NASA confirms “we have water” on Mars

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 31 2008 Published in: Science Tags: , ,

NASA have confirmed today that water does exist on Mars for real.

Laboratory tests aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander’s robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.

Man dressed as “The Joker” arrested for stealing Batman memorabilia

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 31 2008 Published in: Funny Stuffs Tags: , , ,

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A 20-year-old man, Spencer Taylor from Three Rivers, Michigan dressed as The Joker was arrested when he allegedly tried to steal Batman memorabilia at a screening of The Dark Knight.

Robber with a conscience takes picture of himself on a stolen camera then gives it back to the person he stole it from

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 31 2008 Published in: Funny Stuffs Tags: ,

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A robber with a conscience?

Wilmot Williams, 25, and his gang force their way into a house, but later he took photos of himself with the stolen camera and asked his friend to return the camera to the victim, complete with three photos of him on it.

15 misplaced ads

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 31 2008 Published in: Funny Stuffs Tags: ,

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They’re spending weeks and thousands of dollars to perfect an advertising campaign with some creative posters. But sometimes, an ad placed on a wrong place can have unexpected results! Below is a list of fifteen misplaced Ads.

See the rest of the ads after the jump

Wisconsin’s man charged for shooting lawn mower when it didn’t start

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 30 2008 Published in: Misc News Tags: , ,

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Keith Walendowski, 56, has a short fuse, and if you look at his photo, he is the sort of man if you cross his path, he’ll kick your ass. He is the last man in the world you’d want to be a raging alcoholic and own illegal firearms. But he is, and he does and his lawn mower was at the receiving end.

The Streets give away a free song from “Everything is Borrowed”

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 30 2008 Published in: Music Tags: ,

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Brilliant British band The Streets are to release their fourth album ‘Everything Is Borrowed’ in September, and they are generous enough to offer a new track from the new album as a free download from today.

To download ‘The Escapist’ go to Free Streets

“Mom, Dad, i’m into Steampunk” short imagined monologues on McSweeneys

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 30 2008 Published in: Steam Punk Tags: ,

“Mom, Dad, I’m Into Steampunk” is a short imagined monologues written by Marco Kaye for McSweeneys:

Remember when I was crawling around the attic, looking for my old Planters-peanut-man Halloween costume? I didn’t donate it to the children’s theater, like I told you. I salvaged the monocle, top hat, and cane, combined them with a swallowtail tuxedo, and stole away to a midnight screening of the underrated masterpiece The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince new trailer

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 30 2008 Published in: movies Tags: ,

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie is coming soon and here is the longer trailer for it. The movie looks awesome, so much darker than the previous Harry Potter offerings.