Something Terrible on TV.

Black Hole, Indeed.

Half-Empty.

Come on! It's Funny!

Back In The USSW.

The United States of Star Wars (or USSW if you're into the whole brevity thing), offers a different planet/location from Star Wars representing each state based on similarities in geography and other factors like the kind of people who live there. Or maybe it's just random.

How To Sell Books

Oogy.

Batman After Hours

Just Add Water!

"[It's] known as "dry water" because it consists of 95 percent water and yet is a dry powder. Each powder particle contains a water droplet surrounded by modified silica, the stuff that makes up ordinary beach sand. The silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a liquid. The result is a fine powder that can slurp up gases, which chemically combine with the water molecules to form what chemists term a hydrate.

"There's also other potential uses for dry water such as jumpstarting chemical reactions and providing a safer way to transport and store harmful industrial materials."

Just... well, do not eat.

Never, Ever Would have Guessed.

Guns Don't Kill Ducks....

Cats without guns playing Duck Hunt kill ducks.

It's Not Whether You Win Or Lose.

I'm Ba--

Happy back to school, kids!

The Next Big Thing.

Do I Have To Spell It Out For You?

 "Part optometrist's chart, part geek quiz and part typography nerd poster, this Sci-fi Eye Test features 36 letters pulled from the logos of games, comics and movie titles."

Not to brag or anything, but I identified all of them. I'm talking EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Plus the background. Hoth, amirite?

Click here to embiggen!

Beer Pockets!

"Ever since the inauguration five years ago of the Big Tex Choice Awards at the Texas State Fair, food vendors have been deep-frying the impossible in their pursuit of the Most Creative and Best Taste awards.

"As the Dallas Morning News reports, the Fried Beer was the result of a painful process of trial and error for creator Mark Zamble. His initial efforts kept exploding once they hit the fryer, and he kept getting burned. Zamble has already applied for a patent and trademark for Fried Beer, which appears to be a pocket of pretzel dough filled with its signature beverage."

My god that sounds delicious. Scalding hot beer and fried pretzel dough all in one bite? It's like I won the culinary lottery. Quick Robin -- to the Fry-Daddy!

Oh, It's On.

Didja' hear? An unmanned robotic death & destruction 'copter went rogue while flying around Washington DC! 

"A software error, combined with an unfortunate user action, led to a US military robot helicopter - developed from a manned version and capable of carrying a fearsome arsenal of weapons - straying into restricted airspace near Washington DC, according to reports.
"Losses of communications between unmanned aircraft and ground operators are a routine event, but seldom have serious consequences. Robot planes and choppers lacking instructions from their human masters will normally circle where they are when comms go down, and control is almost always restored shortly thereafter...
The difference here is that the MQ-8 failed to follow its built-in failure protocol, instead continuing on course. Unmanned aircraft are generally restricted to operations in special military-controlled airspace and are forbidden to enter areas governed by normal civil rules."

Did you read that? It failed to follow its built-in failure protocol. Try to explain that, robot-apocalypse naysayers!

All You Zombies.

Do you want to know more?

Well, Now You Know.

Shop local!

Darwin Award Winners!

Wow. You guys are almost as good at science as you are spelling.

Rock Out With Your Plasma Rifles Out.

Boogie Down. Indeed.

Funky? Fresh!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Ummmmm... yeah.

Click!

Uh-Ohhhhh... Graboids!

Monstrous Wildlife from Frank Robnik on Vimeo.

Heavy Lefting.

August 13th is International Left Handers' Day. Some fun facts:

1. Left Hander's Day was started in August 13 1976 by Left Handers International.
2. About 7 percent of the population is left handed.
3. Lefties are also called "southpaws".
4. In twins, there is a high tendency for one to be left-handed.
5. 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed.
6. 4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed.
7. Left-handers usually reach puberty 4 to 5 months after right-handers.
8. George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama are all left handed. So was Ronald Reagan.
9. Pablo Picasso, Isaac Newton, Leonardo Di Vinci, and Michelangelo were also left handed.
10. Right-handed people tend to use the left side of their brains more. Left-handed people, the opposite.
11. Left handers tend to adjust quickly to seeing underwater.
12. Right handers tend to chew food on the right side, left handers tend to chew on the left side.
13. Albert Einstein was left handed.
14. Left-handed people who have higher I.Q.s tend to have an I.Q. of over 140.
15. In some cultures it is impolite to touch your food with your left hand.

No iPhones!

So... iPhones aren't cool. Got it.

At Last!

Marketing Of The Jedi

Happy Sequential Date Day!

"X" Never, Ever Marks The Spot.

Note: I know, I thought it was a treasure map too. Click here to see the thing in all it's "WAIT, WHERE'S THE X?" glory.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Click!

