Not really, but Hersheys is suing the California maker of these spoof cannabis candies, 40 year old Kenneth Affolter from Lafayette. That’s right, they’re suing for TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT. Professor Feldman of UCSF law school has this to say: “Does the customer really believe Hershey is making marijuana-laced candy? I don’t think so. But now you’re associating illegal drugs with the Hershey mark. You’re thinking about bad things, illegal things, things that will harm your body when you think of the Hershey mark, and that is terribly damaging to the company and its mark.”

(Via ABC News)

Click the read more link to see more images of the “infringing” products…

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There are many great inventions and gadgets to make things easier on new parents. These are not those inventions.

For your little future tile setter or carpet installer:

In case your child is cute, here’s a way to stop that (oh, and to keep them from bumping their head):

If you have too much money and not a single towel of any kind in your house:

And finally, if you have a wino for a child the best solution to the problem is this gem:

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No commentary needed. Worth watching if only to witness Sean Pean laughing.

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You have to see this to believe it.

The 11 year old Alabama boy said, “It’s a good accomplishment. I probably won’t ever kill anything else that big.”

You couldn’t get that much bacon at Costco. What I want to know is, what was the wild boar eating?!

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T-6.

Less than 1 week until Paris Hilton (a.k.a. “The Antichrist”) goes to the pokie. This could be a sign that maybe there really is a smidgen of justice in the world.

Because I know you want more more more information, you can find out about the special treatment she’s getting in the joint at thesuperficial.com, which may soon become my new favorite Web site.

I can’t help but reminisce fondly about Kathy Hilton (Paris’ mom) outburst when her daughter was convicted. “After all that money we paid!” she screamed. Now, that’s a mom.

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Who knew I’d feel so content having just spent a minute and thirty-three seconds watching a water balloon explode?

Certainly not I.

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There is always some jerk with a hacking cough who thinks it’s a better choice to go on the planeflight than spare the health risk to others.

On May 12, this very scenario took place on an Air France flight from (Atlanta) Georgia to Greece, involving a man who is now the first individual to be the subject of a government-issued quarantine since 1963. The unnamed Georgia resident was infected with XDR-TB (eXtensively Drug Resistant TuBerculosis) and despite the advice of his doctors, decided to go ahead with the wedding in Greece and the honeymoon in Italy. After exposing countless people to this magical form of tuberculosis (throughout Greece and in Rome, Prague, and Montreal), the unnamed patient as$hole has returned to his Georgia homeland to seek treatment. Associated Press Link

*This is not an actual photo of the unidentified man, but a photo of Michael Stipe - who is from Georgia and often looks sickly.

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“Polynesian-style/Tiki” bars and restaurants were all the rage in the 1950’s. Somehow by the 1980’s, the fad had nearly died (I personally blame Hall and Oates). In recent years there has been a great resurgence of Tiki culture, with an updated twist. In particular, TikiFarm and MunkTiki offer a great array of “traditional” tiki mug designs as well as new designs with a more urban/modern style.

And they aren’t just for mai-tais anymore: there’s nothing quite like drinking coffee from a shrunken head.

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A kangaroo pleasuring himself looks so human that–for a second–you suspect that it might actually be a dude in a kangaroo costume.

Great White Snark

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Make your very own chocolate Han Solo in carbonite; a how-to at Instructables.com.

“I love you (chocolate Han Solo).”
” . . . I know.”

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If you haven’t yet seen Google’s latest product, you better check this out:

In addition to their already impressive arsenal of Google Maps (including satellite imagery), Google Earth, Google Moon, Google Mars and others, today Google released StreetView, a remarkable addition to their already extremely useful map service (my humble opinion). StreetView isn’t everywhere yet, but included in this initial beta launch are 5 cities– New York, the SF Bay Area, Las Vegas, Denver, and Miami.

This is really remarkable folks; I can see my bedroom window with this. It’s only a matter of time before they can do this with streaming video…eh?

Should I be scared, or impressed?

(via Digg)

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This device is called the “Slurpr”, and comes from Dutch hacker, Mark Hoekstra and his friend Boris. Yes, no last name, just Boris.

You might be asking yourself what the hell it does… It automatically connects to up to six “available” (read: unsecure) wireless connections near you and combines them to give you a SUPER fast connection. Of course, it also breaks laws in almost every country (connecting to open wireless points without explicit permission, also know as Piggybacking). If that isn’t illegal in your country, their next version is sure to be: they’re planning on adding the ability to break into secured networks automatically.

