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Caffeine Kick for the Carpool Crowd

9:34 pm by ratso in Gadgets

I want to carpool in the Audi concept car with built-in espresso machine.

We read stories about extreme commuting with great horror and begin to think things like the working WMF espresso machine Audi placed in the rear-seat console of its Roadjet concept car might be good ideas. The Roadjet is reportedly going into production for the European market (the US is expected to get the more SUV-like Q5), so it’ll be interesting to see if the espresso machine makes it into the final model as an added feature or if the in-car coffee machine will remain just a dream for now.

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‘Kiki and Herb’ Reviewed

10:24 pm by ratso in Movies

Jason, over in his room, has written a great review of the Kiki and Herb mockumentary.

The funniest part was when, in a clip from one of their performances, Kiki tells the audience about when she and Herb first met…

“Because, you know, ladies and gentleman… Herb and I met… We were small children… We were contained in the same institutional… where we were diagnosed as ‘retards’.—Now, I know it’s not politically correct to use that word, ‘retard,’ nowadays… It’s supposed to be ‘differently-abled’ or ‘mentally-challenged’ or… ‘other-wise engaged’… But ladies and gentlemen, when Herb and I use the word ‘retard,’ it’s sorta like when black people use the word ‘n*gger’… RETARD… We own THAT word!

But poor Herb,… not only is he a retard,… but he’s also a homosexual… and a JEW! (crowd cheers and applauds) Oh, yeah, yeah, sure… clap, clap, clappy-clap-clap… But let me tell you something, sweetheart… When we were growing up it wasn’t TRENDY to be a gay-jew-tard, like it is today…”

You can watch clips from Kiki and Herb’s performances on YouTube here and here.

The second YouTube link is the most bizarre cover of “Let’s Go to Bed” (The Cure) that I have ever heard.

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Amazing Acrobat

10:02 pm by ratso in Male Athletes

This limber, active acrobat can somersault my way anytime… although at a certain point you just want to tell him ’sit still, why don’t you’!

And now for the learning portion of this post… Wikipedia defines acrobatics in the following manner… Acrobatics involves difficult feats of balance, agility and coordination. Nearly any performance or sport which involves full-body activity – especially in short, highly controlled bursts of activity – can be considered acrobatics, and there is substantial overlap with dance, various sports such as diving and even religious practices.

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