Yea, I am basically a bartender who thinks he is a writer. I promise to drop a Plime reference into a movie if I ever get one made, or if I get a book published I will have the cover art as a contest on Worth1000!!
"Incoming nuke -cya l8ter": FCC Approves Text Message Emergency System! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
This is interesting in an of itself, but check out the comments section, because they bring up a bunch of good points.
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"Pay-What-You-Want" Restaurants Are The Next Big Trend! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Innovative restaurants around the world are letting their patrons decide how much their meal is worth."When it comes down to it, we just want to promote the very underutilized concept of trust," Says one owner.
What do you think about it?!
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Google's Gmail now allows you to send emails that seem to be from the past!! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Introducing Gmail Custom Time - Be on time. Every time.
You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born -- crazy talk.
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Plime to Join Forces with Japanese Contingent, Website Will Be Down for 2-3 Weeks Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
In an effort to make Plime a worldwide phenomenon, we are joining up with the Japanese version to have a multi-cultural tree of links with an automatic translator between English and Japanese.
The website will be down for 2-3 weeks starting at midnight tomorrow and all karma levels WILL be reset to level the playing field for our newest Plimates!
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World of Warcraft to use Guitar Hero style interface for new character class!!! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
The released the info on the 'Bard' hero class today!!
Happy April 1st!!
Sidenote: Blizzard has such a great sense of humor
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F1 Racing Prez Caught in a Nazi Orgy Scandal Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Max Mosley, F1's President, is facing intense pressure to resign from his post after being implicated in a Nazi role-playing orgy. The report detailed a five-hour orgy between Mosley and five prostitutes at a house in Chelsea.
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VADER SESSIONS!!! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Okay, my boss showed me this last night, and I almost pissed myself. Bornbad posted this like a year ago, so mad props to him, but it doesn't look like it was as appreciated as it should have been.
Watch this thing, it's WAY too funny for me to explain. I was literally CRYING as I laughed at this. A must see for any Star Wars fan!!!
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Redheads are More Promiscuous Than Blondes or Brunettes?! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
According to this, yes!
"The sex lives of women with red hair were clearly more active than those with other hair colour, with more partners and having sex more often than the average. The research shows that the fiery redhead certainly lives up to her reputation."
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The 'Silent' Ninth Amendment Gives Americans Rights They Don't Know They Have Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Few people know about the Ninth Amendment, which reaffirms in broad terms rights "retained by the people." Indeed, the Ninth flies so far under the radar that it has rarely been mentioned even by the Supreme Court."
Excerpt from a book which came out last year - great read for those of us sick of the system taking away our rights!
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India's Top Black Magician Challenged to Kill a Man on Live TV Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
On 3 March 2008, in a popular TV show, Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International, challenged India’s most “powerful” tantrik (black magician) to demonstrate his powers on him.
And to KILL him on live tv...
(A follow up to this!)
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Alligator Vs. Python: Action in the Everglades! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
"The tail of an alligator protruding from the ruptured gut of a python, which had swallowed its foe alive, bore witness to a fierce and unusual battle between two of the deadliest predators in Florida's swamps."
I hope it's not a dupe, but it's too good to have been missed!
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What Is That Stuff?! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Ever wondered about what's really in hair coloring, bubble gum, Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, marshmallows, teeth whiteners, artificial snow, or self-tanners?
Really cool stuff, TONS of very interesting articles.
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Sparklers!! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
I can't really explain this - it's pictures of people making designs with sparklers. I don't know if they used a slower camera speed or what, but some of them are really well done. Make sure to see the 'angel'.
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Wikipedia's Most Unusual Articles Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
This page lists articles that are more than a bit unusual. These articles are valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something you wouldn't expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica.
I could spend HOURS looking at all of these!
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Guy Rocks Out to Queen, Sets Off Own Airbag - Caught on Tape! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
A short surveillance video of a guy enjoying a Bohemian Rhapsody. It may be the first incident where I've ever seen too much rocking.
Please, don't let this shocking video dissuade you from the rock!
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New neckband can be used in 'telepathic' chat Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time.
Think of the ramifications for paralyzed people and such!
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Marketing for the new Terminator TV Series? Or the Company Which Will End the World? Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Decide for yourself...
This is a viral marketing site for the new tv series, it's got some cool stuff for those interested in the Terminator mythology and will likely tie into the McG helmed Terminator 4.
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Onion Readers' Reaction to the Death Of "Dungeons and Dragons" Creator Gary Gygax. Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
The Onion once again hit the road to see what the American public thinks about a cultural issue, asking "Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax died this week. What do you think?"
Frickin' hilarious stuff...
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To accommodate just six Muslim women, Harvard University closes gym to men Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Harvard closes gyms 6 hours a week to allow Muslim women to workout. That's 1 hour per female Muslim student who refuses to workout near men because of religious reasons. What's next?
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Mugger's 'Gun' a Painted Cologne Bottle Which Broke During A Fight Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Akron police say a robbery attempt had more than a whiff of failure. They accuse a man of trying to stick two people up outside a video store with a bottle of cologne that had been colored black with a marking pen and resembled a gun.
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Killer Cannibal Convicted in Oklahoma Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
This guy is sick, and now the trial will enter the death penalty phase. What really got me, though was this quote:
"Kevin Underwood, a former grocery stocker claimed Internet pornography stoked his cannibalistic fantasies"
This is a difficult story to read, be warned.
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Want to find that catchy song from a commercial? Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Use Adtunes.com!
I have actually found a ton of great songs and bands using this site which you can search for the song name / band name from any commercial. Great site - I have it bookmarked.
(I searched to see if anyone already posted this! I hope no one did!)
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DontDateHimGirl.com Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
Ladies! Check out your prospective dates.
As a guy I am freaked out by this site - it could tell truth or lies and there is no verification system. Still, it's interesting and the posts are worth a looksie.
Here's another reason for women to love their CPU (and maybe for us men to hate it!)
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Beijing's New Olympic Airport Is the World's LARGEST Building! Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
They made this bad-boy for the Olympics, and apparently it is unreal.
"From the sky, the new airport terminal is designed to look like a Chinese dragon"
Things are getting NUTS in Beijing with everything they are building for the Olympics - very interesting article!
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Hacking Democracy Posted: 2 years ago by tdiggity
I looked to see if anyone had posted this DVD yet and couldn't find it.
This is about the Diebold machines and the last election, which is directly related to today's link from the Onion:
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