I didn’t get to see much of the AWA when I was growing up, so until now I was sadly unaware of the existence of this get to know Nord the Barbarian skit. Unlike most of today’s wrestling comedy written by the rooms full of Hollywood types employed by WWE, this is actually funny. Part …
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Have You Guys Heard About That Thing Where You Hear About Something And Then Everybody Else Suddenly Hears About It?
You ever notice how sometimes you’ll come across a band or a TV show that nobody in the world seems to know about, but then once you know about it it’s suddenly everywhere? That happens to me all the time, and apparently it has a name and is based on a couple of psychological principles. …
Some Bad Losing Streaks And A Good Thing About The Blue Jays
Mercifully, we’re finally nearing the end of the festering shitheap that has been the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season. It’s been awful, simple as that. It’ll be a miracle if they manage to break the .500 mark or even get close to it. But since I am, believe it or not, somewhat of an optimist, …
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Nomorobo, A Spam Filter For Your Phone
Aaron Ross just won $50,000 from the FTC in a contest that asked people to invent something that would help put an end to those annoying telemarketing robocalls. His invention, called Nomorobo, sounds reasonably simple to set up and I’d really like to try it. Tell us how it works. If you have Simultaneous Ring …
Kids Are A Money Pit, Part 1182: Being The Tooth Fairy Ain’t Cheap Anymore
Pardon me while I have myself an old man moment. In my day, we were happy to get anything at all from the Tooth Fairy. I got everything from a few pennies to a loonie once or twice when they were just new to even totally forgotten one time when I used to stay through …
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Sing This Instead Of Happy Birthday, Avoid Getting Sued
This may come as a shock, but pretty much all of us (myself included) are lawbreakers. Even worse, we’re serial lawbreakers. And unfortunately, this serial lawbreaking behaviour started at a very young age and was passed down to us and nurtured by our parents. If you think I’m crazy, ask yourself a question: Have I …
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No Sam, That’s Not How Breakdancing Works
I’m not sure which hallucinogenic substance police suspect Sam Schauer of being under the influence of, but if it’s going to have me running in circles and dancing around naked in a busy street, giving a running, flying, windshield shattering ass to a complete stranger’s car and drinking out of road puddles, I think I’ll …
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Just Admit You Did It, You Pussy
What are the chances that the same cat that’s telling James Anthony Shroyer to rob banks, steal cars and run down the cops is the same little 4-pawed criminal bastard who downloaded all that child pornography onto the computer of poor, unsuspecting Keith R. Griffin all those years ago? During an interview with troopers at …
Mobile And Wearable Technology Accessibility Survey
Some researchers from the University of Maryland are in need of people to take part in a quick survey about the accessibility of mobile phone and wearable technologies. They say it should take you no more than 20-25 minutes, but I’d be surprised if it took me any longer than 15. It only took me …
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Sony And Amazon Don’t Think You Should Be Reading This Post, Blind Person
Why do companies that make products and provide services I enjoy have to be such complete and total discriminatory arseholes? Check out these utterly absurd reasons why Sony and Amazon don’t think they should have to comply with the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, which mandates that electronic devices be made …
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