From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Boy, 7, keeps Haiti funds and buys new bike

by Jason Parmele on January 29, 2010

London, UK – Charlie Simpson, a 7yr old boy from Fulham, London who has raised over £100,000 for Haiti work relief has decided to keep the money and buy “A new bike, and, and a fire truck” instead. Charlie and his father, Dan, hosted a 5 mile bike ride in the hope of raising £500. [...]

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Bernie Madoff meets Best Buy

by Jason Parmele on January 26, 2010

It’s bad enough every time you’re at Best Buy or RadioShack they try to sell you a $5 warranty on a $20 purchase, but now, even Dick’s Sporting Goods are selling them on sneakers. Dick’s has a “No Sweat” policy that will cover your sneakers from sweat and discoloration. I know some of the things [...]

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Free internet TV for every American

by Jason Parmele on January 22, 2010

God gave Americans, and just because I’m Agnostic doesn’t mean I don’t get them, certain inalienable rights, such as:

The right to bear arms - which does not exclude Polar bears
Freedom
Trans fat
Mp3’s
MTV’s Jersey Shore
Diplomatic immunity
Oil, and lastly
Hulu.com

There are two things I don’t have on that list. Firstly, the Polar bear. I assume, however, that’s it’s probably a [...]

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Roads go ever on

by Jason Parmele on January 19, 2010

About three months ago I stopped playing WoW – rather abruptly. Largely in part, I’ll be honest, because I was terrible at the game PvP. I couldn’t even face roll 4-button mash a Paladin to a 1800 rating. If you didn’t understand that, let me try another way: I kept falling off a bike that [...]

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2-ton killing machines

by Jason Parmele on January 18, 2010

If an alien race appeared over Earth and said “Hey, we have this great new technology that we can give you. It will allow you to transport yourself from one place to another instantly, but every year we will randomly kill 50,000 (as a fee)”. Would you accept their offer?
No, you probably wouldn’t, but the [...]

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