Tag Archives: weirdness

Pickle Surprise

Yesterday an old friend reminded me about 1989’s Pickle Surprise, which is Wigstock:The Movie director Tom Rubnitz’ strange bit of absurdity starring Lady Bunny and RuPaul. I remember Rubnitz’ equally strange Strawberry Shortcut being a favorite at Fort Lauderdale’s Cathode Ray video bar. Rubnitz died of AIDS in the early 90’s. NOTE: For those that don’t know, here’s how Urban …

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Secret Recipee

I don’t usually do “news of the weird” type posts, but this one from New Hampshire amused me. A Hazmat call to a Manchester Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant was determined to have been sparked by a hoax call, police said. Firefighters were called to the restaurant on Hooksett Road because employees reported eye and skin irritation from a fire extinguisher. …

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A Curious President’s Day Factoid

Here’s a bizarre President’s Day fact. The most popular former U.S. president in Paraguay is Rutherford B. Hayes. Forget Lincoln or Washington. Rutherford B. Hayes — a one-term U.S. president who is undistinguished at home — has a holiday, a province, a town, a museum and a soccer team all named in his honor, thanks to an 1878 arbitration in …

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Proven: New Jersey Smells

Stop the presses! Mayor Bloomberg went live on NYC television today to announce that the source of maple syrup smell that has mystified Manhattanites for the last couple years has been discovered. Via Gothamist’s liveblog of the press conference: Bloomberg, who has not doffed a Sherlock Holmes cap, says that NYC, NY and NJ agencies have been working together to …

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Little Hitler Removed By State

Remember little Adolph Hitler Campbell and his sister Aryan Nation? The state of New Jersey has taken them away from their parents. State authorities have removed Adolf Hilter Campbell and his two sisters from their parents’ home in Holland Township, township police Chief David Van Gilson said today. New Jersey’s Division of Youth and Family Services took the 3-year-old, as …

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The Maple Syrup Smell Is Back

That bizarre maple syrup smell wafted over Gotham again yesterday. The mysterious sweet smell that swept over parts of the city more than three years ago returned on Monday night. The city’s 311 information line was flooded with callers reporting the smell of maple syrup, or something like it, wafting across several neighborhoods, a spokesman for the Office of Emergency …

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30 To Life For Gay Cannibal

The guy who won Mr. Gay UK in 1993 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing, dismembering, and cooking his former lover. A former winner of a gay beauty contest has been sentenced to life in prison for murder. Anthony Morley, who won Mr Gay UK in 1993, will serve at least 30 years in jail. On …

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Mr. Elboto

Sometime in the 50’s, mathematician Alan Turing predicted that one day computers would converse with humans so easily, humans would not know they were speaking with a machine. The so-calling Turing Test, the ability of a computer to fool a human 30% of the time, has not yet been achieved. But Sunday, one computer came very close. On Sunday, a …

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Weirdness From Flickr

I spent a few minutes last night watching Flickr’s super-weird “rainbow and photo-vomiting panda”, an image-streaming thingy in which the panda spits out photos as they are posted to Flickr. Kinda hypnotizing if you need to waste some time. Shrug.

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The Gay Virginity Auction

Real or hoax? This weekend Gawker reported that a 27 year old newly out-of-work Wall Streeter was offering up his “gay virginity” to the highest bidder. The guy says he looks like Adam Brody of tv’s The O.C. What I am explictly offering as part of this auction is the following – I will wear the same suit that I …

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Fava Beans And A Nice Chianti

Another gay cannibal? A gay Yorkshire man has been charged with murder in the death of a man he picked up. The naked body of Damian Oldfield, 33, was found in a house in Harehills following remarks the suspect made at a local takeout restaurant. Police said that part of Oldfield’s right leg had been cut out and pieces of …

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Hung Obama Top 4U, Can Host

From Craigslist Houston: “I am an attractive, in shape hung (9 inches) black male from Atlanta here on business. I am looking for a masculine white male to service me, then get pounded in my hotel room today or tomorrow (saturday). Send your pics, stats and background info. I want to wear my Obama mask while I pound you.”I don’t …

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“I Will Fucking Destroy You”

I had a rather strange encounter at the Eagle last night. I was wearing the Piggly Wiggly t-shirt that my buddy Little Tom bought me when he visited San Francisco for Mac World last month. Tom and I were leaning on the pool table under the big screen playing the Super Bowl when a guy a pointed at me and …

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