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Monday, 24 July 2006
Huzzah! Comments Work Perfectly!
Topic: Housekeeping

After a long time trying to figure out why only one or two people have ever not had their computers crash while attempting to comment here at HoD, we fixed the problem!  And by we, we mean Firefox.

So go ahead and comment away.  There aren't any invitations necessary, since our entire monthly readership equals one hour on Drudge Report, Gawker or Daily Kos (they get 180,000 hits an hour?  Jesus... - ed. it's a joke, dick), we're looking for some extra input.  The link to comment is hidden in the bottom right corner of each post and all yours to use as you see fit.  Or not.

Either way at least we can say every function on this site works.  Except for embedded videos, which believe us, we're working on.


Posted by James at 11:44 PM CDT
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From the Files of Awesome; A Federal Agent and the Late Night Hooker and Car Crashing Party
Topic: National News

This is one of those interesting stories that comes around once every few months that could be included in multiple topic lists.  We chose to label it National News, but it could easily be Embarrassment, Stupidity, Cars/Automotive or Weird Shit.  Either way, it's awesome.

An armed federal agent was caught up in an accident with a taxi cab on Saturday night in NYC after a wild night of partying with three "scantily clad women" in his government-owned Buick Lucerne driving through the streets of Manhattan with his loud speaker on screaming "stay to the right!  stay to the right!" as his lights flashed brightly, all before running through a red light and being broadsided by a cab.

Witnesses at the scene said that the three probably hookers or strippers fled the scene with paper sacks most likely containing booze bottles, and that there was a cooler in the back seat of the car and a case of Heineken in the trunk.  And the best part is, somewhere there is videotape, because the New York Post has seen it.  This leads us to invoke what our mother always told us; share and share alike.  WE MUST SEE THIS TAPE.

 

NY POST 


Posted by James at 2:54 PM CDT
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New York Cat Loves to Thieve Garden Gloves
Topic: Embarrassment

As the owner of two cats, we are keenly aware of the amount of mischief they can get into.  Which is also why we have our dog act as security in our apartment, making sure that our crazy felines don't break more lamps.  But a New York neighborhood is in turmoil as Willy the cat strikes again and again, stealing from his neighbors whenever he gets the chance.

Does Willy steal socks?  Perhaps toys?  No.  Willy is really into gardening gloves.

"This all started about the time people began working in their gardens, I guess March or April," owner Jennifer Pifer said. "Willy would just show up with a glove, or we'd see them on the front steps. I guess it's better than if he was bringing home dead birds."

Now the Pifers keep their cat's prizes on a rope outside of their own garden, with a sign hanging over them which says simply enough "Our cat is a glove snatcher. Please take these if yours."

Will Willy be rehabilitated?  Quite the opposite, in fact.  The neighborhood are big fans of the crafty kitty, who also has a history of stalking (the mailman - ed.) and assault (he hides in trees and punches people in the head as they walk below).  If you live in the town of Pelham, keep your eyes out for Willy, both high, low and behind you.  He seems to be a born hairy criminal.

 

AP via YAHOO! NEWS 


Posted by James at 1:32 PM CDT
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The Jalopnik Drinking Game! A Lesson in Self Promotion from HoD
Topic: Housekeeping

We have never been big fans of self promotion (are you kidding? - ed.), and as many of you know, Jalopnik is one of our top favorite blogs to visit throughout the day.  We are also very proud of their editors, namely Ray Wert and Davey G. Johnson, for consistently getting on television, with Ray appearing on the CNBC program On The Money and Davey showing up on the G4 network show Filter this past Friday.

But because of a dare from Davey early last Thursday, we happened to create a drinking game that for some reason On The Money decided they would put in their bonus, and now Jalopnik has thrown the video up online.  So thank you to the fellas at the Jalop and everyone at On The Money for proving that drinking can not only be dangerous to your health, your wallet, your relationship and your arrest record, but it can also be fun.

EDIT: Since it's been requested, we're dropping the link to the Jalopnik story about this massive event in our personal history.  Never before have we, as one of the commentors on the Jalop noted, created pop culture.  Now bring on our inclusion in the next version of Trivial Pursuit!

