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Bush in 30 Seconds Contest to create ads explaining the truth about Bush. Finalists should appear today (Monday). Thanks to Marty for this one.

No Ball? Dropp a possum. Probably wouldn't believe it if it wasn't in the NYT. Crazy. Thanks to Chris for this one.

Woman detained after in-flight idiocy from PGH to Minneapolis. As Philippe points out, think cans of Iron City and big hair.

49 foot snake on display. It eats dogs. 5 a month. From JWZ.

$30 DVD players actually work. Just don't look behind the curtain.

Britney Marriage Annulled. Whew. She's still up for grabs. Or something.

Mars Rover lands. Takes Pictures. Rocks. Pretty cool news.

How do we get gas and oil? From a Pittsburgh perspective, but it generally applies to most of the US. Thanks to the 55 year old that looks like me.

Annoyances.org - stop Windows problems. Apparently Marty was also working tech support this holiday break. This site's pretty helpful if you're trying to figure out how badly messed up a machine is and how to fix it. Step 1: Adaware. Step 2: Search and Destroy. Step 3: Mozilla. Thanks to Marty for this one.

Joe Namath, Sports Icon, gets drunk. Makes pass at woman. In other news, children were born today, people died today, and I kept breathing. Thanks to That New Orleans Guy for this one.

Kid crawls into claw game. He may be the only person to ever get one of the animals. Maybe this qualifies him for Toy Story 3. Thanks to That Guy.

Giant snow penis by Harvard crew team torn down. It was 9 feet tall. Good lord. This all happenned last year, but in case anyone on say, the Cornell Crew team were to read this and get an idea for other giant snow body parts, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. From Adam Koniak. Hey Hey Ho Ho. This Penis party's got to go.

Grand Theft Awesome: Vice City worse than Michael Jackson Can everyone reading this go out and buy Take Two stock right now? I'll wait. . . . . It's called perspective. If a 14 and 16 year old are going out and shooting at people, it's not a video game's fault. Deal with it. Oh yea, where'd they get the gun, anyway? Arg. If anyone ever denies my right to witness someone barracading the top of the parking garage and then going to town with the rocket launcher, there's gonna be issues.

Movie quiz with no faces. Pretty cool quiz and photoshop job. Thanks to Joe for this one. Be sure to include 'The' and 'A' where necessary. Update Link is fixed.

New Poll in honor of Mr. Simmons' big news. Congrats Bean and Melissa. Lemme know if I forgot anyone.

FOX News staffed by conservative idiots. In two of the ads submitted for the contest mentioned earlier, people compared Bush to Hitler. Key being that they were SUBMITTED and then pulled. That's like blaming me for something stupid (or clever) Mayes says. The Wall Street Journal picked up the ramblings of one of the chief idiots. Where's Colmes when you need him?

North Korea willing to stop nuclear development. If we give them everything they want. So this is basically diplomatic terrorism. Give us something or we're going to make things worse. Also, isn't this a race condition? Try to negotiate relief from the US before the country is completely bankrupt and the people somehow revolt? Worst downside of doing nothing: To get $, Jong Il sells the whole lot on eBay. Everything must go!

Britney's husband speaks. "We were just chilling in the room, about 3:30, and we had so much fun, just looking out at the city and the lights, and we were, 'We're in Las Vegas, let's do something. Let's go get married." And in other headlines that need a re-write, Britney's annulment went down as quickly as her Vegas wedding Or her on Mr. Timberlake. Either/Or. And for continuing news on this hard-hitting story, check out Google News

India and Pakistan to talk. Is this why Musharraf has been the subject of at least two major assasination attempts in the past few weeks? It's far from over, but a nice first step. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

Texas A&M slammed for giving alumni preference. Ummm, doesn't every school do this to one degree or another? What's really odd is that the thing that triggered the uproar was getting rid of race-biased admissions. So before, it sucks if you're a regular caucasian with no alumni connection. Now, it sucks if you're anybody without an alumni connection. For the best alumni connection story ever, please watch 'Born Rich' and see the chapter on the Weil kid at Brown. Priceless.

Watch 'Talking about Fame.' I hate to schill for a company, but I do enjoy the Coca-Cola, and this add is pretty clever.

I found this post by an Anonymous Coward under the Apple news discussion. I'm still laughing, which is making it hard to type. Click ahead for the vulgarity.


"I will not be buying any Apple hardware or software you fucking cocksuckers. You can take that IPod and IRamItUpYourAss. OS X can OSuck my dick. I will take a G4 PowerDump on your PowerBook. QuickTime can QuickBlowMe. iTunes, more like shiteTunes. Expose? I'll Expose my fucking nuts to your chin.


