July 14, 2006
What the internet has taught me...
This week the internet taught me that the best way to clean a big hummer is with a bevy of Russian military women.
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July 13, 2006
Finally a use for Barry Manilow
Sick and tired of souped-up cars with loud engines and pulsing music? Barry Manilow may be the answer.
Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe the American crooner's music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of "car hoons" whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses. (More)
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July 12, 2006
But the exhaust port is less than 2 meters wide!
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July 11, 2006
How strong is your shirt foo?
I hate folding clothes. Its one of those things I tend to put off. A lot of my clothes end up staying in the laundry basket and I just use it like a chest of drawers, albeit it with much more wrinkled clothing. But I really hate folder t-shirts. Why, you may ask. I just do. Forturnately the internet has come to my rescue in the way of two videos.
In the first video, set inexplicably to Mario Brothers music, we get instructions on how to build a shirt folding machine. This video is great because it combines my love for wacky gadgets and building things.
Now the first video is good, but this is great. Here we see demonstrated for the first time outside Japan, the deadly art of Shirt Foo. Never get involved in a fight with one of the swift and deadly Shirt Foo masters or you may find yourself folded, creased, and stuffed in a drawer.
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July 10, 2006
The True Reniassance Sport?
Finally a sport for the real Reniassance Man. A sport that demands the highest levels of mental and physical prowess. I am of course referring to the new sport emerging in Europe, Chess Boxing.
COLOGNE, Germany — How weird is too weird? How freaky too freaky? At what point does charm call out for ridicule? These are the questions that arise when considering the new "sport" of chessboxing.
It is Friday night, and doubtless there are better things to do than to pack into a refurbished theater of blue movies and focus the eyes on a couple of anonymous Europeans crouching over a chessboard. They marshal tiny pieces against one another in a battle of quiet strategy. Sound and movement are of the faintest quality. It is as though you have barged into a stranger's parlor. There may yet be time to sneak away.
But then a bell rings and the hall fills with loud music. There are hoots and yells from the darkened sections of seats, along with other signals of unshackled enthusiasm. When the bell rings once more and the eyes refocus, you notice the chess players have begun to punch each other in the nose and in the ribs. There is blood. This is a fight, and it's not bad at that, the theater having transformed into an arena of genuine athletic pursuit. This is no parlor game after all. It is chess and it is boxing, and doubt has begun to fade into curiosity. This may be strange, but it is strangely worth a look.
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July 03, 2006
America the Great
With the passing of another 4th of July this is a good time to reflect on the amazing success the United States has and enjoyed and to highlight what makes this country great.
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Could you pass?
With July 4th just a day away many people are feeling patriotic, but do they have what it takes to be a citizen? Do you? Take this test and find out whether or not you could pass the immigration exam.
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