June 2009
59 posts
“It’s Canada Day Eve, so I have to leave a jar of maple syrup at the...”
– Jason Sweeney
“I am so sick of seeing grown men cry for anything less than death, disease or...”
– “Roaring Republican”
Billy Mays Facts →
Billy Mays once sold pain to Chuck Norris.
(Hat tip (“You knew it was inevitable.”): Vincent Ferrari)
New York Man Trying to Help Another Dies in Bridge... →
Investigators say Ryan stepped over a concrete barrier unaware there was a 17-foot wide gap between the eastbound and westbound lanes of the bridge. He fell nearly 50 feet to the rocks and concrete below. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Investigators say Ryan stepped over a concrete barrier unaware there was a 17-foot wide gap between the eastbound and westbound lanes of the bridge. He fell...
Lonsberry - YOU FORGOT THE LOBSTER →
The quintessential American experience. Standing in line behind a Food Stamp customer.
Except they don’t use Food Stamps anymore. They’ve got little swipe cards. They put it through, punch in some numbers, and are good to go.
Free food.
Pepperoni rolls. Pizza rolls. Stuffed mushrooms. A box of ice cream sandwiches. Twenty dollars worth of crap. Twenty dollars worth of extravagance.
Hannah...
“Took a new photo for my license. I have a flower headband on. 10 years of a...”
– Jamie Varon
“If your site has a “number of animals killed since you opened this...”
– Steve Streza
“Last night Detroit had fireworks. For a second, I thought Obama had decided...”
– “Annie”
“My new term for having sex: “Hiking the Appalachian Trail”
– Drew Carey
(Ladies and gentlemen, my 700th Tumblr post. :))
“In Barnes and Noble for five minutes and I find three books that I HAVE to buy....”
– Ashlynn Rydbom
ReadWriteWeb - How Twitter is Changing the World... →
Doyle Brunson is seventy six years old and he says he was up late last night in Vegas. He’s in a $10k game on the 24th day of the World Series of Poker and he just sent out a Tweet. “Still in 10k split,” he said. “Didn’t sleep much but feel OK….” Is that an intimate look inside the minute by minute, high-stakes life of a poker veteran - or is that a...
“I don’t gamble. I don’t drink. My one vice is buying a new iPhone every summer....”
– John Gruber
Michelle Malkin » A 10-year-old girl’s wish before... →
Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie.
From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be...
“Multimedia messaging does not support sculpture, macrame, or interpretive dance.”
– Woot : 12 Bugs We’ve Found In iPhone OS 3.0
(Hat tip: iPhone, Therefore I Blog, via Twitter)
TUAW - It's all about the music: tunes from... →
Whether it’s a song that leads up to Steve Jobs’ entrance on stage, or one used in software or hardware demos, there’s no denying that music is very much a part of Apple’s DNA.
Bride-to-be dumps porn star fiancé - MSN News UK →
A woman has cancelled her church wedding just weeks before her big day after discovering her fiancé is a porn star.
(Hat tip: Rus Jeffrey)
John Hawkins : 5 Myths the Left Has Created About... →
Via Hollywood, the mainstream media, and the school systems, the Left has created a number of positive myths about their ideology, none of which stand up to the slightest amount of informed scrutiny.
Dan Akroyd calls Ghosbuster preorders, begs for... →
Did you preorder the Ghostbusters video game? Did you go to a certain video game retail chain to do so? If you answered yes to both questions, you may have received a call from none other than Dan Akroyd to remind you to pick up the game. Oh, and trade in some old stuff, for the love of Gozer!
WatchTechCrunch - Daily Show Rips The New York Times - Click through for a different video link if you can’t get Hulu in your country.
WatchDr. Steve Brule - Weekly Report: Internet
For Your Technology!
(Hat tip: Leah D’Emilio)
“In my day, we didn’t have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of...”
– Jane Haddam, via Larisa Belliveau and Jeff Herring
TUAW - Counterpoint: AT&T isn't cheating iPhone 3G... →
Apple tried selling unsubsidized phones originally, and the price was a big pill to swallow for most customers. The subsidy means you get a little more for your money, but unfortunately it means you’ve got to play by AT&T’s rules when it comes to upgrading. And, in this case, their rules seem pretty reasonable to me.
