Archive for August, 2008

Asscots

If you know me, you know how I love sports mascots. Here are some particularly bad ones.

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Jamaica Gleaner News - Diana Ross spoils Jazz and ‘Boos’ - Monday | January 28, 2008

A recent Diana Ross concert at Montego Bay in Jamaica seems not to have gone very well, according to one reviewer.
“Dem shoulda throw bottle pon har, all 20,000 people inna di venue,” shouted an irate patron, shortly after Ross exited the stage to boos from disgruntled fans.
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Screw August!

David Plotz of Slate has a modest proposal: let’s get rid of August.
August is the Mississippi of the calendar. It’s beastly hot and muggy. It has a dismal history. Nothing good ever happens in it. And the United States would be better off without it.
As the owner of a business, I can relate. There’s nobody [...]

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Incredible pics

I have yet to see the actual footage, but the opening of the Olympics was reportedly incredible. If these pics are any indication, I’d say the reports are correct.

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FONTPARK 2.0

Let me wave my geek flag: Yugo Nakamura has created some of the most brilliant Flash experiments ever to grace the web. His latest project, Fontpark 2.0, is flat-out stunning.
Ok, so it’s a bit of a wank and the sound effects make me want to take lives. But you will not often see something as [...]

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