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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Ping!: Ghetto Sub Intercepted in Brooklyn Harbor Made of Fiber, not Pastrami, Pickles |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 5:07 am |
| Tags: Dick Cheney, Duke Riley, Gadgets, Ping, Revolutionary War Era Replica Submarine, Sub, Submarine |
| in fact a Revolutionary War-era submarine replica made mostly of plywood, fiberglass and lead. And the police is pissed off because they thought he was a terrorist trying to sink the Queen Mary II at Pier 41 in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Maybe with a chisel. Or throwing paint balloons at it, I don't know. [NYT] |
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| One Ping Only, Vasili: Fiberglass Ghetto Sub Intercepted in Brooklyn Harbor Missing Pastrami, Cheddar, Pickles |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 5:07 am |
| Tags: Dick Cheney, Duke Riley, Gadgets, One Ping Only Vasili, Revolutionary War Era Replica Submarine, Sub, Submarine |
| in fact a Revolutionary War-era submarine replica made mostly of plywood, fiberglass and lead. And the police is pissed off because they thought he was a terrorist trying to sink the Queen Mary II at Pier 41 in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Maybe with a chisel. Or throwing paint balloons at it, I don't know. [NYT] |
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| An engineering marvel - 1873 Monocycle replica on eBay |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 8:17 am |
| Tags: Bicycles, Steampunk, Monocycle, Victorian Era |
| monocycle from the Victorian era. The 1873 monocycle replica has been created by a Spaniard using 19th Century documentation and old-fashioned handcrafting techniques. The engineering marvel has a 6.16-foot wheel, with a 238-teeth inner segment. Different steel alloys have been used for different parts of the mechanism. The bidding price for this |
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| Stalin’s Lost Railway |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 6:56 am |
| Tags: History, Photos, Technology, Abandoned, Railroad, Soviet Era, Trains |
| with any other Russian Federal Railway System and the purpose of it still is not very clear, so as a senseless toy it way abandoned pretty soon and now rusts accessible only with a helicopter. |
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| USSR. Living in the Fifties. |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 8:39 am |
| Tags: Society, Culture, History, Photos, 60s, Sixties, Soviet Era, Soviet People, Soviet Union, Ussr |
| More pictures portraying life in the Soviet era, submitted by our visitor Firsak. We’ve already seen life in the USSR in the seventies and sixties and now come the fifties. See also: USSR in the 70-s, part 1 USSR in the 70-s, part 2 USSR in the 70-s, part 3 USSR in the 60-s, part 1 (more…) |
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| New Era Yankees Caps Linked to Gangs, Pulled from Stores - Pictures |
| Published: August 25, 2007, 2:30 am |
| Tags: Baseball, Photos, Johnny Damon, New Era, Yankees |
| No word yet on whether Johnny Damon will also be pulled from lineup… A lineup of team logo baseball caps denounced as tailor-made for gang members was ordered removed from store shelves by its manufacturer Friday after complaints from baseball officials. “It has been brought to our attention that some combinations of icons and colors |
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| Worst Promotion Ever? Buy 2 New Era Hats Get a New Era Drawstring Bag |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 6:02 pm |
| Tags: Photos, New Era |
| Is that an incentive? Can I buy a 3rd hat and also get a purse? If I buy 5 hats can I get a heavy duty trash bag? |
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| A Soviet Shelter |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 10:16 am |
| Tags: Society, History, 70s, 80s, Cold War, Moscow, Soviet Era |
| shelter back from the Soviet Era and Cold War when every house had a shelter nearby in case of America attacking. Most of the things there are 20-30 years old, including the batteries, lamps etc. The glass retorts with different chemicals were used for testing the air on the surface and determining the type of attack - different chemicals |
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| Russian Fashion at 1979 |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 1:53 pm |
| Tags: Funny, Society, History, Photos, 70s, Russian Fashion, Russian Girls, Soviet Era |
| These are scans from The Only Soviet Fashion Magazine called “Fashion” back from 1979… (more…) |
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| HGH in Baseball: Who cares? |
| Published: September 8, 2007, 10:55 am |
| Tags: K Man, Commentary, Andro, Baseball, Hgh, Home Run Era, Mark Mcgwire, Mlb, Steroids |
| HGH in Baseball: Who cares? Here's how I see it. Back during the home run revival, Big Mac came straight out and said that he loved his Andro. At the time, what was the problem? Within the then current rules of Major League Baseball, HGH & other over the counter sports supplements were not banned. So let's just turn around and interpret it |
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| Peyton Manning Needs To Stop Running Through M.C. Escher Drawings: Sunday Game Update Bukkake |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Bukkake, Christmas Ape, Mike Tomlin Era Teh Bestest, Peyton Manning Needs To Stop Running Through M C Escher Drawings |
| Apparently the Patriots are good (but we still hate them). Randy Moss hauls in nine for 183 yards and all the white Patriots fans can glory because Wes Welker got in the endzone as well. Did... |
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| Peyton Manning Needs To Stop Running Through M.C. Escher Drawings: Sunday Game Update Bukkake |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Bukkake, Christmas Ape, Mike Tomlin Era Teh Bestest, Peyton Manning Needs To Stop Running Through M C Escher Drawings |
| Apparently the Patriots are good (but we still hate them). Randy Moss hauls in nine for 183 yards and all the white Patriots fans can glory because Wes Welker got in the endzone as well. Did Belichick shake Mangini's hand? Do I care? Well, actually -- no, I mean, no. Four penalties on one play. That was the feat accomplished by the Browns |
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| Misshapes Mistakes: Live From Outside The Final MisShapes Party Ever |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 11:20 am |
| Tags: Clips, Leotard Fantastic, Misshapes, Misshapes Mistakes, The End Of An Era, Top |
| newVideoPlayer("misshapes.flv", 475, 376); A burly bouncer, a middle-aged club-owner type and junior MisShape Leotard Fantastic himself all tried to prevent vidboy Alex Goldberg and Emily from... |
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| Soviet Lawnmower |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 7:05 am |
| Tags: Funny, Exclusive, History, Photos, Self Made, Soviet Era |
| It is very hard to imagine, that people of Soviet Union didn’t have access to many simple appliances many Americans or Western Europeans used every day. For example such a simple thing as a lawnmower was totally absent in Soviet Russian homes. First of all because only village citizens had a right to have a private house - citizens |
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| Some Monuments of Moscow |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 6:39 am |
| Tags: Funny, Photos, Russian Art, Monuments, Moscow, Russian Art, Soviet Era |
| This is a small review of some monuments in Moscow, Russia. The one above is probably can be called a monument for the Donkey from “The Shrek” movies, the resembles is astonishing. (more…) |
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