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Live Nude Gamers

Posted 7/01/2008 11:36 am by Ron Hogan

People do a lot of odd surveys.  A recent Ipsos Reid poll conducted in Canada at the behest of Microsoft asked a lot of questions about, what else, video games.  I suppose they’re trying to find out just where people play games so they can respond and push the Xbox 360 into the proper areas […]

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Don’t Squeeze The Charmin, Wear It!

Posted 6/20/2008 2:26 pm by Ron Hogan

You see that lovely wedding dress? It’s not just a lovely outfit, it’s a lovely outfit made of, get this… toilet paper. That’s right, it’s a squeezable soft, extra absorbent, ridged for extra cleaning bridal gown.
That lovely dress, fabricated over a two week period by Katrina Chalifoux, won the fourth annual toilet paper […]

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Evolution of Sarcasm

Posted 6/20/2008 1:44 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Some call it being sarcastic.

Some call it being a smartass.
Either way, it’s apparently proof that we as human beings are evolving.
It seems studies in Israel and California have shown that people with damage to the right side of the brain can not distinguish sarcasm during conversation.
The scientists are saying that those who aren’t able to […]

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Butt Was an Enema Statue Necessary?

Posted 6/19/2008 11:02 am by Stephanie Sturgis

Just what can you say about a statue that honors anything involving the human butt?
It’s pretty much put me at a loss for words but I’ll give you the bare bones of it all and you can click the link to get the rest.
A Russian spa has built a five-foot tall statue of an enema […]

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The Case of the Shrinking Ice Cream

Posted 6/16/2008 11:24 am by Stephanie Sturgis

Everybody and their brother are talking about the rising price of a gallon of gasoline.
I know I’m feeling the pinch in my bank account every time I fill my tank and see the numbers on the pumps whirling around and around faster than Britney Spears can pop in and out of rehab.
But at least the […]

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Unicorn Deer = Freaky Bambi

Posted 6/13/2008 10:32 am by Stephanie Sturgis

I’m not the sort of person who gets all moony about mythological unicorns and rainbows, but I do get worked up over animal freaks.

Whether it’s two-faced kittens or siamese twin calves or obese monkeys or featherless birds, I’m all about it.
I just read about the latest Mother Nature mix-up - a “unicorn” deer living on […]

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Death of a Gummy Bear

Posted 6/12/2008 11:58 am by Stephanie Sturgis

I’ve got a sweet tooth, but there’s one candy that rarely touches my sensitive palate.

I can’t abide Gummy Bears. I’m guessing even those stupid candy criminals didn’t even grab any of these during their stealing spree.
I know I must be in the minority as the sugary, sticky products keep turning up in all kinds […]

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Office Rampage Video Makes Suckers Out Of The Internet

Posted 6/12/2008 9:21 am by Ron Hogan

Remember that awesome viral video of that office worker going completely insane? Well, as it turns out, that wasn’t just some great hidden camera footage. No, it was just your every day, run of the mill viral marketing campaign. Instead of selling computer products or pepper spray, it was just a video selling […]

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Bombing On The Golf Course (Literally!)

Posted 6/11/2008 2:47 am by Ron Hogan

 Who doesn’t love a relaxing day on the golf course?  The sun’s shining, the grass is green and lush, there’s a nice cool breeze blowing through the trees.  Oh yeah, and there’s also discarded military explosives right off the tee box.  Wait, what?
Right off the 5th hole, Freddie McGee was operating a bulldozer with another […]

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Chicken Bomb

Posted 6/10/2008 11:27 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

I live in a rural area so seeing dead things along the side of the road isn’t uncommon.
Squashed raccoons, flattened opossums, dead deer and stinky stunted skunks regularly make up my daily drive to work.
But I’ll admit I have never spotted a chicken bomb on the edge of the highway.
That’s what one motorist in Connecticut […]

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Bicycling With Bubbles And Seeds

Posted 6/05/2008 11:18 am by Stephanie Sturgis

There’s just something about bubbles that regress every adult back into a kid again.
When I see some tots blowing soap bubbles on their front lawn, I either want to take the wand away from them and create my own round wonders or chase the floaters and pop each and every one.
An ingenious little design called […]

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Holy Cow - Ice on Mars

Posted 6/02/2008 8:28 am by Stephanie Sturgis

Pop Fi recently shared info about NASA’s upcoming Kepler Mission through which you can send your name into space, now NASA is all excited about its Phoenix Mars Lander’s recent discovery.
Before it even reached out and touched the soil of the Red Planet, Phoenix sent a photo that created a stir back at home base […]

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The Penalty For Assault With A Dead(ly) Hedgehog

Posted 5/30/2008 9:10 am by Ron Hogan

We’ve all been hedgehog-throwing mad.  I know I sure have.  It’s important, when you’re at your angriest, to step back, take some deep breaths, and slowly put down the Erinaceinae, because if you’re anything like the New Zealander who threw the last hedgehog, you’ll end up paying a hefty fine.
While $545 is a pretty steep […]

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Intelligent Digital Pot Reveals Pertinent Plant Info

Posted 5/29/2008 10:40 am by Stephanie Sturgis

It doesn’t take long to figure out I don’t have a green thumb.

One quick look at the window sill where my few pitiful potted plants reside shows my sheer lack of intuitive human/plant interaction. Only the heartiest greenery survives my care.
There may be a rescue in sight for my not-so-green house plants.
It’s the Digital Pot. […]

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Robot Mouth Chomps on Apples

Posted 5/20/2008 10:55 am by Stephanie Sturgis

Sometimes I wonder how scientists in lab think of new things to study.
I envision it something like this.

There’s a chemically-enhanced man in a white lab coat standing next to a counter top covered with a bunsen burner with a blue flame shooting out of the top of it and a computer nearby. He mulls. He […]

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Creepy Kids in Ads

Posted 5/19/2008 12:05 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Nothing wigs me out quicker than a creepy kid.
It’s even worse when an advertising agency thinks that what they consider a darling cherub but I see as an evil devil spawn is fawning over their product in a commercial or ad.
Is it just me or does that kid at the top look like she’s salivating […]

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