Tributemania

Bounty Tributes is a talent agency that specializes in tribute bands for hire. Acts include fake Beatles, Bee Gees and a bogus Kenny Rogers, (pictured above). Their website includes videoclips and info about each act, some of which look pretty awful.

Touching People

A collection of outsider film clips. Highlights include a sauced-up Orson Welles slurring his way through a Paul Masson wine commercial, cutting-room floor footage of Anna Nicole Smith messing up line after line in an apparrently drug-induced haze and some moronic daredevil wanna-be jumping out of a tree and breaking his leg. (Warning: offensive language)

Evel Knievel Set To Take One Last Stab At Killing Himself

This is really something...my childhood hero - Evel Knievel - is getting ready to put on his star-spangled leathers once again and do a jump, at the age of 63. When I was a little kid, Evel was the coolest person on earth. I still have a little die-cast model of his Snake River rocket bike sitting on my monitor.

Evil was the perfect hero for a little boy, for one simple reason: he jumped things - on a motorcycle. More often than not, he nearly killed himself in the process, but he'd go right back as soon as he got well and do it all over again, which, obviously, made him a total god in the eyes of boys everywhere. Evel was a man's man who didn't give a crap about anything except doing his own crazy thing, which often included sailing over rows of buses or flipping his bike on asphalt over and over until he was in a coma for a month.

Now, two decades, 37 broken bones, a divorce, a liver transplant and hepatitis C behind him, Evel's decided it's time to do that "thing" again. The biker legend is planning on a two-hundred foot jump in Primm, Nevada, next spring - set to coincide with the opening of his Evel Knievel Xperience Cafe, a resturaunt offering truck stop food and sporting an Evel theme. The jump would better his previous ones, using a lighter bike and a higher approach speed.

I just don't know if this is a good idea. I mean, Evel, I love you man and I know you're going to do it no matter what anyone tells you, that's just how you are - but this is kind of like when Michael Jordan came out of retirement. You couldn't help but think that Mike wasn't going to be able to live up to his past glories and wonder whether he should be doing it or not. Of course, the worst thing that could come of Mike's comeback attempt was a little humiliation - not massive brain damage and/or death. Still, like I said - Evel is Evel and that's how it's going to be, I'm sure. So good luck, Evel and please don't die. I'm pulling for you, buddy.

One More Reason to Hate My Outdated Computer - Earth Viewer

This just looks flat-out amazing...Earth Viewer is a software program that lets you "grab" the earth with your mouse and zoom in on whatever area of the earth's surface you like, from a moveable model made up of updated satellite photos. We're not talking grainy black and white photos of objects that are difficult to make out, either - like the ones on TerraFly, which I've posted before - we're talking individual buildings and houses, in full color. The picture above will give you an idea of the kind of resolution they're offering.

Unfortunately, my pc just missed the minimum requirements, due to my woefully inadequate 2 meg 3D card. Sigh...will someone please download this thing onto a computer from this century and let me know if it's as great as it looks?

Yet Another Expensive, Impractical Toy I'd Like To Own

The folks at Parksabers make these ridiculously cool lightsabers. Just give me one of these and maybe one of those Green Lantern power battery and ring sets I posted awhile back and all of my prepubescent dreams will have been fulfilled. Okay - so maybe they were actually my dreams from ten minutes ago - still, you have to admit, these things are pretty nifty.

Penguin Warehouse, Inc.

Looking for a pet, but you want something out of the ordinary? Having troubles with that pesky "Batman" character? Maybe you just want to show of your nerdish love of Linux in the most flamboyant way possible?

If any of the above apply to you, then the Penguin Warehouse is just what you've been looking for. Get yourself a real, live, tuxedoed, flightless conversation piece from the penguin professionals. Just remember to bring cash, apparently these comical, waddling birds don't come cheap.

