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Man Shoots Goat Because His Wife Didn’t Bring Beer Home

Posted 4/11/2008 10:45 am by Trace Sharp

There are some odd people in the world. There also some odd people in the world that when they make a threat, they stick with it.
Meet one Peter W. Mischler, a Wisconsin man, who had gone out hunting. When he arrived home, he discovered his 22-year-old daughter on the phone. Apparently the young woman had […]

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Chuck Norris On Hit List, That’s A Bad Idea

Posted 4/10/2008 7:59 am by Trace Sharp

Two Philadelphia teenagers were arrested this week for having an infamous “list” of hits against people they wanted to get. Two of the names were against fellow students, one was a teacher and the other name was Chuck Norris.
Seriously. Chuck Norris. Why his name was on the list, I have no idea. I do know […]

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Woman Married To The Berlin Wall

Posted 4/09/2008 8:29 am by Trace Sharp

Marriage is an odd and wonderful thing, I hear. You find love and then try to stay in love. There is companionship. Hard times, good times and a journey of epic proportions in the personal lives of those who embark on the road of sharing your life with someone else.
Or, in this case, some thing […]

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Baby With Two Faces ‘Gift of God’

Posted 4/08/2008 9:19 am by Trace Sharp

The family of an infant girl who has two faces say they won’t change a thing. The family, and local villagers in a small India community outside of Delhi say that their unnamed baby is a “Gift from God.”
The child has two noses, two sets of eyes and two mouths.
The mother of the baby basically […]

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Uwe Boll To Quit If Petition Gets 1 Million Signatures?

Posted 4/07/2008 8:36 am by Trace Sharp

Before we get into today’s breaking news, you must understand something about horror fans. We are a ruthless lot. Whether we are traditionalist, slasher fans, monster-based or in the vein of, let’s say, Alfred Hitchcock in wanting suspense amongst real-life possibilities, the one thing we do want collectively is quality. Sometimes in horror/fantasy movies, quality […]

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Charles Manson Uses Creative Commons On New CD

Posted 4/04/2008 7:55 am by Trace Sharp

America’s favorite psychotic killer Charles Manson considers himself a singer. Throughout the serial killer’s career, he has always fancied himself a crooner and songwriter. It’s all really compelling when you thing about it. Now, he’s using the Internet to get his musical stylings to the masses.
Manson has a release (from 2005) headed to […]

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Toddlers No Longer Allowed To Marry In Arkansas

Posted 4/03/2008 10:50 am by Trace Sharp

I, for one, am relieved. Children getting married wigs me out. People getting married in general wigs me out. I get wigged out easily.
Our funky news story of the day finds that toddlers can no longer marry in Arkansas. Who knew they could marry in the first place. Now see my sense of […]

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Seoul Wants To Make Eating Dog Legal

Posted 4/03/2008 8:39 am by Trace Sharp

Cultures are different all over the world. This goes without saying. In Seoul, South Korea, there is a movement underway to reclassify dogs into a new classification and has met not only local, but international, outrage from animal lovers.
Seoul is wanting to classify dogs into a livestock category.
Apparently in Seoul, locals love the taste […]

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Flying Spaghetti Monster On Courthouse Lawn

Posted 4/02/2008 8:22 am by Trace Sharp

In Crossville, Tennessee, the Flying Spaghetti Monster was recently displayed in front of the local courthouse much to the horror, and delight, of residents.
According to the creator, who created a blog to chronicle the communities reaction to the FSM on the lawn which also hosts a number of other religious and American icons, was […]

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Ballsy Sports Moments In History

Posted 4/01/2008 8:50 am by Trace Sharp

As our beloved baseball, sans the steroids, is back, it’s interesting to see after watching Roger Clemens flail in front of a congressional committee on alleged steroid use, if he is as clever as he thinks he is. There have been some “cocky” moves in sports over the years, some going back one hundred years. […]

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Being Mean To Robots

Posted 3/31/2008 2:55 pm by Trace Sharp

Mad scientist being mean to robots.

Seriously, this made me spew Fresca on my MacBook. I guess someone could make a bigger piano for robots filled with pain and loss of joy.
Or, the robot could go crazy and start giving the mad scientists a robo-whupping. So many possibilities.
Another wonderful find from Digg.

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Is the Pregnant Man Story a Hoax?

Posted 3/31/2008 9:24 am by Trace Sharp

In keeping with AJ and Stephanie’s posts about April Fools Day Pranks, a blogging, magazine and online guru reminds us about how not to be the victim to online tomfoolery. Each year, online mischief makers work tirelessly to break big fake stories, wikipedia even dedicates a page to pranks which faux news are sent into […]

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The Smiley Face Has Been Liberated

Posted 3/28/2008 8:00 am by Trace Sharp

The “Smiley” face has been liberated. You may be wondering what I’m talking about but it’s true and is actually a huge victory for bloggers, writers, artists and photographers who enjoy freedom of speech on the Internet.
Let’s review, shall we? Wal-Mart sued Charles Smith of Conyers, Ga, for copyright violation when he was critical […]

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LOST: Latest Theory On Time Travel

Posted 3/27/2008 8:50 am by Trace Sharp and Andrew Sorcini

The theories that surround Lost are about as legendary as the show itself. I admit, I am enamored with the show because it has been able to sustain a level of mystery. Earlier this week, we discussed the Top 10 shows that changed the way we view television.
I mentioned that Lost would join that list […]

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The Death Of A Comment Thread

Posted 3/26/2008 8:57 am by Trace Sharp

The Internet is a fun, funky place where ideas can be conveyed instantaneously with the swift keystroke of the publish button.
It’s also a place where there are often no rules, thus we are introduced to the “Troll” who can totally overwhelm a comment thread just as quickly.
Ncomment created the cartoon above which shows how a […]

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10 TV Shows That Have Changed The World

Posted 3/25/2008 11:45 am by Trace Sharp and Andrew Sorcini

Sometimes it is very small yet powerful things in the world of pop culture that make a lasting impact on the world as we see it. Television is one of those items that ultimately has formed and changed society’s impression of how we deal with everyday life.
Mental Floss has a list of TV Shows that […]

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