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{ February 2005 Archives }

Can't wait to see the Google ads that match up to this one....

I'm always surprised by these surveys that ask men what they find most attractive in a woman. How on earth can men, in all honesty, answer "eyes" or 'hair" or "legs" or (heaven help us) "sense of humor". Myself,...

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Play

Here's an very cool piece of animation that I found over at newgrounds.com, which is fast becoming one of my favorite haunts. It's kind of like a flash version of "Stomp" - simple yet fascinating....

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The Genius of Joe Sacco

Over the last 15 years, Joe Sacco's work has truly transcended the comic/cartooning genre, and he's produced some of the most moving and incisive visual journalism I've ever read on the world's trouble spots. This weekend's Guardian featured "Complacency...

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aquaman talks bottled water

Ethos Water has an interesting business model -- you buy their bottled water; a portion of each sale goes towards bringing clean water to poorer parts of the world. I'm not exactly sure how it works, or what percentage...

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Viral Marketing

E-mail Service Alerts Potential STD Carriers A new Internet-based public health program in San Francisco allows people diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease to anonymously inform their sexual partners via e-mail. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports. NPR News Story...

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Re-imagined Romance Covers

Re-imagined Romance Covers....

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Look Out Below!!

See what happens......

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A Complete Waste Of Time

I found this on newgrounds, which is actually the site that first brought us the Numa Numa song. This game is deceptively simple, but after playing it a bit, I looked up and realized I'd spent over an hour...

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YesBut readers at the Times

Looks like the NYTimes has read more than one Scaramouch article. Some sites list their scoops. Just a thought. (Although most times, we're ripping off someone else)...

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An Open Letter to Gary Brolsma from yesbutnobutyes

Hey Gary My wife just emailed me the link to this article in The New York Times. Apparently the fame that has so recently descended on you from your iconic dance that we featured on these very pages, is...

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Saturday Night At The Movies - Oscar Edition

Two weeks in a row, so now I guess this is a regular feature. Here are a few of the weeks choice movie clips, all with a timely Oscar theme. Best Documentary Short - Lost VirginityBest Animated Feature -...

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Star Wars - No Hope

yep, here it is - the special SPECIAL Edition of Episode IV as it was really meant to be....

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Incredibles in 2D

Incredibles DVD which comes out in March contains two extra shorts on it. One is a short animated spoof of the old 70's superhero shows, and the other is a fully animated visit back to the feature which tells...

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I didn't realise they were underwired.

As we come to the end of Christos' grand exhibition, I thought there was just time for one more Gates image....

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The Dark Side of Viral Marketing

Ok, another dark side, it's already got a few. The latest is 'hoax ads'. Not too long ago the fake volkswagon suicide bomber ad was making the rounds. The latest is a strange little video on a site called...

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Bronx Cheer

Manhattan lawyer send Bostonians running for their muskets. Here's to another 80 year drought....

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Little Miss Pumpkin Eater

Little Miss Pumpkin Eater wants to make a yummy pumpkin pie, but Oh Dear! she’Äôs all out of pumpkins! That is, until a mysterious purple squirrel pops up and tells her to just use her head. A trippy little...

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Back to the good stuff...

This is a straight lift from coolhunting.com (Guys, if you ever happen to see this, I'm a fan...not a thief.) Their Circular Life uses time lapse photography to take viewers on a 24 hour tour of various cities. Beautiful...

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You've Been Punked

It's getting pretty lame out there. Check out a certain network's attempt at a viral campaign. And aren't I a schmuck for devoting space to it....

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Oscar goody bag list

Here's what all the celebs get to take home from Sunday Night's Oscar Event (couresy of girlhacker.com) A Krups kitchen set including a toaster, electric kettle and a year's supply of coffee and tea ($700) A two-night stay at...

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Review: Fat Pig

In Fat Pig, by Neil LaBute, A man (Tom, played by Steven Pasquale) falls for an overweight woman (Helen, played Ashlie Atkinson). Drawn in by her sense of humor, self-acceptance and love of war movie, Tom starts out with...

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The Hearst Building

Not to be preachy, but there really are some amazing new buildings going up in the city right now. The next time you're at 56th and Eighth Ave...look up....

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Weekend Guide

So what if it's twelve degrees outside. This is New York�Ķdo something. Check out some free art. UberOrgan by Tim Hawkinson bellows out a tune every hour on the hour at the sculpture garden at 590 Madison. Walk through...

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A match made in heaven?

They say there are two types of people in the world - people who love TiVo, and people who have never tried it. This kind of fanatical devotion to a technology has not been seen since - well, since...

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Plug and Play

Man, I came up with so many alternate headlines for this, it was hard to choose the right one (all included boxes, joysticks, hard drives, foreplay, etc). Which is silly, because this picture says it all really. Could this...

