This is one for the ages. For 4 years, Daddy Charles has been saving a Heart Shaped potato chip in a zip lock bag. He recently rediscovered it while cleaning in preparation of his move to Florida. He gave it to me with strict instructions to put in on eBay. Check it out here. I figure we’ve got 6 days to turn this thing into an international sensation. Tell your friends, email Denmark, do whatever you have to do. This is important people.
In quasi-related news; a shell resembling “The Money You Could Be Saving With Geico” has also been put up on eBay. Check it out here. Don’t ask, just check it out.
Ever wonder what would happen if your healthy obsession for bean bag chairs were to collide were to collide with your love of sexy legs and desire for upscale furnishings? Oh that’s right, straight from our “I guess it had to happen eventually” desk it’s the Sumo Lounge, an online retailer selling only the highest quality bean bag chairs [hot girl not included].
If you ever though I need a bean bag chair, but I want the Cadillac model, and lets say you just happened to win $400 dollars on a scratch-off lottery ticket yesterday, then this is the website for you.
Oh and btw, I’m pretty sure when T.S. Eliot said “This is the way the world ends” I’m pretty sure he was referring to things like high-end bean bag chairs and the cult of the snuggie.
In Case You Were Wondering…
Farmand Charles plus dame er lig med mikecharles.net
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WTF? Here is a hint.
It figures that I just posted a list of my DJ gear last week. Here is what basically happened. I bought a pair of Denon DN-HP 1000 headphones for $150 about 15 or 16 months ago [remember that number for later] to replace a set of old worn out Sony MDR-V700 headphones. After years of use, the Sony’s were starting to crack and the sound quality was deteriorating.
Shortly after I got the Denon’s there was a problem with the wire near the plug and I would have to wiggle it to get sound in both ear cups. I found a good spot in the connection and then electrical taped the sh*t out of it to hold the wire in place. Problem averted, but unfortunately it was only the first of many. Read on to find out what else happened, see more pictures, and find out what Denon told me when I contacted them.
Norton and McAfee secretly teamed up to create malware for OS X in order to sell copies of their anti-virus software. At least that is the completely unfounded internet rumor I just made up, for no reason other than to see what will happen.
Seriously though, there have been a few reports of virus and malware activity over the last year on the Mac platform so stay safe!
Extreme Sheep LED Art
I’m not even going to attempt to describe this one. Just check out the video above, think about the amount of effort this must have took, then imagine Daddy Charles making an endless slew of sheep f*cker jokes.
As you can see from the picture, it kinda like a lego version of airport security. So where is this going? Check of the Amazon page for this thing and read the comments. They go down hill fast, and appear to have been written by people with my sense of humor. Here is comment #1
I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger’s shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger’s scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said “that’s the worst security ever!”. But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids about the realities of living in a high-surveillence society. My son said he wants the Playmobil Neighborhood Surveillence System set for Christmas. I’ve heard that the CC TV cameras on that thing are pretty worthless in terms of quality and motion detection, so I think I’ll get him the Playmobil Abu-Gharib Interogation Set instead
… and it only gets crazier from there. Credit to Steve from The Tea Party for sending this one to me.
The Cult of the Snuggie
Some things are just too good to pass up blogging about. As reported in, and i kid you not, USA Today, the snuggie has reached cult status in record time. In case you are wondering “wtf is a snuggie?” Its a blanket with sleeves, that instantly makes you look like a 12th century monk. As expected “cult of snuggie” videos are already on youtube:
There is also a website called snuggiesightings.com. This one is so out of control, I had to create a new category for the blog called Ridiculous.
I figure its only a matter of days before my friend and webmaster posts this on his blog without crediting me, just like he did with Bigfoot-Nessie.