The date: August 19, 2006 The target: Home Depot’s mega-store in Manhatten The mission: 225 participants (or "agents") entered the Home Depot posing as ordinary customers, scattered throughout the store and then proceeded to shop . . . in slow motion. At a pre-determined time, they all froze for five minutes. The results: Full recounting, with video and photos, here. … Read More
What Does The U.S. Surgeon General Say About “Plan B”?
Remember C. Everett Koop? Like him or hate him, you knew he was the Surgeon General of the United States, and he opined on the important health matters of the day. So where is the current Surgeon General, and what’s his or her opinion on the "Plan B’ morning-after pill? Do you even know who he/she is? Don’t feel bad. … Read More
Who’s Sorry Now?
Yeah, Greg at The Talent Show is right… Whaddup with everybody apologizing on YouTube?
Terrorist Are Planning To Frappe Us
News of the weird: OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – A West Virginia man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden led Ocean City Police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash. He then threatened officers with a blender.
Red Sox Showing Signs Of Life
Yay: Josh Beckett rebounded from one of the worst outings of his career to pitch six strong innings, David Ortiz hit his 46th homer, and the Boston Red Soxbeat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Thursday night to hand rookie Jered Weaver his first loss. Ooops. Did I say "signs of life"? Maybe not: Ortiz confirmed an Internet report that he … Read More
Barney & “Friends”
An actual Letter-To-The Editor from The Villiage News (of Fallbrook, CA): On Tuesday, August 8, I took my family out to Daniel’s for groceries. I have a 6-year-old daughter who learned how to read from the Barney and Friends book series. As we stepped out of the family van, she was very excited to see a Barney movie being advertised … Read More
I Don’t Care If She Takes Bong Hits
…or drinks wine; she’s a Harvard undergrad — what else is she supposed to do? But I will say this, Rose Kennedy Schlossberg (JFK’s grandaughter) is really stunning looking.
Miss Bin Laden If You’re Nasty
Much snickering lately about the new book by Kola Boof, a woman who claims to have been bin Laden’s sex slave for several years. She claims, among other things, that Osama was obsessed with Whitney Houston, loved the B-52’s and was more or less fixated on women’s rears. Now comes word that the book already has "movie deal" on it, … Read More
Didn’t We Resolve This, Like, 50 Years Ago?
Oy: COUSHATTA — Nine black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children. The situation has outraged relatives of the black children who have filed a complaint with school officials.
The Land Was Made For You And Me
Bush had a plan for the Giant Sequoia National Monument, home to two-thirds of the world’s largest trees. He wanted the U.S. Forest Service to open up the 320,000-acre national preserve to loggers. Today, a federal judge said "no".
Necessity Is The Mother Of Silly Inventions
Take a gander at some of the stupid inventions that people have come with over at the Delphion Gallery Of Obscure Patents. Here’s some of my favorite patents actually filed with the U.S. Patent Office: US05356330Apparatus for simulating a ‘high five’ …providing the user with a convenient outlet for the release of excitement. US05971829Motorized ice cream cone …for imparting rotation … Read More
Jesus Loves Mrs. Turner’s Baby More Than Yours
We’ve delighted in the appearances of Jeebus and the Blessed Virgin Mary in pasta dishes, burnt toast, tree trunks, water stains, drywall, grilled chess sandwiches, potato chips, and dripped chocolate. Now, He’s showing up . . . in a womb. Here’s the ultrasound of Laura Turner of Warwickshire, England: Now, with all due respect to Mrs. Turner, it’s great that … Read More
Rove Misleads The American Public
This is the kind of thing that drives me batshit crazy: TOLEDO, Ohio — Presidential adviser Karl Rove criticized a federal judge’s order for an immediate end to the government’s warrantless surveillance program, saying Wednesday such a program might have prevented the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Rove said the government should be free to listen if al-Qaida is calling someone … Read More
Christian Coalition Is Disintegrating
About time, too: Aug 23, 2006 (AP)— Three disgruntled state affiliates have severed ties with the Christian Coalition of America, one of the nation’s most powerful conservative groups during the 1990s but now buffeted by complaints over finances, leadership and its plans to veer into nontraditional policy areas. *** The coalition, which claims more than 2 million members, was founded … Read More
It’s Official – Pluto Not A Planet
There are literally millions of objects orbiting the sun, but some of them are as tiny as your hand. And some of them, while quite large (i.e., the surface area of the United States, say), are not spherical. Are those technically "planets"? You may have heard about the gathering of world’s astronomers in Prague. Their mission: to define what a … Read More