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Sorry seems to be the easiest word
Want to take the mainstream media to task? Check out “Regret the Error“, a site dedicated to reprinting corrections and errors from newspapers, magazines and other news sources. The funny headlines and media apologies (some lame ones) make for a good afternoon read. Be sure to also run through the mind-boggling “Plagiarism/Fabrication Round Up” –… Read More »
America has been reduced to a third world nation
In Singapore, it’s quite the opposite – everything comes down to the PAP. Related story: America’s most dangerous unindicted criminal
Time to write Paris Hilton’s obituary
As if getting insulted by Sarah Silverman on MTV Movie Awards wasn’t bad enough, Paris Hilton also had the “pleasure” of being the subject matter of a totally random art competition for children. Called the Paris Hilton Obituary Writing Contest, it solicited 300-word (or less) entries from three age groups – 13 to 14, 15… Read More »
Calling a mouse a mouse
When researchers at Stanford Research Institute first decided to call the pointing device they’d just invented a mouse, they probably didn’t envision that some day, someone would take a real, dead mouse and model it into a computer mouse. You heard me right – a dead mouse. This obnoxious creation is the brainchild of Christy… Read More »
Would you do this to your pet?
Like an episode straight out of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!”, it seems that some folks are taking the “art” of body modification a bit too far by inflicting it on their pets. I’m saying “inflict” because it’s fine for human beings to have multiple piercings, tattoos and what not, since those who choose to… Read More »