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Gentlemen, start your engines

Funnily enough the same thing as this once happened to Clickety Clack, or so he told me. True story....

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MARCH MADNESS

That’Äôs right, you’Äôve made Yesbut your daily stop for humor, news, entertainment and other amazingly important information, all covered from a biased and opinionated point of view. And now’ĶPRIZES! Announcing the 1st annual Yesbutnobutyes.com March Madness Sweepstakes! Starting March...

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How Bloggers are like Rappers

From Slate.com: For starters, both groups share a love of loose-fitting, pajama-style apparel. Still not satisfied? Bloggers and rappers are equally obsessed with social networking. Every rapper rolls with his entourage; every blogger rolls with his blog roll. Women...

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James Jean

Just felt like talking about my current favorite illustrator, James Jean. He does a lot of comic book cover work as well as magazine illustrations and some CD covers. His sense of color is amazing and I love the...

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Alife NYC

Sneaker store on Rivington - new, old, rare, expensive. for serious sneakaholics. And I will indeed go to their establishment and purchase a new pair of kicks simply because this is the main image on their homepage. Alife -...

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The Crackers

Crackers...

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More Art with Cheese Doodles

Some random persons photo gallery....

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We need an agent

The YesButNoButYes Family would have been perfectly cast as editors for this MSN Search viral site. Mind-numbing crap like this wouldn't have made the cut had we been involved: "Name: Cy. Occupation: Officially, I'm an overnight security guard. Unofficially, I'm...

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Russian Nesting Dolls (cool looking ones, I mean)

From the Wurst Gallery....

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How to Spot a Counterfeit Mini (as long as we're on the subject)

More funny stuff from Crispin Porter + Bogusky....

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Porsche Cayman S

Porsche has just announced a new model, the Cayman S. It will be positioned between the Boxster S and the Carrera 911. I haven't seen it yet, but the link above takes you to a video that I would...

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Let's Jam

One-day auction on a cell phone jammer. Sure, they're illegal. You could be fined big. But wouldn't it be worth it to see a restaurant full of people gasping for service? "Hello? Are you there? What happened? Helllllooooooooo??"...

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The Gates (Cheese Puff Miniature)

Not satisfied being a passive viewer of The Gates some brilliant person created this miniature last weekend over by the boathouse. A big holla out to DNAgal for hittin me wit da hee....

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Map Time

Check out this amazing interactive map of Switzerland. When you click, you zoom in on actual satellite images of the streets. Pretty cool....

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Skittles! They're the Bacon of Candy!

Inspired by Bacon Wores, I decided to pay tribute to one of my favorite things with one of my other favorite things. Skittles and Bacon. In case you didn't know, Skittles are now available in a new flavor mix:...

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Naked People!

Everybody likes looking at pictures of naked people. Or do they? The Human Body Project at The Erotic Museum explores the huge and increasingly large gap between media images of the human body and what most specimens actually look...

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If Mohammed won't go to the mountain...

Have you ever considered building your own ice mountain but have no idea where to start? Check out this easy set of instructions....

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The First Lady in Germany

"If that's what it takes to get Germany to send troops to Iraq..." (Great picture from Wonkette.)...

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PodWear

Two cool news ways to cover your iPod accessories. You can skin your iShuffle with ShuffleArt. Or, save your favorite old t-shirt from the dumpster by turning it into an iPod Cozy. ...

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What happens in YesBut...stay in YesBut

Sure, writing article for six people is fun, but it would be nice to spread the word a little, especially since the posts are getting better and better. (Kudos to all) So, what could we do? - Start tagging...

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For those lacking the upper body stength to reach into their pocket.

DLO has an iPod remote for you....

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SPOILER ALERT

Anybody want to know what happens in Star Wars III (don't look if you want to be surprised) Via Kotke.org....

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Wednesday is new comics day

This week's recommended comic is Solo #3. Solo is a series in which each issue is a compliation of original stories showcasing one top artist, with free reign to tell any type of story he wants. He or she...

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Heights must not be dangerous after all

No-one mentions that there's not much in the way of safety nets, but then few people are probably as irrationally afeared of freak gusts of wind at more than 10' off the ground as I am. It's probably also...

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There's more to life than Bacon...

I got intrigued by Evil Rich's earlier posting about baconwhores.com (classic concept) and dug around online to find out who was behind it. Turns out Matthew Vanderzee has created a few of these spoofs. Other than the Bacon Sisters,...

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Are You The Artistic Type?

Typedrawing is a new application site that feels like the GE Imagination interactive ad on steroids. Sketch with type, and share with your friends, or browse the gallery of submitted works. Nice idea. Hint: disable popup blockers or the...