I will be using Linux, XFree86, and Gnome. You Apple cockgobblers can keep taking it up the ass from Panther, or whatever new animal you like beastial anal sex with. Penguins never rape anyone, although they bite if they have to.


Apple is just another company that wishes they were Microsoft, so they can ass-ream you repeatedly with ease. If they had the market share that Microsoft had, they would be ass-fucking you harder and faster than Microsoft is. They already have a small group of willing homosexuals that let them do this to them already. But its not enough. What they want is the whole world to be forced to bend over and take a huge titanium iCock up their rectums."

Civet Cats being killed to stop SARS. Thankfully Jeremy isn't there anymore, and these things are like some sort of muskrat. Thanks to Dave for this one.

Bush in 41 point 2 seconds. Before you get up in my grill, keep in mind that this is a joke. J to the O-K-E.

Krugman and Rubin are scared of deficits. "The point made by Mr. Rubin now, and by Mr. Mankiw when he was a free agent, is that the traditional immunity of advanced countries like America to third-world-style financial crises isn't a birthright." Soaring budget deficits and trade deficits may make for unexpected 'hard landings'. For those playing along at home, Robert Rubin is the former Treasury Secretary, who along with Greenspan, is credited with navigating the US economy through some enormous trouble. Krugman won the Clark medal, which is similar to the Nobel for Econ, but only given every two years. Tonight's reading is 'Maestro' by Bob Woodward and 'The Great Unraveling' by Krugman. Thanks to Shek for the article, and Chris & Em for the books.

Friends Tin Foil Guy's house. At least he's protected from all the alien mind control devices. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

Th Smoking Gun weighs in on Lottery idiots. Thanks to Shek for this one. If you haven't been playing along, Here's the CNN article on the winner. Sort of sucks that a $162 Million only nets you $67 million if you lump sum it and then take out the tazes. Ah well. The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

Hillary disses Gandhi. Pays the price. Can we clear up when it's okay to make fun of various groups of people? Right now the breakdown is : Apu = hillarious, Gandhi = sacred cow, Dave Chappelle = tremendous. I vote for all fun all the time, but apparently I'm in the minority, and speaking as a Kraut-Mick, this is a waste of time. Thanks to That Guy for the link.

Stuff you don't want to see out of an airliner window. Ummm, yea. If I saw this thing, the last thing I would think to do would be take a picture. So props to that guy. And props to Philippe the High Roller for the pic.

Why I Fucking Hate Weblogs!" By Some Guy. I fancy myself a cross between the Obsessive Delussional Ranter and the Tragically Geek. But is it worst to have a web log or to go so far as to write a lengthy treatise on why they suck? Ah well. To each their own. Except for Bush. I hate that guy.

Everyone is on the Friendster.

The Bush Girls are brats. I love that they partied with Ashton Kutcher, though. They get a 3 day pass to wear trucker hats. Update Fixed the link. Thanks Arjen.

ReplayTVs are $150. You still have to cough up $13 a month for the service, but this is a great deal. I couldn't live without mine. So get to spending already.

IMF jumps on 'US defecits bad' bandwagon. Can't see how this is good news. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

Best in Show for Detroit Auto Show Big week in stuff to buy news. The Detroit Auto show is on at the moment, and all of these are pretty cool. It'd be cool if Chrysler built the Enzo beater, and the Solstice is just plain awesome. For $20k, it can't be beat. Very cool. UPDATE Here's the related Car and Driver coverage. Also, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is going on, so lots of neat new gadgets abound. CNET and Gizmodo seem to have pretty good coverage of that.

New Williams/BMW FW26 in pics. I'm calling it the Walrus for the rest of the season. Now that's what I call a compound curve. And in related Philippe soiling his pants F1 news, Puma joins forces with Renault.

Maddox's take on real men. Jim sent me this a while ago, but I never posted it. I posted before about the captain that killed the shark, and Aron Ralston, the kid that hacked off his hand is a CMU engineering grad.

Click here right now for hot virgin sex on eBay."Please, no women or men over 60. If you know you carry an STD, please do not bid." Safe for work. Thanks to Emily for this one.

Mars rover pics Click through for hot rover on Mars action. These pictures kind of freak me out, for some reason. I think it's because they look like a video game, but they're real. Anyway, definitely worth a look.

Anti-aging beer. Thanks to Sperl for this one.

Wife tries to off Marine husband. As Burch points out, he was probably safer in Iraq.

Chemicals in deodorant may cause cancer. In other news, reading, breathing, and walking cause cancer. Guess this explains why Mullen is going to live longer than all of us. Thanks to Philippe for this one.

