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While down the baby wipes and toilet paper aisle at work one night, a passing conversation with a co-worker revealed his feelings about the appearance of the most recent baby to grace the packages of AngelSoft bathroom tissue. You could also be more old-fashioned and call it “toilet paper”, or you could be like another co-worker of mine, who eloquently refers to it as “shit paper”.

Anyway, he said the baby was creepy looking. When I first looked at it, it struck me somehow; there was something incredibly familiar about that baby. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it… Read the rest of this entry »

One of these cans of Chef Boyardee’s Mini Bites has a spelling error. Which is it?

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About 10 minutes ago (approximately 5:35 EDT), I felt a light earthquake, which was preceded by an even weaker foreshock. I could feel the entire house move slightly, and heard some rumbling and creaking. One of my brothers called soon after, stating he felt the same thing. Based on this, I estimate it to be about 4.0 on the Richter magnitude scale. I live in Columbus, Indiana.

EDIT: Associated Press brief
EDIT 2: USGS map
EDIT 3: Internet reports of activity

Looks like Summit Brands’ label designer needs to brush up on grammar skills.

Remember, it just isn’t Christmas without some Christmas Rap. Four years and running.

The 8 Bits of Christmas (backup link) by The 8bitpeoples also gets my hearty recommendation.

And with this post I bump off the front page the old post about belatedly celebrating the second anniversary of this blog. Shows you how often I put up anything that passes for content.

Since all I seem to be doing is posting my YouTube submissions lately, here’s another one: The 2007 Minneapolis Aquatennial fireworks display. Or at least the last five minutes of it.