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S.A.D. (Save Arrested Development) Post

I admit, this is pretty nerdy. I'm almost embarrassed to post it. But when a cause this worthy comes along, I have to put pride aside. Arrested Development is a fantastic Fox show on the verge of cancellation. I'm...

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From now on, I'm not blogging from work

The perils and pitfalls of mentioning your workplace in your blog....

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From now on, I'm taking my timesheets seriously.

Two former Ogilvy & Mather execs were found guilty "of plotting to overbill government's $1 billion Office of National Drug Control Policy account to cover a $3 million revenue shortfall on the business," Adweek reports. They face up to 5...

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Top Five on Tuesday

#5) Razy-works vinyl killer #4) Acme blueprint wallet #3) DALEK shower curtain #2) Inflate UK magnet table #1 Visonaire #44 Toys And honorable mention goes to... ...

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BaconWhores.com

Because the only thing better than bacon is someone to cook it for you. http://www.baconwhores.com/index.html...

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Product Placement Awards

brandchannel.com has announced the 2004 Product Placement Awards. Some good stuff in this lengthy article. Here are some nuggets: ’Ä¢ Pepsi wins for Overall Product Placement (7 placements in #1 movies in '04); Apple gets the Lifetime Achievement Award...

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100 Greatest Gadgets of All Time

Visit Mobile PC Mag for the complete rundown. Some real gems there, although in a world of many handheld devices, I'm surprised the classic but always functional windproof Zippo didn't make it higher than #81. (Although it's been quite...

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Way to go, Pat.

I just wanted to give a shout out to Pat O'Brien who appeared on the hacked phonelist of Paris Hilton. Nestled amongst the private numbers of Eminem, Avril Lavigne and the Olsen twins, there was something pretty cool about...

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The end of The Gates? (The other Gates....)

Full instructiuons for installing Mac OSX on a Windows PC. I have no idea if it works, being a pure mac man myself, but thought I'd post it here as part of my 'save a geek a day" program....

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WarTuning

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm definitely on the "cup half empty" side of the optimism/pessimism thing. So this really confirms my faith in the dark side of the human spirit. Remember Podcasting? The somewhat altruistic...

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HTML Art

Found a great site called that converts images to plain text versions. Want to see Scaramouch in plain HTML?? The effect is definitely better if you squint.......

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Eyes Wide Shut

Just finished Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. All about trusting your gut reaction (except the chapters about how your gut reaction is often wrong. But that's a confusing topic for another post.) Here's my big takeaway: Say you're in the position...

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Nice Spot

Dont just sit there CLICK something! Came across this today, made me smile. Love when he tries to harpoon the dog....

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Saturday Night At The Movies

In the tradition of Jellio's guide to shopping, and Rich's weekly flick through the comics rack, I'm going to try to make this a semi-regular weekend feature - a collation of sundry interesting movie clips I've stumbled on throughout...

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A little something for the weekend?

You just can't make this stuff up....

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It's a real scene, man!

Improv Everywhere are a group dedicated to creating live unexpected theater in public places. Their latest "performance", in the mens' room of the McDonalds on Broadway is clearly a work of genius. Check out the "Best Gig Ever" description...

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Pictures of Walls

A site where you can submit pictures you've taken of walls that have interesting writing on them. http://www.picturesofwalls.com...

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Gates Update

The circle of life is now complete....

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"Mouthy" Woman's Luggage Blown Up

Woman from New Jersey described as "mouthy." (I guess people in Phoenix haven't met women from New Jersey before.) Apparently she told airport security that if she had a bomb in her bag, they couldn't find it. So they...

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Google Ads

You may have noticed we also have added google ads in the sidebar. This was in part to try and cover the cost of our web server bills, because everytime someone clicks on a link we get a few cents...

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Juergen Specht - a German photographer in Japan

Juergen Specht takes a lot of pictures and some of them are interesting. The "documentations" are the most engaging. He's drawn to the most perverse fringes of Japanese culture and likes to photograph what he finds. I especially enjoyed...

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The YesButMoBlog project

We've added a new section to the site - a mobile photo blog. Random images posted from phonecams on the road. No commentary, no context, no comments. Make of it what you will. Click the image on the top...

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Pop culture quiz

PicQuiz, a viral marketing entry from MasterCard to promote their sponsorship of the Brit Awards. Give it a try. I topped out at nine(the ADD kicked in)....

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Thursday is "Least Favorite Item" day

Message ashtrays....

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Fontifier

Cool new toy alert, via Design Sponge. Upload your own handwriting and turn it into an actual font. Personalization to the next level....

