Supercut of the Day: The Twin Towers’ “all-too-short film career” is celebrated in Dan Meth‘s commemorative collection of World Trade Center cinematic cameos.
[kuriositas.]
Archive for August, 2011
Porno Plotline IRL of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Porno Plotline IRL of the Day: A New Mexico State Police officer was recently caught on camera sexually serving (and hopefully protecting) on the hood of a car while in uniform.
A Santa Fe County security camera set up to catch graffiti vandals captured the officer and an unidentified woman mid-coitus at La Bajada Ranch.
According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, it was not immediately clear if any laws had been violated, but the officer in question — who has been put on leave — will face an internal investigation.
Brick In A Box of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Brick In A Box of the Day: PROTIP: If you’re purchasing an iPad in a McDonald’s parking lot, you’re not purchasing and iPad.
A South Carolina woman learned that important lesson the hard way after she bought what she thought was an iPad for $180 from two men outside a McDonald’s in Spartanburg.
During her drive home, Ashley McDowell opened the package containing the deeply discounted tablet, only to discover a blackened piece of wood with a stuck-on Apple logo cutout.
The search is now on for the two suspects, one of whom McDowell told police “had a gold tooth.”
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Well-Deserved Recognition of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Well-Deserved Recognition of the Day: Ed O’Neill was joined by TV wives Katey Sagal (Married… with Children) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where the 65-year-old actor was finally honored with his very own star.
Speaking with the Youngstown News, O’Neill recalled nearly turning down the offer to join the Tinseltown Who’s Who. “I never liked the idea of it,” he said. “It’s bizarre — names on a sidewalk. People can spit on it. I thought it was kind of weird. But I mentioned it to my daughter, who is 11, and she said, ‘Daddy, you have to get your star. If you don’t, that means you’re crazy.’ That did it.”
[usatoday.]
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Celebrity With A Cause of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Celebrity With A Cause of the Day: 50-year-old Splash star Daryl Hannah was arrested outside the White House today for refusing an order to leave a sit-in protest opposing the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast, so she’s got that going for her which is nice.
[latimes / photo: ap via denverpost.]
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Shear Luck of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Shear Luck of the Day: An Arizona man is reportedly doing fine after accidentally falling eye-first on a pair of pruning shears.
According to doctors at University Medical Center, 86-year-old Leroy Luetscher accidentally lost his balance and fell on the gardening tool, causing half of it to become lodged in his eye socket. Amazingly, surgeons were able to extract the shears without harming the eye or any other “vital structure.”
UMC eye specialist Dr. Lynn Polonski says Luetscher is suffering from slight swelling and the happiest case of double vision ever.
[sentinel.]
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Extra Digits of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Extra Digits of the Day: Yoandri Hernandez Garrido is something of a celebrity in his native Cuba for the simple fact that the man they call “Twenty-Four” was born with two extra fingers and two extra toes — all fully functional.
Garrido uses his extra digits to collect some extra cash, snapping photos with tourists and picking fruit from the tops of coconut trees.
This amazing anecdote, however, is free of charge: “One day when I was in primary school, a teacher asked me how much was five plus five,” Garrido is quoted as saying. “I was very young, kind of shy, and I didn’t say anything. She told me to count how many fingers I had, so I answered, ’12! The teacher was a little upset, but it was the truth!”
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Fashion Retrospective of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Fashion Retrospective of the Day: To promote the September 13th grand opening of the Westfield Stratford City shopping center — reportedly the largest urban shopping center in Europe — The Viral Factory runs through 100 years of East London style in 100 seconds.
[mmm.]
What Is This I Don’t Even of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
What Is This I Don’t Even of the Day: In which Farm Aid co-founder Willie Nelson covers Coldplay’s “The Scientist” for a pro-free-range animated “pseudo-PSA” commissioned by Chipotle.
[adfreak.]
Sign Of The Times of the Day
Aug. 30, 2011
Sign Of The Times of the Day: I’d really like to know the story behind how that second sign became necessary.
[bookofjoe.]
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