Oxymoron: Escalade Hybrid
I used to see how much work went into hybrid power systems every day – the R&D department used to be located right next to my office, until it got too big a couple years ago and moved into its own facility. And American car makers are just starting to see the light? Timbuk 3 this is not.
GM – Late to the party and wearing floppy clown shoes.
Category: Web
Charlotte
That last post reminded me of this photo, which is from this site: Spider Snacks on Snake
friday, a day of gross perversion
People are sending me teh nasty links today, so let me share the love:
World Record Peristaltic Action
You know what? The other links are so bad, I’ll just stop here.
choose your pwned adventure
This is the funniest shit I’ve seen for a long, long time:
“Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It
I really used to be into those books, and the Zork series as well. The Zork books had moralistic endings (“You chose to cheat by stating you had the Sneakers of Lightness, so the story ends here. Think about what a bad person you are for a while.”) built in for cheaters, like me.
But was it Jungle Style?
This is perhaps the grossest thing I’ve ever seen before lunch: In-N-Out 100×100
In other news, I have officially decided that Chuck Norris references are already too wack.
Bird’s eye 24
Go check out this Google Maps hack that traces Jack Bauer’s movements during this season’s episodes of 24: Jacktracker
Who’d have thought we’d have this kind of awesomeness, even just a year or two ago?
Google China
Last week I railed against Skype for selling out to the commies, so it’s only fair to spread the love to Google as well. Here’s to hoping you have the good grace to perform a reacharound when you’re getting fucked:
SAMPLE GOOGLE.CN SEARCH FOR “CHINESE ATROCITIES”
We wants our beef bowls, Gollum
Last week we picked up some American beef at Jusco, complete with AMERICAN BEEF! FROM USA! stickers on the packs. “Awesome,” I thought. Beef bowl renewal at Yoshinoya must be imminent… Think again. And American companies wonder why they can’t compete in foreign markets… It’s called quality control, guys.
This is sad because, unfortunately, Aussie beef just doesn’t cut it for Japanese cooking – it’s too lean. I think Australian cows play hockey all day or something. New Zealand beef is much better from what I’ve seen – on par or better than American beef – but for some reason it’s a lot more expensive. Pretty much the same price as cheap Japanese beef though, so there’s no reason to buy it. Of course, NZ lamb is unparalleled in quality, so soft and tasty (I think it’s because they’re regularly injected with semen, but that’s a different story).
In other cringeworthy news, read yet another reason why you don’t want to be hospitalized in Japan, ever.
Overkill?
I’ve been making a big deal about this light fishing cruise on a 70-foot boat in Thailand next month, but just how many feet of overkill does that amount to? After all, if we were in Brazil, all we would need is a skiff and a lamp….