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[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Pink things you can feel good about
Before you start feeling all good about yourself by buying a bunch of pink products
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on September 15, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Monday, September 15th, 2008Self-slicing pork?
I would be eternally grateful if someone would translate the French used in the ad pictured at left (larger image here ). Somehow, I’d feel much better if I knew exactly why a pig disemboweling himself would make me want to eat sausage, or whatever that ad is promoting. Weirdomatic.com has more creepy ads like this here, if you’re interested. My favorite has to be this Thorazine ad; give me about five years, and I’ll be their next model. As we all know, images can be a little misleading. For instance, discover what a pervert you are by reviewing these mostly innocent advertising images. Inversely, this Blaupunkt TV spot is totally perverted visually, but since it involves a pink bunny, the perversity is reduced to mere cuteness. Whereas this German commercial (probably NSFW) for the eyeglass company “Ihr Optiker” takes the same theme – sex in a car – and suddenly it’s all dirty again…
Support Our Poops – A Brief Anal-ysis
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 12, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Friday, September 12th, 2008It all comes out in the end, dunnit?
Finally, a cause you can get behind. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. The elimination of prostate cancer is no joke; with enough effort, it can be wiped out. Get the straight poop on how you can can support the movement and show you give a crap at SupportOurPoops.org. In reality, that site DOES look like a crappy way to support cancer research. For a link you can depend on, check out FightProstateCancer.org’s Zero – The Project to End Prostate Cancer.
The World Ended And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 11, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Thursday, September 11th, 2008And a big Hadron that won’t go away
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve misspelled “Hadron” to obvious humorous effect. Apparently I’m not the only one (the only surprising thing in that link being that Google’s smart-ass spell-check doesn’t ask if you mean “Hadron”). In any case, the good news (for now) is that the Large Hadron Collider was fired up yesterday, and we didn’t all get sucked into a black hole and die. Or did we? This blogger from the future has a different view. Think about it. How can we know for sure that we didn’t get instantly sucked into an alternate reality yesterday? Science fiction movies always makes this sort of thing look dramatic, but maybe it just quietly happens. I’m watching my surroundings closely for subtle changes, just to be sure, but if you’re accepting for now that we’re safe, here’s your bloody “the end of the world came and went and all I got was this stupid t-shirt” t-shirt. Unfortunately it’s too late for this Indian girl. So sad. Anyway, for more end of the world goodness, check out Apocalypse now? 30 days when the world didn’t end from the TimesOnline UK.
Giant Creatures Invade England (Again)
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 5, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Friday, September 5th, 2008But here in America, we have own absurd public spectacles.
A massive (fifty feet long) spider named “La Princess” is invading Liverpool this weekend , and rather than running in horror, Liverpudlians will be gathering in awe. It’s rare to encounter a theatrical experience these days that literally takes you away with its magic, but here’s what a Londoner said about the last visit to England by La Machine, a French company that produces amazing theatrical machines and public events: “…I have the strangest feeling today, something in between grief and joy, sad that I will never see that beautiful Little Giant or that gargantuan Elephant again…” The haunting clip at left (which two years later still makes me want to run away and join the circus) is from The Sultan’s Elephant, a mesmerizing event produced by La Machine in 2006. The music is the song “Décollage” from Balayeurs Du Désert’s Jules Verne Impact. I wish these guys would come to the states, but I guess we create our own horrifying public spectacles.