Archive for April, 2009

Jesus Loves Heinous Stereotypes

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

From Worst Cartoons Ever:

(via Kaja)

There Are No Words…

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

..for the current Republican shenanigans:

As Rhodes Scholar Rachel Maddow asks, have they never heard of urbandictionary.com??

Dave Arneson: 1947 – 2009

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Last Tuesday, April 7, Dungeons and Dragons co-founder Dave Arneson passed away. Sadly, neither the “Chainmail of Invincibility” nor his +153 Charisma spared him in the battle with cancer.

Dave Arneson: he gave nerds a world of power and camaraderie.

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(via Isabel)

Peekaru: The Only Way to Carry a Baby

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Am I the only one who’s life has been touched a lot recently by the Snuggie phenomenon? Personally, I think they make you look like Merlin minus the cap, but the latest Snuggie-esque product, the Peekaru, is just frightening (and $80 to boot). As NYmag asks, what happens if baby takes a poop??



(via Ricky; via New York Magazine)

Commentary from Timbotron:
This product line has the major shortcoming of making your child look like “Kuato” in “Total Recall.”

qwato

Hyundai – There in Times of Need

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

(via Bob)

Spandex, Spandex, ALL SPANDEX!!!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Today’s photo of the day pays tribute to Eddie Murphy’s character “Buddy Love” in The Nutty Professor. Believe it or not, Spandex World is a real store, located at W38th Street & 8th Ave. in New York City:




(Big ups to my buddy Ronnie for the photo!!)

French Vanilla: The Taste of Rage

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The marketing tsunami for yet another comic book movie – “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” – has produced perhaps one of the most disjoint product tie-ins ever:

Wolverine X-Treme Cappuccino.

Because angry mutant fury smells like French vanilla and tastes like sideburns.

Now available at 7-Eleven.

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