Ummmm… wow. When I watched the Spiderman movies, I didn’t get any crazy ideas like that.
[Posted by Kathleen]
Category Archives: random
youtube clip of today: monkey man.
Filed under adventures, blogging, news, pop culture, random, thoughts, weird, YouTube
hair-bands magically turn into used condoms?
This one just speaks for itself. Apparently, some hair thingie factories in China were reallllllllly into recycling. They used low-quality, defective and even used condoms as the rubber basis for the hair bands they manufactured.
Now, I got this information in a chain-letter e-mail, so I was as skeptical as always. But according to my favorite site, snopes.com, this particular story is true. Keep those things out of your mouths, ladies…
Check it out: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hairband.asp
[Posted by Shannon]
the late friday afternoon grab bag.
The weekend is within our grasp, friends! Here are some quick and things to look at before you go out for a raging Friday night and Mallory and I roadtrip to New Jersey for a conference with some of our bloggy correspondents (aka our best friends from college…minus a few. You’ll be missed!)
- Japan just debuted it’s first robotic model on a runway. Mimu, as she is called, modeled a wedding dress. If I was Tyra, I’d tell Mimu she needs to look alive in her eyes. She’s not giving any fire!
- Facebook is turning five years old, and we haven’t gotten tired of it yet. Check out this piece (I may or may not know the journo behind it.) and DEFINITELY watch the video to see a 96-year-old man talk about the single most devastating factor to my college GPA. Click HERE to read the story!
- This is weird. All 14-year-old Corby Cowart wanted to do was taste the rainbow. His mother said yes, and he went to grab a bag of Skittles and he found a bag of cocaine in the Skittles box. Yikes. He said he knew what it was because he watches the TV show “COPS”. Dammit, I HATE IT when stupid shows on the teevee actually teach kids stuff. (Please refer to the story about Grayson Wynne) According to Corby and his mama, the manager of the CVS laughed it off. Seriously? The manager disputes the claim. Of course.
- Don’t copy that floppy! A hilarious old video to prevent the young folk from copying computer games on the floppy disks. Stunningly bad acting, floppy disks and a Fresh Prince style rapper? Yup, welcome back to the 90s.
- Katie Holmes made her much anticipated “So You Think You Can Dance” appearance last night. BORING. Honestly, all she did was walk around and occasionally twirl. And the lip syncing was out of control. Not impressed.
That’s all for now, Folks!
[Posted by Kathleen]
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world, i pledge to be snarky.
I want to introduce myself to all of you as SWTCTW’s newest guest blogger. As an avid reader of SWTCTW, I appreciate all of Mal and Kathleen’s wit and I humbly admit it is a daunting task to attempt to join in. But enough sucking up to the originators — they have already given me permission to blog so here I go.
I am currently living the unemployed life, so I have too much time alone with my own thoughts. I feel compelled to share these thoughts and my current outlet to do so isn’t quite cutting it. I admit I have a habit of sharing too much information about my own life with complete strangers. I don’t flatter myself by believing these strangers care at all that I’m breathing, let alone care about anything I have to say, but once I get started, I find it practically impossible to stop. 
My most recent and memorable victim was the poor pharmacy technician at Walgreens. I was there to pick up a prescription, which tradition tells us requires me only to give the employee my last name, verify my address, hand over some form of payment and get the hell out of there. Needless to say, I took it a step further.
I believe Mr. Walgreens asked me how my day was going. His crucial mistake. My reply went something like this:
“Oh, I’m ok thanks. I just got back from the doctor’s, well obviously [insert a laugh at my own ‘joke’ here. His response? Blank stare.] My problem actually is that I’m heading to Las Vegas tomorrow and unfortunately the medicine that I’m picking up now makes me really sun-sensitive so I’m trying to find a sun block that will work. You can see I’m very pale, so I need a strong sun block especially in Las Vegas! [Excuse the use of the ever-annoying exclamation mark, but it is necessary to attempt to convey my high-pitched squeal.] I’ve never been to Vegas, but I hear the sun can really get you out there. Do you know if sun blocks with SPF 70 are actually much stronger than sun blocks with SPF 30? [I don’t wait for a response, nor do I stop talking.] I read in Cosmo that the SPFs above 30 really don’t make much of a difference, but I really don’t want to get my medical advice from a fashion magazine, so I guess I’ll just go with the SPF 70, I mean, it can’t hurt, right? [No pause here either. Mr. Walgreens’ face has morphed from a blank stare to a look mixed with disbelief and a little bit of panic. He has no possible escape route and I am the only customer in sight.]”
At this point, I go into autopilot and, fortunately, so does my memory. I think I kept Mr. Walgreens hostage with my sun block scenario for at least another 4 minutes. I haven’t seen him again in my Walgreens travels, which only leaves the possibility that I sent him into early retirement.
