Today is September 19th and that means that it is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yarrrrrr.

Saturday Night Live's Sara Palin and Hillary Clinton opener.

Someone who designed the OrangeLabel.com website forgot to close a couple of Internet Explorer windows before snapping the screen shot for the page design, whoops.


Click the image to enlarge.

Am I the only one that finds this list of 'common' Chicano words and expressions hilariously funny if not some what racist?

Wikipedia: Chicano_Cal%C3%B3_words_and_expressions

The Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity and 94 Rock radio station have teamed up to build a house for the worthwhile project of building a home for a Albuquerque family.


Everything has started today, August 18th and online and on-air promotions will continue til August 22nd. Volunteers are invited to sign up to help with construction Monday through Friday. An event schedule is located here.

If you'd like to volunteer time, materials, or cash, check out the 94 Rock website for more information. You can also call 505-338-7555 to donate.

Anyone have any word on if the Golden Star Restaurant on San Pedro and Menaul here in Albuquerque will be closing?

It has been closed after the robbery and homicide that happened there at the start of July.

Yesterday on my way home I noticed there was a realtor sign in front of the place. Anyone know what the word is?

Just wanted to say thanks to the bicyclist that helped me out this morning on San Pedro and Comanche when the chain on my bike slipped and got lodged between the frame and the cog.

Thanks! This is part of the reason Albuquerque is a great place to live

Don't be too startled if you hear some explosions and see smoke in Albuquerque. Sandia Labs is doing some super secret tests and that's what is causing the ruckus. Well depending on what part of town you live in, It'll either be that or a meth lab whoopsie.

My dad was in the Albuquerque Journal in an article that they ran about Sitel's work from home program. Very cool!

Interesting captcha I encountered while at CNM today.

Checking road conditions in the Land of Enchantment has become a little easier. The state has announced that a new number has gone in effect today which will replace the old 1-800 number previously used to call in and check road conditions in New Mexico.

Dialing 511 will now get you the information.

A visual interpretation of the internet during the summer of 2008.

That about sums it up.

Research would say that many Americans spent theirs on porn.

According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market."

And a few others spent theirs this way.

What did your Stimulus Check go towards?

Friend With Benefits: Benefit Summary Prospectus

Buy.com is selling reconditioned Xbox 360s for $199 with free shipping.

Great price. I've ordered things from them before however and waited weeks to be informed that the item was out of stock and wouldn't be restocked. This was after they had already charged my credit card and held my money for that time. They were pretty quick to refund it after they informed me that the item was no longer available however.

For the times in life when you need to create a Star Wars Crawl.

Easily create your very own Star Wars-esque prelude text crawl! Use it for a joke, homemade movies, e-cards, birthday wishes, or just to recreate the magic of the original films! No need for Flash tutorials, or hours of coding to get the crawl you want -- we've done the hard work for you! Just use a simple form to generate scenes like you see below!

You can also check out some of the latest crawls made using the site.

I found the 100 Push Ups website today while skimming through some fitness blogs and I figure that I'll give it a try. The premise is very simple. Start out slow and be able to do 100 consecutive good form push ups at the end of the 6 week program. I'm already in pretty decent shape right now and in the initial test I did a quick 30 some push ups on the floor here in my office. I intend on starting the program along with a new initial test at home on Monday.

If you’re serious about increasing your strength, follow this six week training program and you’ll soon be on your way to completing 100 consecutive push ups! Think there’s no way you could do this? I think you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 minutes a week to achieve this goal!

Anyone else care to try and share their daily progress/results in the comments section of this post?

You find the strangest things getting pulled down the road some days. Sent to me by my friend "Gina."

Slightly NSFW

This is by far one of the coolest automotive concept vehicles that I've seen in quite some time. Introducing the Yamaha branded Deus Ex Machina.


A project by Art Center College transportation design student Jake Loniak, the Deus Ex Machina is truly a wearable motorcycle. The Yamaha branded vehicle is powered by NanoPhosphate batteries (think Hybrid vehicles) and ultra-capacitors, the motorcycle is capable of 0 to 60 acceleration in 3 seconds and a limited top speed of 75 mph. Recharge time for the vehicle is said to be 15 minutes with a ride time of 1 hour.


The motorcycle is controlled using 7 artificial vertebrae, 36 pneumatic muscles, and 2 linear actuators in conjunction with your body movements. Meaning this thing really is controlled by making it an extension of your body.

More info and pictures are available at Green Car Design.

Anyone need their yard in Albuquerque cleaned today? Go go Craigslist.

I am offering free yard clean up today.... my mom is making me do this today as punishment for throwing bags of leaves in peoples yards last night. This isnt a joke but i have to get some calls and go clean some yard or i will probably get a worse punishment :-( SO please call me ill rake your leaves or mow your lawn or something so i can "help the community". I will bring my own tools also for the cleaning....

please call today i want to get this over with my mom is pretty mad at me.
505-315-XXXX
-daniel

I have no words for how hilariously horrible this video is. Enjoy!


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Well it looks like you're in luck. For just $4 (or $5 if you want a hammock thrown in) you'll be able to rent this beauty in Rio Rancho.

Dude, I am so ****ing broke. You can live on my patio. We'll call you "the guy on the patio". I'm serious, don't even mock me. FOUR DOLLARS. Four dollars and you set up your shit right here. You'll have total privacy, seriously. You'll have full visibility of the blinds at all times. You won't actually be able to open and close them because they'll be on the other side of the glass, but you can ask us to open or close them if you get too much living room shining out on your face. There's also plenty of dirt to play in. You and the cat. I also have a kick-ass hammock that you can sleep in if you throw in another dollar. Seriously, bring me 5 bucks and you're my ****in' roommate. Er, patiomate. Right now. I'm not joking. You have free access to jump the wall, anytime day or night. Free weed is NOT an option, so don't even try sportin' that angle. You have to get your own schwag mister.

I think this thing'll rent pretty fast so don't lolligag. I haven't seen ONE patio for rent like this on Craigslist, so don't **** around man, seriously, take action NOW!

PS-If you look closely you can see the hammock, right by the mop and that box. It's really nice. Serious inquiries only/no crank calls. I'm not a clown and I'm definitely not a ****in' monkey, whatever that has to do with anything.

I <3 Craigslist