"My dad used to make “hamburgers” out of sawdust and the old bacon fat he kept in a coffee can under the sink. I remember going to a schoolmate’s birthday party in the 2nd grade and getting really upset when given a real hamburger from the grill. I was so upset that I was screaming and got scared without my parents there. When the kid’s father tried to calm me down I kicked and punched at him, eventually knocking the entire grill over. It set the entire back part of their property ablaze, and the father got third degree burns on both his arms, chest, and thighs."
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What Weird Family Foods Did You Grow Up Thinking Were Normal?
aaah i love when people take it one step beyond…this guy isn’t messing around with pb&mayo or oatmeal and kimchi. he went there.
10:56 am • 1 July 2009
"As a vacation category, camping has taken off, and more and more people are booking spots at public and private campgrounds. To meet this demand, along with higher visitor expectations, many park managers are turning their properties into resort-like spaces, with food delivery, espresso bars, carnival booths and, in the case of NY’s Jellystone Park, water playgrounds. Accommodations also vary, from visitor-pitched tents and RV sites to air-conditioned cabins and lodges."
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Glamping: The New Luxury | The Supermelon
Lame.
See Kill the Parks, Kill em All via Outside Magazine
7:20 am • 1 July 2009
"State law will not permit boys with BTTB to be kept in protective custody, unfortunately. Government officials and visiting heads of state are kept aware of any BTTB patient’s presence and guided through evasive maneuvers. The general public, however, remains at risk. Therefore, there are several protocols in place to identify, isolate, humiliate, and shame BTTB patients, all in the interest of protecting potential victims. George will be issued an electric guitar by the state of Delaware and forced to become a musician. He will then be required to sing songs that mark him as being Bad To The Bone and describe the threat that he poses. If he forms a band, the name of that band will be mandated to sound destructive and threatening (“Wreckers,” “Destructors,” I’m just brainstorming here). Ideally, the music will be kind of grating and somewhat overplayed."
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A Memo From the Head Nurse Regarding Proper Care of Patients Born Bad to the Bone.
sick of this? find something that makes me office-laugh harder than mcsweeney’s. dare ya.
10:14 pm • 29 June 2009
MOBA : The Portraiture Collection : 13
Red Figure With Braids - A monument to self-confidence. The delicately balanced tiny figure stands tall, leaning towards us in cardinal colors, her pocketbook held proudly at her side. Could this be the ancestor of a late night television show host?
10:13 pm • 29 June 2009
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
(As the booby-trapped ruins crumble all around him, INDIANA JONES stands on one side of the gaping chasm − clutching an enormous Aztec cookie − while SATIPO waits on the other, bullwhip coiled in his hand.)
INDIANA JONES: Give me the whip.
SATIPO: Throw me the cookie. No time to argue. Throw me cookie, I’ll throw you the whip.
(INDIANA JONES throws the cookie across the chasm and SATIPO catches it and holds it up to the light and licks his lips.)
SATIPO: At last.
INDIANA JONES: Give me the whip.
SATIPO: Adiós, señor.
(SATIPO teasingly brandishes the cookie before vanishing into the shadows.)
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— McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Great Moments in Cinema Ruined by Cookies
3:43 pm • 29 June 2009
unconsumption:
Great photos of abandoned amusement parks across Asia.
(on Dark Roasted Blend)
10:43 am • 29 June 2009
"Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) (football)
Air Bud: World Pup (2000) (soccer)
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) (baseball)
Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003) (volleyball)
Air Buddies (2006)
Air Bud: Aussie Rules (2008) (rugby)[citation needed]
Air Bud: The Big Puck (2009-2010) (Hockey)[citation needed]
Air Bud: All Fours (2011) (Golf)[citation needed]
Air Bud: Puppy Love (2013) (Tennis)
“Air Bud: Kick Some Ice!” (2015) (Curling)
“Air Bud: RacketDog” (2020) (Squash)
“Air Bud: Rockin Dog” (2023) (Rock Climbing)
“Air Bud: Goes to the Dogs” (2027) (Dogfighting)
“Air Bud: The Dog Rides a Horse this Time” (2194) (Polo)"
— edits that some genius reportedly made to the Air Bud wikipedia page a while ago (via the internet) (via bthny)
7:25 am • 29 June 2009
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