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In a moment of weakness…

jeff — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:53 +0000

I have to admit, I’m a sucker for stupid criminal stories, so while I’d normally avoid recommending in earnest anything TruTV comes up with, I submit for your approval Dumb as a Blog: A Daily Digest of the Dumbest Stuff People Do.

Full disclosure: TruTV has NOT paid for this promotion, because I’m not famous enough for that.

The Hangover

jeff — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:48:49 +0000

Part 1 of a series. We’ll choose one site that had a particularly good weekend (or a particularly good run since the last time we caught up) and run some links. I read somewhere that you can increase traffic and still be lazy by doing regular columns and the like, so thank the people who make a living grokking search algorithms for this.

Florida Shrink a “Text”-Book Case
“In another text, Lerom noted, ‘wish uwere here in the shower with me to warm me up!!! Your RHL!!!’ RHL, according to the state report, was short for ‘red hot lover.’”

The Tantrum Girl Chronicles
“…which included the six-year-old striking the school’s principal, who is eight months pregnant, in the stomach.”

Man Busted in TV Smash Rampage
“Meet Westley Strellis. For unknown reasons, the Georgia man yesterday afternoon smashed 29 flat-screen televisions during a rampage at a Walmart in suburban Atlanta.”

Harold Ford Superstar
“Ford demands that when his limo driver picks him up, the chauffeur must be carrying a sign reading ‘H.F..”

[via The Smoking Gun]

“Heart, hustle, humanitarian”

jeff — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:23:26 +0000

Dear Friends, Family and Coworkers,

In case of emergency, please request ambulance with billboard-sized airbrush portrait of Darrell Armstrong.

Thanks,

Jeff

[via WAXIN' AND MILKIN' ... consider adding that site to your rotation. Its fly.]

Road Head.

jeff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:29:37 +0000

WNYC published some really excellent photos of the in-progress East Side Access Project, which will connect the Long Island Railroad to Grand Central terminal in Manhattan.

It takes a lot of complex machinery to bore a hole in the earth. Pictured left (also number 14 in the slideshow linked above) is the humorously named roadheader, which “has 290 picks, large drill bits, that burrow through the rock.”

Awllll-riiight.

“Man, that guy must be like 25 feet tall!!!”

jeff — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:34:43 +0000

[via YesButNoButYes]

“Look, I don’t come down to where you work and impede your progress in your well-paid, socially valorized job that, from the looks of it, you’re probably highly skilled at and integral to.”

jeff — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:48 +0000

“I Need to Improve my Responses to Hecklers,” by Teddy Wayne.

[McSweeney's]

Douchebag Shoes, Inc.

jeff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:21:04 +0000

The White Shoe Blog

[via Coolhunting, which will be undergoing a name change]

Quick Link: Boner Party

jeff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:02 +0000

i actually dated an American Apparel model once. it was kind of like dating ‘An Idea’ or ‘The Concept Of Bunny Rabbits’. it seemed really cool at first and then you were left wondering why she was always texting people with present tense verbs for names and why she kept applying powdered sugar to her gums.

In celebration of all things boner-worthy.

David v. Goliath

jeff — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:05:36 +0000

…assuming David is some overzealous pedicab road hog and Goliath is a regular cabbie who doesn’t seem to have too many scruples about running folks over:

[via Gothamist]

Money Shot

glenn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:24:11 +0000

Bessy tells EU riot police in Brussels what’s really good. Picture via Cryptome

In other news:

Orally Taitz - Just terrifying
Have you heard about this Glenn Beck guy? He’s pretty mean!
Helpful! Want to transcribe all your voicemails?