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[ 1 Comment ]Posted on July 4, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Friday, July 4th, 2008There are some things you just don’t want to use after someone else has.
If you’re easily offended by the topic of recreational sex, stop reading. Also stop reading if you’re even moderately rational. I just want to be on record as saying that I think a dildo rental service is a BAD IDEA. A bad, bad, bad idea. However, the site is well designed; their FAQ page immediately addresses important questions like “Do you include batteries?” and “What about lube?” And boy, am I ever glad I clicked the “NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS” link. How else would I have found out that on September 27, 2005 they stopped lending anal sex toys to customers. On the bright side, if you had one of these types of rental toys at the time, you were invited to keep it without charge as a “courtesy accommodation”. Yech. So, one last thing. Can someone please tell me what a “rabbit vibrator” is?
Spread the Word, or Spread the Compost?
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 3, 2008 by admin in Clean & Green, Lifestyle & Culture
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Is leaving your leftovers on top of trash cans really going to feed the homeless?
Call me cynical, but maybe the people that are so worried about this issue and have time to design nifty graphics for it could just order less food? Or think of a way to convert their waste pizza to fuel? I’m not sure what I think about RePlate.org’s idea of putting your unfinished food on top of trash cans instead of in them to make it easier for homeless people to eat it. It seems to me there are plenty of people who are happy enough doing the necessary diving for dinner that we’d really just be creating a trash problem rather than performing a public service. Interesting concept though. Read their FAQ and decide for yourself.
Hasselhoffian Recursion Cures Alzheimer’s*
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 2, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture, Popular Media, Technology
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008At last, a remote for your remote.
As a friend fumbled for her reading glasses the other day, I made the tired joke about the paradox of needing glasses to find your glasses. She added that she’s always forgetting where she left the remote, and having to (gasp) walk across the room and manually change the channel. This is something I’m sure we’ve all experienced, but need experience no more! Thanks to products like the “Remote Buddy“, pictured at left, your fat American rear can spend more time on the sofa, and less time burning precious body fat as you frantically search for the remote. In fact, with these handy “finder” tools
*Sometimes a headline is just a headline.
PunkTards Rule
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on June 28, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture, Music, Popular Media
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Differently-abled punk band Heavy Load are out to demonstrate that disability rocks.
The temptation to make jokes about how I’ve never met a punk band member who wasn’t differently-abled or worthy of a term like “punktard” (hey, did I just coin a phrase?) is overwhelming, but I’m too grown up and what these guys are doing is just too cool. Meet Heavy Load, “Brighton’s Answer to the Ramones” (their words). These guys are on a “mission to demonstrate that disability rocks”. Learn more about them at HeavyLoad.org. There’s also a movie being made about them, and they’re running Stay Up Late, “A campaign for people with learning disabilities…fighting for the right to party!” Being a gimp has never been so hip. He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Differently-Abled Brother.
Self-Harm Cover-Ups for Emo Crybabies
[ Comments Off ]Posted on June 28, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Now you can get pretty tattoos to hide your half-baked suicide attempts.
When I was a young first-generation punk, we cut ourselves because we meant it. Good news for all you peer-pressured, conformist emo rebels though. Now you can get some decorative branding to hide all the little disposable-razor cries-for-help that you posted on MySpace (actually it was Xanga, but only you and your silly Emo friends know what Xanga is). Comfortably enter the already tattoo-friendly youth job market with lovely Carp (oh, I’m sorry, “Koi”…) skin branding that hides your wimpy suicide attempts. For the blind self-cutter, there are always braille tattoos. But this obviously begs the question: Why would you want a tattoo if you couldn’t see it?