innocent escapes

Bad hair day? Shopper's remorse? Or, just feeling lonely? The Brawney Man will make it all better.

might make you tear up

Update: For some reason the video no longer exists. Check out another version here.

can't wait

Nacho Libre = Hilarious

omg

A 54-year-old man in Ohio has been arrested after he was caught harvesting urine from a movie theater urinal in order to drink it.

"Listening to his describe it, it's like listening to a crack or cocaine addict. He's addicted to children's urine," said a police officer.

Police said Patton goes to family restaurants and movie theaters and waits for boys in a bathroom stall. Investigators said he shuts off the water to the child-level urinal and puts a cup in the bottom.

Patton allegedly told police that he leaves the stall after the child leaves.

"He goes back and retrieves the cup and drinks the urine," Fithen said.

Police said Patton told them it makes him sick, but that it's almost spiritual to him. He allegedly added, "I like it because it makes me closer to them -- like I'm drinking their youth."

Link (via boingboing.net)

example of what not to do

On Notes from the Technology Underground, Bill Gurstelle reports that a 46-year-old Wyoming man did something foolish with a big balloon and some welding gas.

All the windows were blown out, the vehicle doors were bent towards the outside and the roof was pushed about a foot higher than normal. [The occupants said] that they were taking a balloon to a Super Bowl party -- a balloon filled with acetylene, a very explosive gas used in welding -- so they could blow up the balloon while celebrating. However, on the drive, the balloon rolled across the back seat, possibly causing static electricity, and igniting the gas, causing it to explode.The couple said a passer-by gave them a ride home. Deputies called in an ambulance, who took the couple to Swedish Medical Center for possible shrapnel wounds and broken eardrums. Norman Frey, 46, faces a charge of possession, use, or removal of explosives or incendiary devices. He faces two to six years in prison. (boingboing.net)

pictures that make me laugh

Because I'm having a bad day.

not the most effective way to protest child porn

Man In Tiger Suit Climbs To Top Of St. Augustine Lighthouse

neato

Bird's Eye Tourist

It's not easy bein' green

Which Muppet are you?

After that, find out which Sesame Street character you are.

Adam's Results: Kermit and Big Bird!
Nicole's Results: Elmo and Fozzie!

Presidential Speechalist

Worried about public speaking? Have alot to say but not sure how to put it all together? Why don't you sleep on some of these ideas and see what sticks. Here are just a few of the many secrets of speechwriting as revealed to us by the man who writes all of our President's speeches .

yahoogled

When the cute dot com giants start flirting with bullies:

Yahoo and human rights: Shi Tao in prison in China! - Amnesty International
and
No Tibet or Tiananmen on Google's Chinese site - Markets - Times Online

Both companies I admire for simplicity and speed - but I'm realizing that I assumed (stupidly) that these virtues implied some sort of an ethical stance (quality = goodness). Scary to see these guys start to get tested...and fail - in my opinion.

Speed and simplicity can be applied to the design of a gallows as easily as it could a search engine I suppose. zefrank.com