September 2011
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We used to have a cat named Jack. Jack was a sly, slow-moving, long-haired Persian that would rarely come when called, but if you put out a small bowl of vanilla ice cream, out of nowhere he would magically appear. This is sort of how my dad is with meatballs. All I have to do is say, “Dad, I’m making meatballs,” and he’s half-way out the door on the way over. He loves...
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seriously?
If you were miffed about Carlsberg’s stab at marketing a beer towards women that they considered to be “gender neutral,” then prepare to lose your shit over “Chick Beer.” The pink-and-black, polka-dotted bottle that comes in a six-pack box designed in the shape of a purse is targeting that coveted 25% of beer sales attributed to women....
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The spectacularly stupid Ashley McDowell was approached by two men in a McDonald’s parking lot where they offered to sell her an iPad for $300. She only had $180, but they gave it to her anyway. When she got home, she found out it was really just a block of wood with an Apple logo painted on the back. More »
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August 2011
2 posts
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July 2011
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We spend a lot of money each year on household cleaners, and it’s most likely because we don’t realize that it’s so easy to make them ourselves. The packaging and chemicals are extremely wasteful and it honestly only takes a few minutes to create homemade alternatives!
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GO AWAY FOREVER!
Fans won’t be dancing to any new hits from The Black Eyed Peas for a while.
The funkadelic band broke the news in Staffordshire that they were about to begin an indefinite break from making music.
Promises were made that while they wouldn’t be performing again for a long time, it wouldn’t be for forever.
The band does plan on reuniting...
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The Visual Side of Journalism
That’s the observation of Charles Apple, who notes some sexually suggestive graphics and headlines that have slipped past editors. One of them is this recent weather graphic from USA Today:
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OMG - its like I found a gold mine of places to waste hours of my time.
Auto Buds: From Delocated’s Jon Glaser, Auto Buds are two cars of the same make, model, color, or as identical as possible, that are parked right next to each other or in close proximity. Where is Randy Savage?: A collection of photos with randy savage ingeniously photo shopped into them. Hungover...
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News Nerd post of the day… “As one programmer in a news start-up described the challenge to me: it’s not the technology, it’s the people. It’s a trick to find people who have enough gravitas to have credibility in the world of legacy media, but are fluent in the dynamics of technological reality.”
To coincide with the release of “Page One: Inside The New York...
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NEW YORK—According to data released Monday by the International Registry of Rock Band Names, only seven of the estimated 518 million…
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Some religions believe that god can only hear prayers when they come from large groups of people. This might also apply to The Pixies, who will announce tomorrow that their next tour will consist of playing in cities that they have never played before, answering the prayers of thousands of Pixies fans across the US. The Doolittle Lost Cities tour will begin on October 27th hitting 19 cities in 26...
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September 2009
10 posts
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so wrong and yet still very funny.
Kings Island drops skeleton display MASON – Kings Island has dropped a Halloween Haunt display showing skeletons of dead celebrities. Don Helbig, Kings Island spokesman, spent a rainy Thursday helping to remove the scene of slain NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his dead mistress Sahel Kazemi, along with other skeletons made to look like...
More food.
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When Guest of a Guest speculated that last night’s Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs was scripted it sent a shockwave through Gawker HQ. Brian Moylan thinks it’s fake and Richard Rushfield thinks it’s real. Punches are being thrown! Well, we’re a little more civilized than that, but we’re up for some spirited debate. Moylan: As Guest of Guest points out,...
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this sounds AWESOME
Donut Ice Cream Cake 2 boxes of chocolate Ice cream, 2 boxes of vanilla ice cream, 1 dozen chocolate donuts, 1 dozen regular cake donuts, 1 box of crushed oreo cookies, 1 can of hershey’s chocolate syrup, 1 box of chocolate graham crackers, topped by 2 tubs of cool whip. (Submitted by Dan Neylon and Aaron Taylor)
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Miley Cyrus: what have you started?!?!
We have found something even more horrifying than the breast feeding baby-doll.
A Pole-Dancing Doll!!!
The plaything comes with a doll and attachable pole and the box insists the product is “Interesting”, can go “up and down” as well as “round and round”. It even plays music! (Because what is a stripper without a tune...
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really interesting story… also WHO HAS THIS JOB?! “In May, after pressure from the attorneys general of 43 states, Craigslist eliminated its Erotic Services category in the United States and changed it to Adult Services, which Craigslist C.E.O. Jim Buckmaster says is “manually reviewed to make sure a human reviewer looks at each ad and picture, reads each word,...
tomachi writes “An accountant in NZ has been awarded $17,000 NZD for unfair dismissal after her boss fired her without warning for using uppercase letters in a single email to co-workers. The email, which advises her team how to fill out staff claim forms, specifies a time and date highlighted in bold red, and a sentence written in capitals and highlighted in bold blue. It reads: ‘To...
Mary Poppins vs. Dr. Strange: The Cloak of the Vishanti vs. A Spoonful of Sugar! The Faltine dimension vs. the racetrack full of penguins! “Abracadabra” vs. “Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious”!
Spider-Man vs. Jiminy Cricket: Seized by arachnid instinct, the way-out web-slinger craves cricket meat! Will an enchanted umbrella be enough to shock him back to his spider-senses?
Hercules vs Hercules:...
August 2009
15 posts
Producer answering the phone: “Newsroom.”
Caller: “Hello???”
Producer: “Yes?”
Caller: “Is this a person or a machine?”
Producer: “This is a machine.”
You can find a bright spot in the recession as close as your mailbox: There are far fewer hefty catalogs, bulging coupon packets, unwanted credit card offers and glossy fliers clogging it up.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF!
Happy Birthday to Karina (aka Fatimajo)! Here’s hoping your birthday involves cake, alcohol, and/or alcohol-infused cake! This is my fifth year of celebrating Karina’s birthday - here are her other b-day toons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Additional birthday greetings go out to: Diana, Mike, Shawna, Noa, Luv2Fli2, Vanessa, and AndyinSDCA!
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BEN! you’re not the only nerd.
Do you love news fails? Our friends over at Probably Bad News have compiled all of the best news headlines, typos and straight news fails for your enjoyment.
Here are a few samples of content you’ll find on Probably Bad News:
Replacements Are Needed
38 Transvestites Can’t Be Wrong
More Bad News:
Pro-Tip
Ninja Tank Vanish!
Anything For The Money Shot
Brides these days. [shaking head] When the big day arrives, some of them can reeeally lose their heads, you know?
That’s the wedding cake.
Uh, maybe I should give you a moment. [whistling] All better? Have all your co-workers/family members gathered around the screen in response to your shrieks? Good. ‘Cuz I want to talk about the consultation that resulted in this cake. Do you...
The best retouching is so subtle you can hardly tell anything has been done at all. Thanks to BF! Original is here!
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eff you walmart.
Wal-Mart is selling imitations of Thin Mints and Tagalongs, the Girl Scouts’ two best selling cookies, in test markets at discounted prices. Though the “real” cookies are pricer, they make up most of the organization’s income. [Authentic Organizations, Image via]
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Ever since I’ve started blogging about technology a couple of years ago, I’ve been consistently growing an immense feeling of hate towards press releases, and it’s not getting any better.
It’s not that I dislike the PR industry in general, although I often wonder how so many of these firms continue to be in business when the large majority of them have been doing it exactly the same way for the...
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July 2009
19 posts
Neon Chandelier designed by Roger Borg