The price tag for this sucker comes in at 999 euros, or about $1400.

(Via Engadget)

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Following the smash-hit success of the Max Rebo cake… by popular demand, here are some of my Mom’s other cake-creations. (Here’s how you spot her in the pictures… she’s the one with the shock of curly hair. See her?)

Great White Snark

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NEW DELHI, India — An elephant in eastern India has sparked complaints from motorists who accuse it of blocking traffic and refusing to allow vehicles to pass unless drivers give it food, The Hindustan Times said Monday.

“The tusker then inserts its trunk inside the vehicle and sniffs for food,” local resident Prabodh Mohanty, who has come across the elephant twice, was quoted as saying.

“If you are carrying vegetables and banana inside your vehicle, then it will gulp them and allow you to go.”

“We are telling commuters regularly not to tease the elephant,” said Sirish Mohanty, a forest ranger working in the state. “But if people don’t heed to our advice and harass the tusker, then it can retaliate.”

(Story via CNN.com; Image via swanksigns.org– a site that deserves its own post, which it will soon get)

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I manage to fall in love with catchy music used in TV commercials, but not the actual products being advertised. The most recent example of this being the music for a new Toyota Prius commercial.

With a little hunting, I found the band and the song:
•The (Swedish) band: Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
•The song: “Rent a Wreck” (an ironic choice for a car commercial).

Here is the song (just click the “play” arrow):

Some other catchy songs on the TV commercial playlist:
•”La Breeze” by Simian (Peugeot commercial)
•”The Whistle Song” by P.J. Olsson (Starburst Fruit Chews commercial)
•”This is the Day (Disinfected Remix)” by The The (Dockers commercial)
•”Beautiful World” by Devo (Target commercial)
•”Zoom Zoom Zoom” by Only the Strong (Mazda commercial)
•”Factor Miedo” by Cartel de Santa (Axe Body Spray commercial)
•”Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra (Volkswagon commercial)

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[This is not so much a movie review as a warning]
Ahoy! Set sail for deus ex machina!
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” is a treasure-trove of lame tropes and plot loopholes big enough to sail ships through. The words “sea sick” sum it up well. This film was not on par with the previous two. Watching it was like being subjected to a three hour Renaissance Faire with eyepatches and greasier hair. After the first hour, it made me want to mutiny. By the second hour, I would have voluntarily walked the plank. It was the “Phantom Menace” of The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. I was amazed to learn that Joel Schumacher was not involved in the making of this film.

I wish I wore an eyepatch to the movie - two of them.

The only redeeming items in this Johnny Depp cluster-f*ck:
•Geoffrey Rush with hepatitis-yellow contact lenses
•Cameo by Keith Richards (his hepatitis-yellow eyes were real)
•Davey Jones with the cool octopus tentacles

Super-double irony: an anti-piracy sign at the movie theater.

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So I’ve been nominated by my fellow ‘Dillas (well, at least one of them, anyway) to grace y’all with at least one interesting sex fact a week. So here it is.

Men fake orgasm.

And before you start in with the jokes (and the inevitable questions), let me just point what we’re not talking about a few of them. A lot of them. Like a majority of them. In a survey that hubby and I did for our new book, What Men Really Want in Bed, 52 percent of the guys who responded admitted to faking it.

Their reasons? They were tired. Drunk. They knew “it” wasn’t going to happen, and they didn’t want to disappoint their partner. Sound familiar, ladies? (OK, I know, not to all of you. This blogger, for instance, has never faked it once in her checkered history. The reasons are numerous, and not really your bidness. Wait for the memoir.)

Anyway, when I tell people this fact, the question they always ask, agog, is: “How?” C’mon, folks. Use your imagination. In the era of safe sex, it isn’t hard to avoid the tell-tale wet spot.

So guys, ‘fess up. That’s what the comments section is for. Knock yourselves out.

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Thyla.com is a website dedicated to the homoerotic relationship between Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock.
No joke.
An entire site dedicated to the subject of their relationship - including the minutiae of the <nerd>Klingon</nerd> term “t’hy’la”, which refers to the “man love” that can only be shared by a captain and his Vulcan sex-machine.
This awesome site is complete with wallpapers, haiku, fan art, and stories.
Set phazers to “gay lovin’.”

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Sentenced to death (for killing his cellmate over a chess game), Christopher Newton was executed today at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. It took 10 attempts to find a vein (for lethal injection) on the 265 lb. man - the fiasco took a total of 2 hours (it usually takes 20 minutes) and even required a bathroom break for the condemned. Link.

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