Do you have an XBox360? Do you know what XBLA is?

Look around you, chances are that you know at least three people that have an XBOX360. One of them doesn't know what XBOX Live is. That's right, according to Frank N. Magid Associates, a world leader in research-based consultation, "30% of Xbox 360 owners report that they have never even heard of XBLA."
Shame.
Please stop the madness.
Go out and spread the word about XBOX LIVE!
Read more (GameDaily Biz)

The United States: We Suck...

...at Peace Index Rankings.
The Global Peace Index is a worldwide ranking of countries and how peaceful they are. It ranks things like availability of weapons, the level of distrust of others, and other factors on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being most peaceful.
Turns out, we're 96th... out of 121 countries.
Even Bosnia is more peaceful than the U.S.
Hey, didn't they try and kill a bunch of themselves a while back?
Even Mexico is more peaceful than the U.S. But that's no surprise.
All the dirty Mexicans move here.
Read More (Vision of Humanity)

Bad dog, bad dog: doggy does baby all wrong.

Crazy story of the day, a pitbull attacks a 2 year old toddler. And when I say "attacked", I mean "sodomized."

The mother told Lockport Police that she left her two year old unattended for a short time and after hearing the baby scream, she ran to see what was wrong.
When she got in the room, she told Lockport Police the dog, named "Bear" had sodomized the toddler. The mother screamed, scaring the dog out of the house, but the dog was still attached to the baby.
One neighbor told 2 On Your Side, she heard the mother screaming "the dog is raping my baby." Neighbors ran to help, but only one man was able to get the dog and child apart.
Anastacio Castillo says "I tried to get the dog away from the baby, the dog was already inside the baby." When the baby was finally free, he was visibly sick. Castillo says the boy was vomiting and bleeding.

And to top it all off, people want to adopt the dog.
I don't know what is funnier, the dog running around with the baby attached to it or the people who actually want to adopt a baby-loving dog.
Read more (Wgrz.com)

Bionic legs on a torso

Wow, thanks to technology and science and all that other nerd/geek stuff, this guy from China is able to walk again after getting the lower part of his torso ripped off by a train. Great for him. At least he can get weekends off.
Just kidding.
Read more (Metro.co.uk)

Heads up: don't let your PIN and ATM card get stolen

Just to keep you all informed, there's a new scam out there where a simple piece of black tape is inserted into the ATM card slot making it nonfunctional, and then a con artist comes up and takes your PIN number.
Be aware.
Do not enter your PIN number in view of other people.
Read more (Dark Roasted Blend)

My life is for nothing... next to 9 year old pro gamer...

Why didn't I start younger?
No one can tell this kid that video games are going to rot your brain out. Unless by "rot your brain", they mean "FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH CHEDDAH!!!"
At 56 pounds, this 9 year old is raking in the dough playing Halo against other skilled gamers. He's been playing since he was 2. Let's see his report card...
Read more. (NYTimes)

Here's somethinh you don't see everyday...

A man in a wheelchair got hit by a truck and was pushed over 5 miles at about 50 mph. His wheelchair handles got stuck in the grill of the truck and he had a ride of a lifetime. The last time I was rolling down the street in my truck and I tried to hit this guy in a wheelchair, he wasn't as happy as this guys looked...
Read more (WoodTV)

Man cuts off OWN leg in woods...

Whoa! Didn't see this coming. Some dude was chopping down some trees in the woods when one of them fell on him. I guess the trees were pretty pissed that they were getting cut so they decided to get a piece of this guy for themselves.
Read more (MSNBC)

How can we bring democracy to a country that still stones girls to DEATH?

I took the title from dvorak uncensored at dvorak.org/blog.
Couldn't resist.
The picture above is a march in response to a stoning.
This 17 year old girl get stoned by 1000 men because of love. There's even video if you're totally sick like that.
Sick.
Read more. (assyrian international news agency)

Oh No He Didn't! Hawking in SPAAACCCE!!!

Ok, I'm not even going to say anything about this.
Hawkins in space. Read more. (Washington Post)

Holy Crap! After surgery, woman poops out of vagina.

Whoa, only on the internets, people. Seems that a Texas woman, Sara Wallace, after giving birth and receiving an episiotomy, wound up passing fecal matter through her vaginal canal. Needless to say, she's taking the doctor to court. Also, "the incident has been a source of embarrassment and mental anguish for Wallaces and has strained their intimate marital relations."
Hey, I'm only stating the facts, man.
Read more (Southeast Texas Record)

After the Virginia Tech Shootings, Scientology jumps on the bandwagon.

