Before you get that trendy tattoo, read this article by Johnny Wright over at our pal YesButNoButYes blog:
With other fads, you can participate and not make it a lifetime commitment. You can take the double hoop earrings out pretend it never happened. (If you still have those, you need to take them out.) ...
Posted 6.9.2008 4:32am (1 month ago)
Our pal WebUrbanist (neat new blog layout!) has a really neat post about the 10 amazing monuments commemorating war heroes. This one to the left is the 38th (Welsh) Division Memorial, depicting the defiant Red Dragon of Wales:
It was the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division that was charged with taking Mametz ...
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The following is reprinted from Bathroom Reader Plunges Into History Again
Forget Van Gogh; he only lost an ear. It was the great catrato Farinelli who made the ultimate sacrifice for art: he gave up his nuts!
Carlo Broschi was a man who really suffered for his music. Known to the world as the great ...
Posted 6.5.2008 10:43pm (2 months ago)
A specially designed video camera installed in the jungles of Indonesia captured the rare (and tiny!) Javanese Rhino momma and her calf … right before she attacked it!
After just a month in operation, specially designed video cameras installed to capture wildlife footage in the jungles of South ...
Posted 6.6.2008 3:08pm (2 months ago)
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If the word "opera" brings an image of a fat lady singing and sends you running away, you’re missing out. Many operas are so famous that they’ve entered into pop culture. In fact, you probably already know more about operas than you think. Here are the 10 Operas You Didn’t ...
Posted 6.4.2008 3:05am (2 months ago)
A family of hawks is taking over a portion of the City of Naples - the same hawks that held up parking garage construction with their nest. Now that they've hatched, it's a dangerous situation for anyone who walks into their territory.
Posted 6.3.2008 6:10pm (2 months ago)
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of former high school band director Dale Bowe. He was arrested twice this year on sexual battery on a minor charges.
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In a crowded field of stupid criminals, these two have got a good chance of being the stupidest ever: watch this clip from LawyerShop TV as these two doofus tried to break into a building by throwing boulders through the window … I won’t give away the ending, so you gotta watch.
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Posted 5.27.2008 5:41pm (2 months ago)
(YouTube link)
If you are still not sure that cell phones are evil, this should convince you. Don’t ever try this! -via the Presurfer
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A nude maid cleaned up good at a Florida man's home. Deputies say the maid stole more than $40,000 from a home despite not wearing any clothes.
Posted 5.28.2008 7:34am (2 months ago)
Untitled, 1950 - 1980 by Miroslav Tichý
What’s so interesting about an old blotchy photo of a woman’s face? It’s a photograph taken by Miroslav Tichý, one of the greatest "finds" of unknown artists who worked on the fringe of the art world.
Tichý was ...
Posted 5.24.2008 3:03pm (2 months ago)
Who would have thought that Burma (aka Myanmar) has a hip-hop scene? I guess that little surprises me anymore. Hip-hop lends itself well to the voice of the discontent underclass almost regardless of where it rears its precious little head. It pleases me to hear that hip-hop is playing a role in ...
Posted 5.22.2008 9:20pm (2 months ago)
(Break.com link)
Accident or malicious prank? Someone tied a rope in the wrong place, or failed to untie it, or something. Oops. -via Arbroath
Posted 5.19.2008 2:43pm (2 months ago)
A man blaring a Mariah Carey song from his car stereo was arrested Saturday night after throwing a bottle at someone who didn't share his taste in music, according to deputies.
Posted 5.19.2008 1:09pm (2 months ago)