From Florida, via the Associated Press: A Collier County deputy was reprimanded after shocking a colleague with a Taser in an incident meant to be a joke. The December scene was caught on tape at the Collier County jail. A female deputy was seen showing a message on her iPod to Cpl. Wilmer A. Arencibia, […]
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In Which I Eat a Double Down
Yesterday was the national roll-out of KFC’s Double Down—a comestible we discussed several times on Blogtown last week. While I would have rather ignored yesterday’s roll-out and focused on my hangover, I’d already put my stomach on the line by asking you, Blogtownies, to look into your hearts and decided if I should eat this […]
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Mercury Email of the Day: The Ghost of Michael Jackson
As you know, we get letters. And while most are penned by angry drunks, occasionally we receive one from a womens’ prison (my favorite kind) or a foreigner with a tenuous grasp on the English language. What follows is such a letter. However, what Kลházy may lack in syntax, he (or she) makes up for […]
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Today in Upsetting Questions
Did a six-year-old Oregon girl commit suicide? Medical examiners say yes, police investigators say no, and the Associated Press provides details: The girl, days short of her 7th birthday when she died in December, is thought to be the youngest person ever to commit suicide in Oregon, according to the state Department of Human Services. […]
Posted inGirls Only!
Things That Should Not Be News
Above the law. You cannot file a restraining order against the police. Even if you feel that they will interfere with your plans to murder a bunch people at a women’s clinic. They will, in fact, restrain you from doing so. Via the Dallas Morning News: On Friday morning, [Erlyndon Joseph] Lo went to the […]
Posted inLuv
This Person Hates Things!
Think you’re good at hatin’? This guy makes you look like Princess Sweetpuffs, the adorable ruler of Sugarpoplollyland. In fact, this guy is so good at hatin’, he should be crowned King Hatealot, the grand exalted dictator of Hateonya, which destroys Sugarpoplollyland with nukes… filled with hate.
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Local Tree Kills Self in Effort to Escape Ezra’s Yard
According to Ezra, he arrived at his house only minutes ago to discover this horrifying sight: While he was quick to blame BLUSTERSTORM 2010™ for the tree falling and bouncing off his neighbor’s car, I think he’s missing a more simple, and obvious solution.THE TREE KILLED ITSELF TRYING TO ESCAPE EZRA’S YARD. Obviously, the poor […]
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Splice of Horror
We finally learn the origin of the baby from Eraserhead of which David Lynch was very secretive! It feels a bit like a Species/Alien hybrid, but I have some hopes for the quality of Splice from director Vincenzo Natali (Cube). What do you all think?
Posted inTV
Mega Piranha: Like Regular Piranhas—But MEGA!
Clear your schedule for Saturday night, April 10, people! Because the SyFy channel is debuting their newest hilariously bad horror flick, Mega Piranha! I think we can all agree that in general, piranhas are dicks. But when they become “mega”? They’re MEGA DICKS. In the following trailer, the mega piranha has already caused a great […]
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Portland Needs a “Kettle of Death.” Yes? Yes.
Three observances immediately sprung to mind after I watched this highly entertaining video featuring India’s Diamond Maruti Car Circus and their featured attraction, “THE WALL OF DEATH.”1) It should be called the “Giant Kettle of Death.” FAIL!2) As insane as these performers are, I think the audience members who hang over the side of the […]
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Beau Breedlove Is Starting A Cult
Warning, totally necessary expletive coming up. But HOLY MOTHERFUCKER OF CHRIST. Every time le Breed throws up a new blog post I think, “no, no, don’t pay it any attention.” But EVERY TIME, he pushes it further out there. Just far enough that you can’t help but be like, “seriously?” “No…SERIOUSLY?!” Rainy Days March 11, […]
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Joel Przybilla Hurt (Again) While in the Shower
From the saddest press release you will read all day: PORTLAND, Ore. — Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla will undergo surgery on his right patella tendon in the next few days. Przybilla re-ruptured his right patella tendon Saturday morning after slipping in the shower at his home in Milwaukee, Wis. He returned to Portland today […]