The Real Helmet

Kevin Sorbo misreads his script. He’s supposed to say his line in a “disappointed” tone…

Most terrifying story I’ve read in a while. 

The officer…approached and saw that the naked man was actually chewing the other man’s head, according to witnesses. The officer ordered the naked man to back away, and when he continued the assault, the officer shot him.

The attacker continued to eat the man, despite being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. Witnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots.

Via Huffington Post

Good read: a New York Times article that does a great job of explaining the logic and history behind the home-birth movement, dispelling some myths, and also taking a few of it’s proponents to task for the sometimes unnecessarily polarizing rhetoric they use.

Via NYTimes

Bill Murray is just the best. 

This is not a trailer for a real film. Bill Murray was kind enough to grant us our wish of walking down the hallway in slow motion - simple. This is better than autograph.

Thank you, Bill Murray.

via Clayton

This video is hilarious to me. There is a guy, Jeb Corliss, who has spent years devising a secret wingsuit that will allow him to skydive and land without a parachute. It’s still in the works and unrevealed. But then this guy comes along and just sets up a giant pile of cardboard boxes to fall into. No one is going to care now, Jeb Corliss! 

Via Neetzan Zimmerman

These commercials have been floating around for a little and they’re GREAT. Please more.

I can’t wait for Chicago to get on board with this stuff. Protected bike lanes!

New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Transportation are on a mission to make the Big Apple the “greatest, greenest big city in the world” by ramping up bicycle infrastructure across the city, introducing bus rapid transit to the Bronx, and pedestrianizing Times Square, among other bold transportation initiatives.

A commercial for a 90’s punk compilation CD that is so. fucking. PUNK. 

PUNK SONGS! SUPER PUNK WIGS! Everything about this is definitely PUNK!

via Oh have you seen this?

I am not ashamed that I laughed at this. And laughed very hard.

Via Qian

The LA Times has an interesting op-ed on the legal practice of universities withholding transcripts from students who fall behind on their loan payments. The universities say it’s the only way to make students pay, but withholding transcripts ultimately bars students from finding employment or furthering their education to help pay off the debt.

Andrew Ross, an NYU professor who helped spark the Occupy Student Debt movement in November, says of the no-transcript tactic: “It’s worse than indentured servitude. With indentured servitude, you had to pay in order to work, but then at least you got to work. When universities withhold these transcripts, students who have been indentured by loans are being denied even the ability to work or to finish their education so they can repay their indenture.”

Via the Los Angeles Times

YES! YES! YES! Tickets go on sale this Saturday at noon! Lawn seats are $20! 

Not much more description is needed, but here it is anyway: 

Three month old Francois’ leaf monkey eats a peanut that was carelessly tossed in his enclosure. Peanut is too big to pass and will kill him, so the zoo keeper delicately licked his butt for an hour, gently stimulating his body to pass the peanut. 

Via Neetzan Zimmerman