Sonar Challenge by DoubleYou

So maybe you'll never make it to the World Cup, you can always while away some time kicking around this socker ball with your cursor - see how long you can keep it aloft. I posted a game like this once before, but this one's a little nicer, with slightly better graphics and a wacko Japanese-speaking announcer.

iwasted15bucksonthisdomain.com

Let's Post Some Toast

I don't know what's going on lately - if it's something that's been simmering in the collective unconciousness for awhile and has finally decided to make itself known or what, but toast seemed to be making some waves in the net world of late. First, there was the article I found on BoingBoing about the artists who'd assembled thousands of pieces into a mural of a toaster. Then, just a day or so later I was at #!-usr-bin-girl and saw a post with this site: A Moron's Guide to Toast: An Online Humor Resource for Those Who Want Toast.

Well, all this toast talk got me to thinking - if two popular blogs like that are talking toast, what other things regarding it might be out there? Having no life and an ample amount of boredom on my hands, I decided it was up to me to check it out, since nobody else in their right mind was about to. I thought I'd find a couple links, a funny picture or story concerning Murphy's Law, perhaps. Soon, though, as I dug deeper, I found myself peeling away layer after layer of what seems to be a growing movement of toast-worship, a conspiracy of unimaginable proportions, brewing just beneath the surface of the worldwide web as we know it:

For example: there's an inordinate amount of toaster history at sites like Toast.org,Toaster.org and AntiqueToaster.com - who would have guessed that there was a repository of toaster information like this on the web? More importantly, why? It gets worse...

Here's a Quicktime movie chronicling the Surreal Gourmet's Toastmobile project, in which he turned his Winnebago into a giant toaster on wheels (above) and here's a page where you can order your own buttered toast pillow.

Of course, the cunning propagandists of toast, realizing the need to make their cause friendly and appealing to the average computer geek, have attempted tie-ins to popular web culture - hence this Star Wars parody someone made, entitled Toast Wars. Still, as fiendishly clever as these things are, what was the most troubling sign of this upcoming toast-takeover I encountered on my web travels?

It would have to be this, the blasphemous Toast Oracle. Be afraid, people...be very, very afraid - and keep a stick of butter close at hand, you may very well be needing it...soon.

The Merry Prankster

A man who pulls weird little pranks on fast food joints, malls and other places, such as replacing the placards advertising McDonald's apple pies with one he printed himself that features American Pie star Jason Biggs, cinema's most infamous pie lover.

Helicopter Fun

A fun, easy little flash game where you control a helicoptor and try not to smash into obstacles.

wemadeoutinatreeandsomeoldguywatchedus.com

Having, possibly, the weirdest url I've ever seen, this site focuses on bad writing, engrish and the like.

This One's For You, Bill

And because not enough people are making jokes about Robert Blake, a.k.a. Baretta.

The artist who does the web strip Lil Pengy has devoted several strips to the actor-murderer's current troubles, featuring everyone's favorite Baretta co-star, Fred the parrot.

The Toast of the Art World (Best Title I Could Come Up With, I'm Half Awake, Okay?)

This is really nifty - someone took a toaster and by toasting slices of bread to varying degrees of doneness and assembling them in a large mural, made an all-but photographic image of it. The picture above doesn't do this justice, you really need to look at the larger image on the site to appreciate the coolness of it.

Project "Euh?"

This is another site that just sort of defies description...is it just an innocous time-waster or is it Art?

(Apologies to The Everlasting Blort, whom I pillaged mercilessly this morning - sorry guys but if you'd quit posting such weird, cool stuff I'd quit ripping it off)

I Guarantee This Will Freak You Out

It did me, anyways, there's something really, really weird about this thing...check it out.

Beans Around the World

The true tale of a can of S&W black beans as it makes its way across the globe. You'll laugh, you'll cry as you thrill to the adventures of the world's most well-travelled canned side-dish.



Of course, after all those beans, it would be only be fitting to check in with The Farting Doughboy :)

Superhero Hype!

This site is perfect for all you comic geeks who want to keep up with the latest on the upcoming blitz of superhero movies in post-Spiderman Hollywood. Read up on the latest gossip and keep yourself apprised of important info, such as who'll be playing your favorite superhero, who'll direct the upcoming Ghost Rider movie, etc. Also includes message boards, reviews and neat little extras like this italian feature about a Spiderman motorcycle (with pics).

Who the Heck is David Still???

