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Let’s Stop Apologizing for Music Torture at Gitmo

By Darren Garnick | Related entries in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Kitchen Sink, Music, National Security, News, Torture, al Qaeda

So, a pretentious group of musicians is upset that their music is being used to torment America’s most dangerous enemies?
And now they want the U.S. government to release an official song list?
I can’t imagine that such a document actually exists. Are we supposed to believe that CIA and Pentagon interrogators around the world were issued [...]

October 28th, 2009 | Permalink| 16 Comments »

Ancient Egyptian Carving Looks Like Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Kitchen Sink, Obama, Video

This is kind of weird.

I mean, the resemblance is pretty uncanny as a caricature. Looks as if a political cartoonist drew it.
And yes, I realize that I just opened myself up to a torrent of “messiah” comments, but I’m ready for it.

June 7th, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Solving The Mystery Of The Cat

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Animals, Kitchen Sink

Even though I don’t have one myself, I’m definitely a cat person. Sure dogs are fun, and there’s no doubt they dish out much more unconditional love than cats, but my reasoning has always been that if I wanted a child I’d go and have one myself. Because that’s basically what a dog is: a [...]

May 31st, 2009 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

Joaquin Phoenix: The New Andy Kaufman?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Comedy, Kitchen Sink, Video

Nothing to do with politics, but a lot of people are talking about the following clip as if it’s evidence that Joaquin Phoenix has lost it.

Listen, the guy is one of the best actors of his generation. You don’t think he’s playing a part here?
For further evidence that Phoenix is just having fun, take a [...]

February 14th, 2009 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

If only Abraham Lincoln were alive to enjoy his 200th birthday…

By Darren Garnick | Related entries in Barack, Crazy, Culture, History, Independents, Kitchen Sink, New Hampshire, Satire

Whichever one of the Ten Commandments tells us not to bow down to idols, that’s the one we’ve been breaking with all the Abraham Lincoln worship lately.
There’s no way he was even half as popular amongst Northerners back in the 1860s (I still bump into Civil War kooks down South who HATE Lincoln more than [...]

February 8th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Wingsuit Base Jumping

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, Sports, Video

It’s official.
Humans can fly.

I’m still catching my breath.

January 3rd, 2009 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Want To Buy A Joke?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Comedy, Kitchen Sink

A writer from The Onion is selling one on eBay.
No, seriously…
My name is John Harris, and I am a staff writer at The Onion, America’s Finest News Source. I am selling a joke that I can’t find a contextual home for. To be fair, it’s less of a joke and more of a dated, Capote-esque [...]

January 1st, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Ninja Mode For Google Reader?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cool, History, Kitchen Sink, Technology

Want your Google Reader to look like this?

Then follow Megan’s advice…
Press the “up” arrow twice
Press the “down” arrow twice
Press the “left” arrow once
Press the “right” arrow once
Press the “left” arrow once
Press the “right” arrow once
Press the “b” key
Press the “a” key
This, of course, is the famous Konami code for the Nintendo game Contra that gave [...]

December 7th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Behold The Brick Balancer

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, The World, Video

You’ll watch it, but you still won’t believe it.

Hey…I wonder if this guy could help Obama balance the budget!
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here forever…don’t forget to tip your bloggers.

November 28th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Who Weeps for Detroit? No One.

By Dennis Sanders | Related entries in General Politics, Kitchen Sink

Let’s face it: people don’t like the American auto industry.
Scratch that: people hate the American auto industry.
There are a lot of reasons to hate it: unionized workers who make crazy money that is out of sync with reality, execs who seem to have a tin ear to what Americans really want, cars that aren’t made [...]

November 17th, 2008 | Permalink| 15 Comments »

Obama And Palin In A Video Game?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Games, Kitchen Sink, Palin, Video

The game is Mercenaries 2, and it’s sure to be a hit with both Democrats and Republicans alike.

My only question: why didn’t they include McCain?

November 1st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Bigfoot Press Conference Yields Few Facts, More Questions

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink

Okay, so this is probably going to turn out to be a hoax.
Yes, the original picture of the dead animal in the freezer looked slightly convincing…

But after you take a look at this bigfoot costume…

You can see there are some obvious similarities.
In any event, here’s more about the news conference…
PALO ALTO, Calif. — [...]

August 15th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Bigfoot Found?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, Video

I’m taking the following with a grain of salt, but the guy who’s making the claims sounds fairly credible.

Here’s more…
Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, a pair of Bigfoot-hunting hobbyists from north Georgia, say they found the creature’s body in a wooded area and spotted several similar creatures that were still alive.
The carcass of the furry [...]

August 15th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

You Won’t Believe What Michael Phelps Eats Everyday

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, Olympics

Personally, I’m not that shocked, because if you’re working out 5 hours a day, 6 days a week, you’re need the energy.
Still, this isn’t exactly the healthiest regiment…

4,000 calories per meal…

Breakfast: 3 fried-egg sandwiches w/ cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.

Brunch: 3 slices of french toast w/ powered sugar, a 5 egg omelet, 3 [...]

August 13th, 2008 | Permalink| 29 Comments »

Eat! Eat! Eat! & Always Stay Thin! With Tape Worms!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in History, Kitchen Sink

My friends, this is why there’s no such thing as a true free market. :-)

Discuss…
(Update: I mistakenly put the image in the wrong tag so it didn’t show up…so I’m sure this post made absolutely NO sense. My apologies. Fixed.)

July 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 21 Comments »

Kansas Citian David Cook Wins American Idol

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Kitchen Sink, Media, Missouri, Music

I don’t watch really like the show so I never care who wins, but this is a hometown boy we’re talking about here so some props are in order for the guy who won the second most popular election in 2008.
Seriously, check out these numbers…
A record 97 million votes were cast overall, 23 million more [...]

May 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Tough Guy Auditions

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Comedy, Kitchen Sink, Video, WTF?

I don’t think any of them got the part…

So what do you think about that Dramatic Chipmunk?

And scene…

May 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Video: Man Gets Stuck In Elevator For 41 Hours

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Comedy, Kitchen Sink, New York, New York City, Torture, Video

Watch this time lapsed video. It’s hypnotic.

More from the New Yorker:
White has the security-camera videotape of his time in the McGraw-Hill elevator. He has watched it twice-it was recorded at forty times regular speed, which makes him look like a bug in a box. The most striking thing to him about the tape is that [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

The Best Beards And Moustaches In The World!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, Video

Ironic…the following video is kind of short…but its subject is very long.

Courtesy of TheNewsRoom.

September 3rd, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Video: Iran Builds Largest Rug

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Kitchen Sink, The World, Video

Uh oh…

With rug making technology so advanced, they could give their secrets to al Qaeda and they could cover the entire US!
I think I’m starting to warm to the idea of an invasion…

July 31st, 2007 | Permalink| No Comments »