Ice cream... or pudding?

I was about to post some completely inane and irrelavant post for today (wait, how is that any different from any other day?) when I finally found something that interested me enough to blog about.

Apparently, Coldstone has developed ice cream that doesn't melt. Is it going to sit there like a fake ice cream cone? Well, not exactly. Apprently, instead of melting, it transforms into gooey goodness of JELLO-O pudding.

The only thing is... that actually sounds kind of gross to me. I just don't know how I feel about that.

But if ice cream/pudding is your thing, then I'd suggest you go try it out!

Equality for all...and zombies.

Have you seen any zombies lately? If so, you may have seen Jacque Orneuve from Port au Prince (Haiti).

Mr. Orneuve came to the US 15 years ago and has been working and paying socials ecurity for more than 13 years. When he became injured last year, he filed for Social Security benefits, only to be told that he was not eligible because Haitian records indicate that he had passed away in 1993, at the age of 51.

“I understand that Americans have a fear of zombies, but that shouldn’t
keep them from obeying the law,” Orneuve said. “They’re discriminating against
me beacuse of my religion and my physical condition. It’s got to stop.”

Mr. Orneuve and his son sailed to Florida in 1994, escaping political tensions in their home country at the time. When the US government sent for his records, it shows that he was already dead. His friends and relatives swear he was brougth back as a zombie in a voodoo ceremony several days after he passed away, however.

“I’m not dead – I’m the living dead,” says Orneuve. “There’s a distinct
difference. They treat me like I don’t exist.

Now his case will go in front of the US supreme court as one of the first cases that the new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be presiding over.

It's okay, Mr. Orneuve. If the US government decides zombies are not eligible for benefits, you can always make some money starring in horror movies. It's much more fun watching real zombies versus fake ones with too much makeup.

Plus, maybe you can be the undead spokesperson. Undeads have rights too!!

Let's all study history

This was supposed to be one fo yesterday's posts but I got sick... but let's start with this:

I came across an article about how history students are more promiscuous. At least according to a study done on over 850 students at Oxford University by the Cherwell newspaper (student run). They also found that students who do not have sex more than once a month are most likely to come first in their degree.

Couple things here.

1. I don't think 850 students is really that good of a sample number. But I guess it's not that bad for a "casual" survey.
2. You can't trust surveys anyway because people lie even when it's anonymous.
3. Next time you see "summa cum laude" on someone's diploma, you know they weren't getting any in college--despite the what it may look like. (Yes, I know it's Latin, but it still looks funny because guess what, we don't speak Latin.)
4. However, chances are, they may be getting more lay now. Especially if they have a lot of money.
5. The biggest question is... did this survey tell us that history students get the most booty or do they just lie the most about getting said booty?

Then it goes on to say more things which really concern. Now granted, this is Britain we're talking about, but still.

Although a mere 5% of students confessed to having had a sexually transmitted
disease (STD) – much lower than the national average of one in three people –
around half of respondents admitted to having unprotected sex

1 in 3? Seriously? If for some reason I ever go to the UK as a single woman, I will never hook up with anyone there. Never. That's disturbing. For that matter, what's the stat for the US? Because if it's the same, I'm not having sex with anyone I haven't put through the screening then. If I were single that is.

And this:

Sam Tucker, a spokesman for St Anne's College, said he thought that the reason
for a relatively high number of students having unprotected sex could stem from
lack of knowledge about the risks. He said: "I think people sometimes don't
realise the consequences of their actions.

Do they have a worse sex education than we do or something? I don't think people can still use that excuse here. I had 3 or 4 separate health education that told me unprotected sex was bad from 6th grade to high school graduation. If you have unpotected sex, it's because you're stupid, lazy, or easily manipulated.

And in case you don't know about them yet... pygma jerboas are cute! I had a video but I can't get it working right now. Will post later I suppose.

Cheese Rolling Derby

This video is sure to make you laugh and go, "OOOH!" I don't know if I can understand why people would do this to themselves but hey... a tradition's a tradition, amirite?

And this poor cat! This is why you shouldn't let your cat play with bees!

You can own a brahmin too!

No, not the Hindu brahmin (or brahman). I'm talking about the Fallout series mutant cows.

These Belgian cows were the results of a 19th century crossbreeding from the local cows and British cow, which apparently created a mutation in the gene for myostatin, a protein that regulates lean muscle growth.

Now we just have to figure out how to make them have two heads.



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Best job ever.

Many of you have probably gotten the email about the Johnson and Johnson rectal thermometer being personally tested and how that's supposed to make you feel about your daily grind of a job. Despite the fact that that is a false claim, you laugh and think (lie) to yourself, "At least I have it better."

That is, unless you work for Canon. Hirashi Sakamaki, the president of Canon Electronics has some interesting theories about how save money, increase productivity, as well as enhance employee relationships.


Yes that's right, the answer is easy. You simply take away all the chairs in the office and make your employees stand for 8 hours a day. Oh but it doesn't end there. If you leave and go in the hallway, you better make sure you're walking at a rate of 5 meters every 3.6 seconds (or 4.5ft/s!!), otherwise alarms and flashing lights go off and everyone gets to make fun of you when they see you. And just in case you forget, there's a sign on the floor in the hallway that urges you to, "Let's rush: If we don't, the company and world will perish."

The best part is: the same principles don't apply to the big boss, as he gets to sit in a comfy chair in his office.

So the next time you think your (office) job sucks, just remember that you could be working for Canon.

Leave it to the professionals.

Today's moron of the day: (you can go ahead and fast forward to 0:39... this ain't no Ax Men)


Moron Cuts Tree and Crushes His Porch - Watch more Funny Videos

Remember kids, do not try this at home!

It's pretty awesome how sometimes we just don't think things through. Hey, think of it this way, at least 10 years down the line, they can laugh about it.