23 December, 2009
22 December, 2009
08 September, 2009
06 July, 2009
RoboGeisha
It is just too wild! Like Eli's dream come to life!
30 June, 2009
21 June, 2009
09 June, 2009
08 June, 2009
28 May, 2009
22 May, 2009
A Series of Emails From Cyberdyne’s New Tech Guy
12 May, 2009
Mega-Shark vs Giant Octopus
10 May, 2009
02 May, 2009
30 April, 2009
Suck my capitalism, Hippie!
22 April, 2009
18 April, 2009
15 April, 2009
14 April, 2009
06 April, 2009
28 March, 2009
22 March, 2009
20 March, 2009
Leaked Watchmen Videogame Footage
17 March, 2009
15 March, 2009
10 March, 2009
06 March, 2009
Mob Job 029
Read the panels in American sequence and the Japanese in the typical right to left of vertical writing.
I drop the 'u' out of desu mainly because I learned to speak what Japanese I can remember by listening to native speakers and even though the 'u' is there when written it ain't when spoken. We were also not allowed to write Japanese words in Romaji so my Romaji may be a bit off.
Had fun with this one.
05 March, 2009
04 March, 2009
03 March, 2009
02 March, 2009
Is there a reason that I cannot go to this school...
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/lovecraftian_school_board_member?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
01 March, 2009
27 February, 2009
Tentacles, take 2
Because it didn't load up the first time.
26 February, 2009
Here ya go gents ...
moulage cheese-cake splatter pin ups for the whole family.
25 February, 2009
22 February, 2009
Oscar Preview
http://reallocaltv.com/
you can see my oscar preview.
Ron
16 February, 2009
Randy Orton the WFA?
11 February, 2009
Oldschool Ju-Jitsu
Now win one for Uncle Sam and strike up a Lucky
10 February, 2009
09 February, 2009
08 February, 2009
07 February, 2009
Nerdgasm: Boba Fett Saga by way of Robot Chicken
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951d8bc25a011d9d1f0c7300f7
Going out like a Punk
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951d8bc25a011d9d9e53110178
06 February, 2009
04 February, 2009
03 February, 2009
I am now in love with Lily Allen so I need to show this to you guys.
How many videos have a masturbating puppet and a cute girl that says twat with an adorable accent?
02 February, 2009
01 February, 2009
31 January, 2009
... things are easy when you're big in japan ...
And finally:
Start the video with the volume on and then start the trailer with the volume off and it synchs up just like dark side of the moon and the wizard of oz ... I SWEAR!!
29 January, 2009
28 January, 2009
Nerdgasm: Emelianenko vs Arlovski
27 January, 2009
The Great Office War
The Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.">
My office is kinda like this, except we use plastic butter knife bayonets and have actual malice.
22 January, 2009
Nerdgasm: Star Trek
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/01/22/new-star-trek-toys-revealed/
20 January, 2009
16 January, 2009
Mr. Secretary of the Treasurey, what is best in life?
Schwarzenegger’s Conan Sword
Politics Buzz Ahnold will show you how to cut the budget. No, seriously
14 January, 2009
13 January, 2009
12 January, 2009
stirring news:
Terror Experts Warn Next 9/11 Could Fall
On Different Date
theonion.com — In an alarming development with wide-reaching implications for America's safety, Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff and CIA Director Michael Hayden issued a joint report Monday warning that the next 9/11 could in fact occur on an altogether different date.
10 January, 2009
08 January, 2009
Man guilty in chain saw attack on neighbor's door
Authorities said 34-year-old Robert Kane began sawing through the front door of Jamie Zaleski's apartment in Scranton last March while Zaleski and several friends ran out the back.
Kane was angry because a friend of Zaleski's parked in front of his house. Police say Zaleski heard a knock at the door, asked who it was, and Kane responded, "Your worst (expletive) nightmare. Open the door or I'll cut it down."
He then cut a gash in the door with a chain saw, authorities said.
