32 and Pregnant

Having gone through this recently, I can relate.

A cool billboard for The Dark Knight Rises

Billboard for The Dark Knight Rises was spotted on Sunset and La Brea in Hollywood. Not a graphic, but a 3D hole in a billboard with destruction extruding.

A cool billboard for The Dark Knight Rises

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Related:

Batman Forever 2012 movie poster and trailer.
Contagian movie billboards promote with real bacteria

How we used to die

The New England Journal of Medicine looks through 200 years of back issues to understand how we die differently.

The New England Journal of Medicine looks through 200 years of back issues to understand how we die differently.

The first thing to notice here is how much our mortality rate has dropped over the course of a century, largely due to big reductions in infectious diseases like tuberculosis and influenza.

Think about that if you are a parent thinking about not vaccinating your kids.

Monday Music Rewind: When in Rome

When in Rome
When in Rome are an English New Wave trio, originally consisting of vocalists Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann, and keyboards player Michael Floreale. They are best known for their 1988 single “The Promise”.

If you remember, this song played during the credits for the movie Napoleon Dynamite.

Buy the song here.

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The Smoking Kid

Very powerful anti-smoking ad by Ogilvy Thailand.

The dawn of hip hop

frankie smith
The dawn of hip hop probably involved a 1981 song by Frankie Smith called “Double Dutch Bus.” You can download it here.

Thanks Tim

Raisin cookies are why I have trust issues

Dubious dessert.

Raisin cookies are why I have trust issues

Watering plants on Sesame Street

Who knew Ernie was into botany.

Who knew Ernie was into botany.

(via ruined childhood)

Karen Klein bus monitor bully video reminds me of Casey Heynes story

Karen Klein bus monitor

Source: AP

A video of a 68-year-old school bus monitor being mercilessly taunted by seventh-graders became a rallying point against bullies Thursday, with a fund for the New York state grandmother raising more than $400,000 and a deluge of people demanding harsh punishment for the boys. Karen Klein, 68, of Greece, N.Y., gets verbally assaulted brutally in the video below. It is hard to watch.

It reminds me of the bullying story of Casey Heynes from 2011. Remember him? He was the Australian boy who snapped and slammed his pint-sized bully to the ground after being punched in the face. Here is a painful interview with Casey where he explains the torment he endured.

I wish Karen Klein would have been able to body slam some of her abusers too. These kids deserve every bit of retaliation they get from this incident.

Related: Bullying or Assault? Australian boy fights back

Video of man trapped under a moving train

Here is a video that will give you an anxiety attack.

This man is somehow trapped under a train (alcohol probably involved). His buddy films and basically tells him he’s screwed. This darwin award nominee decides to take the advice if his retarded buddy and tries to get out “between wheels.” Watch until the end. (NSFW language).