It's just like what your grandma's vague notion of a video game is!

Angstorm

David Bowie and NIN:  "Hurt" from video on Vimeo.

Ahhhhhh! Neck Pinch!

Unless you sit on a throne with your monitor perched on a TV-Dinner stand, you could learn a thing or two from Uhura here and adjust your seat for maximum bodily comfort.

Donald Duck Dreams Don't Disappoint

Okay, I haven't seen Inception, but I did see this back in 2002:

That's right: as usual, it was popular avian sailor Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose, and some criminal beagles who were at the cutting edge of convoluted sci-fi dream plots way back when. As you can maybe read in the above panel, it turns out Uncle $crooge was at the receiving end of some classic Inception-style extraction eight years ago. "King of the world?" Whatever.

Pew x 15,000!

Cosplay Outside

I don't care if you're the goddamm Grinch, you've gotta admit this makes your heart at least a half-size bigger.

Jesus Bid.

You have to wonder.... Apparently this Hot Wheels Invisible Jet toy began life as an April Fools' joke but I don't remember hearing about it because I don't even know if I remembered to take my vitamins this morning. At any rate, it became a Comic-Con exclusive and suckers lined up to pay $5 for the empty box (it just looks  like there's a plane inside because of the molded plastic packaging), and now the things are selling like hotcakes on eBay.

I swear, people will collect anything.

How To Become A Superhero

Aw, Come On.

Citizen's Association for the Protection of Everybody, Regardless.

That 70's Show

Blade Runner 3.6

BLADE RUNNER revisited >3.6 gigapixels from françois vautier on Vimeo.

Right Down The Drain.

This is a video of several college freshman emptying 32 glowsticks into the back of a dorm toilet and then flushing it. Normally I'd make fun of them, but it's actually pretty awesome.

For F*ck's Sake.

And I Know What's Happening

Nerdgasm!

Thor'd Hammer In The Morning

Seen in the top picture going for a four person sign-holding record (and proving there might actually be something to the whole "strength in numbers" thing after all), the Westboro Baptist Church's Comic-Con protest was met with some stiff opposition to say the least. Maybe God's not on your side after all. The superheroes definitely aren't!

"They've faced down humans time and time again, but Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist Church were not ready for the cosplay action that awaited them today at Comic-Con. After all, who can win against a counter protest that includes robots, magical anime girls, Trekkies, Jedi and...kittens?

"Unbeknownst to the dastardly fanatics of the Westboro Baptist Church, the good folks of San Diego's Comic-Con were prepared for their arrival with their own special brand of superhuman counter protesting chanting "WHAT DO WE WANT" "GAY SEX" "WHEN DO WE WANT IT" "NOW!" while brandishing ironic (and some sincere) signs. Simply stated: The eclectic assembly of nerdom's finest stood and delivered."

 Oh man, I love a good counter-protest.

Cows.

The End Is Nigh.

The Goon Is Good Enough.

Oooooooooooo! Good news, fans of Eric Powell's paranormal comic The Goon: there's a David Fincher-producer (the Facebook movie guy!) animated movie of that coming out soon, and thanks to MTV, now we have a brief preview of it. Even better news for you: it looks like an extremely accurate recreation of the popular series. What a novel approach.

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

Really.

These are a couple of Pokémon battle scenes IRL as imagined by Flickr user alecks(zander)kwin. Oh, and IRL stands for "In Real Life" if today's your first day on the internet  or you're a parent reading this over your child's shoulder.

That's... Just... Fine.

This is a video of two guys spoiling the endings to 50 classic  NES games. You might not want to watch if there's still some games  you're working on... but since it's been TWENTY YEARS you might as well give up already.

Just Eat It

In the future meat  will be scarce, and in order to get your RDA of protein you're gonna have to start eating more nuts and beans. Or... OR... zombie jerky. Zombie Jerky is just like beef jerky except made out of people you knew.

Improv Everywhere Are The Plans?

"For our latest mission, we staged a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car. The white walls and sliding doors on the train reminded us of the rebel ship from the movie, and we thought it would be fun to see how people would react to a surprise appearance by the iconic characters. We spread out the actors along the train line, staging it so they would enter the right car at the right time."

Oh man, did I tell you about the improv troupe I saw the last time I was in New York? They faked this whole elaborate stabbing on the subway. I would have sworn it was real. Okay, so it might have been real.

Sharktopus!

Only An Expert

Lost Nowhere Near Translation

Cat In The Box

Winner?

This is a little video created by College Humor demonstrating what it would be like if classic video games all had a super-easy mode. Well... what would it be like? Not fun.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Can't Put A Price On Art...

Well, unless it's less than $200.

Spotted in Hayes Valley! Yay Street A(TM)rt!

Uh-Oh.