 

JALOPNIK  

YOUTUBE via JALOPNIK 

ORIGINAL CAR PUNDIT DRINKING GAME 

 


Posted by James at 12:37 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 25 July 2006 12:58 AM CDT
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British Sculptor's Inflatable Art Work Filled With Helium; Takes Off and Kills Two
Topic: Weird Shit

English artist and sculptor Maurice Agis has made a name for himself creating giant, walk-in sculptures that attract the old and young with their bright colors and large, inviting spaces that are designed for patrons to walk through.  However brilliant his bounce-house creating abilities are, Agis has absolutely no concept for physics, as his latest creation became free of its moorings and took off 18 feet into the air, spilling out 15 people who were trapped inside and killing two women who fell to their death.

Agis's sculpture could have been an even more massive hit instead of garnering world wide acclaim as being full of idiocy, had he filled it with regular air instead of helium, which as anyone over the age of 5 knows is the cause of your Six Flag's balloon flying into a jet engine at 20,000 feet and also the reason your voice goes all squeaky when you inhale the wonderful gas.

 

REUTERS


Posted by James at 12:25 PM CDT
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Sunday, 23 July 2006
USA's Floyd Landis Whips Wily Spanish Competition, Wins Tour de France
Topic: Sports

It is now official that the first Lance Armstrong-less Tour de France in seven years ended with the United States retaining the honor of claiming the winner as their own as Floyd Landis, team leader of Phonak, pulled in through the final stage as the overall winner after being down over eight minutes only two days previously.

So congratulations to Landis and the Phonak team, who have kept America at the top of the podium yet again.  Now go eat something greasy Floyd.  And maybe grab yourself a Parisian prostitute or two.  You've definitely earned yourself a vacation from exercise.

 

FOX SPORTS 


Posted by James at 3:01 PM CDT
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Friday, 21 July 2006
Mexican Tequila Company Finds New Way to Rip Off America
Topic: Stupidity

As big fans of Mexican food, we are keenly aware of the utter stupidity in our devouring it.  It is all cheese, meat, vegetables and a tortilla product combined in different manners, and we gobble it up like it's crack.

Now a Mexican tequila manufacturer has discovered a new way to sell ultra premium spirits to Americans at upwards of $225,000 a bottle.  It's not the 100 percent agave liqour that has been aged for six years.  It's the bottles, which are platinum, gold, or silver.

"Tonight we are trying for the Guinness Book of Records with the most expensive bottle in the world," Fernando Altamirano, chief executive of producer Tequila Ley .925, told a launch party for the liquor.

If you don't want to drop over 200 large on a platinum bottle, there are gold and silver bottles for $25,000.  But you'll still be considered a cheap bastard by your fancy pants friends who sprang for the $150,000 solid gold bottle.

 

REUTERS via YAHOO! NEWS 


Posted by James at 2:01 PM CDT
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Oil From Plankton? Perhaps...
Topic: World News

A Spanish research firm has claimed to have developed a new type of crude oil that is created from plankton, creating a non-stop renewable energy source that could burn cleaner and easily bred, meaning your SUV will be able to run for hundreds of years to come.

"Bio Fuel Systems has developed a process that converts energy, based on three elements: solar energy, photosynthesis and an electromagnetic field," it said in a press dossier.  "That process allows us to obtain biopetroleum, equivalent to that of fossil origin."

The new fuel source would allow for cleaner burning fuel that releases less CO2, which would help with that whole global warming thing that Al Gore seems to hate so much.  As of yet, they haven't tested the plankton crude oil in vehicles yet because it has not been refined, but for the billions of small creatures giving their lives to run our vehicles, we say you thought you were safe.  Now what's up?

 

REUTERS 

 


Posted by James at 1:49 PM CDT
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Thursday, 20 July 2006
Drunken French Judge Slices up Police with Masonic Sword
Topic: World News

French magistrate Philippe Bonnet is currently sleeping off a hardcore bender after attacking two police officers who were called to his home on a disturbance charge.  The weapon?  A ceremonial Masonic sword.

One of the police officers was barely sliced by the weapon before the other was able to take down the drunken judge with a non-lethal projectile weapon.  Bonnet, an appeals court magistrate, is currently on suspension from his position waiting for the findings of an investigative committee, which will undoubtedly find him to be a very confused Mason indeed.