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GoogleFight

Google Fight measures Google results for any two words or phrases--So, who do you think has more google results? McDonald's vs. Burger King. Bush vs. Kerry. Jellio vs. Scaramouch. No affiliation with Google, just fun with real results. Via...

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The Origin of the Police Target Practice Guy

The police forms call him Advanced Silhouette SP-83A; in some gun shops, he is B-60. He is widely known in police and gun-club circles as the Thug, a life-size, two-dimensional paper target that every New York City police officer...

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striking a small blow against false advertisers

A New Jersey man has filed a false advertising lawsuit against a maker of herbal penis enlargement pills, alleging the medicine does not fulfill its promises. ...

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And the winner is...

Oscars are next weekend, but it's not too early to plan if you're having an oscar party. Eleni's Bakery, at Chelsea Market, has the perfect dessert. Their Oscar cookies come in best actor, best actress and best movie. Pricey,...

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Wir bauen eine neue stadt

M-City is an incredible project dedicated to creating haunting grayscale city landscapes through a set of over 100 custom templates. Galleries show murals and outdoor installations from around the world, along with a "Konstructor" tool that lets you create...

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The Shitty Tipper Database

Scorned waiters and waitresses are uniting to keep tabs on all you shitty tippers out there. Hopefully you won't find your name listed in their databse. If so, you can submit an apology. http://www.bitterwaitress.com/std/...

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Are you feeling frisky, Howard?

A high-tech car that can sense a driver's mood and mental state and then adjust the vehicle's cabin atmosphere will debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show, according to a Local 6 News report. May I speak on...

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Proud Purchase

I may not have the tapeworm of capitalism living in my belly like Jellio (See Jellios Top 5) but when I buy I buy quality. I purchased this two headed chick from The Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists last...

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Hack Napster

Some guy found a trick that let's you download the entire Napster music collection for free. Here's how to exploit the loophole for those interested. Too much work for me....

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Skynet is coming

Where's John Connor when you need him? It seems as if Skynet is upon us, according to the NY Times who are reporting that the Robot Soldier is about to enter the battlefield. "They don't get hungry," said Gordon...

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Don't Panic

Amazon's got the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trailer....

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Wednesday is new comics day

This week's recommended comic is JLA:Classified #4. Comic fans from the '80's fondly remember Keith Giffen, JM Dematteis and Kevin Maguire's sit-com approach to the Justice League. Recently the creative team reunited for a mini-series called "Formerly Known as...

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He Who May Not Be Shown, with 11 points of articulation

At the risk of a YesButNoButYes fatwah, this struck me as the most interesting from a wide range of GI Deities over at the Jesus Christ Superstore. You just KNOW they came up with the domain name first, and...

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Just Say No To Hot Yucky Make Out Stuff

From the pledge of the boys over at Sex Is For FAGS!: (I pledge)...to never let any slutty girls peer pressure me into touching their vaginas ’Äì because vaginas are totally gay. You know I think these boys are...

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10x10

Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10...

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girl, girl, girl, meat, girl - the genius of Harry Egipt

Click one of these images to see the short films of Estonian commercial filmmaker, Harry Egipt. Found this gem on Boing-Boing, where they attribute the '70s porn movie aesthetics to Estonia's new-found capitalistic hunger and private media production. I...

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We haven't talked about this for awhile...

From The New Yorker....

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And now, for your viewing pleasure...

Black people. I can't tell if this Infinity campaign is refreshingly candid or just plain wrong....

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AIGA Design Archives

An amazingly cool site that archives all of the AIGA's annual juried selections. All accessible through a beautiful Flash interface. Check it out...

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That's some mutha f*ckin good candy.

Hey, did you guys know you can personalize M&M's? Neither did I....

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Introducing the Neopolitan Mastiff

The Westminster Dog Show started yesterday and the newest breed to enter the fray is the above, the Neopolitan Mastiff. Not a winner for his group though. Best in show is tonight. http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org...

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Like I've mentioned before, I

Like I've mentioned before, I like to buy things, especially new things, things that other people don't have, and then talk about the things in an obvious and crass manner...I'm shallow. Here's the problem, coming up with the reasons for...

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The Toy Sculptures of Johnny Beinart

There really isn't much to relay from his artists statement but I thoughtthe work was sufficiently interesting enough to warrant a post. Clcik her for the gallery....

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Love is in the air

With love to you all on Valentine's Day, from Scaramouch xxxx Valentines Animation by David Firth (Definitely not safe for work)Mary Kay LeTourneau's Wedding Registry (Probably not safe for middle-schoolers)...

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Fifteen minutes is getting easier by the second.

American Express is giving Belgians the opportunity to be on an AmEx billboard. Fame-hungry consumers can upload their photo to the AmEX blue website to be displayed on a Belgian billboard, and the company will then send each ’Äúmodel’Äù...

