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NIN Rocks The House in KnoxVegas

Posted in August 13th, 2008
Published in Art, Music, Fun

Hell yeah. Once again Trent Reznor and crew rock the house and make the elderly staff at Civic Coliseum think “WTF” in unison. There are some photos from the show taken by the amazing Rob Sheridon on the official NIN Flickr photostream for our human consumption. Thank You NIN.

NIN at Civic Coliseum August 12, 2008


Heinz Spotted Dick Pudding, 10-Ounce Cans

Posted in June 21st, 2008
Published in Food, Art, Fun

From the WTF Category. Order a 6 pack, today.

Spotted Dick Pudding


Help Protect Great Tits, Fight Global Warming

Posted in May 19th, 2008
Published in Science, Environment, Danger, Fun

Hell Yeah, Sign Me Up! Take me to those pictures of…

Great Tit - Male Parus Major

Hey wait a minute? That’s just a little endangered bird. Curse You TreeHugger.com !!!

What a great headline. I realize this is a serious subject you know with all the death and destruction caused by global climate change, but it’s so refreshing to be able to mix good old titty jokes with environmental awareness. Here are a couple of my favorites from the comments so far.

So while this may bode well for the great tits, let us not forget the middling and lesser tits. All tits have their place in this world, and in spite of slight differences in shape and size we should hold them all in equal esteem.
If we fail at this, our boobies and buffleheads can’t be far behind.

Great tits may be coping well with global warming, but regular tits may need support.


The Eco-Friendly Pre-Fab mkLotus House: Video

Posted in May 13th, 2008


Enjoy the Coffee - Not The Cup

Posted in May 4th, 2008
Published in Wisdom, Art, Coffee, Fun, Social Issues

from The Thoughts of a Dying Man blogHappy Coffee

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. *

*Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: ‘If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones.

While it is normal for you to want only the best
for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. *

*What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… Then you began eyeing each other’s cups.’

Now consider this, said the professor, ‘Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to
enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!’

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Four things to take note of in life…

1. Live simply.
2. Love generously.
3. Care deeply.
4. Speak kindly.

So don’t waste time drinking crap coffee (or beer). Drink the good stuff. Cheers !!


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