Monthly Archives: October 2009
Batman Vanishing
Batman Begins and Dark Knight were terrific films, but Batman’s voice in them is borderline ridiculous. Not sure why this video is just coming out now but it’s an excellent parody in time for Halloween.
Filed under entertainment, humor
Handerpants: Underwear for your Hands
Don’t you hate when your hands get cold, have chafing, or have an accident inside your gloves? Enter Handerpants. Their website lists terrific benefits of this product, including: – Fits Most Hands – Breathable Cotton – Form Fitting – Prevents … Continue reading
Filed under humor
The best of Yahoo Answers
Yahoo Answers is like the bastard stepchild of Wikipedia – bizarre and off-putting questions with slightly helpful crowdsourced answers. Because the Internet aggregates all good things, someone has created a blog just to capture the best questions or answers. The … Continue reading
Ahnold gets clever with California lawmakers
When the Governator vetoes or neglects to sign a bill, he likes to send notes to Legislators indicating why. If he is mad at that legislator (I will give you a tum-ah!) he likes to make that known as well. … Continue reading
The Greatest Game
The team was different, the fans were different, the Stadium was different, but one thing seems to never change as October hits the Bronx – Mariano Rivera. As he struck out Gary Matthews Jr. to end Game 6 of the … Continue reading
Filed under 101 in 1001, personal, sports
Friday photos – 10/23/09 (enter the wave)
For this week’s Friday photos, we turn to Clark Little, an underwater photographer based in Hawaii. He has designed custom waterproof camera mounts to take unbelievable photos of waves in action. Pics via.
Filed under photography
A more authentic music video
A lot of pop music today doesn’t involve normally sung words (auto-tune), actual lyrics (Lil’ Jon), or sense (Fill up my cup/Drink/Mazel Tov/L’chaim/Look at her dancing/Move it Move it/Just take it off). I just came across an unsigned band called … Continue reading
Filed under entertainment, music
The great Jewish/Catholic divide: toasters vs. toaster ovens
In April of 2008, my cousins and I held what is now known as “Pop weekend,” where we took our grandfather and his then-girlfriend to Atlantic City for his birthday. That weekend will probably best be remembered for Pop losing … Continue reading
Hitler finds out Balloon Boy was a hoax
In this movie clip, noted aeronautics enthusiast and genocidal maniac Adolf Hitler finds out that the balloon boy story was just a hoax. This is one of my favorites in a long line of parodies. The 2004 movie Downfall was … Continue reading
Filed under entertainment, humor
A giant plastic blob is killing the Pacific Ocean
There is a giant amorphous blob floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (note: not pictured here). The blob is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – basically, the ocean currents and our crap have combined to center … Continue reading
