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Prison Aprons Popular In Japan

Posted 7/21/2008 12:14 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

You never know what the Japanese will turn into a hobby or a fad.

Everything from key chains that sound like bubble wrap popping when you press on them to canoes made from chop sticks can capture the attention of the Japanese.
The latest fads there are items made by prisoners in prison.
In kitchens and bars and […]

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Snakes on a Massage!!!

Posted 7/16/2008 12:14 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Massages are supposed to relax the body and the mind.

For those folks like Indiana Jones who suffer from ophidiophobi - fear of snakes - Ada Barak’s spa in Israel is not the place they won’t to stop in for a rubdown.
The spa offers an unusual massage that includes the release of six non-venomous snakes […]

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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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Happy Birthday Converse

Posted 5/16/2008 12:43 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Chuck Taylor All-Star tennis shoes are everywhere.
I know they are in my closet. I’ve got two pairs tucked in there. That makes me part of 60 percent of all Americans, according to a survey that says more than half of all US citizens own or have owned a pair of the low tech athletic shoes.
The […]

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The Vrolik Is One Morbid Museum

Posted 5/16/2008 12:17 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

The human body is a crazy gizmo.
When you start thinking about how it works it can be overwhelming. I pop in a couple of slices of pizza for fuel and the thing just keeps on ticking.
Curious doctors, scientists and anatomists have tried to solve the puzzle that is the human body for centuries.
Japanese doctor Yasukazu […]

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Mmmmmm - Meat Water

Posted 5/14/2008 12:43 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Strolling up to the beverage coolers in the local quick mart now presents too many options.
It’s no longer just a question of with which soda will I quench my raging thirst.
Now, thirsty consumers have to wade through shelf upon shelf of chilled energy drinks, sodas, bottled waters, flavored waters, teas, flavored teas and electrolyte-replenishing beverages.
All […]

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Gruesome Bread Heads

Posted 5/14/2008 12:02 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

The picture above is not part of the promotional advertising for the latest addition to the Saw movie series.

The heads are actually available in a bakery in Thailand.
Thai artist and baker Kittiwat Unarrom brings dough and anatomy together in truly creepy form. Kittiwat’s family owned the bakery and he added his ghoulish artistic touch to […]

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Nuclear Waste as Art

Posted 5/13/2008 2:30 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

Nuclear waste and art are rarely combined in the same sentence.
However, a storage facility for nuclear waste in the Netherlands is bringing a new approach to the problem.
The Habog Facility has been painted a bright orange and is covered with giant equations to capture the attention of passersby. Inside the building, in addition to the […]

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Red Hot Lover Captain Kirk and his Alien Women

Posted 5/13/2008 1:46 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

My dog wakes me up every morning about 5 a.m. to go outside.
The only good thing about this canine habit is that it coincides nicely with TV Land’s morning schedule in which Star Trek (The Original Series) has a prominent place, airing every Monday through Friday.
So while I doze back off for another hour of […]

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Skeeter Eaters

Posted 5/12/2008 9:41 am by Stephanie Sturgis

Once again, it’s Mother Nature to the rescue.
You can’t turn on the news on television or click online to a news site without hearing about the housing foreclosure crisis. All across America, houses are empty and abandoned due to money woes.
Many of those homes in warmer states like California, Florida and Arizona have swimming pools […]

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Floating Shelves Are Decor Magic

Posted 5/12/2008 9:05 am by Stephanie Sturgis

I love a clever design trick that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg or necessitate a trip to one of those giant furniture stores.

Roaming the Intertubes, I ran across a shelf on Neatorama that pulls off a trick worthy of Kris Angel and David Blaine.
It’s a “floating” shelf and you don’t have to be […]

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To Infinity and Beyond on NASA’s Kepler Mission

Posted 5/09/2008 4:31 pm by Stephanie Sturgis

I’ve finally found a way to travel into outer space without having to die and have my ashes hurled out into oblivion.

NASA is affording me (and anyone else inclined) an opportunity to send my name into space as part of the Kepler Mission.
The Kepler mission is a search for Earth-size and smaller planets in the […]

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Anti-Pirate Discrimination Laws Still Exist!

Posted 5/07/2008 12:54 am by Ron Hogan

Yarr, matey.  A father of four in England be lookin’ at a trip to the brig thanks to his raising of the black flag of yore in honor his his wee daughter’s 8th birthday party.  David Waterman, a firefighter by trade, raised the Jolly Roger as part of a party theme and since then has […]

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Chunky Monkeys = Obese Chimps on a Diet

Posted 5/06/2008 11:10 am by Stephanie Sturgis

PopFi proves once again that it loves a primate tale. From spear-tossing orangutans to chimps pimping out grooming for a little monkey-bumping sex, PopFi has the scoop.
From a scoop of one kind to maybe two or three or four scoops of another kind.
Some Chunky Monkeys in Japan may have been the inspiration for one of […]

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Deja Vu: New Nine Inch Nails Album is F-R-E-E

Posted 5/06/2008 5:12 am by AJ Star

Although this post is being categorized under our “Unusual Stuff” banner, the habit of releasing new music for free has certainly become anything but unusual for Nine Inch Nail’s mastermind and frontman Trent Reznor.
The group released yet another full-length album yesterday for free download off of their official website. The album, titled The Slip, was […]

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