Archive for October, 2009
just as cool as paris hilton
don’t be surprised if folks on the l train to williamsburg, brooklyn wreak of fancier beers once they hear that the choice of champions, pabst blue ribbon is just as expensive (and just as mainstream) as other crap beers. sales of the popular drink have jumped 25% in the past year and it’s actually more [...]
i’m moving to moscow
the mayor of moscow, yury luzhkov will “hire the russian air force to spray a fine chemical mist over the clouds before they reach the capital, forcing them to dump their snow outside the city.” this means that there will be no major snow in the city that is covered with snow from november to [...]
it’s in the bag
cvs is launching a green program that pays off big when compared with other programs. if you enroll in the program for $.99 you’ll get $1 on every fourth trip you don’t use one of their plastic bags. the program will roll out at all 7,000 of their stores (they’re almost as ubiquitous as starbucks [...]
will it go viral?
cnn recently reported on a newcomer to youtube, the taliban. istqlalmedia, the arabic translation for independence, is the tablian account on the video site. there’s only one nice scenic video set to some lovely pashtun-language music posted right now but according to cnn’s fareed zakaria there was another video with “hideous scenes of death and [...]
fill ‘er up
how many times have you pulled in to a gas station in a rental shiny new car and debated about which side of the car your gas tank is filled? how many times have you had to move the car because you guessed wrong (remember, stay away from the discount warehouse retailer)?
when i rented a [...]
how to make a kid disappear like kaiser söze
on friday the world was glued to the news that a boy had flown away in a helium balloon. on saturday night, we learned that those heene people were makin’ up the whole story. by reading how a helium balloon works. i figured out how the heene family made falcon disappear like the keyser. from [...]
i’m on the creamy crack
things you’ve always wanted to ask your black girlfriends but were afraid to ask. chris rock has done the world a favor by telling the world about the trials and tribulations of black hair (let’s hope his next documentary tells folks about the paper bag test). see this movie to learn more about:
weaves and relaxers
what [...]
