I found this while looking at some old posts on BoingBoing. Since I’m going to be whistling, humming and singing it all day, I might as well share it. I need to find these guys on vinyl. Old music like this is the only reason to own a turntable. First color live Rockabilly performance JIMMY …
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Why People Fake Cancer Online
Here’s a really good, long article I just read that gives some pretty interesting insight into the reasons that people feel the need to fake cancer and other illnesses, especially online. It focuses on something called Munchausen syndrome by internet, which some medical professionals are trying to get officially recognized as a disorder alongside the …
TNA Wrestling Presents: How To Mess Up A Good Thing Before It Starts
Oh TNA. Even when you do something right, you can’t help doing it wrong. According to this, the decrease in pay-per-views is going to come with an increase in price. According to Multichannel News, which covered TNA’s PPV restructuring, Slammiversary in June will be priced at $39.95. Also, Bound for Glory in October will be …
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TNA Cuts Back On Pay-Per-Views, Makes My Week
TNA just made the smartest business decision they’ve made since Vince Russo went bye bye. Starting immediately, the number of pay-per-view events they’ll be putting on in a year has dropped from 12 to 4. This is a fantastic move, one I wish WWE would echo. They won’t, since unlike TNA their PPVs still make …
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Windows Dead Messenger
There has been talk of this for a while, but now it’s official. come March 15th, 2013, Windows Live Messenger will be no more. Microsoft is shutting the place down in favour of Skype, which it owns. When I was first getting into the internet, MSN Messenger as it was called then was pretty much …
A Lesson In Punctuation
This is clever. A Lesson in punctuation Dear John: I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re …
Small World
Am I the only one who reads and watches local news wondering if I’ll see anyone I know? I do that all the time and let me tell you, it tends to freak you the fuck out when you find somebody. A part-time counselor and educational assistant at a Brantford school for the visually impaired …
In Da Ukulele Club
This is fun, and probably hard. How did he do this without cracking up? A George Formby style version of 50 Cent’s In da Club. You’re welcome.
If The Locks Don’t Work, Can You Still Call It Maximum Security?
Imagine a jail that hasn’t had working cell door locks for about a decade. Sounds stupid, doesn’t it? Unimaginable perhaps? Could never happen, you say? Well my friends, since you’ve clearly forgotten which website you’re reading, I invite you to think again. The Fulton County jail will get door locks that work next year, preventing …
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Bye Bye, Brian
Ok, NHL. You may have just broken me, ya bastard. All that stuff I said here and everywhere else about not watching a game for a long time when the lockout ends, while I really hope I can stick to it, just got a lot harder. Why? Well, because the Leafs just up and fired …
