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11 Mar 2010 10:25

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Offbeat: Expand your fast-food ordering options with this insane secret list

We have no clue if these are all accurate, but some highlights: Poutine at KFC/A&W, the 100×100 at In-N-Out, and the “hypocrite” (veggie burger with bacon) at Fatburger. source

09 Mar 2010 18:37

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Politics: Eric Massa says the greatest quote in the history of anything

  • I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe, and then four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday. … You can take anything out of context.
  • Former N.Y. Rep. Eric Massa • Speaking on Glenn Beck’s Fox Ne … ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah … phew … ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah … oh my god he really said that… ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah … LOL. source

08 Mar 2010 20:18

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Offbeat: Want to buy some sex? Sex.com up on the auction block

  • $1 million minimum to get a little more sex(.com) in your life source

08 Mar 2010 20:12

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World: The Chile earthquake shook entire major cities out of alignment

  • 10′ the distance Concepcion was displaced
  • 11″ the distance Santiago was displaced
  • 1″ the distance Buenos Aries moved source

02 Mar 2010 00:29

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World: The massive earthquake in Chile an axis-moving event

  • three
    inches
    the distance the Chile quake moved the earth’s axis, which is further than we moved today
  • just
    barely
    the amount of time (about 1.26 microseconds) the day has been shortened as a result source

28 Feb 2010 20:48

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Politics: Everyone’s favorite crazy guy, Louis Farrakhan, says crazy stuff

  • It’s not an accident that a great earthquake took place in Chile. It was a precipitate of what I have to tell you today of what’s coming to America. You will not escape.
  • Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan • Discussing Chile’s nature as a harbinger. It wasn’t the only insane thing he said at a speech today. Another chestnut: “I can’t even get a meeting with a congressperson if a white man’s watching.” He also claimed that the white man was trying to make Obama a one-term president. Ah, take a whiff of some of that crazy, boys. That kind of crazy doesn’t come around often. source

28 Feb 2010 11:58

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Culture: Roger Ebert will start “talking” again on Oprah. Whoa.

Ebert did some commentary tracks before he lost his voice. Those tracks were used to create a computerized Ebert voice, which will hit Oprah tomorrow. Whoa. source
 

26 Feb 2010 15:52

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Offbeat: Atlanta I-20 bison photo: Holy crap that’s strange

Wow, this is like a weird combination of two parts of American history: The interstate highway system and the buffalo. We blame Ted Turner for this. source

21 Feb 2010 01:08

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Politics: Point and laugh, guys: Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll

  • 31% of CPACers think libertarian Ron Paul is the freaking MAN!
  • 22% support rapper-punching airplane passenger Mitt Romney
  • 7% think Sarah Palin is still actually kinda cool somehow source

19 Feb 2010 10:40

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Music: Lil’ Wayne’s tooth situation probably much worse than prison

  • eight number of root canals the rapper/wannabe rocker had
  • eight number of hours the surgery took on Tuesday (yikes) source