"Arcing over Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou, the UFO appeared to glow with an eerie white light and left a bright trail in its wake.

"Stunned witnesses reported seeing a comet-like fireball in the sky and a number of local residents took photos of the strange ball of light.

"'The thing suddenly ran westwards fast, like it was escaping from something,' he said."

Plastic Pews!

Carvey With A Chance Of Oddballs

NSFW... NR... IMI.

This is the "NSFW Workplace Safety Advisory System," it works just like the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System. I don't know about you, but I could die happily never seeing a threat over yellow. You? I can tell you're a deviant... isn't that you up there in red?

Turn. Or Turn Not.

This is a funny little video of Yoda  doing his voice recording for the  Star Wars series of TomTom GPS voices. I'm not even gonna lie: I giggled.

Shhhhhh! Boom! Awwwwww!

Sorry About Those Harpoons & Tow Cables!

At Last!

Rat Packs

Spectacle, Anyway.

No, I'm Just Slight Of Hands.

Ring-A-Ding!

Living History... Or Wagering On It, At Least.

Huh. The Mormons only stayed two years? And though the Southern Paiute were there first, no mention is made of when exactly they moved on... or to where. But the good news is, someone installed a giant, mechanical dragon in 1990!

John Parker! Take This Wheel!

Things To Do In Denver With The Undead

Lookee! The latest in zombie apocalypse pie-charts, this one shows what you'll most likely be doing in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Not to brag or anything, but I'll almost certainly be in the little green pie-piece.

The Jerk

Steve Martin's "leaked" riders for his tour. And yes, he's 100% kidding.

Adam Must Be So Depressed

 San Francisco artist Chris Trueman is a sick, twisted genius.

 "I found a guy who raises ants and sells them as horned lizard food," he said. "The lizards need the folic acid. It's an artificial food source. If the lizards were in nature, they could get them from their own diet, but many of these lizards are kept as pets in cities like New York and San Francisco where they are hard to come by." [...]

"The ants arrived in a large peanut butter jar -- just this huge mass of rising ants," he said. "It was weird. I couldn't set them free. They weren't native to the area and if they bit someone, they would leave welts, and I couldn't feed them, so I had to kill them."

Peel n' Sip!

"The inventor of this disposable stemware actually took it on a show dedicated to finding cool new products, and it was rejected. The joke's on them; they're blowing up over in the UK. At £2.25 a glass (~$3.40) they're not exactly cost effective...

"...cost aside, the real advantage is in the simple fact that it's sealed and good to go. The foil top is like a yogurt container's, keeping your wine fresh and your legal status legit."

 Urp.

Better Saber Than Sorry

Because geeks  like arguing about things to show off their intellectual superiority (think nerdy peacocks), here's a visual guide to lightsabers so you can prove you're right when arguing with a fellow Star Warser at the bar over a cold Mountain Dew.

And, yes. I see the errors too.

Hey, Boo. Lego?

Tea Lights My Fire

Invasion Of The Body Counters

The Body Counters website keeps track of how many deaths there were in a particular film  so you can decide if it's worth watching or not. For example, in The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood only one person dies. NOT WORTH IT. But what about Jason X? Try 250,023 (including beating one person in a sleeping bag to death with another person in a sleeping bag, then that one against a tree). Winner!

Vs.

Movie Magic Matters

From Night at the Museum director Sean Levy's Real Steel (a film that sounds like it takes Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots seriously), here's a first look at Hugh Jackman telling a boxing robot to punch another boxing robot... 'cause Hugh Jackman is the Burgess Meredith of the future. Or something.

So...

you wanna' go back to my place after the prom? Or back to the future?

You! Out Of The Gene Pool!

Wax On, F*ck Off

If this doesn't make you laugh, it will at least make you say, "Man, Daniel-san's really been taking care of himself."

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

Everything Else Is Crap.

Hang up your thinking caps,  inventors, because you'll never top bacon pancakes... and they were invented  decades ago!

I Con, You Con.

Stationary that looks like email  icons! I swear, what will they think of next?

Now Don't You Feel Better?

Be Happy.

Barking Mad

Brody Bunch

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, as with life, it's not until near the end of your Brodyquest that you truly realize the beauty in its purpose and the purpose in its beauty.



Happy Monday.

There IS A Substitute!

Sure it may look like a regular Porsche  GT3 wearing  a tinfoil helmet so aliens can't read its mileage, but it's actually a pedal-powered scale mockup.

Up The Hill Backwards

Bozio? Bonham? Peart? Clowns.

Just... Dammit.

You Knew That Anyway, Didn't You?

What Took So Long?

Of course, you'll have to suffer through more non-staggered cheese triangles 'till July 1st, but you're a brave li'l toaster, aren't you? You'll be fine.