Noteworthy
Best. Action. Figures. Ever.
If you’re not gonna be able to attend the annual Lebowski Fest July 11-12 in Louisville, Ky., you can instead take The Dude and Walter home with you. Literally.
Amazon is selling them both. Walter is $19.99 and The Dude is $29.99. Not sure why The Dude is $10.00 more. He must come with a rug.
Joe Rogan is a fan of mine
Joe Rogan is one of my biggest fans.
No really.
He’s went out of his way to befriend me online. He must have really liked the stories…
Alive picks top Columbus albums of last 30 years
The Columbus Alive named Gaunt’s Krytonite the best Columbus album of the last 30 years. My colleague and former intern Chris Deville compiled the top 100 entries.
I’ve never heard the album, so I’m going to have to get my hands on it. Other notable albums on the list (i.e. bands I’ve hard of) are Earwig’s [...]
Fun with Google Maps’ street view
Hey look, it’s the old Pike House. No letters. It looks like a skeleton of itself. Ten years ago today, I had only been an active in the house for a quarter and a half. Here’s the full-size image.
And just around the corner…
Gavin Rossdale: Bad Poetry
It’s not often that something is so bad, I’m driven to write a post about the topic. But it’s not often I hear lyrics as bad as ones featured on Gavin Rossdale’s new album Wanderlust. I’ll just get straight to the lines:
You will never get it die for you
I know there’s pain in everything we [...]
It’s Firefox 3 download day!
Today is the release date of Firefox 3. If you’re still using Internet Explorer, today would be the perfect day to test drive the highly superior Firefox browser. As of publication of this post, the software has yet to be launched, but when it is, you’ll be able to find it here.
So far, more than [...]
Turpin included in list of top public schools
My alma mater, Turpin High School, was included in Newsweek’s list of top public schools in America. The list names the best 1,400 or so high schools out of more than 27,000 across the nation.
Though the Spartans ranked in at 1,232, they were beat out by 30 other schools in Ohio, perhaps making their standing [...]
Gizmodo: My Photoshop ad sucked
My entry to Gizmodo’s “Unlikely Spokesperson” Photoshop contest didn’t make the cut. Winners were announced yesterday and a number of entries were posted to Gizmodo’s Web site.
One reason my entry wasn’t posted to the Gizmodo Web site, besides it being awful, was the high percentage of ads that used the Wii Fit. Five of the [...]
My submission to Gizmodo’s Photoshop contest
Here’s my submission to Gizmodo’s “Unlikely Spokesperson” Photoshop contest. If you don’t know who the guy is, you won’t think it’s funny. If you DO know who the guy is, you might still not think it’s funny. This is not some of my best Photoshop work.
Man’s Transformers T-shirt a ’security risk’
A man in London was prevented from boarding his flight because he was wearing a Transformers T-shirt according to BBC News. On the shirt, a Transformer, which appears to be Optimus Prime, was holding a gun.
Brad Jayakody, 30, was told by security the picture of a gun was not allowed on board. He was forced [...]
Nude maid hired online steals $40,000
Man wants nude maid. Man hires woman on Craigslist for $100 an hour. Woman steals $40,000 worth of jewelry that belonged to man’s wife. Man’s wife wants divorce.
Sound too crazy to be true? Well it is. In fact, that’s her above.
Two more join Zeno’s fight against smoking ban
The Loyal Order of Moose lodge on Schrock Rd. and Jack’s Corner Pub on Summit St. have scheduled a hearing today to challenge city smoking fines according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Zeno’s hearing, which was originally scheduled for May 21, was postponed until June 11 as requested by the bar.
To date, the Moose lodge and Jack’s [...]
Flock weaves Web browsing, social networking
If you’re a frequent user of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter or Digg, or even perhaps just like tinkering around with the latest software technology, there’s a new Web browser you should try.
It’s called Flock. The browser integrates popular sites like Flickr and YouTube as well as Web mail from Google and Yahoo right [...]
Woman in iron lung dies when house loses power
A woman, 61, confined to an iron lung died May 28 when her family’s house lost power reports the AP.
The woman had been stricken to the large metal tube since she was diagnosed with polio when she was 3 years old.
Because of the polio’s damage to her spine, she was unable to upgrade to a [...]
Baumannisms added to sidebar
I’ve added a random Baumann quote generator to the sidebar, pre-loaded with the following six quotes:
1. If you throw enough spaghetti against the wall, some of it’s gonna stick.
2. If you’re gonna make an omelette, you gotta break some eggs.
3. I’m getting back on the bike
4. If I showed my (rooster) to those (homosexuals), there’d [...]
Zeno’s challenges smoking ban
The owner of Zeno’s in Victorian Village, Dick Allen, will become the first to challenge enforcement of Ohio’s smoking ban tomorrow morning during an administrative hearing according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Zeno’s and the city of Columbus will present their cases to a hearing officer, who will then make recommendations to the Board of Health. The [...]
Arguing politics with Norma
I try to avoid politics in this blog as much as possible because, frankly, it’s boring. However, I thought readers might find the comment section over at Norma’s “Collecting My Thoughts” entertaining. She’s a highly religious and highly Republican blogger who, like me, lives in Columbus.
The comment section’s humorous if for no other reason than [...]
New T-shirts proposed for Hillary, McCain
In response to the racist Obama T-shirt sold by a bar in Georgia, new shirts have been introduced for both the Hillary and McCain campaigns:
Georgia bar selling racist Obama t-shirts
Mulligan’s Bar and Tavern in Marietta, Georgia, is selling the above t-shirt to its patrons. What’s worse, Mike Norman, the bar’s owner, thinks there’s nothing wrong with portraying an African American as a monkey.
“We’re not living in the (19)40s,” he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Look at him . . . the hairline, the ears [...]
99.7 The Blitz!!! is now The Rock
The Blitz, a radio station in Columbus which played new rock music, changed its name April 4 and now calls itself The Rock.
The station seems to focus on more established artists, like AC/DC and Nirvana, than new acts like Coheed and Cambria. Calling Coheed and Cambria “new” is a stretch to begin with, they’ve already [...]
