2008
Aug
Gee, Your Underpants Smell Terrific
Lemon-freshened Borax. Lemon-scented Pledge. Lemon-scented fabric…?
Aug 20th
'Chicken Poop'
Aug 20th
Reclaim Your Time: 20 Great Ways To Find More...
Aug 18th
The United States has more musicians in its military band...
— Nicholas D. Kristof, from his...
Aug 18th
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‘Heaven Only Knows’ (a.k.a. ‘The Farting Preacher’) Pre-Youtubian artifact....
Aug 18th
The 'Amazing' Shit Box
Aug 17th
Whatever you are, be a good one.
— Abraham Lincoln
Aug 13th
Merit Badges For Real-World Skills
Aug 12th
John Trever - The Albuquerque Journal (via)
Aug 10th
'B-R-E-T(T), BRETT!'
Aug 7th
I asked Barack Obama what he wanted for his birthday. He...
— Sen. John Kerry, introducing...
Aug 7th
Jul
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The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) From the mind of Dr. Seuss. Have only seen this once, and it was...
Jul 30th
Happy 50th, NASA!
Jul 30th
7 Eco-Labels... Defined
Jul 29th
'Beyond The Vines'
Jul 29th
'Timothy J. Russert Highway'
Jul 25th
Idea Vending Machine
Jul 25th
Urbanspoon
Jul 25th
Barack Obama At Berlin’s Tiergarten Park, July 24th...
Jul 25th
Over Is Right, Under Is Wrong
Jul 24th
Angry FCC Fudging Tired Of All This Sugar
Jul 24th
'Bozo' Dead
Jul 23rd
Wordle
Jul 23rd
Ebert & Roeper No Longer 'At The Movies'
Jul 22nd
Bob Englehart - The Hartford Current (via)
Jul 22nd
Are You Almost Ready For Some Football?
Training camps are open. The trade wire’s abuzz. The roster merry-go-around creaks to life....
Jul 22nd
Open Source Food
Jul 21st
McDonald's 'Cracking Egg' Billboard
Jul 20th
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Ira Glass - On Storytelling #3Taking a deep breath when a creative pursuit becomes more of a chase....
Jul 20th
Loud Bar Music Makes You Drink More
Jul 20th
National Hot Dog Month Is Half-Over...
And I’m way behind my quota. Gimme two Chicago, to-go. Brought to you by the National Hot Dog...
Jul 19th
We went all the way to the Moon and back, yet we can’t...
— Unknown (via Mom’s...
Jul 17th
101 Fast Recipes For Inspired Picnics
Jul 16th
Las Onomatopeyas
Jul 16th
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Lou Piniella Aquafina CommercialYeah, the spot’s been running a while. I just love seeing the...
Jul 16th
Dog Meat Off The Menu During Beijing...
Jul 14th
Coming up… An earthquake wiped out Etchasketchistan...
— Onion News Network
Jul 13th
Tab (Thomas Boldt) - The Calgary Sun (via)
Jul 13th
'Faceless Aliens' Spotted In Wimbledon Crowd
Jul 7th
'Obarbecue'
Associated Press-Yahoo poll asked respondents who, between the 2008 Presidential candidates, they...
Jul 7th
Ladies And Gentlemen, Your 2008 Cubs...
Franchise record seven players headed to the Yankee Stadium contest on July 15th. The cherry on top...
Jul 6th
The 'Run(away) Of The Chicago Bulls' Has...
Duhon Picks Knicks Over Magic; Agrees To Two-Year DealWho’s next to exit?
Jul 6th
Along With Beauty, Fireworks Create A Beastly...
Jul 5th
© Pat Bagley - Salt Lake Tribune (via)
Jul 5th
If It's A Barbecue Holiday, It Must Mean...
Happy 4th of July, Nebraska Beef! What’s that cookin’ on the grill…? Mmmm. Smells...
Jul 5th
Jun
‘Fear Culture’ - Michele Pred (2007): Mixed...
Jun 27th
Safe From Black Holes...?
Jun 27th
YoungMe - NowMe
Jun 25th
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Commercial for JBS Men’s Underwear (Denmark) - (via)
Jun 25th
Movie Posters Re-Imagined By Artists
Jun 24th
A bit of a stumble on the Inter-League road trip (swept by the Devil Rays…?) Then Soriano gets...
Jun 24th
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‘Baseball-Football’ - George Carlin (1937-2008)One of my favorite stand-up routines as a...
Jun 23rd
© Steve Sack - The Minneapolis Star-Tribune (via)
Jun 22nd
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‘The Boy With An Arse For A Face’ - That MItchell and Webb LookWay late to this Brit...
Jun 22nd
Red Wine A Weapon In The Battle Of The Bulge
Jun 20th
The 100 Best* Movie Posters Of All Time
Jun 20th
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Anti Monkey Butt PowderThought this was a goof. Nope.
Jun 20th
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‘I’m Voting… Republican’ (via)
Jun 19th
Campaign Cola 2008
Jun 19th
© R.J. Matson - The New York Observer and Roll Call (via)
Jun 19th
'Internet Addiction' Nominated For Entry In...
Jun 19th
EFX Maestro Stan Winston Dies At 62
Jun 19th
‘Untitled’ (Crowd 1), 1993 - from Alexey...
Jun 18th
For Those Who Tried To Rock
Jun 18th
Is So. Cal All Dried Up?
Our rainy season (re: a few days in January) was for bupkus. The Sierra Nevada snow pack is 67% of...
Jun 17th
Honor Thy Father
Can’t deny it: you are the chip. That’s just how it works.
Jun 15th
© Mike Keefe - The Denver Post (via)
Jun 13th
Prostate Cancer Foundation 'Home Run...