Golf Course guy evicted after 40 years. I'm with Bill. I can't believe this is real. But thanks to him for it.

Jesse The Body to teach at Harvard. Well, not really teach. But he's gonna be there. He's probably not going to assemble another TeamFranken. Oh well. Thanks to That Guy for this one. Note: I know title is not his tag line.

Boss dominates ticket sales. Going out to Seth from Andy. And yes, I helped put him where he is today.

Go see Al Franken in the burgh. I've heard he's great live, and can't recommed his book enough. Thanks to Bobby D. for this one.

Potato Computer lacks math coprocessor. I'm assuming this is fraud. If you ever hunt down Evan R., be sure to ask him about all the stupid stuff people returned to the Wal-Mart electronics section. Pure comedy. Thanks to That guy for this one.

Bush in 30 seconds picks a winner. The kids working the jobs to pay for the defecit won. Good choice.

Christmas and New Years all rolled into one. Chicago. Maine. Chicago. An awesome two weeks of no work. Trains, cats, and sumo wrestlers inside.

Wilke/Hendrix productions drop in on Vail for a weekend of getting the crap beat out of us by the mountain. Thanks to Suzie, Jake, Brad, the ticket lady, United Airlines, Uncle D and Blue Sky Basin. The video drops soon.

People getting news from late night comics. "Twenty percent say they learned something regularly from 'The Daily Show,' 'Saturday Night Live' or shows like that. This has doubled over the last four years." Seems like it can only go up. Neither of these shows are biased or overly self-important. They're just looking for a laugh. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

AMP 2004 brings entertainment to the 'burgh. Go see live music cheap, check out Pittsburgh artists at the Warhol, and marvel at some performance art at the Brew House. Sounds like a good time. Going on now until end of March. Thanks to That Guy, who's also serving on the board.

BHendrix.com Year in Review Ripping off Seth, copying nominees, and just reflecting on a really great year. Thanks to everyone who made it happen. Here's to many more.

Bush calls for NASA budget increase. Big plans being laid out for the road ahead into space. Glad he did it, just not sure what his motives are.

Found these via Slashdot, and they seem to be real. Insane Tetris skills. - 12MB video Be afraid.
Minesweeper Expert Level in 43 seconds. Be sure to download and install the codec for Minesweeper.

Drug war year in review. Drugs are bad, M'Kay? But the drug war is worse, M'Kay?

Drug war year in review. Drugs are bad, M'Kay? But the drug war is worse, M'Kay?

Bush to spend $1,500,000,000 to promote marriage. That's 1.5 billion - 500,000,000 more than the total increase over 5 YEARS he proposed for NASA. The premise is that low income couples can use some help dealing with marriage. The benefit is for the kids. Here's a solution: DON'T HAVE KIDS. Why is that so hard? Put on a condom, take your birth control, close your legs, get an abortion, or suffer the consequences. I'm not paying for it. Everyone mentioned in this article can take their family values and cram them up their asses. I'm not going to get into the whole homosexual part. Why are we recycling plots from West Wing 2 years ago?
Choice Quotes:
""The president loves to do that sort of thing in the inner city [visit the programs] with black churches, and he's very good at it," a White House aide said."
"The proposal is the type of relatively inexpensive but politically potent initiative that appeals to White House officials at a time when they are squeezed by growing federal budget deficits." By relatively inexpensive, they mean $5 from every man, woman, and child in America.

Tom Tomorrow sums it all up. Worth reading.

Simpsons are 14! Wow. They've been on for over half of my life... Thanks to That Guy for the heads up. If you've got a couple weeks, check out The Simpson's internet archive.

CMU Cam. What will the nerds think of next? Thanks to Seth for the link. --brian@bhendrix.com

Gamecube in 2nd place. Sells a ton of hardware and software over holidays. Good news. It's a great system.

Cow Brain Sandwiches still good. That's pretty messed up. Thanks to Burch for this one.

Care Bears Shoot 'em up - Evil Care Bears. It's actually sort of hard.

Getting to Moon and Mars requires sacrafice. Good little overview of what it will take to get there, and what has to go.

On the Road going on the road. Hopefully someone will wipe their ass with it. That's about the only use I had for my copy.

Self-parking Toyota Prius. Is there anything it can't do? Japanese dream machine. So when will the first adultery case happen? Thanks to Mark for the 2nd one.

RX-8 as Autobot. Cool.

Freddie Adu Update - drafted by DC. He'll be the youngest professional athlete in the States in over a century. Good luck to him. Glad he stayed state-side. Thanks to Bobby for this one. Now get back to work.

