Category: Weirdness
Fascinating
Revenge of the Sith
(via email) ‘I’m Having The Time Of My Life Out Here’: SEATTLE – Are you ready for Star Wars: Episode Three? Don’t get excited just yet, the new movie doesn’t open until May. But for one Seattle fan, it’s never too early, or too cold, to start the wait. Jeff Twieden doesn’t care that it’s … Continue reading “Revenge of the Sith”
Maybe there’s hope for humanity after all…
Ashlee Simpson Booed at Orange Bowl: NEW YORK Jan 5, 2005 — Ashlee Simpson’s Orange Bowl halftime performance was a lemon, according to the 72,000-plus Miami crowd. The 20-year-old singer received a discernible chorus of boos following a performance of her song “La La.” “You make me wanna scream,” she sang before the audience jeered. … Continue reading “Maybe there’s hope for humanity after all…”
Merry CHRISTMS
(from the not sure this is what the holidays are supposed to about dept.) DoD News: Contracts for October 4, 2004: CUBIC Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $7,765,298 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of one Combined Hungarian Range Instrumentation and Simulation Training Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (CHRISTMS) for the … Continue reading “Merry CHRISTMS”
As if flying wasn’t already bad enough…
Cell phone calls in flight?: The Federal Communications Commission said that at its Dec. 15 meeting it will discuss possible revisions to rules prohibiting cell phone use on commercial flights. That’s the first step of the process needed to lift the ban. Cell phone use has been banned due to concerns about how it could … Continue reading “As if flying wasn’t already bad enough…”
An Example of Poor Planning
Man treated after attempting to nail himself to cross: HARTLAND – A Hartland man was treated at a Pittsfield hospital after he nailed himself to a cross. The 23-year-old man apparently was trying to commit suicide Thursday evening in his living room, the Bangor Daily News reported. Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong said Monday that … Continue reading “An Example of Poor Planning”
Some People Never Learn
Pete Rose headed to Foxwoods for book-signing: A few weeks after admitting he bet on baseball, Pete Rose is going to an eastern Connecticut casino to sign his new book and dine with high-rollers.
Aaaaaaaaaaah!
Here’s a bit of unpleasantness brought to you via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener: A Photographic History of Michael Jackson’s Face The Horror, the horror….
Man Jerks Off at Women’s Center Fair
(via WTF Is It Now??) An actual headline from UC Santa Barbara’s Student Newspaper, Daily Nexus Online.