This site lets you send emails to your friends under the guise of one "David Still", artist. There are pre-written letters you can pick, you just fill in the blanks - or you can write your own. Better still, you can answer replies from people who've answered the mysterious Mr. Still's missives.

Stupidest Thing I've Ever Seen - The Popcorn Fork

There's something very wrong with this world when someone's trying to make money selling a specialized popcorn fork. Personally, I think I can live with the buttery fingers.

Object Lessons

Is a catalog that offers some truly unusual items, such as the flaming bible above that shoots out real flames when opened. Also available: gelatain molds in the shape of brains or hearts, magic lightbulbs and more.

Black Market Babies

Don't want to go through all the fuss and hassle of adoption? Too lazy to go out and steal a baby? Well, thanks to the folks at Black Market Babies, you don't have to, with their easy-breezy online catalog, you can have the baby of your choice in no time.

Black market giant panda bears are also offered, for the animal lovers among you.

U.S. Department of "Duh" Urges Americans to Leave India

No kidding, that never would have occurred to me, were I in India. Of course, though, there'll be a bunch of morons who stay behind. That's a given. Personally I'd have gotten out of there a long time ago, I'd certainly be hitting the road now that it looks as though India and Pakistan might be smoking, radioactive craters any day now.

Editorial Note:

Well, I'd planned on posting a lot more stuff today, I realize I've been slacking lately. I did, at least, manage to fix some links and add a couple new ones in my links section.

One in particular, ..:Temas da Vida:.. was long overdue and I'd like to give a shoutout to Renato, the webmaster. Sorry Renato, I'm a lazy piece of crud, what can I say?

Messing with my template is like pulling teeth for me, otherwise I'd have revamped the whole thing a long time ago, probably.

Arafat Cheese Puffs

The big snack-treat hit on the streets of Egypt these days are Yasser Arafat Cheese Puffs (no joke). Egyptian citizens like the one above are snatching up the brightly colored bags, which feature a cartoon of Arafat with the cheese puffs at his feet (again, no joke) and each bag bought promises not only bite sized morsels of cheesy-goodness, but finance for a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation, with the added benefit of sticking it to U.S. goods manufacturers, whose products many Egyptians are calling to boycott.

Weird Vending Machine Items

Everyone's seen vending machines filled with candies or sodas or snacks...but there are a lot of other things that have been sold from vending machines - panty hose, liquor, bait and perfume, from the machine pictured above. Bet that was some great smelling stuff :P

Principal Denies Young Woman's Hard-fought Right to Graduation Walk

If you've read this blog for awhile, you know that two of the things that really tick me off are idiotic public school officials and lawyers. Here's a great example: A girl who'd been paralyzed in a car wreck in 1999 worked for two years to realize her dream of walking across the stage at her graduation commencement.

When the time finally came and she was ready to do it - using her walker - the principal pulled the plug on the idea, citing concern for her safety. Sounds more like he was just scared she'd fall and the school would get sued, even though she'd offered to sign off on liability if anything happened.

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

Yes, apparently they're serious.

Priest Creates Questionable Boy's Wrestling Federation

Okay, the Catholic church has been taking it pretty hard these days in the media, so probably the last thing on earth they needed was some nutty priest making a website selling videos of young boys wrestling and posing suggestively in speedos, sporting names like "Bad Brad", "Latin Heat" and "Hardkore Kid".

In a time when the church is desperately trying to avoid bad publicity, I'm sure their officials had to down a few alka-selters when this particular padre decided to let his freak flag fly on the net.

Newsflash: Korn Frontman Jonathan Davis is a Total Freak

Okay, maybe that's not exactly a huge revelation, but Davis's latest undertaking is bound to raise some eyebrows - he's planning on opening a museum devoted to his vast collection of serial killer memorabilia.

Beer Can Chicken

Well, it's getting warmer everyday and that means it's time to grill, so here's a recipe I came across while I was browsing on Amazon the other day, a novel little item called "Beer Can Chicken".

I haven't tried this yet but it sounds pretty good. The underlying principle of it is you put the beer can up the chicken's rear *ahem* cavity and the boiling beer tenderizes your bird from the inside out, as well as making a nifty little presentation.