Jun 13th
Fight The Smears
Jun 13th
Evil Dead: The Musical promotional poster (via)
Jun 11th
Chicago Bulls Name Vinny Del Negro As Coach
Jun 11th
ilovebacteria.com
Jun 11th
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today....
— Charles M. Schulz
Jun 11th
I Am 'Al Fresco™'
At least that’s what Pittsburgh Paints’ The Color Sense Game says I am. They obviously...
Jun 10th
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‘Bad Reputation’ - Freedy JohnstonWhy he never broke after 1994’s This Perfect...
Jun 10th
Sportscaster Jim McKay Dies At 86
Jun 7th
© Scott Stantis - The Birmingham News (via)
Jun 7th
Happy 75th Birthday, Drive-In!
Jun 6th
Chicago In Final Four For 2016 Olympics
Jun 6th
Jun 4th
RIP Yves Saint Laurent & Bo Diddley
Nattily dressed, with a playlist of rockin’ tunes for the rideshare to the other side.
Jun 3rd
What's A 'Freegan', You Ask?
Jun 3rd
Best Food You've Never Eaten (Because...
Tommy’s. ‘If you don’t see the shack, take it back!’
Jun 3rd
Universal Studios Backlot Fire Could've...
While it’s true a narrow (minded) segment of the populace prays for Hollywood to burn,...
Jun 3rd
Sweet Homestand, Chicago! 7-0! Soriano’s E count is on the upswing, Kosuke was quiet, but it...
Jun 1st
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‘Italian Spiderman’ Trailer
Jun 1st
May
Sales Of Spam Rises As Consumers Trim Food...
May 31st
The Longevity Game
May 30th
Dunkin' Donuts Ad Pulled Over 'Interpreted...
May 30th
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‘Blazing Saddles’ - Harvey Korman (RIP) as ‘Hedly Lamarr’
May 30th
Head them off at the pass…? I hate that cliché.
— Hedy Lamarr (That’s...
May 30th
Doug Collins Expected To Be Next Bulls Coach
May 30th
I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I...
— Ian Fleming, b. May 28, 1908...
May 28th
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‘Cup Raise’ - NHL VideoGreat flip-book style spot for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The NHL...
May 28th
'Green' Bombs?
May 28th
Slo-Mo Face Punches
May 27th
Director Sydney Pollack Dies At 73
May 27th
Phoenix Finds Life On Mars...?
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission landing a success. Real images here.Another win for science. Have...
May 26th
Remember
(Image via the White House Commission on Remembrance)
May 26th
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‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’ ’Goodnight, Dick’.
May 25th
Memorial Day Barbecash
May 24th
© Mike Thompson - The Detroit Free Press (via)
May 24th
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‘Pork and Beans’ - Weezer
May 23rd
USA National Gas Temperature Map
May 23rd
Do You Know What 'Sustainability' Means?
May 22nd
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‘Singapore Elevator Ghost’ (via)Ghosts are cool, even if they’re fake.
May 22nd
"Delivery For Senator Clinton... Can...
‘Clinton Says She’s Willing To Take Fight To Convention’C’mon, now. You ran...
May 22nd
Buffalo's Overlooked (And Only)...
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 National Lacrosse League champs, the Buffalo Bandits. (That’s...
May 21st
Chicago Bulls Get #1 Pick In NBA Draft
May 21st
Dem Sen. Edward Kennedy Diagnosed With...
May 21st
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‘Trademark’ - Levi Strauss & Co. (1977 Commercial)Commemorating 135 years of...
May 20th
Can’t sneeze at an 8-2 home stand, especially with a line-up hitting on/near .300 (Player of...
May 20th
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‘Cheap Shots: Crotch Test’ - FSN Sport Science“Okay, dude, stand right here. Right...
May 20th
Greening The 2008 Democratic National...
May 20th
One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's...
May 19th
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‘There Can Only Be One’ - Saturday Night Live
May 19th
What Your Branding Says About You (Or...
May 19th
Presidential Campaign Logo Wayback Machine
May 19th
Artist Robert Rauschenberg Dies At 82
May 17th
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‘The Fast Food Song’ - Fast Food Rockers (2003)And I missed this nonsense how…?...
May 17th
Monster.com Founder Starts Social Networking...
May 16th
Pass The Popcorn
Can’t remember the last summer where I actually looked forward to more than one or two studio...
May 16th
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.
— Buddha
May 16th
Senate Defeats Bid To Open Arctic National...
May 15th
Superhero Old Age
Clever, ongoing series of illustrations by Italian artist Donald Soffritti, featuring...
May 15th
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‘Obama’s Logo Designer’ - Crain’s Chicago BusinessBrief video profile...
May 15th
New Yorker: 100 Essential Jazz Albums
May 15th
Hi. Hello? This is crazy. This person hung up. Maybe they...
— Unnamed Hillary Clinton...
May 15th
ESPN: NFL Power Rankings - May 2008
May 14th
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‘The Day There Was No News’ - Pixelsurgeon (via)Brilliant! Love the...
May 14th
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‘Sumo Car Wash’ (Subaru Forester commercial - DDB Canada)
May 14th
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‘The X-Files: I Want To Believe’ (Trailer)Meh, from a trailer-effectiveness perspective....
May 14th
Buffalo Bills Waive TE Kevin Everett: Allows...
May 14th
eBoy's Los Angeles
May 13th
I’m not 40-something; I’m 39.95 plus shipping...
— Anonymous
May 13th
Craftsman 1470 Piece Professional Tool Set
May 13th
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‘Speed Your Love To Me’ - Simple Minds, from Sparkle in the Rain (1984)Thick, thwacking...
May 12th
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‘Someone, Somewhere in Summertime’ - Simple Minds, from New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)...
May 12th
'Photobombing'