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Funny

Oh, but it gets better…

Sorry, what now?

After deliberating about 5 ½ hours Thursday, the seven woman, five man jury returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of former district court judge Donald Thompson, charged with four felony counts of indecent exposure as a result of using a penis pump to masturbate while adjudicating trials.

Oh, but it gets better…

During the trial, defense attorneys had attempted to discredit the prosecution witnesses, had argued that the penis pump didn’t work…

That’s definitely the defence route I’d take: “I was totally trying to jack off but the penis pump just wasn’t doing it for me. I was barely pleasuring myself at all, your Honour.”

Oh, but it gets better…

Foster had testified that when she saw Thompson shaving his scrotum during the 2002 trial of a woman accused or murdering her 21-month old baby, she was “shocked and disgusted”.

And they say men can’t multi-task.

(thx to Carter)

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Food

Drink well.

The Case for Cocktails.

Now that you know what to order, learn to drink slowly. A well-mixed drink is like a rich dessert, it’s impolite to shovel sweets into one’s mouth and lick the plate. Sipping will help you aim for cheerful and stop short of drenched.

Have a few taste tests to figure out what kind of liquor you like, then request it when you go out. This will make your drinks slightly more expensive, and also more delicious. If you’re ordering a gin and tonic, make it a Bombay and tonic, a shot of bourbon becomes a ‘Makers Mark, neat.’ Bam, you’re a worldly sonofabitch.

I definitely need to sort out my home cocktail facilities, especially glassware (if only so I stop serving wine in a tankard to Lex)

(via Coudal)

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Sport

Best. Catch. Ever.

Baseball would be way more exciting (or even just exciting) with obstacles. And a landmine.[1]

[1] Ref: John Abell – How to make sports more exciting

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Design

Charlatan, Martyr, Hustler

This.

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Buy prints here.

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Photography

Eyes

For some reason I can’t look at these without thinking of the Sarlacc.

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Politics

The Best Party

“No one has to be afraid of the Best Party,” he said, “because it is the best party. If it wasn’t, it would be called the Worst Party or the Bad Party. We would never work with a party like that.”

The new mayor of Reykjavik, Jon Gnarr, founded his ‘Best Party’ as something of a jab at Icelandic politics and now they hold 6 City Council seats. As 8 are requried for a majority Mr Gnarr had to form a coalition and in a move both heroic and sensible:

…ruled out any party whose members had not seen all five seasons of “The Wire.”

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