(Caution: boiling beer is hot, like I have to tell you that, so if you burn the hell out of yourself making this, it's all on you, okay?)

The Physics of Hell

An insightful theory on the thermodynamic properties of the bad place, as proposed by a University of Washington engineering student, in response to an extra-credit question on his mid-term exam.

59 Mistakes That Cost Hitler WWII Victory

Mistake number 57: Kept Colonel Klink in command.

Tax Man

A Maryland man filed his tax returns in Indiana - 164 times - netting him $372,909 in refunds. Hey, it could have just been an honest mistake, right? I mean, those forms are kind of confusing.

Fred Durst Reduced to a Pathetic, Grovelling Shell - Yeah!

Fred "Sucks" Durst has sunk so low he's now begging former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland to return. In the immortal words of Nelson, Springfield bully and social commentator: "Ha, ha!"

World's First Computer Bug (Literally)

Found in 1947, by IBM.

Wee on the Web

Guimp.com proclaims itself to the smallest site on the web. After looking at it, I'd have to agree.

The Jackie Kennedy Onassis Garage Sale

Photoshop Contest

This site gives you a pre-selected image to fiddle with however you like in Photoshop and submit. Discuss, compare and see how your work stacks up against the other entrant's mad skillz.

Photoshop Contest - Can you picture that?

Live, From New England, it's...a Gorilla!

Okay, you know you're bored when you have nothing better to do than sit and watch the antics of some zoo gorillas for awhile. I was in just such a place today, if you have nothing better to do, you may as well, too. Beats slitting your wrists.

Handheld Gaming Nostalgia

Who could forget the first wave of handheld videogames? Probably you've owned some of these - chances are they're broken in the bottom of your closet, maybe they're in a landfill somewhere or maybe they're still stashed away in a "contraband" box in your old principal's office. At any rate, the proprietor of The Handheld Game Museum has made it his mission in life to document each and every last one of them.

Philson Air Guitar

Learn Air Guitar the easy Philson way - impress your friends, learn new air "chops" and be a star in your own mind!

Man Attempts to Sell His Soul - On Ebay

Senior Prank Shocks, Disgusts

This beyond weird...towards the end of the high school year, pranks by seniors are pretty common, right? This one went way, way, way over the line, though.

"Over the line" being defined as 300 students eating lunch having raccoon urine-filled balloons thrown at them in a full-blown lunchroom riot, with teachers and workers being hurt and the school's television monitor system being taken over in order to show pictures of faculty members' faces attached to famous bodies such as Hitler's.

School officials say they're worried that next year's class will feel a need to "top" this little episode. God help them if they do.

What the Heck? More Flash Games...

Here are a couple of neat ones...Mad Shark and Hub.Lo.

Super Fighter

Yet another Flash game, this one a fighting game. (Note to dial-up users: this takes a good while to load up.)

You can also get downloadable versions from superfighter.com.

Full Time Killer

A stylish Flash shootout game.

Aaron's Photos: Trip to Google

A photographic chronicle of a man's trip to Google's headquarters, showcasing such sights as the kickass videogame emulator shown above, their huge cereal containers and other weirdness.

Deepcold

Space program secrets of the Cold War.

Deepcold

It's Official: This is the Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen

The Moller Skycar.

Spin

A really far-out Flash animation.

How Messed Up is This?

You'd think someone would beg dude to stop working out once he got this freakish. Wow.

Kartoo

A freaky search engine with Flash graphics, Kartoo shows your results as a kind of map. Interesting, though I don't see it replacing Google just yet.

File Trading Companies Dropping Like Flies

Looks like Audiogalaxy is the latest p2p program to fall under the weight of the legal fees necessary to keep up with the RIAA's barrage of lawsuits. Kazaa, as well, is calling it quits, it appears, though they've sold their network to foreign interests who won't recognize the RIAA's copyright lawsuits, so you may not notice if you use Kazaa or Kazaa Lite.

D-Day's Untold Stories

A multimedia presentation from National Geographic - 60 years after the battle, soldiers recount their experiences of the battle that turned the tide of the war for the Allied Forces.

Dibblez

An online multiplayer Flash game.

TWOFIFTY

Digital artworks that all measure 250x250 pixels.

