Archive for July, 2008

One of these things is not like the other

Front row at the Team USA / Team Canada pre-Olympics-why-would-anyone-even-go game in Vegas.  From left to right: Warren Buffett, William Gates, and Christopher Bridges


What is the hardest part about rollerblading?

Well as the old saying goes this video shows one gentleman who went through the hardest part.

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Computer Malpunction

Correct me if I’m wrong, but is this supposed to be a reference to the flux capacitor, the fictional invention said to make time travel possible, as described in the 1985 film Back to the Future?  If so, what the hell is it doing serving as the headline for an article about the psychological affect [...]


Selection of phrases which you're not likely to encounter in Sudan

“Schwing!”
“Zero percent financing”
“Roast duck with the mango salsa”
“Frequent Flyer Miles”
“Optional swim platform with extendable ladder”
“If You See Something, Say Something”
“Hungarian Superior Quality Goose Down”
“Fore!”


He's Back.

The same man who brought us, “We don’t have homosexuals. In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don’t know who told you that we have it”, is coming back to New York.

Yes the hero of hyperconservative fundamentalist muslims everywhere is returning to The Apple for the UN General Assembly in September.  Of course, [...]


From FDA: "our bad"

So that widely-reported salmonella scare going on?  The one that cost the tomato industry over $100 million?  Well… it wasn’t tomatoes:
After causing the tomato industry to lose an estimated $100 million, health investigators have essentially recanted their contaminated tomato theory and have focused their attention on jalapeño peppers. The Baltimore Sun reports that new interviews [...]


New shirts available at DB merch store

Place your order now.  These babies are selling like hot potato pancakes.


Dear Mr. Studio Executive

Remember a few years ago when DVDs came out?  Good times, right?  Apparently we started with Gladiator and started to convert the rest of the vast archives of cinema on a chronological basis.  Well guess what?  You fucking forgot a few of them.  I’m talking about some stellar films like the venerable Speed Zone! and [...]