Archive for the 'Weirdness' Category

Change Blindness

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Change blindness. One of the many ways our brain is so damned complex.

USUK means penis too

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

You learn something new every day and I had no idea that USUK (i.e., you suck), also means penis in Inuit.

Man Dies in Vat of Chocolate

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Does this candy taste strange to you?
(New Jersey) FDA monitors chocolate factory after death. One day after a worker at a Camden factory fell to his death in a vat of chocolate, federal authorities were at the facility on July 9 to make sure the company did not ship chocolate that had come into contact [...]

Talking and Driving

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Over the past years I’ve driven many, many miles on Los Angeles freeways in conditions of heavy to light traffic. In that time I’ve seen lots of different, interesting, and sometimes even scary things being done on the road. Today was something I’ve never, ever seen before. I got to spend about [...]

Obama Fisting?

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

This just in, Fisting considered affectionate.

P.S. Wikipedia has become the de-facto source of information for the 21st century.

Ryan’s Steak House Macaroni and Beef

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Found on the internet as a Best of Craigslist post.
A couple of weeks ago we decided to cruise out to Ryan’s Steakhouse for dinner. It was a Wednesday night which means that macaroni and beef was on the hot bar, indeed the only night of the week that it is served. Wednesday night is [...]

Do Not Shout In The Datacenter

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Who knew that shouting could cause disk problems.

Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Wow, as Tom McMahon put it, “my heart attack just had another heart attack“.

Telescopic Text

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Joe Davis has an excellent exercise in exploration and expansion of concepts. You must check out Telescopic Text.

Those Crazy Japanese

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Over at TV-In-Japan, aside from a crappy web layout, they have a clip from youtube that is an example of everything that is right and wrong with Japanese TV and culture. According to the comments, the user kazuhima has several more of the same available on his youtube account.