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Category Archives: Entertainment
Hardcore Sports
Rumour has it that the toughest sport to play is Australian Rules football. I don’t know. I think these kids from Indonesia who, not only use coconuts as foot (soccer) balls, but set them on fire to play. The coconut is … Continue reading
The Ghost and Ke$ha
One doesn’t necessarily expect a great deal of critical thought either from celebrities or those who write about them. This one struck me as kinda funny. Ke$ha, the American singer, apparently has had some experience with an anonymous incubus. In an … Continue reading
Google Adds A “Bacon Number” Search
I really don’t use Wikipedia very often as a source because some of the articles are inaccurate either accidentally or through deliberate misinformation. However, I’m going to use a few links from Wikipedia here, for the simple reason that nothing … Continue reading
Rocket Man – two versions
William Shatner introduced by Bernie Taupin Here’s some commentary by Eric Garneau. This is not to deny that Shatner’s cover isn’t funny, because it is. But I think it’s more than that. The key to understanding where Bill is coming … Continue reading
Fan Art of The Incredible Hulk
Interest in the characters of Marvel Comics’ The Avengers has soared with the latest blockbuster. Scientific American blogger Glendon Mellow has attempted to show the facial Anatomy of The Incredible Hulk. I tried to draw on not only my mother’s … Continue reading
Flying Free
What is the secret to jumping out of a helicopter at 2,400 feet without a parachute and walking away? Cardboard boxes. 18,600 cardboard boxes. Gary Connery has numerous credits as a stuntman in TV and movies. He performed this latest … Continue reading
Amphibian Cars
There is no body that determines the criteria and speed stats for amphibious vehicles. However, that doesn’t mean people aren’t building them. Currently, it appears there are two competitors for the title. The first is The Python built by Watercar, … Continue reading
Emmanuelle vs. Dracula
Back in 1974, a phenomenon burst onto the movie scene with the first of the softcore Emmanuelle movies. The original starred Sylvia Kristel as the title character in 11 of the movies. So far, the franchise contains at least 40 … Continue reading
God Bless America – The Movie
Bobcat Goldthwait is best known to those of us of a certain age as Zed, the shrill faced cadet from the Police Academy movies. Since his fame in the 1980s, he has continued stand-up comedy, acting, and also turned his … Continue reading
Art Deco Henderson
In 1946, Ray Courtney started with a 1930 Henderson KJ which originally looked something like this: and make it look like this: The bike was now belongs to Frank Westfall from Syracuse, NY. Henderson made motorcycles from 1912 until 1931. … Continue reading
