The fourth day of the NHL playoffs sees us with our first afternoon game and all four series on yesterday’s schedule moved closer to sweeps coming to fruition. Continue reading
Weekend Link-Off Part Deux: Geekgasm Alert!
I just have a picture of Megan Fox here for no apparent reason. Actually on second thought, there is a reason. Michael Bay has released new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen footage today and fanboys everywhere are celebrating (including me!). Check out the video after the jump.
Who said you needed to be hired at a restaurant in order to make money as a waiter? (Toronto Star)
Over in Conover, North Carolina, two Dominos employees decided to videotape various unsanitary acts while working at one of the stores. Clearly they didn’t think this through. The company has decided to fire the two employees and file a criminal complaints against them. Those poor customers… now they know how ass tastes like… (ABC News)
Speaking of someone that knows what ass tastes like, a strip search was performed on a man charged with drug possession and the police officer found a bag with a white powdery substance in his rectum. They guy grabbed the bag from the officer and stuffed it into his mouth! You know you’re an addict when… (Olivia Munn)
A man in Waco, Texas was stabbed twice because he farted. I supposed he needed a few extra openings to let the gas out. (Metro)
A man committed suicide in the middle of a late night screening of Watchmen. I never knew the movie was that bad! (Slashfilm)
A 32 year old woman jumped into the polar bear exhibit at the Berlin Zoo during feeding time. The woman jumped into the pool willingly since she was expecting to be welcomed by the polar bears, but instead she was attacked and bitten. Bears are dangerous, of course you’ll get mauled! Duh! (Daily Mail)
A British man killed his partner of 30 years after she became obsessed with Grand Theft Auto! Hey World of Warcraft gamers, I think you should be concerned about your personal safety too! (Daily Mail)
Velociraptor Awareness Day
Today is Velociraptor Awareness Day. Here at Lowdown HQ, we thought that it would be a good idea to help you prepare for an encounter with a “six-foot man-eating turkey”. Continue reading
Weekend Link-Off: When All Else Fails…
Keeping with last week’s theme and going with the best from the week. By request, Eliza Dushku from her recent appearance in Allure magazine. This wasn’t as good as her recent Maxim spread. After the jump, when live TV goes wrong.
Speeding is perfectly alright. Sex while driving is fine as well. Doing both at the same time… Well, the Norwegians won’t look too kindly on that. (BBC)
Your testify moment of the week: Jamie Foxx gives Miley Cyrus some much needed career advice when he finds out that she plans on ruining Radiohead. (Zap2It) He later apologized because he has no marbles. (Major League 2 reference)
Unreality found 20 of the strangest looking USB drives available. (Unreality) Although, I still think that getting a real USB finger is more cool than a USB finger on a keychain. (MacQuarie National News)
A British television personality and automotive journalist decides he’s going to make a garden plot for a major botanical show… out of plasticine. This can only end well. (Daily Telegraph)
An ant species in the Amazon has developed into an all-female species that doesn’t need sex to reproduce. I think I speak for the male gender when I say that this idea has absolutely no merit and should be immediately disregarded by everyone. (BBC)
Experts say that Twitter will cripple you. They’re just jealous that they don’t have any followers. (Daily Telegraph)
The world’s most rediculously famous dog heads to the White House. And people care why? (National Geographic)
The Octomom wants to trademark the name “Octomom.” It’s all yours. Nobody cares about you anymore. (Zap2It)
How not to fire a nurse: A Wisconsin hospital pulls a nurse out of surgery to lay her off. (Wisconsin State Journal)
They should be glad they didn’t have to pay the overdue fine on that one. (CBC) Continue reading
Hockey (Last) Night In Canada: Working Overtime
The third day of the playoffs brought us a little closer to the next round as one team is closer to advancing. Also, we have a new, and catchier, name for the hockey recap. At least, until the CBC’s legal department decides that my homage/pun of a name is a trademark infringement. Continue reading
The Pirate Bay Founders Found Guilty
In a verdict that will send shockwaves throughout the interweb, the four founders of The Pirate Bay website were found guilty of violating Swedish copyright laws. They were sentences to a year in prison and ordered to pay 30 million Swedish kronor ($3.5 million US) in damages. Continue reading
Red Light District: Side Order of Drama
The second day of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs showcased the eight teams not on the schedule Wednesday night. It also featured more close games than night one of the real chase for the Cup. Continue reading
Last Call: God Bless Lawyers
It’s been a while since we’ve done a last call. Then again, I can’t remember the last time we had three posts in a day.
A man who was thrown out of Yankee Stadium last August is suing the City of New York, the Yankees, the NYPD, and the two officers that threw him out for violating his First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Actually, it’s the New York Civil Liberties Union filing the lawsuit on his behalf but mentioning that would just be being picky.
The man says that he tried to use the washroom when God Bless America was being sung. When he wouldn’t stay still for the song, he was ejected from the stadium. The NYPD said the man was being rowdy and smelled of alcohol. Welcome to a case of he said, they said that will grip the nation until they finish reading this story. Continue reading
John Madden Retires From Broadcasting
NBC announced that NFL colour analyst John Madden is retiring from broadcasting today. After being in sports broadcasting for 40 years, Madden said he knew this was the right time. Continue reading
NASA Snubs The Vote
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams visited The Colbert Report to announce the name of the new room of the International Space Station. Despite winning the internet poll by a wide margin, Stephen Colbert’s name will not be used on Node 3 of the ISS. Instead, NASA has chosen Tranquility, which was the 8th most popular response in the original poll. Continue reading
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