The moral of this story is I hope to save my local Chicago community from my random ramblings by collecting my thoughts and organizing them for display on a public forum. Luckily for you, this particular space allows you to pick, choose, and skip through my ramblings. Poor Mr. Walgreens, he wasn’t so lucky.
[Posted by Shannon]
henry allingham, world’s oldest man, dies.
A month ago, I wrote about Henry Allingham, who celebrated his 113th birthday, and becoming the world’s oldest man, with a glass of champagne. Henry died this morning at the age of 113.
He was Britain’s last surviving veteran of World War I, a preacher of peace and the author of a memoir.
Read last month’s blog post here and today’s story here.
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, celebrities, education, history, news, pop culture, random, RIP, thoughts
this guy is no john dillinger.
Mark E. White was only trying to make his getaway after robbing the bank in Saginaw, Michigan.
According to the news story, Marky Mark had just gotten out of the slammer three weeks earlier when he decided to rob the Citizens Bank. He was successful, and two blocks later tried to hitch a ride. He flagged down a car… which happened to be an unmarked police car. Needless to say, he was caught.
Now Mr. White, I am not a criminal — nor do I have any plans to ever become one– but I’m pretty sure that if I was, I’d make sure I arranged my transportation ahead of time. Maybe that’s just me.
Ah, stories about dumb criminals. It makes you feel just a little bit better about your Monday morning, no?
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, definitely not politics, humor, money, news, random, travel, Uncategorized, weird
this week was off the hook.
The post is late and it’s Chris’ fault. It’s all his fault. That aside, I am OBSESSED with the Evan and Randi routine. AMAZING!
Hello SWTCTW readers. I’m back – and so is SYTYCD. I was getting a little disappointed with the performances this season. But Wednesday night’s show rocked it. I don’t really have any snarky comments about it.
Randi and Evan – This, for me, is similar to the “bleeding love” number from last season in that I’m going to say that I’m going to learn it – and then I won’t.
So about me not having any snarky comments – you should have known better… Two things:
(1) Seriously, what was the deal with that Russian Folk routine? I think Nigel even recognized that it was a mistake.
(2) Tyce was back as a judge. I don’t know how you all feel, my SWTCTW public, but I think he’s gotten more obnoxious. In addition, his orange juice metaphor may be an early sign that he has contracted PAS. While this is certainly not a confirmed case, the prospect is alarming.
I don’t want to leave you frightened and down – because this week was great. So here’s one more clip:
Kayla and Kupono – Pretty cool. Love Mia Michaels.
Voted off this week: Phillip and Caitlin (I’m shocked too)
Voted off last week: Vitolio and Karla
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under celebrities, dance, music, pop culture, random, the arts, thoughts, TV, YouTube
youtube clip of today: roller babies.
I don’t know what it is about babies and animals talking or doing uncharacteristic things that makes them so successful in television commercials, but apparently it doesn’t get old.
This is the number one viral video on the interwebs right now. Watch it, and then tell me why. Pleeeeeeeease.
PS- Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile.
[Posted by Kathleen]
former competitive eaters are fat. unbelievable!
This just in from the Department Of Things That Are Unsurprising: Ex-competitive speed eaters report weight gain, chest pain and clogged arteries. Oh my!
CNN has a gripping piece on former competitive speed eaters.
“Any way you look at it, it’s not healthy,” Dave “Coondog” O’Karma, a retired competitive eater, said of his former hobby. “You do it once in a while, and it’s fun. I don’t think loading your body with fat and salt is healthy.”
After 35 years of gobbling hamburger, oysters, eggs, corn on the cob and even bull testicles, O’Karma listened to his family and retired from the competition.
Maybe his family was just upset that he gobbled bull testicles. Moving on!
According to the article, the effects of speed eating hadn’t been tested before. If I had to venture as to why, I think because everyone would know that it’s bad for you. That’s common sense. But someone just HAD to do a test on it.
n 2007, four University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine doctors who specialize in gastroenterology and radiology conducted an experiment on the stomach activities of a competitive eater and an average eater. The average eater ate seven hot dogs before he felt sick. Champion speed eater Tim Janus ate 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes before doctors intervened.
The doctors had to intervene!
If you want to watch people clog their arteries just for funsies, Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest airs tomorrow on ESPN. Happy hot dog gobbling this weekend, folks!
[Posted by Kathleen]
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nearly naked fireworks causing some sparks.
Here’s a silly news piece about booby girls in bikinis selling fireworks, but the best part is the news reporter. Filled with double meanings, there is one classic part where he… well. I don’t want to give it all away. But it is HILARIOUS.
I’ve been trying to embed this video for 25 minutes, but it won’t let me. So just click this link. Make me happy. Do it.
And in case I’m too lazy to post tomorrow (quite likely), HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
[Posted by Kathleen]
six words to change the world. 