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Yahoo! News – Sid and Nancy’s Punk Rock History to Go on Display
Can anyone say eBay? It’s just a matter of moments before some artifacts show up.

My friend Mike Z sent me this 1.49 mb wmv from the TV show called The Chimp Channel that we’ll call MonkeyJoke.wmv. (right click and choose save as..)

Atomic Bomb: Decision – Trinity Test, July 16, 1945 – Eyewitness Accounts
59 years ago today…

Perhaps yes, but not the message that was obviously intended…

I’m sharing a picture that a number of people sent me. I’m not sure how to feel about this one. I do enjoy jabs at Michael Jackson. He’s so easy to pick on being as eccentric acting and looking as he is. But there’s something a little deeper here. Apparently pedophilia is funny. I know I’ve taken part in this kind of humour before, but honestly, it doesn’t sit well with me any more. Laughing at the darkness doesn’t make it any less dark. I forget that sometimes.

Secondly, here we have another sign written in English being held by two young boys who probably have no clue what it says. It smacks of the same cultural insensativity and intolerance we were horrifeid by in the Abu Ghraib photos we were so recently assailed by. I understand there is a ‘war’ going on and that people’s emotions and thinking are out of whack as a result. However, it is this underlying attitude that is making the U.S. less and less loved throughout the world. Did the soldiers involved in taking this photo even consider any of this? Some how I doubt it…

Thanks for the picture folks. It got me thinking.

Ground Zero Typo Caught After Two Years – July 15, 2004
Now that’s a boo boo!

Stewart receives 5-month prison term, 5 months house arrest and 2 years of probation.
Nice. Now she’s trapped in the house for months like Junior Soprano. She’ll have to go to funerals of people she doesn’t know just to get out and about. Perhaps Bobby Bacala will bring her some baked ziti to cheer her up. I guess she’ll really be up on her soaps. By the time she ends up in ‘the big house’ for her stint there she’ll probably have written another happy homemaker’s book called “Entertaining Whilst Being Detained – Making the best of house arrest”.

Is The Gallery of Super-Dudes…

Sneaky Pete’s buddy at work did the music and video for a song called Airways. The girl in the video is the guy’s daughter. Nice work and worth a look for sure.

Check out the AWOL Alcohol Without Liquid Machine. Where was this 12 years ago… ? It appears from this article that Britney Spears would enjoy this machine. But not everyone appreciates it.