LABOR DAY ‘07 BABY! WOOOO!

So Miss South Carolina Teen USA is getting a LOT of attention for her clueless response during the beauty pageant. Here are a couple of related stories:
She appears on the Today Show to explain what she should have said, but didn’t.
Hilarious Tube Map for Miss South Carolina. I love the connections they make: “Everywhere like such as -> The Iraq.” Hoo boy.. dumb people.

This just in… Condi is a bitch. Caught red handed!

Jonathan Katz, of Dr. Katz fame, has a brand new podcast. I’ve listened to both episodes and my only complaint is that it’s way too short!

The shoreline north of Sydney, Australia has been turned into the cappuccino coast after storms mixed with the right conditions whipped up SHITLOADS of foam. I’m sure it smells terrible, but it must be fun to play in!

Ronald Jenkees has some sick beats. Only listened to one song, but this mega-nerd can really wail on his synth.

Some high school kids came up with a really unique and funny prank thanks to an underground passageway at their school.

Millions of dominos!

(After proofreading my post, I think I set a record for usage of exclamation points! Hey, there’s one more! Oh no, stuck in a loop!)

As you’ve probably already heard, Alberto Gonzales has stepped down as Attorney General. Sure, that’s great news and all, but no matter who replaces him, we’re still going to be dealing with the same old bullshit. (Although Gonzales did have his own breed of bullshit, and had mastered not giving a straight answer to ANY question.)

They’ve figured out how to get 1 terrabyte of data onto a CD-sized disc. WHOA. Given that a regular data CD is less than one-thousandth of a terrabyte, that’s quite impressive.

Google Phone?! I’m probably going to regret the phone contract I have somewhere along the line.

These may be the world’s first skyscrapers, built 500 years ago in Yemen. Check out the fly-over video at the bottom of the page, for sure.

An Illustrated Guide to Coffee Drinks. Never had an Espresso con Panna before.

American Airlines has edited their Wikipedia entry to say that neither flight 11 nor flight 77 were scheduled on September 11, 2001. Alrighty then.

A lot of people are saying that Comcast is using ‘traffic shaping’ to limit customers’ bandwidth, and in some cases they are shutting off people’s access entirely. The real problem is that they refuse to provide actual figures so that customers can abide by the rules. So in a few cases, people have woken up to find they had no internet access, and the reason was that they broke the bandwidth glass ceiling. I’m looking for another Internet provider, ’cause this is bullshit.

The world’s ugliest cars is a pretty decent list. I think that little Suzuki truck from a few years back should beat out the Ford Edsel, personally. Many thanks for including the Aztek, though.

INSANE book store.

I have seen this posted on nearly every blog I visited today: Miss Teen USA - South Carolina answers a question. Ohhh it’s hard to watch, I can assure you. A stutter or two you can blame on nerves, but if there’s anything besides moths flying around inside her skull, I’d be surprised.

Next time you’re not getting service at a restaurant you will know what to do. Why the hell didn’t I ever think of that? I think the only time I would have used this tactic is when Echanos and I went to the Town Fryer for lunch. I would still like to pop someone in the mouth for that ordeal.

Though there’s no confirmation yet, rumors are again saying that Castro has died. I wonder how long after his actual death it will be before Cuba tells the world, anyway. Maybe they’re holding out for some sort of immortality breakthrough.

People who dare to report all of the fraud and illegal goings-on in Iraq are being vilified, fired and even tortured. That’s right, the corruption there is so thick and delicious that no one’s willing to let them put a cork in it. Just plain fucked up.

China bans reincarnation. I guess they don’t want “those pesky Tibetans” coming back to fuck with them.

A friend of mine down in Mexico has a cool blog with free music downloads. Not sure where the actual downloads are coming from… and oh yeah, some of it is in spanish, of course.

I haven’t watched the video yet, but here’s the setup: a reporter shows up to confront a man who beat up his elderly mother, and the guy flashes her. The picture alone is worth about 10,000 words. It’s remarkable how they are wearing the exact same expression, even though you’d expect the flasher to be getting some sick pleasure from that.

Personally, I find these people a tad disgusting, but here are the top 10 physically modified people. The cat woman makes me shudder.

The Hipster Olympics. A little bit long, but still funny.

Check out this flash page where moving your mouse makes the sun rise and set over Hong Kong. I think they got the smog level just right during the full sunlight part.

Here’s a web comic strip generator to try out. Speaking of which, I recently added a few comics to my Witty Comics page in the links to your right.

Confused astronomers find a void in space that’s a billion light years across. They say it isn’t a black hole, and doesn’t even contain dark matter that they can detect. So what is it? Nature’s asshole. Actually, no.

