Category: Weird

I really, really miss having a dog.  At least I have web videos like this to fill part of the need.

Well, technically it’s a video off the web, but I wouldn’t have found it without Joel McHale.

Want more? Some more Beaker action here!

Ah, it’s that time of year again… announcements of fake stuff. 

I do however, really want an Xbox wireless helmet.

I guess this was shown during the CES keynote this year, but I just saw it for the first time while watching the keynotes for the MS Office SharePoint Conference this AM.

… now I’m just annoyed.

here’s Elmo!

After changing the batteries on her son’s Elmo doll, Elmo appears to be channeling Jack Nicholson.  The programmable doll is able to learn a child’s name and repeat it as part of a variety of phrases.  A glitch, however, makes it sound like it’s saying "Kill James".

Death-threat Elmo brightened my day a bit until I watched the CNN video.  What killed the buzz?  The mother is obviously angling for a cash settlement from Fisher-Price.  Fisher-Price offered to replace the toy and investigate, so why does the mother still have the toy which she states has her "distraught" and is causing her a "hassle"?  She clearly thinks she’s holding a little red lottery ticket.

C’mon lady, take the replacement doll and laugh it off!  Worry less about how your kid is affected by the doll and more about what he learns from how you handle the situation.

I coworker sent these to me… they’re too fun not to share:

There were a bunch more fun visual advertisements in the e-mail, I stuck a bunch in a cool advertising gallery on our picture site.  Enjoy!

… trying to absorb a whole new job is really taking it out of me.  Perhaps a little stop motion to get me going…

(thanks Jason for the vid)

… but rock stars have a shorter expected life span due to [gasp] use of alcohol and drugs.

If you have a choice in the matter, however, be a pop star in Europe… you’ll live longer.

You can read all the shocking details in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  While on their site you can read other fascinating studies like “Drinking water makes you less thirsty” and “Playing in the street can cause injury”.

I’m going to need Babel Fish’s bimbo-to-English translator for this one.

Video: Miss Teen USA 2007