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Gent Treadly

Time for all contradictors to have a shot and a beer, and listen to some good music. This Friday, Gent Treadly will be at Flannery's, on 14th & 7th Avenue in NYC. No cover, 3 sets starting at 10ish...

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And while we're on the subject...

The next time you have to waste a perfectly good hour...Conference Call Bingo....

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(shameless self-promotion alert)

For the past 18 months, I've been freelancing (researching examples, writing sidebars, etc.) with three former co-workers, the authors of the upcoming book Why Business People Speak Like Idiots. Available March 2, the book builds on the 2004 Clio...

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Mischa Barton, philanthropist

From Allure magazine, courtesy of gawker.com. An article where apparently she was looking back on her own recent public appearances for some reason....

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Search anything

Google is at it again, launching a beta of Google Print. It's the early stages of a huge, ongoing undertaking to make books searchable via the web. Amazon had the precursor for this with their "Search Inside A Book"...

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Ashes and Snow

Saw this outdoor board on Houston St. last week. Liked the image, but I didn't know what it was promoting...now I do. Ashes and Snow is a multi-media exhibit by artist Gregory Colbert, opening March 5 at the Nomadic...

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New York City...Big Apple or Big Cuddly Bunny?

See Big Cuddly Bunny perform live all this week at the Bottom Line. For tickets call Telecharge...

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Lost (and Found) in Translation

AdRants had a great link today. To see Hollywood stars in commerials they'd never allow on American television, visit Japander.com....

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Tip Of The Week

If you're afraid of heights, stay away from the railing on the sixth floor at MOMA...no easier way to look like a wus....

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Moss Gallery

Moss, the long-established Soho design store, has opened Moss Gallery, a showcase for designers featured in the main store. The clerk described it as further blurring the lines between art and design, as the items for sale in the...

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Gift to the City

I know this isn't yesbutnobutgates.com, and we've already had a few posts on the subject, but I just came from Central Park, and there is such a crazy kumbaya vibe in there right now, you'd think they were handing...

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Guerilla Tactics

I was running some errands in Manhattan today with the aid of ’ÄùJoe the Driver’Äù, the owner of a private car service that I have used for many years. We're on the west side heading downtown when suddenly, he...

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More Super Hero Funnies

This is an old site, but worth looking at again. A very funny examination of the old Super Friends cartoon show. There's some funny cartoons like the ones below but what's even funnier are the descriptions of each superhero and...

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Great Balls of Krypton

From the site "Superman is a Dick!": List of more practical uses Superboy can make of a machine that can see through time: Betting on the outcomes of sporting events.Forseeing natural diasters and catastrophe.Letting Bruce Wayne know that his...

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The Unfurling of the Gates

My favorite photoblog is on the scene for the unfurling of the Gates at Central Park. A great way for displaced NYers like myself to view the expensive and unnecessary installation up close. http://www.rion.nu/...

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The train, one month before the wreck

I've heard Ricky Gervais compare BBC's The Office favorably to Dickens. No argument here. But if the original was Dickens' Great Expectations, the Americanized NBC version is Jimmy Carter Elementary School's spring play. Check out the clips posted on...

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Endless Nonsense

We interupt this blog for a special announcement. Advertising appears to work. I just bought a can of Emerald Nuts. Wait, this just in...yuck. Remember...Enraged Newscasters choose Emerald Nuts....

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You say potato, I say chips

Now, I'm guessing that when most of you look at this picture, you see cholesterol, impending heart attacks and a churning stomach. Me? I see heaven on a plate. Believe me, there's no better way to start the day...

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Comic book geeks the world over hold their collective breath

Please, please, please don't f%@k this up....

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How to get ahead at the office.

Thank God It's Friday. I personally had a hell of a week at work - crappy projects, unfathomable clients, annoying co-workers. Business as usual. And so, to actually make this endless purgatory of some value to the rest of...

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Truth in Advertising?

God bless the Brits - you gotta love 'em. i'm not sure exactly who the blonde is, but I'm guessing a minor celeb with a boyfriend called Richard. On the other hand, maybe it's really as dirty as it...

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Sometimes I think Darwin was dyslexic

Riot at a London Ikea opening (Via Gawker). Next up...Brooklyn....

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Paula? Randy? Simon? Yes or No?

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TiVo Deathwatch

Engadget has launched a TiVo Deathwatch. Two senior execs recently left the company, the stock has flatlined, and subscribers are getting nervous. I'm the patriarch of a two-TiVo (no kids) family, with $598 tied up in "lifetime service." So,...

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The Viral Awards

...are happening next week at the Chelsea Art Museum. Could be interesting, I'm in. I'll report back on any interesting work that was featured. PS: here's the site....

