You may remember back in February when I posted about a crazy bereaved woman who decided to clone her recently deceased pit bull, Booger (chuckle again). In the most awesome twist of fate ever, it appears this nutjob might just be a wanted woman. (more…)

Now I hate social networking sites.  I had to build one for a job once and vowed never to use one after that awful experience.  With that said I will have to give a thumbs up to Facebook for giving a middle finger up to China.  Communist China informed Facebook officials that it would turn off access to the site if it was not given censoring power to its China based users.  Well that didn’t go over to well and head honcho, Mark Zuckerberg, told them in a non direct way to fuck off.  So as of July 2nd many china based users started to report issues of connectivity to the site.  Now there is no actual confirmation that the Chinese government is causing these problems but I’d just have to assume their hand is some how involved.

Hats off to Facebook to sticking it to the Communist Man.

I wanted to pass along a fond farewell to one of comedies greatest, George Carlin.  He is hands down one of the greatest cursers of all time.  He brought swearing to a whole new level.  I’ll leave you all with a video of one of his most famous routines.  If you don’t know that this video is NSFW then you have no idea who George Carlin is and should watch the video.

Well I guess Netflix was just really bored and wanted to stir the pot a little. They announced that they would be discontinuing user profiles, a very handy feature on their current system. Now all picks will go into a single queue. I know that this feature was the sole reason Scott and myself used Netflix when we lived together (in a totally straight way). It just seems completely pointless to eliminate a feature that is already optional.

I personally stopped my Netflix account after having a copy of Terminator 2 on bluray on my tv stand for probably 4 months but their current customers are sounding off in a fury. Way to go Netflix. Viva Apple TV!

[buzzFeed]

So the world is a changing. Media is evolving. Newspapers are going the way of the caribou. What is there to do?!

The Associated Press has just announced new strict rules for quoting their publications. It involves a payment scale based on the amount of words that are included in the quote; $12.50 being the cheapest charge for as few as five words. They are also claiming that they will have the right to terminate the usage of that quote if they find it to be discriminating or damaging to the publication. This is all an attempt to tear down the Fair Rights Use that many bloggers use when they write about published works.

The New York Times, an AP member, describes it as this

“an attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt.”

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Now I don’t really care about cars that much. I’ve often viewed them as a waste of money and plus we should really be using hover boards and floating crafts by now. So I was really shocked when I saw the price of this 1961 Ferrari. It was recently sold at an auction for .……$10,894,900. Now that is a lot of coin for one car. I can’t fathom spending that much on your dream car, seeing my dream car is a red convertible 1992 Chrysler LeBaron.

I really hope this guy’s son calls in sick to school one day and takes this thing out for a joy ride and then crashes it trying to roll the miles back.

In case you don’t remember the fine piece of auto-machinery that was the Chrysler LeBaron, take a look after the jump. (more…)

People always say that  you’ll drink  yourself to death.  Well after you accomplish that you can now be buried in your beer.  This holds true for Chicago resident, Bill Bramanti, who is a die hard Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker.  He was such a fan of the beer he designed his eternal resting box to look like his favorite can of brew.

Now that may seem like a stupid purchase for the mass majority but he’s found a way to get his money’s worth. He’ll be using it as a cooler till the die he dies holding none other than cans of PBR.

“Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?” Bramanti’s daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42, said.

[USA Today]

A journalism grad student was arrested near Cairo, Egypt after photographing a labor rally. He was not specifically told the grounds for his arrest but they said something about him inciting a riot. Luckily for him, he used his cellphone to post a message to his Twitter account that simply said, “Arrested.” His friends in the States contacted the American Embassy who sent a lawyer to get the dude out of prison.

So here’s what you need to do. Sign up for an account and then follow Average Dudes on Twitter. That way, if me or Dyna ever ends up in an Egyptian prison, we’ve got a way out. Sound good?

[Washington Post]

Yes, I’m a young male and I voted for Hillary Clinton. While I have many legitimate reasons for voting for her in the primaries, it can now all be summed up in one picture.

You got to love a woman that can throw down a shot of Crown Royal. She stated at an event in Pennsylvania that she is a big fan of Blue Moon with an orange. Something has to be said for that, right? I can’t wait for the Republican response to this. It will probably come out that John McCain washes his balls in Ketel One….if true he may be on to something.

[Yahoo News]

See that? That’s what’s known in the journalism field as “sensationalism.” The Air Force didn’t really almost kill everyone. Still, this story is scary as all hell. (more…)