FIFA president suggests more revealing uniforms for females. Females tell him to shove it. Thanks to Rick for this one.

Teen dies after Jackass re-enactment. As Shek (That Guy) points out, Darwin at work. I wish they would put a warning before the show that says 'Please try this at home. It's super safe and easy. You won't get hurt.' We need to thin the herd a little.

Sate of the Union is tonight. Tune in. If you have TiVO, skip all the applause.

Michael Moore's endorsement of Clark. Moore weighs in on why Clark really would make a great candidate. Think what you want of Mr. Moore, it's a good read with some excellent points.

Sate of the Union Drinking Game. Thanks to Shek and Minardo for this one. I may have to try it out.

Dane Cook will be in DC at the end of February. He was mentioned before here. If you're in the country, check it out.

How the Mars lander takes those pics. "Much of the research that ultimately led to today's commercial digital cameras was funded by NASA." Thanks to NASA for making bhendrix.com possible. In other news, behold the Sony DSC-T1. Jim will be my bitch.

The One Hundred Years of Greatness tour descends upon Sin City (or the City of Lights, depending) like so many locust. "Double Down!" "Split those tens" "Should I cash this $500 chip? Of course!" "Jackey Blackey! Jackey Blackey!" "So that's 7 white russians?" "Oh, I'm sorry, did my pin get in the way of your ass? Do me a favor and lose five pounds immediately or get out of my building right now!" "R(av|uhv|ugb)i" "This is my wife, Oprah." What happens in Vegas... gets posted on bhendrix.com

Video of huge electric arc. I have no idea what this is, but it's pretty damn cool. Stolen from jwz.

U of Colorado football player - professional Skier. He's forcing the NCAA's hand by taking endorsements for skiing. As I stand looking at his picture with 4 Swooshes on it, I can't help but ask if his sponsors could sponsor the U of C World Cup Mogul Team, of which he would be the only member? They give the $ to the school, the school gives money to his coaches and him.

Jersey Girl Trailer The next Kevin Smith movie drops soon. Best. marketing. ever.

www.MikeRoweSoft.com targeted by Microsoft. Note to idiotic lawsuit-happy corporations and assorted associations: stop suing the little people. It makes you look even worse. Thanks to Bill for this one. Update Microsoft letting up. A little.

Saddam's an Outkast. Excellent Flash skit. Thanks to Katie M for this one.

The Law and Order Coloring book. Going straight out to Seth.

PETA add denied by CBS. One of the funnier adds I've seen in a while. Thanks to Burch for this one.

Bush's State of the Union. I wish I had been drinking heavily during it. Alas, I was not. The part where people started clapping about the repeal of the Patriot act was beautiful. Ted Kennedy in '08 - damn Chappaquiddick. What the hell was with the Steroid comment? Nothing like having a constitutional ammendment Updated reinforcing homophobia. I'm hoping that Ashley Pearson, age 10, is a middle-aged blogger. God Bless America. God Bless America.

Hit the Penguin. Fun. Simple. Clever.

Simpsons Greatest Sports Moments. Any bets on #1? Thanks to JT for this one.

Which country are you? I'm Canada.

Idiot killed during idiotic stunt. In other news, I'll be sponsoring a Teen Wolf marathon on TBS this weekend. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

Dressing up lobsters for fun and profit. Well, for fun anyway.

Wired picks up gay marriage poll story. Looks like the poll didn't quite turn out the way AFA had planned. This is a follow up to this one. Thanks to Philippe for sending this one my way.

The Page of Misc for today. Calvin and Penny Arcade are particularly good today.

The Book of Ratings. Some random guy rates a ton of stuff. Check out the archive for Superfriends and Legion of Doom ratings.

Hey Ya Charlie Brown. I hesitate to use the word 'cute', but there's no other word, really. Quicktime movie.

Starsky and Hutch trailer. Director of Old School, Owen Wilson, Snoop-a-loop, Vince V. and a cameo by Farrell. It can't lose. Why can't the bring back or re-make good shows, like BJ and the Bear? There's a concept I can't get enough of - a man and his monkey.

Babes of the Burgh.com Wow, I can't imagine why more people don't stay in the burgh. Thanks to JT for this one.

Kevin in space. Fun little game. Thanks to Brian E. for this one.

$250 Von Dutch Jeans. If you're looking for $250 pants, I have a better suggestion. And in case you were wondering how stupid trucker hats can get, look no further.

Homer at bat #1 sports episode. JT called it. Nice job JT. A good list to waste a lot of time with.

Columbus trying new approach to homelessness. Getting away from shelters and toward real housing.

