Archive for May, 2006

40% of American adults play video games

Under what is quite possibly the stupidest headline ever written by Wired (”Who Shall We Kill Tonight”) is the story about the AP-AOL Games poll that showed 40% of adult Americans play video games. Now, aside from the obviously vested interest in inflating that number, why is this such a surprise? The article’s example is [...]

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Remember this story in the next week

Barry Bonds is one homerun away from tying Babe Ruth for all career homers. It couldn’t have happened to a bigger asshole. Bonds is the epitome of everything wrong with baseball: inflated salary, no respect for team or teammates, alleged drug use, and a dick to fans.
Case in point, HR 713. It’s the perfect [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Cripple Fight

Man With Prosthetic Legs, Deaf Man Brawl

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OMG, Teh Funneh!

I know it’s a complete cliche to link to The Onion, but damn is week’s issue funny.
NASA Announces Plan To Launch $700 Million Into Space
Can we get the writers from The Onion to hook up with Stephen Colbert and produce some sort of Ubersarcastic Media/Current Affairs Boffin with which to lay waste to all [...]

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Question to My Chelsea/Ann Arbor Readers

Anyone know of a salvage company in the area? I’m looking for old, solid, wooden doors and some angled steel with mounts (to be used as legs for a table). Email or post in the comments.
Thanks!

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Dear US Press Corps

The reason everyone in the blogosphere loves Stephen Colbert’s presentation at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is because we’re laughing, with him, at you. A comedian just took you to task for not doing your job. Might be something in that you should look into.
See it on YouTube
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Salon has a full-length but [...]

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