Friday Funnies: Astronauts Falling Down
I didn’t know they had video of this sort of thing. I guess astronauts trip and fall, just like the rest of us.
Here’s How to Deal With Those Unwelcome Emails Asking to Advertise on Your Blog
From Ken at Popehat, a lesson in confusing and, hopefully ultimately, deterring those barely-English speaking link mongers that contact you about advertising links on your site. Recently we’ve been getting more and more emails asking to advertise here on Popehat. Some of these offers strike me as somewhat suspicious. Usually I delete them. Tonight, inspired [...]
If You Watch it Backwards
Saw a link to this site on The Agitator. This is a great idea. You can submit your own “if you watch it backwards” ideas to the site. Here’s what’s on the home page this morning: See more at If You Watch it Backwards
Photo Caption Contest #1
Update 2: Reader dee provided a couple of good ones, including this: Update: Here’s a couple of good entries from waffle44: “Flipper, come back! – we love you!” and “This is not what I expected when I bought the ‘Swim with the Dolphins’ excursion” I took this photo when I was at Corolla (that’s ka-’rah-luh, [...]
Hope There’s Not a Fire…
Forgot where I saw this – think it was Gizmodo. This has to be a violation of the fire code.
Things You See at the Apple Store…
Josh and I were in the Apple Store at Short Pump Town Center to look at the new MacBook Air. While we were there, I observed this. I think the guy was fixing a problem with the receipt printer under the table – but before I knew this, it just looked weird.
She Meant to Say “Big Fat Bonuses”
Video of Diane Denish, Democrat candidate for governor in New Mexico, talking in a debate about how her opponent is spending money:
Old Spice + Blendtec: Man Smoke
Cool mashup of Old Spice commercial and Blendtec’s “Will it Blend?” ad campaign.
World’s Smallest Apartment for Sale: $68,450
From The Telegraph: 55 square feet. It does have a window, but you have to climb up the ladder to the loft, and over the bed to open it.
And, A MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION!
This is at once hilarious and painful to watch. Phil Davison is seeking the Republican nomination for Treasurer of Stark County – and HE IS NOT APOLOGIZING FOR HIS TONE TONIGHT! Watch and laugh, or cringe. It’s a like a seeing a car wreck that you know is going to happen: you just can’t look [...]
Education Excellence: South Bend “Pubic” Schools
Embarrassing billboard mistake for South Bend, Indiana’s public schools, who were trying to tout their “best things.” They’ve pulled it now, obviously, but the cat’s out of the bag. Read the story at WANE.com









