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08.20.07

Weddings That Never Were
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Teresa Nielsen Hayden has picked out several lonely bridal gowns from eBay, complete with the stories behind why these never-worn dresses are being offered for sale. If you're ever looking for fodder for your next creative writing piece, this is a great idea generator.
08.18.07

Nobel Laureate Thrown Out of Cancun Hotel
Society, Bizarre (0)
Well, Rigoberta Menchu almost was. Staff at Cancun's five star Hotel Coral Beach tried to evict the Nobel peace prize winner because they mistakenly thought she was just another street vendor or beggar because of the way she was dressed. Menchu was wearing a traditional Mayan dress. The irony, of ...
08.18.07

LA Times: Google a Bigger Threat than Bin Laden
Search Engines, Bizarre (0)
Robert Niles comments on the absurd statements of the LA Times which claimed that "Many publishers consider the Internet, and Google in particular, a greater threat to their livelihoods than Osama bin Laden." O RLY? Niles rebuts the Times' claims that some publishers think Google is "stealing their content" and ...
08.18.07

How To Remove Your Neighbor’s 50-Foot Tree
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Here's one way to remove that annoying tree in your neighbor's back yard. Wait until they go on vacation and then hire a tree care company to cut it down. Apparently that's what happened to Kelley Fornatoro, who left for a week long vacation and returned to find her 30 ...
08.17.07

Create Your Own Action Figure
Art, Bizarre (0)
Wired looks at the "custom action-figure underground" where a group of people take apart action figures, customize them, and reassemble them to get a particular look. Some even go further than taking parts from existing figures by building their own. Wired even has a bonus "How To Make Your Own ...
08.17.07

10 Weirdest Kitchen Gadgets
Cooking/Food, Bizarre (0)
PCMagazine has a top 10 list of the weirdest kitchen gadgets like the Hog Wild Twirling Spaghetti Fork (in case it's too much effort to twirl your spaghetti around your fork yourself) and the Musical Cake Slice which plays such tunes as "Happy Birthday," "Jingle Bells," and the "Wedding March" ...
08.16.07

Dress Up Your (Pet) Chicken
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If you can buy clothes for your cat or dog - why not your chicken? Edgar Honetschläger and Willi Mahringer have created a fashion line for chickens in order to "humanize" them. The clothes come in a variety of options - knit, corduroy, camouflage and even hair fur. They even have ...
08.16.07

Cute Sandwich Art
Art, Bizarre (0)
JibJab has posted some extremely creative pictures of sandwich art!
08.16.07

Another Crazy Complaint: Barry Bonds Sold Steroids To Nuns
Law, Bizarre (0)
I was waiting for TheSmokingGun to post something on this. Apparently Jonathan Lee Riches, who recently alleged that Michael Vick stole his dogs, sold them on eBay and used the proceeds to buy weapons from the Iranian government, is a serial complaint filer. So far, he's filed 17 federal complaints ...
08.16.07

PSP Play Saved Kidnap Victim
Law, Bizarre (0)
A PSP helped pave the way for a Tennessee kidnap victim to escape his captors. Jose Ignacio Ortega Garcia was kidnapped, beaten and tortured for 9 days by a pair of men who extorted $17,000 from him and forced him to call his wife and let her know he left ...

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