When the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree,Spooks arrive for the midnight spree.Creepy creeps with eerie eyesStart to shriek and harmonize.Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize..."When I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I'll buy shoes for my cats."
Caylee Anthony's (pathetic excuse for a) mom named suspect in disappearance Posted: 2 weeks ago by RowanGrey
Duh!
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 155 [+].
The Great Schlep - Urging Jews to spread the word about Obama Posted: 2 weeks ago by RowanGrey
(NSFW video on front page, but you don't have to watch that until you get home)
The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 104 [+].
The continuity police have never heard of Star Trek Posted: 2 weeks ago by Rowangrey
A four part examination of the heinous continuity errors that plague our beloved Trek franchise. (Parts 2, 3, and 4 in comments)
I have been LOLing at these all morning. *4th video is now fixed!! Sorry!*
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 437 [+].
Haunted Dimensions - detailed paper models of Disney's Haunted Mansions Posted: 2 weeks ago by Rowangrey
Halloween craft time! Get out your safety scissors and white glue, Plimates! HD offers up highly detailed paper models of all three Disney Haunted Mansion facades. Print out the free PDF file on good quality card stock, and follow the directions.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 120 [+].
Congressional Leaders Reach Tentative Bailout Agreement Posted: 2 weeks ago by Rowangrey
It ain't pretty, but it's all they've got. The whole thing stinks, but I can't offer up a better alternative.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 143 [+].
Math nerds, rejoice! Posted: 2 weeks ago by Rowangrey
UCLA mathematicians have discovered the 46th known Mersenne prime number! She's a beaut at 13 million digits, and it only took 75 computers to find it!
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 228 [+].
4 die in medical evac. helicopter crash Posted: 2 weeks ago by Rowangrey
Pilot radioed that he was diverting around some bad weather just before contact with the flight was lost. All three crew and one of two patients killed.
This makes me hugely sad.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 225 [+].
Tough guy image? Check. Tattoos and leather? Check. Adorable little puppy? Double check. Posted: 3 weeks ago by Rowangrey
Rescue Ink - "You take a look at us, and maybe your first reaction is to cross to the other side of the street.
You may find us hanging out together at a hot rod show, tattoo parlors, or even hitting up the blacktop together on our bikes for a little road trip, but the main thing that brings us together is our love of animals."
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 131 [+].
Fed takes over Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley investment banks Posted: 3 weeks ago by Rowangrey
Sunday night saw the fall of the two remaining big-boy investment banks to the US government. The government has now bailed out or allowed the collapse of all of Wall Street's investment banking firms in an effort to plug the damn holding back an impending economic crash.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 84 [+].
Stephen Colbert may be humanity's last hope! Posted: 1 month ago by Rowangrey
A sample of Colbert's DNA will be shot into space as part of a time capsule that will reside on the International Space Station. Colbert admits that he has been abstaining from shooting any DNA for a few days in order to make sure his DNA stream achieves orbit.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 575 [+].
Jerry Reed, dead at 71 Posted: 1 month ago by Rowangrey
Reed succumbed to complications from emphysema early Monday. Well known from his role as Cledus "Snowman" Snow in Smokey and the Bandit.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 471 [+].
Athlete says forced steroid use caused his sex change Posted: 2 months ago by Rowangrey
East German athlete says his coaches gave him a ridiculous amount of steroids in the 80's, altering his body chemistry to the point that he finally had a sex change in 1997. Before and after pics in article.
Comments: 14 Score: [-] 529 [+].
TV mega-preacher's wife sued by flight attendant for assault Posted: 2 months ago by Rowangrey
I expected this to be a pretty clear cut case of someone with money trying to push around a "service" level employee... but when I got to the end of the article I changed my mind.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 172 [+].
A resource for the morbidly curious - FindADeath.com Posted: 2 months ago by Rowangrey
Yeah, this is the kind of stuff I look for online. :) Tons of information about the deaths of "notable" people. Death circumstances, images of the relevant places and people, tombstones/cenotaphs, etc. Super if you're interested in the darker side of celebrity, or you just like this sort of thing... like me.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 13 [+].
Pirate's Booty Posted: 2 months ago by RowanGrey
An ex-Jack Sparrow at California's Disneyland Resort park spills the beans on the ups and downs of working as an in-park face character.
I can see why face character actor turn around is so high. Jeesh.
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 322 [+].
Very creepy lenticular "haunted" portraits Posted: 2 months ago by Rowangrey
For those of us with a darker sense of interior design, I present "The Ghoulish Gallery": a collection of lenticular portraits that change as you walk past them. Inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction and its changing portrait gallery.
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 293 [+].
Women donating eggs to counter craptastic economy Posted: 3 months ago by Rowangrey
Here's one up-side to the recent US economic yuck: egg donations at fertility centers are way up.
Ladies, would you donate eggs? How about act as a surrogate? What if it paid off your debt?
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 120 [+].
Interactive online crossword puzzles, also FTW! Posted: 3 months ago by Rowangrey
Yet another installment in the "How Rowan Wastes Her Time" series. This site is totally free and offers a gazillion puzzles in both American and British format. Sort puzzles by type, difficulty, date posted, etc. Save half-finished puzzles to work on later, rate puzzles created by other users and more.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 193 [+].
Scrabulous - free online Scrabble, FTW! Posted: 3 months ago by RowanGrey
I spend far too much time playing Scrabulous. You can play both TWL and SOWPODS dictionaries, and choose between several different game types. You can play solitaire against a robot or all by your lonesome. WARNING: Pretty much guaranteed to become addictive.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 170 [+].
Suspect dies after being Tasered 9 times Posted: 3 months ago by RowanGrey
"A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron "Scooter" Pikes nine times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge. He stopped twitching after seven, according to a coroner's report. Soon afterward, Pikes was dead."
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 229 [+].
Have your next party catered by... the public school lunchroom? Posted: 3 months ago by RowanGrey
Yuck! Arizona school lunchroom offers full-service catering... and apparently does brisk business. No word on whether food offerings depend on what day of the week your event is scheduled. I can't imagine serving square pizza to my wedding guests!
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 194 [+].
Advertising agencies reviving "in office" bars Posted: 3 months ago by RowanGrey
I think I'm feeling a career change coming on...
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 212 [+].
Gold digging, YouTube husband-basher loses court battle Posted: 3 months ago by Rowangrey
Judge rules in husband's favor, enforcing the prenuptial agreement they both signed 3 weeks before marrying. Well, duh!
Update to this.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 45 [+].
Girl Missing 5 Weeks Never Reported Lost; Mother Says Doing Own Search Posted: 3 months ago by Rowangrey
Mom continually lies to police when questioned and shows no remorse that her daughter is missing.
FLORIDA!
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 448 [+].
Super Ham Mario? Hamstervania? Hamtroid? Posted: 3 months ago by Rowangrey
Well, I haven't quite come up with a good title, but I think this is going to be all the rage at the next E3. I would play this all day (with breaks for corms and baby carrots).
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 124 [+].