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18 Jul 2009 11:57

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Offbeat: A Wisconsin Weinermobile driver has a new pickup line

A 22-year-old girl driving a Oscar Mayer Weinermobile crashed one into a house in Wisconsin. Seriously, you want to date her now, don’cha? source

17 Jul 2009 16:06

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Offbeat: Hi honey, I’m in this Facebook ad to tell you HOT SINGLES WANT YOU!

What a hilarious ad. A guy spotted his wife’s mug in a Facebook ad suggesting he go looking for other women. source

17 Jul 2009 10:23

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Offbeat: Design icon Roger Black is currently in the middle of nowhere

These five shipping containers in the middle of Texas? This is Roger Black’s vacation home. It takes him nine-plus hours to get here. source

17 Jul 2009 10:13

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Offbeat, World: This old Spanish woman didn’t plan her family very well

  • 66 age of Maria del Carmen Bousada when she gave birth to twins using in vitro fertilization in 2006 – making her the world’s oldest new mom source

15 Jul 2009 10:33

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Offbeat: A snap analysis of the ten names most likely to turn boys bad

This is a stupid list. Unspeakably idiotic. Let us just preface with that. But apparently, some researchers did some research and said that boys with these names faced more difficulty through life, would more likely face workplace discrimination and would find themselves on the wrong side of the law more often. So, here goes. Remember, stupid list:
  • 1. Alec: Because, clearly, guys with French-sounding names are more likely to be trailer trash.
    2. Ernest: I’m currently pulling your hair or giving you a swirlie. I haven’t decided which yet.
    3. Garland: It’s not the kid who’s the bad egg. It’s the mother who named him.
    4. Ivan: Terrible name. Just terrible.
    5. Kareem: We’re sure Mr. Abdul-Jabbar would disagree with you on this statement.
    6. Luke: Can you really blame him for being a bad egg? He didn’t even know how bad a guy his father was until “Empire.”
    7. Malcolm: He’s currently in the middle of a transition from child-acting roles to adulthood, and we’re sure Frankie Muniz recently robbed a bank.
    8. Preston: Every preppy dude we couldn’t stand, ever, was named Preston.
    9. Tyrell: Like the other names on this list, when we think of Tyrell, we think “evil incarnate.”
    10. Walter: How could you leave us here so long with Uncle Walter?source

14 Jul 2009 16:39

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Offbeat, Tech: The newest iPhone app: a purity ring pledge

  • That’s one way to show you’re committed.
    A company in the UK has jumped on the iPhone bandwagon in the holiest way possible – by creating a virtual purity ring application. For “just 59p”, or $0.99 this side of pond, you can take a vow of abstinence and display a silver ring on your screen. Well, you’ve gotta give them points for being entrepreneurial. source

12 Jul 2009 18:14

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Offbeat, World: What the $%#@? Experiment shows swearing reduces pain

  • Another reason to love scientists. Researchers at Keele University in England are saying they’ve shown swearing can actually lessen pain. They asked participants to put their hands in iced water and say either one of five swear words or one of five words to “describe a table.” As you may have guessed, the cussers kept their hands in longer – because the words brought on a “fight-or-flight” response, accelerated their heart rate and heightened aggression. source
 

12 Jul 2009 15:10

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Offbeat, U.S.: Missing Californian found by beer-bottle-chasing boy. No, really.

  • How’s this for a weird story? Man goes missing. Wife forms search team. Whole town joins search team. Man still missing after ten days. Almost all hope is gone. Then, boy finds beer bottle in a parking lot. Throws it into bushes, just for kicks. Other boy runs after it, finds lost man instead. source

12 Jul 2009 12:13

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Offbeat: This poor Jack Russell Terrier is stuck in an infinite loop

  • This dog is barking at himself barking at himself on YouTube. If you think this video’s crazy, just wait for the sequel.source

10 Jul 2009 14:50

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Offbeat, World: Obama wasn’t peeking a glance at some hottie. Sarkozy was.

  • You know the scene. Obama gets passed by some hot girl at G8’s summit in Italy, and a photo makes it look like he was totally catching a glimpse of the lady (who happens to be 16, by the way). Fortunately, video evidence proves otherwise. However, the evidence totally implicates French president Nicolas Sarkozy. YES!source