 

AFP via BREITBART 


Posted by James at 3:01 PM CDT
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Eating Carrots Gives You Good Eyesight. Throwing Carrots Gives You Blindness
Topic: Stupidity

A Monroe, Conn., man is under arrest and awaiting a hearing after accidentally blinding his wife while flinging a carrot at her during an argument at the dinner table.  We have unconfirmed reports that the carrot was steamed, and not roasted, which was why it was still able to cause the debilitating wound.  Had it been cooked next to a pot roast with potatoes, it would've simply stuck to her face, slowly sliding down her cheek in a comical manner.

Instead, Roderick Vecsey's wife Pamela was subject to six hours of surgery which was unable to save her vision in her left eye.  Roderick was arraigned on second degree assault and disorderly contact with a carrot and is now free on a $500 bond.  This is proof positive that no matter what your mother told you when you were younger, vegetables can hurt you.

 

MSNBC 


Posted by James at 1:35 PM CDT
Updated: Thursday, 20 July 2006 1:36 PM CDT
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Yahoo! Loses $10.4 BILLION in a Day!
Topic: Technology

We heard about this last night but were still working out the kinks in our interface, so it had to be kept back until today, where we are astonished to report that Yahoo! has lost $10.4 billion in one single day after it saw its stock drown 22 percent after announcing they were holding off an advertising change that is the basis of their large profit margin.

Yahoo! closed at $25.20 per share, a drop of $7.04.  This beats out the 20.9 percent drop that the company experienced after announcing in 2000 that they would be affected by the dot com boom.

Get ready for a possible sell off on Yahoo! stock, since it might appear that the company is going to have to delay the advertising shift again, as it is not even close to being ready.  If so, the company could lose some major ground on its major competitor, Google.  The Google guys must be laughing their asses off in their white lab coats while drinking liquified diamond coffee out of solid gold mugs.

 

YAHOO! FINANCE (how ironic is that) 


Posted by James at 12:27 PM CDT
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New Zealand Cop Turns Tricks on the Side, Gets Reprimanded
Topic: Stupidity

A female New Zealand police officer was censured for working as a prostitute as a secondary job, something that was not sanctioned by the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, the governing body of all hookers in the country.

"The officer concerned has been counseled. Under police procedures this amounts to a censure," Deputy Police Commissioner Lyn Provost said in a statement.

The big reason that the officer got into trouble with her superiors is not because she was hooking, but because she did not request permission to hold a second job.  But the head of the Whore Commission has said that it's no big deal that an officer of the law would wish to work as a sex worker, stating that they can make upwards of $300+ on a good night and that doctors, lawyers and various business leaders from around the country work in the sex industry.

It must be wonderful to live in a magic country that housed both Hobbits, Mordor and legal hookers who can treat you for their VD after they service you.  Ah New Zealand.  How much are flights there?

 

REUTERS 


Posted by James at 12:06 PM CDT
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Pet Python Swallows Electric Blanket, Needs Surgery, Gets It, Doesn't Die, Unfortunately
Topic: Weird Shit

We apologize for the length of the headline, but we're not fans of snakes.  In fact, we hate them.  So this story was a bit disconcerting when we heard that a 12-foot python swallowed a six foot electric blanket, cord, power box and all and then veternarians spent hours in surgery taking the blanket out of the snake, which they should've just shot in the head and dumped into a ditch.

No such luck.  Houdini the snake is fine now and ready for 16 more years of life with his idiotic ski instructor owner, who deserves to get swallowed alive.

 

AP via YAHOO! NEWS 


Posted by James at 11:44 AM CDT
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006
Texas Angler Catches Something New to Fear; A Fish With Human Teeth
Topic: Texas News

Lubbock, Texas, home to Texas Tech University and some of the worst smells ever to invade a major city, has just become the home of another oddity that fits perfectly into the urban cesspool; a fish with human teeth.

No word on whether or not the fish, pictured at left, was given the chompers because of an old man dropping his dentures into the water, but it could perhaps be a new species of superfish, that, if it ever mated with the land-traveling snakehead fish, could reign down terror across the nation with its ankle-biting powers.

