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28 January, 2004

James Brown Mug Shot

Another in our continuing series of mug shots, courtesy of The Smoking Gun.

This time, it's James Brown. The 70-year old Godfather of Soul was arrested today on a domestic violence charge.

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Posted on 28 January, 2004

Fashionable Space Attire

Now you can own your own space suit.

Through special arrangement with Hollywood propmasters Nostrom Productions, AiT/Planet Lar makes available to the earth-bound its exclusive line of replica space suits.

These incredible prop spacesuits are painstakingly researched and meticulously crafted to provide an amazing costume reproduction of NASA's Apollo mission lunar suits. Available in all sizes in Standard and Deluxe versions.

Prices start at $300. But you'll probably want the Deluxe suit (shown here), for $1,399.

(via Information Junk)

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Saguaro Shots

The life cycle of the Saguaro cactus. The one shown here is about 125 years old.

Click here for more Saguaro cactus photos, taken mainly by amateurs.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Annoying in 2003

From Retrocrush: The 100 Most Annoying Things of 2003. Of the items on the list that I'm familiar with, I agree. They are pretty annoying.

Like #16:

OSAMA BIN LADEN: Whoever's directing this guy's videos has to go. That whole talking in a cave or on a rocky mountainside schtick is so 2001.

And #64:

BARRY BONDS: The debate as to whether he is a greater player than Babe Ruth is ridiculous. The fact that the only performance enhancing substances The Babe ever took before a game was whiskey and pie ends that argument, pronto

Posted on 28 January, 2004

State Of The Union Address

For those who missed George W's recent State of the Union address, here's a transcript.

As we gather tonight, America's military is stretched paper-thin across the face of the Earth. The servicemen and women for whom I feign respect are committing suicide and resigning their commissions in droves. Yet by scattering them around like so much disposal bio-confetti, we keep our domestic news media fixated on war, and in so doing continue to pound the enormous bongo drums of fear which buoy my approval ratings so gloriously. (Applause.)

Well, maybe it's not quite an accurate transcript...

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Voting Instructions

I think the Defective Yeti has figured out how presidential primaries work. See Instructions For NH Caucusgoers.

Excerpts:

Democrats: Please vote for the candidate that you think will receive the most votes. Remember: the key to this election is electability, so do NOT vote for the person you would prefer to see as President.

Republicans: If you are a Republican trying to "spoil" the primary, your goal will be to vote for the LEAST electable candidate.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Calorie Photos

Here's a series of photos that show the number of calories in various foods: 83 Calories an hour.

You'll see everything from a bowl of hot dog water (15 calories) to a bowl of margarine and tomato soup (1,420 calories). Shown here is a peanut butter cone (780 calories).

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Hilary Rosen Speaks

Former RIAA chief Hilary Rosen, in the Wall Street Journal: Beyond the Antipiracy Suits.

Don't get me wrong. Enforcement is really important. But it wouldn't have an impact were there not other pieces of the puzzle also in place. Indeed, for the past several years, enforcement and lawsuits so dominated the media that many believed they were the industry's only reaction to the digital revolution.

In fact, recording-industry executives were engaged in one of the most thorough re-evaluations of business models and internal operations that any industry has ever experienced. And they made changes that are now starting to pay off, just as many of us predicted they would.

The only change that would really pay off (and dramatically decrease piracy) is for the industry to realize that a music CD is only worth about $5.00. Turn CDs into an impulse purchase item. Sales will skyrocket, and it won't be worth anyone's time to download poor-quality MP3s.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Clive And Dirk

When it comes to pure escapist reading, it's tough to beat a Clive Cussler novel that features the Dirk Pitt character. I've read 5-6 of them, and they're always enjoyable -- as long as you don't think too much about how unrealistic they are. I particularly like it when Clive Cussler appears as a character in his own novel.

Shown here is a photo of Clive Cussler. Or is it Dirk Pitt?

Dirk Pitt is employed by NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency. And there's a NUMA Web site that describes the novels as well as Cussler's real-life maritime adventures.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Turban Lessons

This is actually kind of interesting: Constructing the Perfect Turban.

... We stopped at a 7-11 to get a Pepsi. The Pepsi drinkers went to the machine outside. My brother and I went inside and there was a nice fellow inside wearing a turban. I remember being fascinated by this turban. So, I said "What exactly is that, anyway? Is that like, one piece, and you just put it on your head? Or do you wrap it around your head? Or what?"

The nice gentleman offered to show us, step by step, how to properly construct a turban. Of course, my brother flew out the door to grab the camera.

(via Bifurcated Rivets)

Posted on 28 January, 2004

New From Amazon

Those folks at Amazon never sleep. Here's their latest: Amazon launches new social network called "pricekut".

"This is by far the coolest feature we've ever released," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO. "We wanted to make shopping at Amazon more fun and even more social than it is already, and I think our millions of customers are going to be amazed how much fun and addictive this new feature is."

And there's more coming:

Bezos said the best is yet to come with Pricekut, which, by the way, is protected by sixty-two patents pending, including the ability to reach out with one's hand and hold a mouse to click on it. Later this year, Pricekut 2.0 will be released, offering the ability for members to not only see, comment on, and buy items that appear in their friends' shopping carts, but also to take the items out of others' carts and put them in their own. "This should drive people crazy!" said an excited Bezos.

(via Joho the Blog)

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Top Ten Gods

From the God Checker site: Today's Top Ten Gods and Goddesses.

The Holy Hit Parade is based on the number of hits each God receives in our Pantheon section.. This is all done automatically with no humans involved. Our GodRank technology is still in development and plenty more features are on the way.

Not too surprisingly, Zeus is on top, followed by Aphrodite and Hades. It's nice to see a female god in the top three.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Show Your Support

Show your support for President Bush by displaying a patriotic bumper sticker.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Eat Babies

Yes, it's a joke site: Eat Babies. Here's the beginning of a recipe for Baby Alfredo:

Select 2-3 infants from the maternity ward, preferably chubby with plenty of skin to spare, and replace them with Cabbage Patch Kids. It's impossible to tell the difference.

Once back in your torture chamber - I mean kitchen, duct tape baby's mouth shut so that the screaming will not effect your cooking and preparation.

(via The Museum of Hoaxes)

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Fake Stamps

From Bad Press Books, a book by Michael Thompson and Michael Hernandez De Luna: Stamp Art and Postal History.

Our exciting new offering in the Art Book category features two Chicago artists who have taken on the International Postal Authorities and really scored a bulls-eyes! Their unique and often hilarious home-made stamps have been sent from virtually every country in the world and arrived to tell the tale.

Shown here is a fake deer hunting stamp.

Posted on 28 January, 2004

Learn Some Slang

A dictionary (sort of): Slang Site.

SlangSite.com is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms. Click on a letter below to browse our listings, or submit your own words to our site.

I like this one:

nasodenial: The delusion shared by televised baseball players and motorists stopped in traffic that no one can see them publicly picking their noses.

Posted on 28 January, 2004