From Obscure Store. The incident happened outside of the Hell Raisers motorcycle club, where tough guys apparently engage in this sort of competition. Full Story.
Category: Weird
Woman dies after operating table falls apart during surgery
How often does this happen? Hopefully not too often.
Blind man says there’s no way he collected $360 in parking tickets
From Obscure Store:
“How can I drive a car?” says Mike Perry, 53, who has been blind since childhood. “I can’t see.” He suspects he’s an identity theft victim.
Beluga caviar, Carr’s table water crackers, and BioChem whey powder
These are just a few of the things The Boss requires at every city when he’s on tour. Click here for the full dissertation about his concert requirements.
The History of the Vibrator
From NewsFilter.org: A book by Rachel P. Maines called The Technology of Orgasm: “Hysteria,” the Vibrator, and Women’s Sexual Satisfaction. Maines originally found ads for electromechanical vibrators in magazines from the turn of the century when she was researching needlework She discovered that water-powered, steam-powered and hand-cranked vibrators were in clinical use as early as the 1860s. By the 1880s, electromechanical vibrators were common, and by 1900 they were marketed for home use. Full Story.
It’s a beautiful song, but you’ll never hear all of it
The first notes in what is going to be a 639-year long piece of music have been played. The composition’s performance actually started 17 months ago, but all that has been heard so far has been the sound of the inflating of the church organ.
The three notes, the first of which was played on Wednsday, will last for a year-and-a-half. The piece is appropriately titled As Slow As Possible.
Flipper goes to war, and morticians needed in Navy
From Al’s Morning Meeting: Sea lions and porpoises are being sent to the Middle East to help search for underwater mines. The story is from ABC News.
The article from Al also linked a story from Salon in 2000 that said Iran had purchased mercenary sea animals including “killer dolphins” and a whale. This is getting weird.
Speaking of war, the Navy needs morticians.
The Lego Underworld
extreme hardcore CG lego porn – proving that some people have WAY too much time on their filthy, hairy hands.
not safe for work or kids!