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You wait all week for a testicle story, then two come along together...

On a similar theme to our own posting of February 8th, a woman has been sentenced for two and a half years in jail for ripping off her ex-boyfriend's testicle during an argument. The funniest part of the article relates...

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Anyone got twenty bucks I can borrow?

I just went "all in" on Jack high. Check out the latest brand on the Hold-em train. Play against others in real time in Absolut Deal....

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Goooooooaaaaaaaaalllllllllll!

Here's a short video clip apparently showing the Pele of Foosball - amazing stuff. I have no idea if it was performed naked or not, but the picture above somehow added depth and intrigue. And if the crappy techno...

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9:09am

Another clock oriented site. This guy takes a picture of himself everyday at 9:09am and puts it up on his site. At first I thought the photos were pretty boring, but it actually looks like he's getting around, doing...

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Now, get it off your chest

You made your friend eat what? Go to comeclean.com and cleanse that filthy soul....

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Russian Roulette

The picture say it all...doesn't it? Twelve chocolate time bombs lay waiting to be bitten into. Eleven contain delicious praline centers, one hides a red hot chilli pepper. Get this and a copy of the Deerhunter...now we're talking fun....

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Classic meets Plastic

There has been an interesting wave in home furnishings recently, with designers combining classic forms and modern materials. Think Studio 54 meets Versailles. First came the Philippe Starck ghost chair, then the ghost candelabra (sold out at the MOMA...

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Pylones

You could spend hours looking at all the kitsch, random, wildly decorated stuff and not find one practical thing in the lot...but you'll walk out with at least one item. This French import first settled in Manhattan at an...

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Real or fake?

I've watched this movie clip a few times now, and I still can't decide if it's a real stunt or computer fakery - any guesses out there?...

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Twig & Berries

Im not sure if this is legit. It was emailed to me so I thought I would post for all. What do we think, real?...

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Wednesday Is New Comics Day

This week's recommended comic is Vimanarama, the first of a 3 issue mini-series that mixes superheroes, demons and Bollywood into a surreal romantic comedy. The son of a successful grocery chain owner, 19-year-old British-Asian Ali can't relate to his...

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Valentine's Day Gift Idea #2

Photofiddle.com...they've been advertising on Howard recently, so I went to the site this morning. Pretty cool. You upload any file, and the image is updated based on the style you select. Choices range from watercolor to pop art (above)....

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HELP...I think I'm blind

I just saw a set of naked 70 year old breasts...live mardi gras feed at NOLA.com...

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Man cuts off own testicles

There's not much I can add to this story really. I guess it takes all sorts....

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Bone Lick Park

Not a neighborhood dog run or a new S&M club, Bone Lick Park is Manhattan's newest barbecue joint (no small task due to city restrictions on smoking ovens). Now I haven't had real barbeque in...wait, I've never had real...

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Let's Buy This

eBay item 4073023791 Im serious. We can put it on the site, or fly it out the window or something. I'll put in the first five bucks...Happy Valentine's Day Fred. Via Gawker...

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Gizoogle

For all you beotches who wanna find shiznit: http://www.gizoogle.com/...

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Valentine’Äôs Day Gift Idea #1

I love Mogus. I have three in my office. A friend here calls them ePillows, but I haven’Äôt taken ecstacy at work since the coal mine incident, so I can’Äôt speak from experience. Here’Äôs the latest incarnation’ĶMogu People, little...

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Google Maps

The coolest online map yet. It doesn't work on every browser but it's worth getting one that it will work on. http://maps.google.com...

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Countdown

Four days 'til Christo's gates hit Central Park for a two-week run. Being there when they unravel the cocoons of fabric would be a great way to spend a Saturday, with the best views coming from the Roof Garden...

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The 10 Most Geekiest Hobbies

http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=24184 Each hobby is ranked on both how badly it humiliates the participant and how negatively it affects his or her sex life. I'm happy to say I only partake in two of these hobbies, and both are towards the...

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Its a diaper... for your iPod

Forget socks, you're gonna want hp diapers for your iPod, like the Maroon 5 diaper shown here. Not only will it protect you iPod from blue water, but it will give your iPod a socially embarassing look. Choose from...

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Viewmasterpiece

Artist Vladamir creates diaormas made from toys and household carp, photgraphs them and created hand-mage viewmater reels. These Vladmasters take as their subject matter the work of such literary heavyweights as Kafka and Calvino. She has even staged live...

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A whole new meaning to the word "Discharge"

From "The Cult of Mac" - thanks to Joe for pointing this out to me....

