a major smoker, but I think America’s view on weed is ridiculous. I mean, are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.“
- Kirsten Dunst, in the new book Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner [...]

Break it like Cristiano

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Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks Middlesbrough Fan’s Wrist (Hopefully Not Deliberately Though)
Middlesbrough fan Fred Harrison was at the Riverside for the Boro’ 2-2 Man Utd game on April 6th, when one of C-Ron’s efforts flew just over the bar and headed straight towards Harrison. “As it was coming I put my hands up [...]

Style of the Day: Marvel vs Technics!

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Even though our (pretend) DJ days were over back in college, we still have a fond spot in our hearts for Technics and their beautiful equipment. The Technics 1200s are legendary DJ gadgets after all, so when we saw that the company actually issued a series of shirts featuring Marvel characters behind [...]

Not your ordinary Condom

A new case by a company called Boa may just be the snuggest, sleekest wrapper for your MacBook Air. The Fashion Sleeve is plush-lined and offers what Boa calls “minimalist protection.” At just .65mm thin, it’s allegedly the thinnest case on the market. After seeing the pic, though, we theorized we could go thinner still [...]

Thing you can put in a bra

John from the Cambridge University Press blog tips off to these crazy East German police (Stasi) gadgets used during the cold war. Lots of these gadgets are what you’d expect cold war gadgets to be—spy gear covertly inserted into everyday objects—but others are for surveillance. One of them, a spy camera shoved inside a bra, [...]

Nutty Cranberry Maple Granola (NEW rodent flavour!!)

Sabrina bit into a rodent skull and cut her gums while eating a bowl of cereal. The 100% natural, premium gourmet nutty cranberry maple granola she was trying to enjoy was purchased at a Hannaford in Maine and manufactured by Bakery on Main. Aside from selling the rodent skull, both Hannaford and Bakery on Main [...]

Joke of the Day: Do you get it?

This advertisement for an insurance company was put on the back of buses in Amsterdam.

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Egggghhhhhh!!

Thailand’s Dreamworld park features this compelling bit of statuary: sinister naked children hanging around out front of the bathrooms:
Yes, these naked babies stood near the location of every restroom! They scared the crap out of me! First, what the hell is it doing? And second, if its doing what I think it is, why is [...]