The defense said Zaleski never actually saw Kane wielding the saw. But a witness testified that Kane bragged about the incident, and the jury convicted Kane on Tuesday of attempted burglary, terroristic threats and other charges. A sentencing date wasn't immediately set.
___
Information from: The Times-Tribune, http://thetimes-tribune.com/
Man guilty in chain saw attack on neighbor's door
07 January, 2009
06 January, 2009
fucking bored at work 08....
05 January, 2009
Poor chad.... I think he is going to be traded...
FREE #85 JERSEY!
For a limited time for every $50 spent, receive a #85 Johnson or #85 Ocho Cinco Jersey FREE!
Spend your $50 and select any size of #85 jersey you want. Spend $100 and select two. And so on...
We will adjust the original jersey cost at time of invoicing.
Applies to men's, women's and youth sizes too.
Good for in-store purchases also.
$50 does not include the cost of shipping.
No adjustments on previous purchases
04 January, 2009
Cyanineblu on Deviant Art
(In the Nerd Voice)
Talk a look at this awesome art by one of our peeps....
http://cyanineblu.deviantart.com/
03 January, 2009
Darwin Awards
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008.html
Some people are too stupid to live...
02 January, 2009
This is for our favorite Half Chinese Geologist. Signs of the End Times Vol. 3: Volcanic DEATH!
01 January, 2009
YO HO! YO HO! The pirate's life for me!!!!
How do you pay a pirate's ransom? | ||||||||
Pirates in Somalia are making a fortune by hijacking ships and demanding ransoms to set them and their crews free - one official estimates the total this year to be around $150m. There are conflicting reports about how much they want for the Saudi oil tanker they seized last month, the Sirius Star, and its cargo of two million barrels of oil, but how do you negotiate and deliver a pirate ransom in the 21st Century?
From what can be gleaned - how the negotiations run their course and how the ransoms are paid - what goes on would be worthy of a Hollywood action movie script. "No matter what process is taken, they always go through a middleman," advises BBC Somali service analyst Said Musa. "And trust is at the heart of everything." Fahid Hassan, who has experience of the negotiations, says that after boarding the ship, the first step for the pirates is to make contact with its owners. "All the important documents are there on the ship, so the pirates can know easily all the information they need," he says. "The talks are by telephone, mostly satellite phone but sometimes even SMS/text messages are sent. The pirates do not negotiate themselves. They hire someone and often this person is a relative; someone they can trust."
"For the Sirius Star, there are two negotiators. Sometimes they are on the ship, sometimes they are in town. The negotiator must work and work and work to get the money which is a very difficult job. It is very difficult to please the owner and please the pirates," he adds. "But once the money is delivered the negotiator gets a share, the same as a pirate. Everyone on the ship gets an equal share." Mr Hassan says that in the past, the ransom was delivered by money transfer, but that now owners hire a third party to hand over the money directly. "They come onto the ship or the pirates get onto their boat for the handover of the bags of cash," he says. "The men who bring the money then go; they leave the ship to let the pirates count and check. Some of the pirates have counting machines and also machines to detect fake notes." Security firms Roger Middleton, a Horn of Africa specialist at the Chatham House, says the ship-owners hire professionals, from specialist negotiators to private security firms, to transfer the ransoms. "They are mostly ex-SAS and British or Australian. A lot are also South African," he says. Not much more is known for certain, however, as it is an unwritten rule among members of such firms that there are no kiss-and-tell stories. Understandably, those involved are also aware of the needs of their clients and the strict demand for secrecy with people's lives being at stake. However, Mr Middleton says that such operations cost about $1m, not including the ransom. "The professional negotiators, acting on behalf of the ship owners, get about $100,000 for their services and the lawyers receive a fee of about $300,000 for ensuring that the shipping companies are not putting themselves in any dubious positions," he explains. Regarding what goes on behind closed doors, be it the negotiations and the legal and insurance matters as a result of these hijackings, Mr Middleton says it would be fair to say that, "most of it happens in London," he adds. The EU's first ever naval mission will patrol the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden Gavin Simmonds, head of international affairs at the British Chamber of Shipping, agrees this assumption is "highly likely" as London is the centre of the global maritime industry. "It seems perfectly plausible that the actual facilitation of ransom money is being done by London-based insurers," he says. However, Mr Simmonds says he has also heard rumours that some exchanges have taken place in Dubai. Bags of cash The pirates ask that the ransom is all in used dollar bills - normally $50 or $100 notes - according to those with experience of such negotiations. Kenyan sailor Athman Said Mangore, who was held captive for more than 120 days by Somali pirates, says they are known to make many demands and put in place a number of restrictions.