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Mad Skillz with Sharp Knives

Thought I would pass along this phenomenal turtorial on How to cut vegtables. Replete with right and left handed instructional illustrations. You may never learn to find the little man in the rowboat but you too can learn to...

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Children of the Damned

Clickity Clack's comment the other day - wondering whether seeing the text of the reverse Led Zepellin lyrics actually affected his perception of what he heard - got me thinking about the interplay bewteen words and imagery, and how...

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The Future of Everything

Lance's post made me think about the time traveller John Titor, and how after all this time, no-one has still conclusively debunked the whole story. For those of you who already know the Titor story, this is all old news....

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The Future of Media

Check out this theory on the state of media in the year 2014... http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/...

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The Superbowl Trailers

Here are some of the movie trailers from the game last night. I am not feeling very optimistic about any of these. Batman has been done too many times to bring anything new to the table. Constantine looks like...

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probably ... not

sign spotted over a shoe store in lower manhattan. sorry about the crappy quality. just learning how lame my cell phone camera really is. in case you can't read it, it says: "we are probably the lowest priced in...

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Who was Deep Throat?

Could it be?...

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Sunday, 12:38pm...Magnolia Bakery

No cupcake can be this good....

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...and now back to the fluff I'm supposed to be writing about

Economy Candy...my home away from home, and the source of the sugar buzz for many of our contradictory writers. You can walk out of this place with a month-long supply of snacks for under twenty bucks. A lower east...

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Gallery Tour

Beautiful day this weekend so I did the Chelsea gallery walk between 22nd and 24th streets...lots of great shows out there right now. Andrea Rosen is showing Felix Gonzalez-Torrez. The artist is well known for his interactive pieces, consisting...

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!decnivnoc m'I ,lleW

More goodies like this at http://www.j1media.com...

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And the Lord said, "Behold, it's not a bug, it's a feature"

I was walking though Times Square tonight on my way home from work. Amid the throng in what is arguably the busiest public space in the world, there was a lone evangelist on the sidewalk in front of the...

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I don't think this one ever ran.

FWDd to me via email....

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Shhhh

"You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to the PostSecret project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, feeling, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never...

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The Corpse Bride

The trailer is up for the Corpse Bride, the latest from Tim Burton. The movie is going to be animated completely in stop motion....

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Gayer than Spongebob?

Yes, it's the thread that just won't die. So, in deference to the good Doctor_Doctor, here's a thread with many screen grabs that proves, I think fairly conclusively, that Bugs Bunny was WAAAAAAY gayer than Spongebob. Not that there's...

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More Jared Hess for all you Napoleon Dynamite haters!

Here is the latest from Jared Hess in the form of a Postal Service video. If you see Napoleon Dynamite as being mormon propaganda. You can ...

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A New Fossil

I'm into watches lately, so I'm always looking for new designs. Fossil has recently teamed up with Philipe Starck to produce some beauties, especially this one. Based on good old L.E.D. technology. The orange acrylic light shines through a...

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Parsing the State of the Union

http://www.style.org/stateoftheunion/parse/ A cool application that lets you visually search for specific words used in the last handful of State of the Union speeches and see how many times they come up. Nice interface, especially....

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Live Sea Monkeys

Remember those old comic book ads in the back of the magazine...trick gum, x-ray specs, black soap. A company called Scam-Co. does, too. And they've put the ads on a collection of very cool t-shirts. Check 'em out....

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I think my geek meter just exploded

Ask most people to name the ten greatest films of all time, and you can bet The Godfather will be high on the list. And now, EA games have announced an Xbox and Playstation game based on the movie....

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Toy Tokyo

A contemporary doll/toy/collectibles site, Tokyo Plastic is very much in the Kid Robot anime vein. In my opinion, the animation alone is worth checking it out, especially the drum machine. Very slick design and great audio...imagine Murakami being influenced...

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The Art of Phil Noto

it's a quiet day out there in blogland, so I thought I'd fill the vacant space by giving a plug to a buddy of mine, Phil Noto. Phil started as a disney animator, moved onto comics, and is now...

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Shake it like a Vodafone cellphone

Leave it to the Japanese to develop a cellphone that you jiggle and shake rather then press buttons. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/02/03/shake.it.phone.ap/index.html...

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Uh-oh

Somebody needs to start working on software that interferes with what's described here: "Employees to be billed for personal Net use?"...

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Face it, Tiger, you hit the jackpot

As reported last night on a 60 Minutes segment, in what seems like a victory for creators over the behometh's that employ them, Stan "The Man" Lee has won his fight to retain a share of profits from the...

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X Box Fighter

Now, here's a cool case modification of an X Box. Just the thing for playing Star Wars: Battlefront. Lots more XBox case mods can be found here....

