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Michael Jackson was an inventor

Who knew?  Michael Jackson had a patent in his name.

It was a design that allowed his feet to go into the floor of the stage and stay locked in place for a dance move where he leaned out over his center of gravity.  The normal way of doing it would have been to use stage [...]

Add a false window to your wall

If you’ve got an empty wall begging for a window but don’t want to break out the saw to put one in, or just can’t, you might want to look at one of these. It’s a set of blinds with lighting behind to simulate a window where one doesn’t exist.

Yoda dancing

Sure, Yoda fighting in the Star Wars movies was good. But, here are a couple links to Yoda dancing.
Yoda #1
Yoda dancing to ‘Oops, I did it again’
Links from UtterlyBoring.com

Evacuating from Houston – Pictures from IH-10

I, and 3 million other people from the Texas gulf coast, decided that it wasn’t worth the risk of staying with Rita bearing down. As it turns out, my house came out undamaged and all I have is the experience of 12.5 hours in the car in what should have been a 2.5 hour [...]

McDonalds employees being paid to do homework

Kathy and Jerry Olinik, owners of 2 McDonalds restaurants in Michigan, are making their employees do their homework. The 30 high school students employed by the Oliniks are asked to do their homework for an hour either before or after their shift, but are still on the clock. They decided to do this [...]

I used to believe

Talk about a good way to waste half a day. Try IUsedToBelieve.com for stories from visitors on things they believed as children. All are funny, some are familiar.

$1.97 gas in Houston

Just in case you don’t believe it, look at the picture. I was going to stick a $1.99 picture I took with my phone, but I saw this on the way to dinner. If you’re in Houston, the gas station is a Diamond Shamrock at the corner of Hwy 6 and Memorial.

Wait Wear fighting for virginity in Vegas

Yvette Thomas took a stand against the sin-filled image of Las Vegas renting a booth for her Wait Wear line of clothing at the MAGIC Marketplace. MAGIC Marketplace, an intimate apparel trade show, draws an estimated 93,000 visitors. At the Wait Wear booth, Thomas quietly sat and sold t-shirts and panties with slogans [...]