Robotic Aquatic

Check out this cool robot fish, a Ceolocanth built by Mitsubishi, who apparently are the leaders in such endeavors.

War Games

Okay, my mind is reeling over here. The United States Army is getting ready start selling it's own retail videogame, a first-person shooter based on the Unreal engine.

This bothers me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we're at war and at any given time suicide bombers could attack us with explosives, "dirty bombs" or biological agents...we're fighting abroad and things are just pretty tense in general - so why are they worrying about something as trivial as making videogames? It makes sense, in a weird way, I suppose, as propaganda, but aren't there already enough gung-ho military games out there without taxpayers footing the bill for another one?

This brings up my second worry...if the government can wind up spending fifty grand for a toilet or what have you, how much is it going to cost them to make a decent videogame?

(Correction: May 24, 2002 - It's come to my attention that the game in question will NOT be sold in stores, as I said earlier, but given away free as a promotional gimmick. Still, something about the whole idea just bugs me.)

Internet Radio Lives

Thank goodness, the level heads at the U.S. Copyright Office killed a controversial recommendation that proposed insanely high fees on net radio. Keep on rockin' in the free world, baby!

Business News -- Controversial CARP Ruling Rejected

Is Your Neighbor a Terrorist?

You can never be too sure...thankfully, S.N.I.T.C.H. (the Strategic Network of Intelligence on Terrorism in our Communities and Homeland) has the info you need to root out these evildoers. Read their informative site, take their "terrorist test" and if it turns out the guy down the street isn't the soccer coach or chef he claims to be and, in fact, is planning to jihad on your ass...rat him out, quick!

This site about origami boulder very fine wadded paper artwork. I make artwork for you and you buy it now. I am famous Internet artist. You find my site didn't you?

Origami Boulder Company -- Original Origami Gifts!

Songfacts

Lots of great trivia about popular songs, such as the following information regarding the Elton John hit, Tiny Dancer:

The "Blue jean baby, L.A. Lady, seamstress for the band" is Maxine Feibelmann, Bernie Taupin's girlfriend. She traveled with the band on their early tours, often sewing together the costumes and fixing their clothes. She and Taupin married in 1971.

You can request facts, add to their database and search by artist or alphabetically. A cool site for the music lovers out there.

Metapets

Yet another virtual pet game, it's Flash and takes a long time to load on a dial-up, so be warned.

Featherless Fowl

Those wacky Israelis have come up with a genetically altered chicken that has no feathers. The low-cal, faster growing bird promises to make poultry easier to grow in warm climates, where their feathered counterparts don't do as well, in addition to being at least a good 20 times freakier looking.

Zero-G Shenanigans

Think NASA's just wasting your tax dollars doing zany things like growing space string beans and such? Hell no!

They also do a lot of really cool, truly relevant things we can all understand and enjoy - like doing neat tricks with water-filled balloons in zero-gravity...cool!

Maybe Darth Vader Really Meant Well

An author makes a compelling case for a misunderstood Empire and against Luke Skywalker and his "unimpressive crew of anarchic royals".

The Case for the Empire

Minute By Minute Films

Short, artsy little films, done in Quicktime.

Lot of Traffic Today (For This Site, Anyways) Due to Money Origami

I haven't really messed with my blog much the last couple days and today I went by to check out my sitemeter stats and was shocked to find out I'd had a little over 500 visitors today (my average is 49). Apparently tons of people were all looking for the 9/11 twenty-dollar bill tribute instructions.

Look, I'm not trying to turn this into some kind of war-profiteering or anything (not like I have any ads, anyways) but I figured if that many people were coming by looking for the link in question, I'd go ahead and post it again so they'd have an easier time finding it. Hopefully some of you will stick around and browse the rest of the site :)

Crop Art

This site showcases the work of people who use natural mediums such as beans, seeds, oats, etc. Odd stuff, some of it's pretty impressive, though.

Light Grafitti

An ultra-sharp little flashed site that showcases grafitti made by waving around lights and using slow exposure photography. Very fun and entertaining Flash work, these folks know what they're doing.

The Matrix Reloaded

The teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel to The Matrix went online today at the official site. Quicktime format in various sizes, depending on your speed and patience.

