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AF Duncan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:49:28 +0000

It’s today only apparently, so act fast:

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The Turtle Man = Most Insane Dude In Kentucky

Stephen Gerding — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:44:31 +0000

I speak from experience growing up with these things in the water around my house – snapping turtles are the most frightening creatures on the freaking planet. Just watching this clip gave me the willies. So, of course I’m going to share it with everyone I can.

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Innovations That Improve Our Lives: The Du-Rag Visor Cap

Stephen Gerding — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:03:37 +0000

The classic du-rag just screamed to be paired with some sort of eyeglasses, creating a multi-functional headgear that’s not just classy, but makes you look smarter, too.

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Creepy: Reborn Dolls

Stephen Gerding — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:14:56 +0000

In the “there’s a market for everything” category, I present the “reborn doll.” Apparently, the insanely lifelike “fill a spot in the heart” of women who are desperate for the company of a newborn child. Fake hair, lifelike skin, accurate newborn weight…and they cost a cool $4K each, on average.

The vinyl dolls donâ€™t just look exactly like real babies â€” they also feel real. Their bodies are stuffed and weighted to have the same heft and a similar feel to a live baby. Mohair is normally used for the hair and is rooted in the head strand by strand, a process that can take 30 hours. A magnet may be placed inside the mouth to hold a magnetic pacifier.

To add realism, some purchasers opt for a heartbeat and a device that makes the chest rise and fall to simulate breathing.

More here, if you dare read.

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Supa-Smooth Bigfoot Clip

Stephen Gerding — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:19:20 +0000

Like so many other kids that gre up in the late 70s/early 80s, I’ve had a lifelong fascination with Bigfoot. Nothing bordering on obsession or anything close to that level, but when things liek the recent press conference hoax come around, there’s always a little part of me that gets excited and hopeful.

At any rate, I’m sure this is old, old news, but the following video clip is pretty much the cleanest video footage I’ve ever seen – or remember seeing, at least. It’s that same classic footage we’re all familiar with, but it’s been enhanced somehow and just looks better than when I used to see it via rabbit ears on my 19″ TV growing up.

You can also look at the footage as one long, stabilized animated gif here, which is way cool.

enhanced 1967 Bigfoot footage – Watch more free videos

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Scientists Figure Out Stonehenge?

AF Duncan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:22:40 +0000

A pair of British archaeologists claim to have solved the mystery of Stonehenge. Apparently they have some hard evidence it was a pilgrimage site where people went to try and get healed. Nifty.

Although I’m going to stick with what I personally believe to be the true history of Stonehenge:

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Wrist-Mounted Flame Throwers

Stephen Gerding — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:09:25 +0000

I’m not sure what part of this is the stupidest – testing flame throwers of any type inside of a garage or mounting them on your wrists, on the palm side no less. That said, as idiotic as this future Darwin Award winner may be, he’s simultaneously awesome.

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Is The Most Popular RPG Of All Time Weight Watchers?

AF Duncan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:21:13 +0000

The Games Without Frontiers blog makes a decent case for it…

Weight Watchers is an RPG.

Think about it. As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage your inventory and resources, and try to achieve a goal. Weight Watchers’ points function precisely like hit points; each bite of food does damage until you’ve used up your daily amount, so you sleep and start all over again. Play well and you level up — by losing weight! And the more you play it, the more you discover interesting combinations of the rules that aren’t apparent at first. Hey, if I eat a fruit-granola breakfast and an egg-and-romaine lunch, I’ll have enough points to survive a greasy hamburger dinner for a treat!

Even the Weight Watchers web tool is amazingly gamelike. It has the poke-around-and-see-what-happens elegance you see in really good RPG game screens. Accidentally snack on a candy bar and ruin your meal plan for the day? No worries: Just go into the database and see what spells — whoops, I mean foods — you can still use with your remaining points.

Quick! Do a save throw for hot dogs!!

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