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Introducing: The WebPod

Here's an obvious, but nevertheless entertaining web site, that should be very familiar. Make sure to play with the "settings" & check out the "disclaimer" at the bottom for a brief slideshow on "How It Works"....

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Introducing: the GodPod

A solar powered speaking Bible designed for people with reading difficulties. Headphones not included because you can't really convert people sitting next to you on the subway with headphones, can you? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4227417.stm...

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I Had To

Its not that I'm stuck on this theme, I just had to post this....

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Animated Frog Genitals OK for TV

"Despite complaints from 60 people, Britain's advertising regulators said Wednesday there is nothing inappropriate about the genitals of an animated frog whose high-pitched squeals are sold as a mobile phone ringtone," a Reuters dispatch tells us. "Television adverts of the...

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M-I-N-D-L-E-S-S. Mindless.

Last week, a school in Rhode Island cancelled its spelling bee "because administrators decided the crowning of only one winner violates the main principle of the federal No Child Left Behind Act -- that all children should succeed." Great lesson....

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Happy Groundhog Day

Apparently Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and the news isn't good. We're getting another....... Whoa, that was weird....

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Happy Groundhog Day

Apparentlyt Punxsutawney Phil has spoken, and the news isn't good. We're getting another 6 weeks of Winter. Oh well....

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Six Degrees of Celebration

Here's a fun way to waste a few hours. A site called MusicPlasma lets you type in the name of any band or artist and it returns a family tree-like display with similar bands or musicians. I started with...

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Poo rhymes with Ragu...cool

Ladies and Gentlemen...Magical Trevor Part Two....

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More Inter-Species Voyeurism!

In addition to watching porn and masturbating in front of school children, it seems that monkeys also experience depression and hold grudges. Ha ha...

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Daily Heads - January

Sort of a self-serving post here but I thought I'd share this little project I've started. I got a new Daily Planner to start the new year and decided to put it to use - by drawing a different...

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ABC needs to create a show called "The Israeli Psychic Poet Bachelor"

"Happy Valentine! My name is Nir. I am a 25 year old Psychic Poet from Israel.¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý I'm auctioning¬Ýa Magical Date to one special beautiful lady¬Ýon Valentines Day 2005." Lengthy poem and your opportunity to bid is behind this link....

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VoiceVertising

eBay listing for Vocal Advertising. Guess we ran out of body parts. UPDATE 3/21/05 - this is really starting to get some press out in the blogs now, so click here for an updated post about this....

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Hostages R Us?

MyWay news is reporting the disturbing release of photos of yet another US Hostage in Iraq on a militant website. But Matt Drudge over at The Drudge Report couldn't help noticing the similarity to the above photo. Nice catch,...

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Nirmal srevice will son be retostored....

Ever consider that the world around you is engineered for some reason, like in The Truman Show? Or that we all really ARE living in The Matrix? Because it's those occassional glitches, the synchronous events, where very improbable events...

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Wardrobe Malfunction

No particular reason for posting this link to the banned Budweiser ad other than I felt the need to follow the tits and football with a beer post....

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"You all are so f***ing stupid"

"I just have a question for you all idiots on this site. Do any of you have jobs, kids, wife or husband, or any kind of responsiblity at all? If you do why the f*** are you on this...

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The Super Blog

Any sports fans out there? No? Is this thing on? Bill Simmons is a very popular writer for ESPN.com. He's covering the Super Bowl down in Jacksonville, and keeping us up to date by way of The Super Blog....

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Is that a Sharpie in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

Ever been out on the town and seen a celebrity, only to have left your autograph book at home? Well, here's one lady that turned the problem into an oppotunity, and then into a hobby - visit "Sign My...

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Make someone happy with a phone call.

You gotta love it. Adfreak is reporting that Mink, Louisiana has just become one of the last places in the US to receive phone service. It's a small hamlet, with 15 families, so it took Ma Bell awhile to notice...

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Taster's Choice Model finally gets paid

Russell Christoff posed for this photo in 1986 and was paid $250. He didn't even know the photo was being used on Taster's Choice coffee jars until he saw one in a Rite-Aid two years ago (where's he been?!?)....

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Cure for the Common Cold

This is a public service announcement. Try Airborne. I've been raving about this stuff for about a year, and today there's an article in the Times about it. No lie, it will get rid of a cold in one...

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Talk Radio Goes DIY

PODCASTING Podcasts are amature talk radio broadcasts that are listened to on an iPod. Former MTV VJ, Adam Curry has developed the software that allows computers to automatically download these casts as they become available. The program is called...

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Take one Ohm for the kids

Now this is the kind of office toy I can get into - remote controlled battle tanks. But not your average wimpy type of electronic remote-controlled battle tanks. Oh no. With these babies, when you use your tank to...

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