 

LOCAL6.COM 


Posted by James at 11:03 PM CDT
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We Fixed Us!
Topic: Housekeeping
Well, we found out that our massive failure today was a combination of  improperly installed, over-complicated blogging software and our AT&T DSL deciding that we deserved to have the connectivity of a 34k modem from 1995.  This is all fixed and we're now good to go, so we'll see you tomorrow for some news related stylings and the like.  Sleep well!

Posted by James at 10:21 PM CDT
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Severe Technical Problems
Topic: Housekeeping

Obviously, by this point you might have noticed something is wrong. We have to post this wirelessly to let you know that the new blogging software we installed has created pure mayhem with the site, so we're gonna have to figure this out and get back to you. Sorry, and pray.


Posted by James at 12:52 PM CDT
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Tuesday, 18 July 2006
Thoughtful Bike Thief Makes Ammends
Topic: Weird Shit

A thief in Germany who stole a man's bicycle felt so bad for his criminal behavior that he sent the man 400 euros for the total cost in an anonymous letter that also contained a heartfelt apology. This thoughtful criminal also professed his sorrow at forgetting where he left the bike, or else he would have returned it instead of paying for the cost of the transport.

The letter and reimbursement came after police released the details of the crime and a plea for the return of the bicycle. And that makes us jealous, because after our bike was stolen, we were only left with a blown out sliding glass door (us firing a shotgun in the house... oops - ed.), and the feeling of violation. Lucky victim.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060718/od_nm/germany_compensation_dc;_ylt=Aj7oO3b4XunTEJ9mp7vPnxCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-


Posted by James at 3:16 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 18 July 2006 3:22 PM CDT
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Toyota Recalls Cars Because of Bad... Engine?
Topic: Cars/Automotive

Over 400,000 Toyota vehicles, including their popular smug-mobile the Prius and new Yaris models, have been hit with a recall today which would involve fixing the engine before complete and total failure of said motor.

While no accidents have been caused by this engine malfunction, this is the third recall in less than two months involving Toyota and its luxury arm Lexus, which is not a signal of reliability for the usually upstanding company.

Another recent recall involved the engine brackets of some Toyota trucks breaking under stress, resulting in the motor physically dropping out of the vehicle, which could seriously put a damper on your off-roading fun.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_toyota_recall

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Posted by James at 2:17 PM CDT
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Family's Dog Helps Save Toddler from Falling from Roof
Topic: National News

Alfie the dog is being called a local Philadelphia hero after stopping his owner's two-year-old son from falling off of the family's roof in the middle of the night. The toddler apparently outsmarted his parents and moved away the impenetrable playpen they put in front of the broken window in his room before pulling himself up onto the roof.

The family pooch followed him up and was seen by neighbors running along the edge of the roof, moving with the baby to stop him from taking the plunge, barking his head off the whole time.

?I saw a baby running across the window, then I said that can?t be true, but then I saw a dog,? said neighbor Tina Mitchell.

No charges will be filed against the parents for neglect or anything else, mostly because they admitted their mistake at keeping a baby in a room with an obviously broken window. And there had better be some extra kibble for Alfie at dinner tonight, or else next time the kid might not be so lucky...

http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_197191147.html

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Posted by James at 12:43 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 18 July 2006 12:52 PM CDT
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Mickey Spillane Off to Punch God Out
Topic: Dead People

Renowned noir author Mickey Spillane, creator of legendary tough guy private dick Mike Hammer, has passed away at the age of 88. Spillane's novels were known for their short, brutal prose and violent stories, usually involving dames, broads, skirts and tramps.

"Thanks, Mickey, for giving the world so much pleasure during your time with us," actor Stacy Keach, who portrayed Hammer on TV in the 1980s, said in a statement Monday. "We shall miss you, but we are comforted by the knowledge that your work and Mike Hammer will live forever."

His books have sold over 100 million copies worldwide and made him a household name. Influenced by tough guy authors such as Dashielle Hammet, his novels have influenced and entire generation of crime writers like Robert Parker and Harlan Coben.

Have a scotch and kick up your feet, Mickey. You finished the job.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060718/ap_en_ot/obit_spillane;_ylt=AnE3XiLvxeeE2Ms1u7oehPWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-

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