Posts Tagged ‘News’
Axl Rose Pissed at Dr. Pepper
CNN is reporting that Guns N Roses had nothing to do with Dr. Pepper’s promise of “free soda for everyone in America” if the band (which at this point is basically Axl Rose) would just release the album “Chinese Democracy.” The Register says that Rose may have undermined his legal case by praising the Pep in a press release that mentions guitarist Buckethead. (I used to think Rock and Roll wasn’t dead, but maybe it is.)
At press time, Mr. Brownstone had no comment.
Source: CNN
Poppa Plaxico Shoots Self in Leg
From the “you gotta be kidding me” file, Plaxico Burress, father of a little boy named Elijah (named after Giants QB Eli Manning, Plax’s teammate), has shot himself in the leg. Read more »
Real Life Gamma Rays – Is Real Life Hulk Next?
My never ending quest to believe that superheroes could one day exist in the real world is boosted by this news item:
Nov. 24, 2008 — When space shuttle astronauts dispatched NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray Telescope into orbit in 1991, scientists figured they would learn more about supernovas, black holes and other phenomena that blast off high-energy rays.
They never expected to uncover gamma ray flashes coming from Earth itself.
It gets all technical and sciency, but to my comic book-addled brain Read more »
Voting Using The Methods We Use With Our Kids
You know how you say to your kids, “Do you want to leave now or in two minutes?” “Do you want to wear this shirt or that shirt?” I call it “optometrist parenting,” as in, “do you see better like this, or like this?” It works well.
I have a suggestion to the undecided voters out there. Try the same method.
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Great car you can’t have
BusinessWeek reports on a car, the ECOnetic, made by Ford that gets 65 miles per gallon (!). Sounds great, right? But Americans can’t get it. Only the Europeans. (!!!)
Another reason to hate the French? Nah. Read more »
New Lara Croft-Alison Carroll
So, like, hey now.
The National Enquirer has a pic of the new real-life model for the latest ‘Tomb Raider’ video game.
She’s big and fat and no man will touch her.
The Bernie Mac is dead text message
Why are people sending text messages saying that Bernie Mac is dead?
