I dont think anyone could have convinced me that a power line could support a car, never mind the problem of getting a car up on the line. Well thanks to the wonderful state of Texas and its insane population my conception of reality has again been shattered.

Here is the story of how it happened and some more pics. If you read the story it goes on to say that the driver left the car and caught a bus before the fire department could show up, because really who’s going to believe the “car on the power line” story twice in one week…

Amazon has started a cool new service at a9.com, where if you look up a business in the yellow pages you get a drive by view of the business. Heres a link to the local Devlins Pub up the street from us. Or here is the Joshua Tree in davis square. Pretty cool, although sometimes the pictures end up being incorrect. It will also let you explore the whole block, so you can check out a whole strip of businesses. Check it out…

“Among the strangest rituals of the tribe Guyus Collegius is ‘drunk shaming,’ in which an individual who has drunk himself into a stupor is decorated with markers, makeup, food and, occasionally, furniture.”

HAHA, its great when people who obviously didn’t ever experience this in college write an article about it. So many good memories, like when Jamie found a kid passed out in a chair on the main road of phish festival. Yup, it was a death sentance, he had 10 people writting on every part of his body in under 10 mintes.

Some people just dont get the point of it all though, overanalyzing what it means:
“The group shaming ritual is ‘really a social construction of dominance hierarchies,’ says Lois A. West, a sociologist.”

Wait, heres a hint: dont pass out dumbass.

If your looking to keep your skills tight between parties or just trying to find new and inventive ways to drink by yourself, then this sight is for you. This is a very stupid and slightly addictive Flash Game. They have recently posted a multiplayer version, so you can go shot for shot against your closest Eastern European or Asian drinking buddies. Now Gabe will never again have an execuse for drinking alone!!!

CNN has broke the following story…..

“SpongeBob lives in a pineapple under the sea.”

thats the caption to the photo they have up…..probably only funny to fans of the show. Oh and the Christian Right thinks spongebob is gay. He’s Single, neat, and that best friend “Patrick” is pink…
Not only is he gay but he’s teaching children everywhere that it’s ok to be gay. Satan takes many forms, but who would of though he would have chosen the form of a small underwater sponge. Avert your eyes children, he make take other forms!

Clint Eastwood rocks. Few other celebrities would have the balls to proclaim publicly that they want to kill a man they don’t like.

For those who don’t know the story, here is a LINK. To summarize, Clint Eastwood was at an awards lunch, at which time he proclaimed that if Michael Moore ever ambushed him at his front door, he’d kill him.

Say what you will about Moore’s reporting being true or false, but I think he’s a propagandizing tool. Nothing he makes could be confused with unbiased documentary. He’s been exposed many times for using shady editing to cast people and events in the light that he prefers. Steve posted a link at one point about his selective editing in Bowling for Columbine, but I don’t have it offhand, maybe he can post it as a comment.

Kinda funny how Clint took the “rights we so treasure” and applied it to this. Only problem is that by saying he wants to kill him, he in effect can’t kill him. There would be an argument that if Moore showed up at his house, that its trespassing, and Clint could use self defense at being threatened to shoot him. But now he can’t do that, as it would imply premeditation. Oh well, someone else will have to shoot him.

by popular request I’ve added a photo section that can be found here (http://www.mccrappy.com/gallery/) Heres a sample of something funny to put:

Your login should be the same user name as here, with that username as a password. Go nuts.

To all those not working for the man, give fair warning about scetchy pictures

oh I just found out I get 500 email accounts with this hosting now, so if anyone wants an @mccrappy.com email, or has a cool use for some of them, hit me back.

From today’s The Onion:

Caged Saddam To Be Highlight Of Inaugural Ball
WASHINGTON, DC—Attendees at the Independence Ball, one of nine officially sanctioned galas celebrating President George W. Bush’s second inauguration Thursday, will be treated to a viewing of a caged Saddam Hussein, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Monday. “What better way to honor the president than with a physical symbol of his many first-term triumphs?” McClellan said as Hussein rattled the bars of a cage already suspended above the ballroom where the event will be held. “And I must compliment the planning committee. Outfitting Gitmo detainees with iron collars and forcing them to serve appetizers was an inspired stroke.” Ball attendees will also be awarded door prizes, including a basket of nuts, 20 yards of cloth, and a barrel of crude oil.

Almost as good as this old news story:

Bush Does Victory Lap Around World Trade Center Site

Nobody does sarcasm quite like The Onion.

For fifty years WD-40 has proven to be one of the most useful home products, arguably second to duct tape
You have used it to improve your foosball game…
You have used it to kill the squeak in the door…
But have you used it to stop coke crazed drug addicts from doing lines off your bathroom seat?

Apparently they are doing just this in Bristol, England. They are spraying down all linoleum bathroom surfaces with WD-40 because “A chemical reaction takes place with the cocaine that causes it to congeal and become a mess so it’s unusable”
Brilliant!!! Little do they know that they are creating a new super drug fiend, one who can get his huffing fix while blowing congealed cocaine up his nose!

I found out my hosting package got upgraded to 2 gigs of storage and 100 gigs of transfer, so Im working on some photo and video storage and other stuff to use up some of that space. Let me know anything else you guys want…

I-Mockery managed to find some really old alcoholism posters from mexico, and although they obviously dont speak any spanish, they’ve done their best at translating the posters:

“Warning: alcohol has been known to attract Juan Valdez’s gay brother, Herb.”

“Meet Harvey. In his spare time, Harvey enjoys tasting
the splendors of life in the form of urine-filled test tubes.
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE.”

A 100 pound, 19 year old girl ate a six pound hamburger and five pounds of fixin’ at a Denny’s (not the chain I guess). How, seriously, how does that fit in her body? Have you seen small girls who are pregnant? It looks like they’ve eaten a bowling ball. She did them one better, most baby’s birthweight is that much. She ate 11 pounds of food, equivalent to one baby. How I ask you, how…..

I’m too partied out to say much, but wanted to post this.

Guinness Recipes

I’m going to try the corned beef one on St. Patties day I think.

I may have sent some of you the link to this in the past. Its called the Degree Confluence Project. Basically its a site comprised of people who like trekking and GPS nuts like myself. The goal of the project is to document every confluence point on the planet. Confluence points being those points where an integer line of latitude and longitude intersect (in simple terms).

Most of the Continental US has been covered so that’s not too exciting, but as I was telling Steve earlier today, I’m thinking about planning a trek through Alaska for next year or the year after. My #1 goal is to get up to Barrow in the late winter or spring to get some pictures of the Northern Lights. As cool as that will be, Barrow isn’t interesting enough to make a pure trip out of it, so I’m thinking of maybe planning a wilderness trek in one of the state parks in Alaska and maybe bang out a confluence or two at the same time.

My Aunt and Uncle used to live in Anchorage for a dozen or so years, so I’m going to use them as a starting point on planning this. If things really start to come together as far as pricing guides and plane rental and stuff, I’ll let people know. I figure we have enough adventurers in the group that one or two of you might want to come along for the trek. From what I understand Alaska in the spring is like nothing you will ever see anywhere else.

Good news boys and girls, you too can have your very own Cube Farm!!!
I saw this on Boing Boing.

I hope they have a set that comes with a red stapler.