Tag Archives: silliness

According to a widget created by Stockholm Pride, my Twitter feed is 1% hetero. I’ll try to do better. Or worse, depending on how you look at it. Stockholm Pride is July 27th – August 2nd.

Those sexually suggestive ads recently put out by Burger King and Quiznos have nothing on this Sprite ad from Germany. NSFW! NSFW! This is just a spec commercial, so claiming it was banned from the airways isn’t quite truthful.

Animal researchers set up an experiment to find out if cats are controlling their owner’s behaviors with their cries. I think you know how this turns out. While the felines used purr-cries around their familiar owners, they were not eager to make the same cries in front of strangers. So McComb and her team trained cat owners to record their …

Thirteen Tim Hortons donut shops opened around Manhattan this morning as Reise Restaurant Group ditches their long-running contract with Dunkin’ Donuts for the maple-flavored Canadian chain. The shops are named for a hockey player that died in a 1974 car accident, just so you know. More in breaking donut-related news as it occurs…

Around this time yesterday it was 12:34:56 7/8/9. Oh well, see you next century.

The literal deification of Michael Jackson has begun. A Stockton family says the image of Michael Jackson appeared on his tree stump the day the King of Pop died. Like the “Virgin Grilled Mary” or “Cheesus,” the family thinks they’ve got an unusual spiritual image staring right at them from their own front yard. Felix Garcia has lived in the …

I love the anchors’ faces.

Notice anything about their uniforms? UPDATE: JMG reader KJ points out their blooper reel and their fun site. (Tipped by JMG reader Jim S)

Way to stay sharp, MTA.

The Barbie Girl people are back. I really really really shouldn’t like this. Totally. Should. Not. Presses repeat. BTW, a dear friend of mine who is a grown-ass man, works out daily to the first Aqua album. For realz. (Tipped by JMG reader Claire Bear)

America’s Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff was “honored and humbled” when a male contestant sang a love song about him. Cute bit. (Via – Towleroad)

Bigger version here. (Via JMG reader Atari Age.)

The latest from Passive Aggressive Notes. (Tipped by JMG reader Vincent)

PETA is now upset that the president killed a fly during an interview and is sending him a “humane bug catching” device. PETA: “We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals. We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals. Swatting a fly on TV indicates he’s not perfect, and …

From the clever video remix artist Dan-O-Rama, whose club videos you’ve probably been seeing for years. (Via – Towleroad)

New Zealand’s annual all-nude rugby tournament was interrupted by a fully-clothed streaker, who may be in this shot somewhere, not that anyone will notice. Kudos to the cameraman for his timing, not a ball in sight.