The Plastic Bag

Watch its inspiring journey to the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

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Hat tip Franke

Geek?

I’ve always preferred geek to nerd. Here’s a diagram explaining why.

Ad Fail

“Worth the Mess.”

A bathroom is what I thought of when I first saw that sign too! Those particular burgers hurt my insides.

Not Toxic: Government: Toxic

Both the American and Canadian governments have problems determining when toxic contamination of the environment is toxic.

Here’s a handy reference guide to determine if an oil spill is toxic or not.

• If oil’s earning the oil industry record profits: not toxic
• If it’s in your driveway or under a gas station, home, or school: toxic
• If it’s on a ball diamond: not toxic
• If it’s under the ocean with millions of gallons of toxic detergent attached to it: not toxic
• If that oil shows up under special lighting: toxic again
• If it’s on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico: toxic
• If it’s visible on your beach: toxic
• If oil’s on your beach but you can’t see it: not toxic
• If the spill was “contained”: not toxic
• If the spill was not “contained”: not toxic (as soon as it’s off the front page news)

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Scientists should examine the chemical and political properties of this “not toxic” oil, and determine if all oil can be converted to the not toxic variety. We owe it to our oil companies to ensure they can continue to fuel our economy and governments with the money needed to make oil not toxic.

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ADDED:

“Scientists are questioning the claim by the White House that most of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has largely dispersed, Channel 4 News’s science correspondent Julian Rush learns.
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“There clearly remain an awful lot of oil products that are unknown at the moment,” George Crozier, Director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama, told Channel 4 News.

He worries that the low oxygen levels in the deep waters could mean toxic compounds in the oil will have time to accumulate in the gulf ecosystem – eventually working their way into the food chain.

But Crozier, like many Gulf coast scientists accepts that the Gulf is well suited to dealing with the oil: “This is not the end of the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf has the capacity to detox this exposure. But the question is, is it going to take days, weeks, months or years,” he says.”

Don’t Wait!

This explains why you procrastinate!

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It’s an odd day. This is the 12th anniversary of the first time death had a personal and meaningful impact on me. I wondered for weeks, well into me living in a new place where I should have been more distracted, if I’d ever go a day without thinking about that loss. Time does heal wounds, it just takes a while.

Photos Without a Lens

It is ideas like this laptopogram that makes Photojojo an excellent newsletter, even if some of their newsletters are little more than ads for photography gear.

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Some random soldiers against the War in Iraq.

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I had one of these things as a child. It did not work very well, at least that’s what I remember about it.

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The Ford Pinto was known for a gas tank problem that killed many people.
Mitch9521 writes: “i saw a pinto parked in wendys with his liscence plate saying KABOOM lol i almost died laughing”

Canadian Reference on MAD TV

Trading Saskatchewan away? Bad move Canada, we’re one of the few places that escaped 2008 with our economic holdings somewhat intact. But I can totally see why a President would trade for us.

I also think that his method of dealing with cancer would work.

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Hat tip to Lon.

Signs of Coronado

While on Coronado Island, I ran into many interesting, and sometimes funny signs.

-Too late, by the looks of it!

This island is half dedicated to the military.

-Grapeshooter captured gun

“It’s the water” – creepy

- European facials

“THE BOSS”

-in the courtyard of The Del

You can find the same notice at Disney cash registers too.

- In a men’s “restroom”

- Don’t let your doggi do pot

- Don’t get these on regular price

Wake Up In the Morning Feeling Like a Diddy

The Simpsons version of Tik Tok is alright, but Ke$ha didn’t sound good until this Star Trek remix video:

And if that wasn’t enough to make you hurl, here’s a parody with autotuned fake vomiting:

Much Cooler than Tattoos

Have you ever wanted a tattoo? I haven’t. But I’d consider doing this. And better yet, you don’t even need a license to put this art on friends eager to get ink done.