Any good motorist has some emergency supplies in their car. Even most of us bad motorists carry around extra oil, radiator fluid, and a spare tire. If you’re prepared, you’ll have a pry bar, maybe a flashlight or some flares, and even a spare blanket. Even if you don’t have any of that stuff, you’ve […]
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Freaky Fish Festival
Posted 4/24/2008 1:13 pm by Ron HoganI think that the oceans are incredibly fascinating, if only for the wide variety of creatures, both cute and frightening, that live beneath its waves. While even stuff on the ocean is neat, there’s nothing that compares to the freak show that is your average bottom-dwelling ocean fish. They’re like slippery nightmares from […]
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Sci-Fi Accessories That Boggle the Mind
Posted 4/24/2008 9:57 am by Ron Hogan and AJ StarThe science fiction genre is known for its heavy reliance on outlandish gadgetry. However, the gadgets work best when they’re somewhat realistic. If you stray too far from realism, into the realm of the farcically fantastic, then your audience response goes from “Oooh, neat, I want that!” to mocking laughter. Unfortunately, as Io9 points out, […]
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Space-Age Fiberglass Bike, Circa 1960
Posted 4/23/2008 12:19 pm by Ron HoganI’ve written before about how much I love the retro-future look when it comes to design. I want my cars to be gigantic and have fins, I want my robots to look clunky, and I definitely want my bicycles to have headlights (and taillights). When I win the lottery, I’m going to buy a 1960 […]
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Rocking Out With The Dead (Not The Band, Actual Ghosts)
Posted 4/23/2008 10:19 am by Ron HoganAll the good musicians die way too young. Jimi Hendrix? Dead. John Bonham? Dead. Jim Morrison? Dead. Elvis? Still alive, but pretending he’s dead.
As we all know, the best way to contact the spirits (aside from moving into a haunted house) is to break out the trusty Ouija board and make yourself a conduit to […]
I Want To Be A Judge At The World Beer Cup
Posted 4/22/2008 1:06 pm by Ron HoganLet’s all be honest. Nobody likes the middle of the week. Monday through Thursday, for most of us with traditional jobs, is a terrible period where work leads to dreading more work the next day. Sometimes, I’m not ashamed to admit, I like to take the edge off with a beer or two with dinner […]
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign
Posted 4/22/2008 9:36 am by Ron HoganEvery place I’ve ever worked has been covered in signs or posters or some other bright and colorful pieces of paper that are designed to communicate messages to the reader. These messages have run the gamut from “Rent Hollow Man on DVD or VHS this summer, because you haven’t seen Kevin Bacon’s genitals until you’ve […]
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Moonbows, Flaming Tornadoes, And Other Wild Weather Wonders
Posted 4/21/2008 1:00 pm by Ron HoganIt’s a beautiful day outside today (at least where I live). It’s sunny and comfortable with temperatures topping out in the middle 70s with a nice, light breeze. Shame I’m indoors working, huh? Today would be a great day to go to the park or lay out in the hammock in the […]
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The Strange And Haunting State of Britain’s Sea Forts
Posted 4/21/2008 11:20 am by Ron HoganThere are all kinds of strange detritus that litters the oceans of the planet on which we live. Both above the surface and below the surface, many unusual things exist on our oceans that at one time or another were useful developments. Take, for example, the sea forts commissioned by Great Britain to defend their […]
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Drunk Russian Man Sleeps Through Stabbing
Posted 4/18/2008 12:20 pm by Ron Hogan and Adams BriscoeIt’s amazing what some people will sleep through. For example, that earthquake we had this morning in Illinois that was felt all the way to Tennessee and Michigan? I have a friend in Rockford who slept through it. Not only that, she slept through the aftershocks, too! That’s a pretty impressive feat of sleeping through […]
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Fighting-Mad Grandma Arrested At The Airport
Posted 4/18/2008 10:58 am by Ron Hogan and Adams BriscoeSing this story with me, if you will. The tune is “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” by Elmo & Patsy, as written by Randy Brooks. Don’t worry, no one can hear you but me. Ahem, are we ready?
Grandma got arrested by the police,
Flying out from Palm Beach Aero-port.
You can say […]
Revenge Of The Angry Transvestite
Posted 4/17/2008 12:40 pm by Ron HoganHell hath no fury like a man dressed like a woman scorned, as one lingerie shop found out the hard way. Jeremy McIntosh, apparently a practicing transvestite like pictured comedian Eddie Izzard, applied to work there. When they rejected him, he decided that the best way to get his revenge on the lingerie […]
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Steampunk Office Supplies Straight Off Jules Verne’s Desk
Posted 4/17/2008 9:30 am by Ron HoganI think we all have our dream office set-up. Some people want modern gadgets, slides, and that sort of thing. Not me. You see, I have an affinity for steampunk. If you don’t know what steampunk is, a great example of steampunk art is the clockwork bugs that were featured here […]
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New World Record Nothing To Sneeze At
Posted 4/16/2008 12:00 pm by Ron HoganWe all have talents that are, shall we say, unusual. Some people can juggle. Some people can make armpit noises. Some people can curl their tongues or ululate. Andrew Dahl, of Blaine, Washington, is a 13 year old boy who can inflate balloons. With his nose. Not only can […]
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Mutant Mona Lisa And Other Monster Art
Posted 4/16/2008 8:37 am by Ron HoganThe Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most beloved and instantly recognizable paintings. We all know that famous smile, even if she’s covered in evil eyeballs, gross tentacles, or a cyclops. That’s only the tip of the iceberg for artist Naoto Hattori, who specializes in weird, surrealist monster artwork. Check out […]
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A Folded Paper World… Of Warcraft (Or Battlestar Galactica)
Posted 4/15/2008 7:41 am by Ron HoganI’m not a crafty person. I can’t take a stack of paper and make, for example, World of Warcraft-themed paper dolls. If that’s not the right flavor of geeky handicraft for you, then how about some Battlestar Galactica-themed paper Cylon masks like I found on Make? Is that better? As much as I’d like to […]
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