Ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is best known for three things: Closing Island Beach State Park during a government shutdown then taking an expensive taxpayer-funded family holiday there. His disastrous… Read the rest of the article: Despite continuous prime-time attention by a fawning media, Chris Christie fails to sell over 2,500 copies of his book
Viktor Tóth made a giant trackball and set his rat on top of it so it could enjoy running through the corridors of Doom. TL;DR I built a VR setup for… Read the rest of the article: This guy built a set-up so his rat could play Doom
When Prince changed his name to a signature glyph in 1993, Warner Brothers issues a 3.5-inch floppy with the symbol as a font so that print publications could use it… Read the rest of the article: How the data was extracted from the Prince floppy disk and uploaded to the Internet archive
Ben Marks says: "If you are a fan of Southern California modernist architecture in the first half of the 20th century, you are probably familiar with names like Irving Gill,… Read the rest of the article: Modernist man: Jock Peters may be the most influential architect you've never heard of
Professional snooker player Shaun Murphy, who has amassed over $4 million in winnings, was so angry to lose to an amateur player in this year's UK Championship that he told… Read the rest of the article: Pro snooker player throws a fit when an amateur player beats him
A North Korean man who brought a copy of the South Korean science fiction series Squid Game will be executed by firing squad, reports Radio Free Asia. Six high school… Read the rest of the article: North Korean who smuggled Squid Game on a flash drive will be executed by firing squad
Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James paused the action in the middle of a game in Indiana yesterday to ask officials to eject two people jeering him. According to at… Read the rest of the article: Basketball jeerer ejected for allegedly telling LeBron James that she hopes his son "dies in a car wreck"
Frank Brunner is perhaps best known for being the artist on Howard the Duck, but he did a lot of excellent sword and sorcery work for Marvel and independent publishers.… Read the rest of the article: Cover to 1974 issue of Dr. Strange #1 sells for $408,000
New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow made a video asking 19 questions about the January 6th terrorist assault on the U.S. Capitol. I wonder if we'll ever get to… Read the rest of the article: Here are 19 excellent questions about the deadly Capitol riot
The main difference between Trump and Lukashenko is that Trump failed to overthrow the government while Lukashenko succeeded. Watch this alarming BBC interview with the Belarus dictator as he insults… Read the rest of the article: This interview shows why Lukashenko is the Trump of Belarus
QAnon, also known as "mainstream Republicans," has elevated Kyle Rittenhouse to the level of a Holy Knight for the Cause. So when the chubby-cheeked killer told a television interviewer that… Read the rest of the article: In interview, Rittenhouse disavows QAnon and says Lin Wood is insane
When I was in high school I worked at a Kmart and often heard things like "You just lost yourself a customer," "I'm telling all my friends not to shop… Read the rest of the article: TikToker pretends to be an extremely disgruntled employee insulting customers
I really miss seeing my old friend and neighbor Maureen Herman, former bass player of Babes in Toyland and frequent Boing Boing contributor, ever since she moved from LA a… Read the rest of the article: Listen to Maureen Herman talk about touring with Babes in Toyland and how Courtney Love stole Kat's look
This weird vandal is upset that one day in the near future, the government will forbid her from defacing private property. I hope she gets the help she needs.
Save a Fox is a domestic fox rescue. "What does this mean? We rescue foxes from furfarms and take in pet surrenders. All these foxes were born in captivity and… Read the rest of the article: Gawk in wonder at this 10-minute video of woman giving eggs to rescue foxes
People sure loved cocaine in the 1970s. Look at this amazing collection of magazine ads from the era for products to help coke users sniff, store, dry, and stash their… Read the rest of the article: Check out this gallery of 1970s ads for cocaine paraphernalia
In his latest video, "Don't Tell Me How to Live," Kid Rock soars through the air hugging the raised middle finger of a giant bird-flipping hand while clutching a pistol.… Read the rest of the article: Weird Al steps forward to disclaim Kid Rock parody video: "That's not me. That's actually Kid Rock."
"Short Subject" (AKA "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam") is a black and white cartoon from 1969 starring Mickey Mouse. Running a little over a minute long the cartoon tells the story… Read the rest of the article: In this 1969 cartoon, Mickey Mouse enlists in the Vietnam War and gets killed
Terrible acting, off-key singing, casual bullying, puka-shell necklaces — what's not to love about this 1978 basement-budget musical featurette starring Paul Abdul. From Wikipedia: The story begins with Sherry (Paula… Read the rest of the article: Watch this insanely dated 1978 musical, "Junior High School" starring a young Paula Abdul
This scratch-built 1:150 scale model of a Toyota Crown is incredible tiny and can be operated by remote control. The creator, who is Japanese said on YouTube: I modified the… Read the rest of the article: Watch this person build a tiny remote control car from scratch
