Posts tagged “News”
Visine Warning?
A bleary-eyed notice from TeamBilly HQ: No more Visine. Doc’s exact words: “Unless you’re an actor and need a quick fix, don’t use the stuff. Use artificial tears or something better. But not Visine.” Apparently the quick fix you get from tetrahydrozaline works, but when it wears off you go right back to swollen eye
Love for Sale
“Hey, we seem basically compatible. I enjoyed kissing you. What do you say about trying a three-month love contract?”
Too Much Fun
A worker at Swine Genetics said the company hasn’t had any reports of missing semen, and police said no one has reported anything like it missing. link via Romanesko’s
SuperBowl Video Sets Record for Sales
The plot held no secrets, the characters were familiar, and yet neither the players nor fans who gathered at the premiere of the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl highlight video seemed to care that they saw most of the material before. Although it first went on sale this week, the video has already set a
Got Sleep?
Sleep hogs beware. A new study suggests that individuals who sleep eight hours or more a night actually have an increased death rate compared to those who average fewer hours. Study subjects who slept seven hours a night had the best survival rates. Those sleeping eight hours a night were 12 percent more likely to
Dangerous Jobs
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), farm workers are risking their lives every time they enter a manure pit.
Run = Smart
From the news desk: Jogging May Make You Smarter link via adampsyche
A Bear Suit
To some, Hurtubise is a cult hero. He’s burned through more than $100,000 and gone bankrupt building a 150-pound protective suit of titanium, plastic, chain mail, galvanized steel, rubber and thousands of feet of duct tape. To test his invention, Hurtubise has been run over by a truck, hit by a moving car, smashed in
Obscure Store
In which he posts a few links about birds
Day!
In which he is annoyed by a television anchor