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Ah yes. Halloween is upon us. In lieu of miniature-sized candy bars this year, my wife and I will be handing out jello shots to the children. We’re quite certain this will start a new craze in the neighborhood and that area parents will be banging down our door in appreciation.

Jerry Seinfeld is saying that [...]

Since a base was stolen in the World Series, Taco Bell is giving away a free Crunchy Taco to anyone who asks for one today between 2pm and 5pm. Jump on it.

The countdown is on, my friends. In just over a month (on Dec 7) I will be shutting down all blog systems and martyz.com [...]

I’ve secretly always wanted to see time-lapse photography of bananas decomposing.
I was thinking about turning that last sentence into an artsy postcard then sending it to PostSecret — but I’ve instead decided to write it here — then share with you an actual video of bananas decomposing.

Here’s an upbeat video of some rotting fruit — [...]

Straight from France: Extreme Can Throwing

They even have a sequel — stay for the outtakes.

Ahhh, just as how DC should be in October — cold and rainy. Yeah, fall!! Bring it on, Mother Nature!

Steve Carrell’s appearance this week on Monday Night Football.

Yesterday, BoingBoing posted a most hilarious poster, that at first glance might’ve been for a lost dog, but upon closer inspection you can see that it’s for an [...]

Gov. “T-800″ Schwarezenegger said that the conditions in California have made it “a perfect storm for a fire“. Have I told you all how much I hate the expression “perfect storm”? Yes, I have. Especially when used during a disaster. Hate.
There’s nothing that perfect about nearly 1,000,000 people having to flee their homes with [...]

You know what I absolutely HATE HATE with a passion? “Bee Movie TV Juniors” — what. the. hell. is. that???
NBC: “Hey, former NBC star Jerry Seinfeld, why don’t you come up with some dumb sketches to show between our new fall lineup to promote your stupid movie that did so poorly with test audiences [...]

Wow — what a shocker. People laid off at AOL? I mean AOL is such a promising company with such a powerful business model — is what I would say if the year was 1992. If I may suggest to the people that were NOT laid off at AOL, you may also want to start [...]

Yesterday it was staph infections, today it’s cars driving into stores.

Jenny Craig Damaged After Crash

Play the Google Image Labeler game — it’s helpful (to Google and the world) and addictive!

Scary: In South Central Virginia this weeka drug-resistant staph infection killed a high school student, prompting the closure of 21 schools in the area.
Some are warning staph infection related deaths could surpass the AIDS toll.
Here’s [...]