“Seeing how the Lakers’ fans reacted makes me hope LA never wins another...”
– Joey Styles
ONCE I WAS THE KING OF SPAIN
steelopus:
jaydensmommie:
delgrosso:
thestoryofb:
jaydensmommie:
Now I eat humble pie.
I’m telling you I was the King of Spain And now I work at the Pizza Pizza
And now I vacuum the turf at SkyDome.
(reblogged because fuckyeahmoxyfrüvous)
Just so everyone knows, the notes on this post will double as a list of cool people that are really awesome.
Also- Now the Leafs call me up to...
Gizmodo - Boy Survives 30,000 mph Meteorite Impact... →
This 14-year-old boy is Gerrit Blank, and he is probably smiling because he survived a 30,000 mph meteorite hit. His tale—confirmed by scientists at Germany’s Walter Hohmann Observatory—seems like the genesis of a superhero…
(Hat tip: Erick Erickson)
TUAW: PC World's dashed WWDC expectations →
While some people came away from WWDC feeling like it’s Christmas in June, it doesn’t look like PC World was among them. But after reading their laundry list of unrequited hopes and dreams for WWDC… it seems like PC World really doesn’t seem to get it.
“If your favorite Twitter client goes out on Saturday, just find a basement to...”
– The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Beware the coming Twitpocalypse
(heehee :))
“The press and the woman herself are playing up her age of 72 because it is a...”
– Cassy Fiano » Is it ever OK to tase a 72-year-old woman?
“OIL PRICES SURGE, Media Yawns. If gas gets up to five dollars a gallon again,...”
– Instapundit » Blog Archive » OIL PRICES SURGE
Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter,... →
The Army has ordered its network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, Danger Room has learned. That move reverses a years-long trend of blocking the web 2.0 locales on military networks.
(Hat tip: Bill Pytlovany)
“Modern China cares about as much about “anthropogenic global warming” as...”
– James Delingpole of the UK Telegraph, via QandO
“Why aren’t feminists upset with David Letterman?” Because sexist...”
– Instapundit » Blog Archive » “WHY AREN’T FEMINISTS UPSET WITH DAVID LETTERMAN?” Because sexist smears aimed at 14-year-old girls…
Watchcarolinemartin:
I love this.
What else to do during a baseball rain delay? DANCE OFF!
South Carolina Mom Charged With Concealing... →
Like, with a giant tarp or something???
Jalopnik - NYC Cops Repeatedly Ticket Parked Dead... →
George Morales probably died in his minivan of a heart attack in early May, parked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass. That didn’t stop NYC cops from writing him parking tickets for the next couple of weeks.
Hat tip: 5chw4r7z
Chuck Norris congratulates bakery over use of... →
A bakery which used a photo of Chuck Norris to scare off burglars has been congratulated on their plan by the legendarily tough action star.
NASCAR.COM - NASCAR goes to double- file restarts... →
“We’ve heard the fans loud and clear: ‘double-file restarts — shootout style’ are coming to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series,” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. “This addition to the race format is good for competition and good for the fans.”
June 4th 1942 – Midway, the Forgotten Victory -... →
When early June rolls around each year, June 6th is accorded a great deal of reverence for the well-known events of the Normandy landings of 1944. On the decadal anniversary years, there are major ceremonies and there is extensive news coverage.
Sadly, an equally (at least) important anniversary on June 4th goes largely neglected. On June 4th 1942, an outnumbered American fleet won a staggering...
“Never define yourself by men. You know, all those women’s magazines, ‘Ten ways...”
– Gene Simmons, on the Today Show this morning (via carolinek) (via peterwknox) Who knew such wisdom would come from Gene Simmons of all people? (via virtualephemera)
“I will comment on one other thing…… “I am deeply saddened by this...”
– Obama Comments On The Little Rock Arkansas Terrorist Attack - ETCartman’s blog - RedState
“[H]ow come [Bill] O’Reilly’s words are sufficient to blame him for...”
– Allah Pundit via Twitter