The 5k Site Contest

A web design contest where the participants are asked to make the neatest page/site they can using only 5 kilobytes.

Tesla Coin-Shrinking

A guy having way too much fun with a 10'' diameter tesla coil. By inducing currents of over a million amperes inside a coin, magnetic forces are created which shrink the coins to a fraction of their normal size. Neat trick :)

Warning: do not try this at home unless you really, really know your way around a tesla coil, okay?

All I Really Needed to Know I Learned By Having My Arms Ripped Off by a Polar Bear

A funny little essay from The New Yorker. Speaking of The New Yorker, you can see tons and tons of their cartoons at Cartoonbank.com, here.

Microsoft Cartoon

A really funny little flash spoof of Bill Gates and Windows in the form of an animated Microsoft commercial.

Busted Celebs

A rogue's gallery of celebs who've been arrested or put in jail, such as Darlene Fraschilla, former Mouseketeer (above) who was convicted of stock fraud, Johnny Carson and George Bush (DUIs) and I don't suppose I have to tell you Robert Downey Jr. is on there, right?

Zippo Tricks

Okay...you're completely, totally bored and there's nothing to do? Absolutely nothing? You're sure?

Okay, in that case, there are 150 or so neat ways to strike a Zippo lighter and they're all chronicled here for you to learn. Have at it.

Vanilla Coke Introduced

I'm going to have to try a bottle of this stuff if I can find any later. Anyone else tried it yet?

Sound Search

FindSounds.com is a search engine for sounds - AIFF, AU and WAVEs. Looking for a sound for your instant messenger or theme? This would be a good place to look.

Virtual Coin Toss

For all those pesky decision-making problems you may have.

Fox goes with 2nd round of 'Celebrity Boxing' -- Olga Korbut, John Wayne Bobbitt on card

War of the Worlds

Well, since Hollywood is running low on new ideas, they're going to remake H.G. Welles' War of the Worlds soon, starring Tom Cruise. Here's a page that chronicles the panic Orson Welles created with his October 31st, 1938 radio broadcast of the story.

Spiderman Artist Sketches for Little Girl With Cancer

The $20 Bill Remembrance of 9/11

First up, I'd like to thank Popculturejunkmail.com for plugging me earlier today, it's a great site, go there now, check 'em out. That said, on with the blogging.

This first item is pretty weird, you fold up a twenty dollar bill a certain way and when you're done, one side of the bill shows the flaming pentagon, the other shows the twin towers.

Attack of the Clones Clones

Well, by all accounts, the latest installment of Star Wars, Attack of the Clones, looks to be a smash. Much to Lucasfilms' dismay, however, it's already showing up online. The copies, which are of questionable quality, were apparently filmed at a private screening of the film on a videocamera and uploaded and passed around on IRC..

Compaq Pinches the Pennies

Due to a "hiccup" in their online purchasing system, Compaq Australia mistakenly put a bunch of their pcs on sale for the ridiculously low price of one penny. To make things worse, before discovering the mistake, they'd actually transferred the money and are now offering the buyers a refund of their money. Even though Compaq says it was simply an honest mistake and they're not at fault, as you can imagine, the buyers want their pcs, not the penny back.

Free Pool and Billiard Lessons Online

If you're a pool player, or if you'd like to learn, this looks to be a great place to start. My friend Jeff, who's a pool whiz, showed it to me this afternoon and it looks really helpful and thorough. Rack 'em.

Funniest Concept for a Show I've Heard Since The Osbournes

Kato Kaelin, desperately clinging to his fifteen minutes of fame for dear life, like some kind of pit bull that just won't let go, is filming a pilot for a proposed reality show. In the show, called Houseguest, Kaelin, perhaps the most famous couch squatter in history, simply shows up on people's doorsteps and invites himself over to stay as their guest for awhile and the tv crew films his stay. Mind you, this is a funny concept, probably it'll get stale when the novelty wears off, but I got a laugh out of the idea anyway. Hey, whatever Kato, keep milkin' it for all it's worth, that's what America's about, I guess.

The Stupid Store: Nibble Notes - W/ edible ink and paper

CowBlog

A blog about...well...cows. Yep.

