Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. … A stuffed Sponge Bob in a vending machine’s bin caught Robert’s eye. He tried without success to fish it out with a plastic crane. “I told him I could get it for him,” his […]
Let this be a lesson to you
Posted by Ben on October 29, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/let-this-be-a-lesson-to-you/
Fish strike back
It’s not so strange that some men experienced hallucinations after eating some popular fish–though it is apparently (and thankfully) rare. The strange part is that it’s reported in Practical Fishkeeping magazine. Though I guess eating fish you keep in your aquarium is all kinds of practical… Probably not the kind of practicality the magazine’s advocating, […]
Posted by Ben on October 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/fish-strike-back/
Everyone in this room is now dumber
A Billy Madison reference, from a judge. (And no, the previous sentence isn’t really intended as any kind of statement. It simply follows the rule of: the unexpected is funny. Ha ha.) (via The Smoking Gun)
Posted by Ben on October 26, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/everyone-in-this-room-is-now-dumber/
No matter how hard you look
…you won’t find very much on the internet about the elusive “out-of-control doughnut trailer”, never mind how much danger it portends. (Above: helpful illustration)
Posted by Ben on October 24, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/no-matter-how-hard-you-look/
Slugs 0, Spice 2
Think what you will; it’s hard to dislike an article that includes a chart with the title “Slugs and snails v sugar and spice”. Really. The article in the Economist looks at studies examining the differences between boys and girls, men and women, monkeys and monkeyettes. Some interesting, marginally inconclusive findings, all encompassed (mostly) by […]
Posted by Ben on October 19, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/slugs-0-spice-2/
A little (re)touch is all it takes
Think you’re fit for a mag cover? How are your cheek shadows? How about your shirt creases (any ugly shadows?)? See retouching in action, step-by-step, in this flash exhibit.
Posted by Ben on September 28, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-little-retouch-is-all-it-takes/
Yet another Google Maps mashup
…this one involving AP News stories & Google maps. Displaying, as you might expect, a map indicating the “location” of various top AP news stories in categories such as “National”, “Sports”, and the omnipresent “Strange”. (Who doesn’t love “strange”?)
Posted by Ben on September 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/yet-another-google-maps-mashup/
Go train, go!
“Draw a 100-mile circle around almost any major world city — Rome, Paris, Tokyo — and there’s an extensive commuter rail network linking vibrant communities. We have antiquated commuter rail networks around Boston and New York. We’ve starved the infrastructure.” … Yet New England, a century ago, had a robust rail network, covering a huge […]
Posted by Ben on September 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/go-train-go/
Mystery Beast No More
What creature some suspected of being a mystery beast is now found to be not so mysterious, though still a little bit strange, perhaps. Fame is fickle and fleeting for some. (BoGlo: “Residents wonder if dead animal is legendary mystery beast” [16 Aug 2006]; WMTW/AP: “DNA Tests Reveal ‘Mytery Beast’ Was Dog” [28 Aug 2006])
Posted by Ben on September 3, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/mystery-beast-no-more/