October 30, 2008 • 11:37 am 0
So, this has got to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious quotes I’ve ever read:
“I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world”
This was uttered by a Japanese man who has petitioned his goverment to lawfully accept marriages between humans and comic book characters. Yes… sounds about right.
Read more here, because I don’t really know that I can add much.
Filed under: weird
August 6, 2008 • 10:48 am 0
Bed bugs seem to be making a country-wide resurgence. Now, let’s all just relax and get some sleep.
Read more from The Tennessean, and then look at bed bug pictures to soothe your nerves.
Zzzzzz…
Filed under: weird
October 31, 2007 • 12:37 pm 0
Happy Halloween to all. May the Great Pumpkin rise from your pumpkin patch with lots of toys.
Tomorrow is the first day of Whiskerino, and as such I have already shaved off my full compliment of facial hair to take part in a documentary of the event. For those who are not aware of the Whiskerino and who are also unable/unwilling to click the link for more information, the Whiskerino is an event held every two years wherein men from all over the world (though a large contingent is here in Middle Tennessee) shave clean on November 1st and grow beards until March 1st. Photos are taken, stories are told, and lives are changed. It is fun for all. I will have to shave once more in the morning to ensure that the palette is clean and smooth and ready to be properly bearded. And oh, it will be bearded.
And by the way… minor bun engine made Benny Lava.
September 5, 2007 • 2:25 pm 1
August 30, 2007 • 9:51 am 3
Just when I thought I wasn’t going to post or make any further comments on spiders and the pure evil that they are (again, despite their obvious benefits to the environment), something like this comes along that makes me want to get in a shower for a day.
July 30, 2007 • 9:41 am 3
I have a sincere and overwhelming fearish hate of spiders. Pure evil, by my estimation, although I am well aware of their beneficial presence in our world. Evil, nonetheless, I say.
One evening before bed a few days ago I went into the bathroom intending to brush my teeth. I was horrified to find a spider , one of the extra-long leg and skinny, segmented body variety, had spun a web between the bathroom wall and my toothbrush. There it sat, in its mockery of my hygiene, it what appeared to be a quite smug stance in its evil little web.
Obviously mortified, repulsed, and violated, I struck down on the woeful thing with great wrath and fury reducing it to a smug stain with one partial leg. The damage, however, had already been done to me. I swore not to use the horrible, spider-fondled toothbrush again.
A couple of days passed, and as I had not yet been fortunate enough to make it to the store for another toothbrush, my teeth were suffering the consequences of my oath against the arachnid’s doing. It was bed time again, and I recounted the story to my wife for the third time while holding my repeatedly-washed toothbrush in my hand. After many refusals to use the toothbrush again, the following verbal transaction ensued:
Wife: “Just use it. It was just a spider.”
Me: “But it nested on my toothbrush. It’s got evil on it!”
Wife: “Spiders are probably fairly clean.”
Me: “They are absolute evil.”
Wife: “Did you kill it?”
Me: “Of course, I killed it.”
Wife: “Well, then you won.”
The logic was profound. With a new sense of pride and victory, I brushed my teeth and felt okay about it. Needless to say, I’m still getting a new toothbrush.
April 3, 2007 • 11:10 am 10
This is your opportunity to know an answer to any yes/no question you can come up with. Just ask a question with your comment, and I’ll see what the 8-ball has for you.
Please, no wagering. And remember, these are only yes/no questions. Anything else will only get an answer from the less reliable and generally rude Cue-ball.
February 2, 2007 • 11:45 am 0
The famed Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania groundhog emerged from his dwelling today to prognosticate on the duration of winter weather across the country. Traditionally, if Phil sees his shadow winter weather will continue for six more weeks; otherwise, Spring will arrive early. In a tragic turn of events, the shadow that greeted Phil was that of a towering brown bear, which proceeded to devour the groundhog sage almost immediately upon his appearance.
January 16, 2007 • 2:49 pm 0
We got into quite a discussion here at work when I posed a simple question: If you were forced to fight, who would you least like to be your opponent, Tony the Tiger or Count Chocula?
I’ve always been fond of the Count. In fact, I’ve always respected him as a vampire willing to present himself as a role-model and moral compass for children. I’m pretty sure I would fear him in battle, as I wouldn’t know for sure how far his vampiric powers might go until it was likely too late. With Tony the Tiger, what you see is what you get: a great beast of a tiger wearing an ascot. In my opinion, I would like to fight either, and I find making a decision difficult.
A general consensus was made that Tony the Tiger would be the most likely to best any of us, which of course takes nothing away from the Count. Alas, one had to be picked.
In any case, after pursuing the discussion for likely much too long, and after bringing in nearly every other cereal mascot we could think of, I decided it best to see if any such research had been done on the Internet. I was certainly not disappointed. Enjoy this brilliantly written battle of the cereal mascots.