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." - Mark Twain

Sorry about the lack of updates recently. The sparseness of posts is due to a number of things; I've been getting out a little more lately, for one thing. Never fear, though. I'm not about to take up permanent residence in "meatspace". I'm firmly glued to my chair again at my computer.

Another reason I haven't posted much lately is that I've been getting up earlier.

For some reason, blogging seems, to me - to be a task best performed in the wee hours of the night, surrounded by darkness, basking in the cool, soothing glow of my monitor - all jacked up on Mountain Dew and hearing nothing but the sounds of my fingers going clickety-clack on my keyboard and maybe a good mp3 (the song of the moment, incidentally - Driver's Seat, by Sniff 'n' the Tears).

That said, think I'll do a nice fat update, here's the first post, a funny little mockumentary of Ken Burns' The Civil War that depicts the events of Star Wars' "Battle of Hoth".

Next up, we have this odd, bitter bit of illustration and poetry - a wonderful way for you goth parents out there to teach the kids their abc's, trust me.



Toon Appreciation

The Toonopedia is a massive repository of all things toon, from comic book characters to advertising shills like Cap'n'Crunch. They hope to someday be the web's leading source of information on the subject.

Pin-it-Yourself

You have some time on your hands and you're the do-it-yourself type? How about building your own pinball machine as your next project?

Taking it to the Extreme

Maybe it's the Mountain Dew talking, but after looking at this site, I'm feeling foolhardy enough to consider some extreme ironing. Looks dangerous, though, so be sure and bring along your Extreme Teen Bible for good luck.



Beer Magic

A collection of magic tricks you can play on your friends or at bars, such as the "Spiderman" beer trick pictured above, in which a beer bottle is stuck to the wall, without the benefit of gum or glue.

Ticking Off the Neighbors 101

Gillian Greensite, of Santa Cruz, can't understand why her neighborhood is in such a snit over her sculpted Eugenia hedge. Aparrently they're reading something into it that she's not. Hmmmm....you be the judge.

Mesh Shirt to Replace "Wife-beater" as the Official Undergarment of Domestic Violence

Experience Music Project

EMP is a museum devoted to music and memorabilia. Their online presence is a great site, the kind you can get lost in for awhile. Among other things, there are exhaustive articles devoted to artists such as Jimi Hendrix (EMP's patron saint - the museum takes it's name from his band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience).

Other fun stuff: offbeat items like the infamously diminutive Stonehenge model from This is Spinal Tap. Be sure and listen to the audio of Derek and David extolling the virtues of corporate sponsorship. If you don't know what or whom I'm talking about, either go rent the movie or, failing that, check out some of these clips from it, it's a comedy classic.

The Hulk Trailer Online

Not much to this, it's really just a tease...anyways, hopefully you already saw Spiderman - which was awesome, btw - and it's the same trailer they showed during the coming attractions.

Still....hey, it's the trailer for The Hulk so I'm posting it.

Apologies to My Canadian Friends...

But this was just too funny not to post. The truth about CANADIANS!

Joke Lands Man in Jail

Jeffrey Price Barber, possessing perhaps the world's lousiest sense of humor, decided to play a little joke on his wife - by smearing himself with ketchup, then firing a .22 and letting her come in and find him all bloodied and supposedly dead.

Oops. His distraught wife called 911 and the police didn't find it very funny. They also took into account the fact that previous felony convictions prohibited him from even OWNING a firearm, of which there were plenty in his home. So now Jeffrey's sitting in the pen for five years.

In the immortal words of The Simpsons' character, Nelson: "HA, HA!"

Fast Food Abroad - Countries' Spins on American Resturaunts

Growing up with Burger King, it's hard to imagine how weird it is to see the Australian version of the resturaunt's site. It's like stepping through a dimensional portal and into the Bizarro universe. For one thing, the name is different. Happy Jack's, it's called. I don't get it, what's wrong with Burger King?

Dream Domain

An experimental Flash-based community site, where you take the form of an insect - a flying drone - which can post an read messages and short cam feeds left by other drones on the virtual estate, as well as chat with other drones in the same area.

Dream Domain

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