http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation) A faint-inducing $825 BILLION stimulus package is being prepped in the US. This got me thinking about what, in my view, is the single most ridiculous facet of American politics: The legislative rider. Used to great effect to balloon the earlier banking bailout, these insidious, parasitical, pork barrel projects are practically non-existent in Canadian […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090108/en_nm/us_peopleschoice_1 The hyperviolent (as well as hyper-badly-written and hyper-badly-acted) Batman: The Dark Knight has won several People’s Choice Awards. Yet more proof that the People’s taste stinks, and their recommendations are to be avoided. Batman movie “The Dark Knight” soared away with five People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday including favorite movie and on-screen pairing for […]
My Damn Channel
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/FOTC/FlightoftheConchords/HiphopopotamusvsRhymenocerosSpecialLipDub_1095.aspx I see some SNL veterans in here, which helps to explain how they’ve stretched a very funny original song into something overlong and unfunny. For comparative purposes, here’s Flight of the Conchords performing the song live.
here2see.com
http://www.here2see.com/the-master-of-graphite-pencil-linda-huber/ Accurate, but lifeless. Like a street portrait artist has taken their services online.
Theyre Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Coming_To_Take_Me_Away,_Ha-Haaa%21 I heard the novelty Napoleon XIV track on the radio the other day, and was immediately transported back to my pre-teen years. My parents had given me an album with cute kiddie-type songs (e.g. Witch Doctor, Monster Mash) that swerved into creepy madness on the last track. I still can’t hear this without feeling […]
How to Make Turducken | SPIKE
http://www.spike.com/blog/how-to-make/71064?spike=6504 When my American bro-in-law first told me about Turducken, I thought – nay, hoped – he was joking. Sadly not. Here’s a recipe, with photographic evidence that proves it’s as bleeeargh as you’d think. This could take a while. Leave the legs and wings on the turkey, but take the bones out of the […]
Guidespot: Why On EARTH Did I Ever Wear THAT?!
http://www.guidespot.com/guides/why_on_earth_did Being utterly without fashion sense, I remember – but missed – all of these late-80s trends. I can skirt being mocked now for wearing any of this stuff because I was mocked then for not wearing it. Such is fashion.
starlings on Otmoor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE Nature’s glory, ornithological miracles, stunning sights, etc. Yes, yes, whatever. Starlings are one of the few things that can subjugate my Dr. Jekyll-like environmentalist leanings and bring forth a Mr. Hyde-ian rage. Trap ’em and kill ’em all I say! Tear up their nests! Mineralise the eggs! ‘Cause once the fancy aerobatics are over, […]
wikiHow – The How-to Manual That You Can Edit
http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page Reserving judgment for when the inevitable improvements are made to this wiki, ’cause my first search with WikiHow – for “clear blocked drain” – resulted only in shocking step-by-step results on neti potting and embalming. (I don’t know how much clearer I was supposed to be!) ***BUMPITY BUMP*** Blocked drain cleared using only my […]
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http://www.homeinsurance.org.uk/wacky-buildings.html Another useless list of poorly researched “neat stuff!!!” (Frank Gehry’s Canadian-born. Lose 10 points.)