Category Archives: media

Pickle phobia?

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could have come up with a better parody of daytime junk talk shows, but apparently this one’s for real. An episode of the Maury Show deals with various strange phobias. This girl supposedly has … Continue reading

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Got him!

By now I’m sure anyone who has been even remotely paying attention to the news is already aware that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida in Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and several of his associates yesterday.

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June 6

Although today is 6/6/6 on the calendar I prefer to remember the day as the anniversary of something much more deserving of notice: the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in WWII. The Blackfive blog has a great collection of … Continue reading

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Gospel Yodeling?

Wow. This is really weird. Can’t say I’ve heard anything like that before.

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Freedom isn’t free

As cliched as that phrase may be, it never becomes any less true. Here are several more Memorial Day links. Talk about a tough job. The military bloggers at Blackfive commemorate Memorial Day by remembering a few of their own. … Continue reading

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Memorial Day roundup

Some miscellaneous thoughts for this Memorial Day: A great article on Memorial Day and the Iraq War here [via Instapundit] Reminds us why we fight. Be sure to read the whole thing. The song ‘Mansions of the Lord’ is particularly … Continue reading

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Unexpected fame, cont.

The improbable saga of Guy Goma continues: he’s got his own fan website now. I have a feeling he’ll more than make up for the embarrassment once the endorsement offers start rolling in. How much do you suppose he got … Continue reading

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Fun for Friday

Here’s a mildly entertaining flash game from Pepsi Japan that’ll take up a Friday afternoon. It’s actually quite a bit harder than it looks (I did beat it though—see the attached screenshot for confirmation ).

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Zarqawi video

Here’s the Zarqawi ‘outakes’ video: As you can see, certain folks wasted no time posting the video to YouTube, parodying it, and generally making a fool of Zarqawi. The original file can be found & downloaded here. Thanks to CENTCOM Continue reading

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Cool hand chimes

Actually, to call them just “chimes” would be quite an understatement. This system is a set of electronic wireless batons that are motion sensitive and controlled through a programmable base station. The base station allows a director to program the … Continue reading

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