"They sometimes say they want $208,000 exactly in $100 bills only," he says. "I don't know why they make those demands. They usually also don't like dollar bills that were printed in 2000 or the years before. If it was printed in 1999, they say: 'This is not fit to be used in our shop'," he adds. Once the ship's owners have sourced cash, a private security firm takes over. They then hire a tug boat, often from the Kenyan port of Mombasa, which they take further north up the coast towards Somali waters. The security personnel then board the boat with the bags of cash and enough weaponry to keep it safe. When the ransom has been paid, the pirates are left to count the money and are allowed to leave the vessel freely. "The navies in the Somali waters of course must have a pretty good idea of what goes on, as they have spy drones and they are watching the hijacked vessels," Mr Middleton says. "Whether there's any coordination between the ransom payers and the navies is unknown." The BBC's Joseph Odhiambo in Mombasa says that on at least two prior occasions the ransom money was delivered to the hijacked vessels via air-drops. He also says that other payments were flown from Wilson Airport in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, into Somalia on cargo planes transporting the stimulant, khat. No-one knows how long it will be until the Sirius Star is set free, but it is fair to say the ransom negotiations will be both complicated and delicate, with its cargo believed to be worth $100m. And the families of its 25 crew members, who are being held hostage, will be hoping that the pirates stay true to their word that they have no intention of harming them. |
I guess the only thing blowing in Italy in the begining of 09 in Italy was on faces instead of in the air.
Naples sex strike over fireworks | ||||
New Year's Eve could prove to be something of a damp squib for some men in the Italian city of Naples. Hundreds of Neapolitan women have pledged to go without sex unless their men promise to refrain from setting off dangerous illegal fireworks. Local authorities are backing the women and have sent out text messages urging the men to "make love, not explosions". The women say it is the only way to persuade their partners that they are serious about their concerns. "Setting off illegal fireworks isn't celebrating, it's dangerous," Carolina Staiano, a founder of the campaign, told La Stampa newspaper.
''If a sex strike is what it takes in order to get the attention of our men, husbands, partners and sons, then we're ready for it," Mrs Staiano, 44, told Italy's Ansa news agency. 'Sensitive issue' Mrs Staiano, who has the support of local churches, speaks from personal experience when warning of the dangers of fireworks. She has spent her life caring for her father, who was left partially paralysed and with epilepsy after a firework exploded next to him at a New Year's Eve party before she was born. ''I'm receiving phone calls all the time from people who want to join. To be honest, I really wasn't expecting this level of interest,' said Mrs Staiano. The move was inspired by the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, in which the women of Athens refuse to have sex unless their men folk forge a truce with their rivals from Sparta. Doctor and local councillor Vincenzo Sorrentino, who has long campaigned against the illegal fireworks, said a sex ban was "an issue that men are particularly sensitive to''. ''The idea of no sex is not exactly popular and polls among local men have suggested they plan to make much greater efforts this year to prevent illegal fireworks being let off," he said. Previous attempts to prevent the New Year's Eve mayhem had proved unsuccessful, said Mr Sorrentino, but he hoped the women's threat would do the job. "They are more convincing and they always achieve their goals," he said. The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Rome says if the men of Naples fail to get the women's message, an awful lot of them could be waking up on sofas on New Year's Day. |