When you move down to the bottom of the movie barrel and start scraping, you’ll come up with a lot of gunk. Some of it will get on your hands and clothes and you’ll spend hours trying to scrub it off. Some of it is this weird putrid green stuff. That would be Santa Claus [...]

Source: Orlando Sentinel
Fans of Swedish retailer IKEA are waiting in line for the Orlando grand opening at Millenia Mall, which happens Wednesday. More than a dozen people have set up tents, chairs, and mattresses.
Susan Perry, 51, and Edward Shay, 47, of Leesburg spent Sunday night in their car near the store. “I’ve been waiting 17 [...]

Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
Story found on Gizmodo and Wired:
A robot cannon began wildly and autonomously firing its huge gun in South Africa last Friday, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14. The Oerlikon GDF-005 antiaircraft gun suddenly began uncontrollably shooting as it swung back and forth, spraying hundreds of high-explosive 35mm cannon shells all [...]

Face it, marketing departments and product development divisions can be made up of real dopes sometimes. We mean, for every Apple iPod there’s an Arch Deluxe or worse, a Time Warner/AOL merger. Hey, they can’t all be winners, right? In that spirit, we present to you
5 Product and Marketing Disasters
New Coke
From Wiki:
New Coke [...]

I Dream of Donuts
Just like Homer Simpson, a bunch of security guards at a nuclear power plant in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, have been caught by a hidden camera sleeping on the job.
See the video at CBS.
I love local news. Punctuated by lines like “In case you don’t believe us, here’s video…” and “exclusive coverage [...]

Already, three people have commented on this site about their stupid Don’t Tase Me Bro T-shirts.
Listen up, bro.
The idea is dumb.
UNLESS WE ARE THE ONES WHO IMPLEMENT IT.
Now obviously, when we peddle our own brand of, admittedly stupid “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” Clothing and other accessories, which are conveniently available at CafePress here and here, [...]

And by that I mean Paris Hilton’s crotch has seen the light of day. Again.

Oh, we all knew that Bible-toting, new leaf bit wouldn’t last long.

Two stories this week:
Gamer dies at Chinese Internet cafe:

The Internets in China: It Kills
A three-day Internet gaming binge turned tragedy in China when a man had died of exhaustion, state media said Monday. The 30-year-old man fainted at a cybercafe in the city of Guangzhou on Saturday afternoon after he’d been playing games online for [...]

Student Arrested, Tasered at John Kerry Event

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum.
Videos of the incident posted on several Web sites show officers pulling Andrew Meyer, 21, away from the [...]

It’s Tough Being a Hilton. Very Tough.
In an interview with German magazine Die Wielt, Kathy Hilton spoke of how strict she was when raising daughter Paris:
When Paris disobeyed us, we would first confiscate her mobile phone - practically her life. Second time it would be disconnected, for a month or so. Mothers are mothers, [...]