Dynamite Surfing Fake?

Apparently the dynamite surfing in this video is fake according to those Mythbuster guys over there at the Discovery Channel. I'm still skeptical on their findings though. Although after watching the Discovery Channel nit pick the challenge of surfing a wake created by the explosion I can see how the video could be a hoax as well. Here's the video again:

War Declared On Scientology

L. Ron Hubbard would be so proud. Watch out Tom Cruise, Haxors are coming for you!

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Drunk Driver Busted on Riding Mower

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"Police found Frank Kozumplik, 49, homeward bound on a John Deere tractor Saturday night, toting four bottles of wine in a paper bag, officials said."

"He told officers that his wife had taken their car to work, and that the mower was the only way he could reach the store, two miles from home."

"His blood alcohol level was 2 1/2 times Michigan's legal driving limit of 0.08 percent, police told WLEN-FM. They arrested him and confiscated the mower."

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Frankenstein!!!

Frankenstein by Edgar Winter is one of those classic rock songs heard on many classic rock stations. For years I thought it was a Deep Purple instrumental, I was wrong. Frankenstein depicts the song itself, a cut and paste mayhem of reel to reel tape. From what I heard Edgar Winter had miles of reel to reel tape strung about his home recording studio. Mr. Winter saw this mess of countless pieces of audio tape and decided to take all of them and splice them together to create Frankenstein. If you have ever heard the song it is hard to believe that it is some old fashioned cut and paste project. When the splicing was complete he truly had created Frankenstein, hundreds of pieces of audio tape from all over his creative spectrum had come together to create the epic single. So if you have Itunes or are into torrents or P2P go find the track and check it out.

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Analog Medium to Give Away Free Gear...

Analog Medium is giving away a free t shirt to anyone who has submitted 20 articles. I'll tell you what, free gear is the best. Nothing beets Free! Unless you consider searching the net for cool, interesting stuff work, 20 posts is a small, minuscule chore. So go out there into the electric unknown find some cool stuff to write about and get yourself a FREE T SHIRT!
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Urban Dead Revisited

Urban Dead is a free zombie mmorpg if you don't already know. We posted about it a month back or so. Any how MDK (the group of players I play with) is now a little over two years old. MDK is a well known smaller group in the Vinetown area of Malton. As of recent zombies have moved into our neighborhood and the zed slaying has resumed. Just yesterday the game updates handed the zombies a few new game features in their favor. It has been some time since the Survivors have recieved skills or favorable updates. Not to worry, MDK is a bunch of hard asses and is always on top of killing zeds in our region.

WE"RE BACK!

We're back and uninjured. It was an excellent adventure, and the lot of us are very tired. We would like to thank our generous hosts for the free lodging, witch turned out to be a 4 million dollar mansion. The flat screen TV had to be at least 72 inches, it was as big as far as i could stretch my arms, it was huge. Anyway, the TV was not the highlight, it was the snow! The conditions were fair, fast groomers and typical Sierra cement. It started snowing on our second to last day witch made the trip home a little slow. Here are some LOMO fish eyes that I took.

The Top of Siberia Chair

White out conditions, there was a building about 20 feet behind me

The Base at Squaw Valley

Zombie Obscurity Team Going To Tahoe

The crew of Zombie Obscurity will be away for a few days on a snowboard adventure in Lake Tahoe. First stop on the trip will be at Analog Medium's new offices in San Francisco. After checking in with the A.M. team, we will be making a short drive to the east bay to team up with friends who are providing us some free lodging in the Tahoe area. We expect to be back sometime early next week. We hope to take some cool Lomo photos and post them on our return.

The Mark Of The Beast Causes Man To Saw Off Hand

HAYDEN, Idaho

A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said. The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday in this northern Idaho town. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center.

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Quote of the Day

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
-Oscar Wilde

Dead Man Goes Un Noticed For One Year

A man lay dead in his apartment in Australia's largest city for a year before anyone noticed, officials and news reports said Thursday.

The body of Jorge Chambe, 64, was found on Tuesday in his single bedroom, government-owned flat in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona when police and firefighters broke in, after concerns about his welfare were finally raised.

Decomposition of the body was advanced and bank records indicated Chambe died about a year earlier, officials said.

"It's amazing," Detective-Inspector Ian Prye told reporters. "This guy lives in the suburbs and he dies and no one notices for a year."

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Dynomite Surfing

This is a great, safe idea!

Inmate Demands Thor's Hammer

"An inmate is suing the Utah Department of Corrections for denying him his right to practice an ancient Nordic religion while behind bars."
"The religion worships ancient Nordic gods like Odin, Thor, Tyr and Heimdal.

In the lawsuit, Polk says he has been a member of the Asatru faith since 2005, and in order to properly practice it he needs items including: a Thor's Hammer, a prayer cloth, a Mead Horn used for drinking Wassail, a drum made of wood and boar skin, a rune staff and a sword."

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