The UFO videos shot in Haiti are confirmed fakes. They looked pretty good, but they had that CGI feel to them. 17 hours on a Mac Book Pro is all it took. Shoot, I’ve spent that long on designs… when I could have been faking UFOs! Or Bigfoot! Hmm…

The chairman of the FCC supports a la carte cable pricing. Okay then, it’s settled. Implement this IMMEDIATELY. No excuses.

San Jose then and now. (1975 and 2006)

This site should have been around for a long time, but a year isn’t bad… Hot Chicks with Douchebags. An ever-present phenomenon that has been witnessed by everyone, but with little acknowledgment.

This morning I had a catastrophic Firefox failure… can’t recall what I did, but it even lost the tabs I had open. In any case, I wanted to put up something, so I decided to make a Picasa gallery of all the good road and vehicle pictures I have in my screensaver folder. Hope you enjoy it! (Use the slideshow function in the upper left of the index)

Also, I hope everyone is following this bullshit going on between ABC and Dennis Kucinich right now. Not only did they crop him clean out of the photo that link goes to, but they also “adjusted” poll results that were showing him as a CLEAR winner. God dammit ABC, didn’t I just give you props for your online HD TV shows? Well, consider your props revoked, jerks.

What’s up with this Federal ID business? Now they’re saying even something as innocuous as going to a national park will require a Passport. I hope they’re joking.

This world clock is pretty neat. It calculates figures in real time such as births, deaths, etc.

If you saw the Cheney video I recently linked to where in 1994 he says that invading Iraq would create a quagmire… take a look at the story behind the video. A gentleman over at CSPAN actually discovered it.

Bush bloopers from Cynical-C.

This is easily the lamest quiz I’ve ever taken… and I don’t understand the results, but here they are:
I AM
62%
OPTIMUS PRIMETake the Transformers Quiz

Scientists have created some kind of frozen smoke they say will be a miracle material. It’s one of the world’s lightest solid materials, yet can withstand a dynamite blast and 1,300 C… and I want some. I just have to think of something cool to do with it.

Here are some funny Ohio license plate concepts like the ones they have for repeat DUI offenders already. I prefer the term “party plates” for those in particular.

If you’re having a specific food craving, it could be that you need a different food with a specific nutrient. Weird. I don’t think I really need walnuts if I’m craving cool drinks, though.

Cool free games.

It’s natural to be tired after lunch, as you may already know. The article talks about some of the reasons why that happens, and of course, tells you to take a nap. How hard is it to get a unanimous vote in favor of a nap time in American businesses? If it weren’t for all those stingy major corporations and their quotas…

Here are some more pictures of the possible Transbay Terminal designs. The Rogers-Forest City design just looks like it isn’t complete… as though there’s still scaffolding around the outside. I really like the idea, though.

Pictures of twins.

Pictures of ceramic figures as they’re being destroyed.

Pictures and video of a Rocketbelt Conference. Should’ve gone.

Here’s a pretty good port-a-potty prank. Why do they go back in?!

It’s hard to believe, but the big northeastern blackout was 4 years ago. Hopefully I haven’t neglected to mention it on this blog each year, because it truly was a magical night. Much of my evening was spent on the front porch, drinking and talking with neighbors. The moon was very big in the sky also, and Takeaway had out his big telescope for everyone to look through. So once again, I’ll make a plea to the powers that be…. PLEASE… at least one mandatory total blackout each year! If I had my way, we’d do it once a month, and everyone would be prepared for it… but I guess it’d get old. Once a year is fine.

If you’re lost somewhere and in need of a compass, fear not… if you have a wristwatch with an hour hand, that is. Oh, and if the sun is up.

The recent outage at LAX that caused 17,000 passengers’ schedules to be disrupted was caused by a single ethernet card. I bet you the machine was running Windows 98 or Me, too.

Home prices drop for fourth straight quarter. I’m just hoping that somehow there will be a total housing collapse, and the millionaires in the hills have to sell their properties for like… under $1000. Okay, maybe hoping isn’t the word.

An EXTRA toll to cross the Golden Gate during commute hours? You have got to be kidding me. It already costs $5… and this would be up to $2 on top of that. Can you imagine if you had to pay that every day? I guess that’s what you get for living in Marin County and working in the city! Truth be told, most of the people paying these extra tolls are probably doing so through the windows of a Porsche, Mercedes or BMW, so you can’t feel THAT bad about it.

This just in… being a man in your late 30’s TOTALLY SUCKS. Yep, “the misery years” are your late 30’s, according to a recent study. If you aren’t sure whether or not you want to read this article, at least click the link for the picture they chose. It looks like David Caruso of CSI:Miami fame at his absolute lowest.

The top 10 most awesome movies Hollywood ever killed lists some of the blockbusters that could’ve been.

Is your toilet paper roll so visually unappealing that you let out an audible sigh every time you plop down on the shitter? Well, your ship has come in, buddy! Toilet paper origami, or ‘toilegami’ to the rescue. Yikes.