I guess I do have Coulrophobia

I guess I do have Coulrophobia.

Coulrophobia

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Random news about stuff

Rip Alan Swartz liked calling women and asking them questions about their panty hose.

1. Man ‘ashamed’ over thousands of lewd prank calls referencing pantyhose. [full story]
2. Court finds couple not guilty of child abuse for naming son Adolf Hitler. [full story]

Steven Tyler suffered a spill

3. Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler suffered a spill in the shower that has delayed a concert in Paraguay, Reuters reports. They say he knocked out two of his teeth. Here’s what that would look like.
4. How to clear a stuffy nose in two minutes. [Read more]
5. Trampoline + Wall = Awesome

6. In case you didn’t know, the “C.S.” in C.S. Lewis stands for Clive Staples.
7. Man Rapes (Or Gets Raped?) By German Shepherd. Watch the crazy news story here.
8. Talent scouts for Tom Hanks’ new movie about Somali pirates are coming to the Twin Cities to hold auditions for actors and non-actors. Nov. 5 at Brian Coyle Center, 420 15th Av. S., Minneapolis. You don’t need to make an appointment; just stop by from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a non-returnable current photo. There is no fee to audition. The movie is about this guy.

Poorly placed stickers

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Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon
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Dismantling a nuclear bomb

The last of the nation’s most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.

The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, the nation’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. The completion of the dismantling program is a year ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, and aligns with President Barack Obama’s goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons.

Full story

Photo By HO/REUTERS 10 hrs ago

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Halloween was some scary business back in the day

Ossian Brown has a new book out that highlights is exquisite collection of antique vernacular photographs of creepy Halloween pictures from the past. Brown compiled his favorites of the freaky found photos, all dating between 1875 and 1955, into a lovely new book titled Haunted Air.

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Street Gang Signs and Symbols

Know and identify the dirtbags in your neighborhood with this gang identification system.

Crips signs and symbolsVice Lord Crips signs and symbolsSureños Crips signs and symbolsLatin Kings signs and symbolsGangster Disciples signs and symbolsBloodz Gang info

Minneapolis gangs? Here’s what I know.
The Surenos 13 hang out on the Southside of Mpls
The Vatos Locos and Latin Kings hang out in NE Mpls
The Emerson Murder Boys, Tre 4 Crips, Tre Tre Crips, 19 Block Dip Set, and the Lowry/Lyndale Boys have all staked their claims on various parts of North Minneapolis.

St. Paul gangs?
The Purple Boys, Royal Cambodian Bloods (RCB), Gangsta Diciples, Vice Lords, Latin Kings. There are also some more local gangs over by Selby (East Side Boys and Selby Siders) and a bunch others such as The Lowertown Gangsters, Get Money Boys, Lawson Boys, Grown Man Click, Get Money Girls, and 5th and Minnesota Boys.

The UK’s most legendary news photobomber

Paul Yarrow has appeared in the background of live news reports on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News at random locations and at random times. It seems if there is a camera crew about at the moment, he is there too. He takes his photobombing and videobombing to a whole new level of awesomeness.

He has also been spotted in the background of an episode of the Antiques Roadshow.


The UK's most legendary news photobomber

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What the hell Dairy Queen…

What the hell Dairy Queen…

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A group of card counting black jack players made up entirely of Christians

Holy Rollers is a film that follows the rise of arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America-made up entirely of churchgoing Christians. While they succeed in taking millions from casinos, how will they manage to find a place for faith and God in the arena of high stakes gambling?


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