I can't believe this. The cult of Scientology has jumped on the bandwagon in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting to align itself with the Red Cross in supplying mental health needs for the survivors.
Under the made up organization called, National Mental Health Assistance, they totally blame it on the drugs, and repeatedly say that psychiatry is bad, as per one of their press releases:

Another School Shooter, Another Psychiatric Drug?
28 Dead and 62 Wounded in Recent Drug-Induced School Shootings

Today's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech is being called the deadliest school shooting incident in U.S. history, with initial reports citing 32 dead and 29 wounded in the bloodiest school massacre since Columbine. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog that initially discovered the psychiatric drug connection in the Columbine shootings, says media and law enforcement must move quickly to investigate the Virginia shooter's psychiatric drug history -- a common factor amongst school shooters..

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When is the scourge of Tom Cruise going to end? They totally jumped on the bandwagon after 9/11 too.
Read more (Hollywood, Interrupted)

What if...

What if a world renowned violin virtuoso, who commands $1,000 a minute, plays a $3.5 million Stradivarius violin in the middle of morning rush hour in Washington, DC? Would high art be recognized? Would anyone stop and listen?
Read on. (WashingtonPost.com)

You are your cellphone.

Basically, researchers in the Nielsen Media Research hive out in Australia have come out with a little report on what your cellphone says about you.
Here's the stereotypes:

Sony Ericsson : Ambitious young men / Professionals / Success driven / Individualistic

Nokia : Family-minded / Middle aged managers / Balance seekers / Health conscious

Motorola : Fashion conscious / Under 24 / Fun seekers / Individualistic

LG : Favourite of mums / Stay-at-home parents / Success driven / Harmony seekers

Samsung : Young women / Career focused / Success driven / Fun seekers

Ha! Totally on the nose. I am soooo ambitiously young, professional and individualistic with my w800!
Read more. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Possibly the greatest day ever for a frat?

University of Michigan frat Pi Kappa Alpha were treated to a great show as a woman came into their house and started masturbating on their couch for half an hour. Frat brothers called the police but by the time they arrived, the woman had disappeared.
Hmm, if I was in a frat and a woman came in to masturbate on my couch, calling the police would be the last thing on my mind. I'd be getting my video camera out and waiting on the bukkake!
Read more. (The Michigan Daily)

And the dumb as hell award goes to...

A man in Manila, who says, he loves kids and wants to make sure that 145 of these kids get better housing, is in a standoff with police... BECAUSE HE IS HOLDING A BUSLOAD OF KIDS HOSTAGE with grenades and guns.
Smart guy with a dumb move.
Read more. (CNN.com)

Free NetFlix? Brooklyn Libraries look to team up with NetFlix.

Hmm, this seems interesting. Since buying and keeping a large library of DVDs seems to be a bit expensive for public libraries, some are looking to outsource.
Brooklyn Public Libraries are in talks with the online DVD renter to partner up and have all library card holders have free access to NetFlix. So...
If you are a library card holder, you can get NetFlix for free?
Read more. (NYPost)

What's up? Long time, no see!

Hey, what's up? I got a weekend off from school and spending some free time at home at the 'rents house. Seems that an upcoming Neurology Exam was postponed 2 weeks due to a snow weekend. WTF? I was TOTALLY ready for it this week.... Anyway, onto some stuff:

Mexico is totally hating the new Ghost Recon video game. Seems that those wetbacks can't take a joke... Read more in Spanish, or Read more in English.

In other news, if you're totally into science stuff and sci-fi, an Israli man has developed a way to breathe underwater without those pesky air tanks. Read more.

What's creepier than an old, wrinkly, gay man? A WHOLE FRIGGIN' MESS OF WRINKLY, OLD, GAY MEN! Los Angeles has opened a retirement community especially made for the graying alternative lifestyle participants. Read more on you own discretion.

And finally, for all you Firefox users out there. Are you tired of some websites resizing your browser window? If you are then check out these simple steps to stop enabling javascript to do the dreaded window resize. Read on.

14 Hewlett-Packard secrets they don't want you to know

How's this for some info for you.  Here's a list of some secrets that HP has in regards to their printers.  I love the first one:

1: Many HP Printers, like their laser printers, have a built-in page-count after which they won't work. This resides in the a transpart sometimes called image or drum kit. Rather than get the printer fixed, it's often cheaper to buy a new printer, OR you can do a NV ram reset. It resets everything in the printer, including all the page counts, but it's not without risks.

How's that for a kick in the pants.  They're all from a former employee who had signed an NDA, but waited for it to expire so he could spill the beans.
Read more at The Consumerist:
14 Hewlett-Packard Company Secrets From A Former Employee

Straight out of Family Guy: greased up deaf guy running around.

Whoa, this high school student took off all his clothes, and greased himself up and then ran around his school cafeteria. Funny prank...
That is until the cops came along and had to tazer him...TWICE.
Police use stun guns on greased, naked student (via CNN)