Nashville gets rid of the honor role. "After a few parents complained their children might be ridiculed for not making the list, school-system lawyers warned that state privacy laws forbid releasing academic information, good or bad, without permission." In Brian land, I'd have a big list of kids on the wall with life-sized pictures indicating who was a complete moron and why. I'd call it the 'Moron Roll'.

Cendant Inc. wants to get to know you. Good thing they run the travel web site I use. Oh... wait.

Parking Lot Sim Gets pretty hard.

Supersize Me. Documentary about eating only McDonald's food for 30 days. "Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car, and doctors who examined him were shocked at how rapidly Spurlock's entire body deteriorated." Ouch.

Dean Goes Nuts Re-mixes. Thanks to Gabe and That Guy for this one.

The Razzies - Worst Movies of the Year. I feel bad for Ben, but you make bad movies, you pay the price. And for the record, I liked 2 Fast 2 Furious. Any movie with Ludacris has at least one redeeming quality.

Pope blesses break dancers. He then proceeded to Pop n' Lock with them for a while. Thanks to That Guy for this one and the Razzies one.

CBS refuses MoveOn.org ad. Going along with the PETA refusal comes this crap. Thanks to Weinstein via Brazil for this one.

Scientific findings censored by political appointees. Throw it on the pile of things to be frustrated by. Of particular note in light of his recent State of the Union, here's why abstinence-only doesn't work. Thanks to Emily for this one.

Confessions of a car salesman. I think I was talking to Philippe about this, but anyway, a great insight into all the BS that goes on at a car dealership.

Photobucket.com Free Photo hosting. Especially good for E-Bay, etc. If you don't have a web host, this is a good place to go. Free for now.

Iowa Caucuses in crazy proportional maps. Cool breakdown of how the state 'voted'.

The Oscar nominees. Thanks to Arjen for this one.

Libya gives up nuclear equipment. It's a chilly one in hell today. Thanks to Burch for this one.

In Depth on what's going on with the Spirit rover. It looks like a problem with the Flash memory filling up. On a side note, I'm on limited update schedule at the moment as I'm switching hosts and making a bunch of changes to the site.

Philips to mass produce E-Ink. The photos really say it all. Thanks to uh, Philippe, for this one.

Christian Nudist colony to open. Apparently JC was a fun of doin stuff in the buff. Rock out with your cock out. Thanks to Arjen for this one. I believe he said he was going to join. Not sure, though.

Trial Motorcycle Sim If you've ever seen the real thing, this is actually pretty realistic. Thanks to Weatherford for this one.

Ikea and Starbucks are not your problem. Damn hipsters and their sneers.

Stuff being shot in super slow-mo. Not a big fan of the guns, but this is pretty cool.

Connect Four. Play against the computer or someone else. I still suck at it.

Sperm Whale explodes. Entire town impreagnated. Just kidding. Thanks to That Guy for this one.

The Stella awards for stupid lawsuits are out. "Incredibly, instead of pulling her stun gun from her belt, she pulled her service sidearm and shot the man in the chest, killing him instantly." Brilliant.

Top 100 Dumbest moments in business. For 2003. Some real keepers in here.

Presidential candidate comparison. Pretty good quiz and comparison charts to see who you match up with on major issues. Thanks to Andy for this one.

But there is gay porn. Thanks to Prommel for the story and the setup.

LEGO picks 3 new master builders. There's a few pics of what they built as well.

Don't feed the fish. Apparently Jim needs to keep this little incident under wraps. Thanks to Philippe for the story and research.

Woman dies due to defribulator fire. Apparently Arjen's friend put out the fire.

Animals on the run in Sweden - from horny people. " According to the Swedish paper Expressen, if the same estimate can be used in Sweden that will indicate that 200 to 300 dogs and cats every year are injured as a result of sexual assaults." At what point does this seem like a really good idea? Thanks to Arjen for this one.

The Penguin game, but bigger. And now there's the Super Alpha Hyper Turbo Type R Version. The other link wasn't working for me, so here you go. They'll treat you reeeeaaal respectable-like.

Powers Up hip deep in it. It was a good party, though. Thanks to JT for this one.

Oil contracts used to prop up Saddam. Black gold, Texas T.

Domain spoofs can really fool you with IE. That's how I got a new domain. So go get Mozilla.

Georgia wants to get rid of 'evolution'. I'll let charper take this one: "Just when you think the country is beginning to gain some sense of reality, you get stories like this. How is it possible, in the year 2004, to essentially censor a non-slang word in the name of implication. Despite having the relatively diverse city of Atlanta, Georgia's Southern Conservative roots are still showing through." Thanks to him for the link.