February 03, 2011, 11:20am
Skillcrane
Better Than Ezra
Margaritas
May 29, 2009, 1:23pm
Bird’s Eye View of the City of Austin, Texas by Augustus Koch, 1873.
Click through for larger view.
May 08, 2009, 9:57am
Throwing the octopus is easy. More difficult is concealing the eight-legged creature until the toss is at hand, a skill that requires determination, luck and the ability to walk normally with 4 pounds of slimy cephalopod stuffed down your pants.
When Detroit drops in on Nationwide Arena Tuesday night in an attempt to further frustrate the Blue Jackets some among the Red Wings fans in attendance undoubtedly will have attempted to enter while packing octopus.
Some might even succeed, continuing a Detroit tradition dating to 1952 of throwing octopi on the ice during Red Wings games.
“I just sell it. What they do with it is up to them,” said Frank Gonzalez, owner of Frank’s Fish & Seafood Market in Columbus.
What they do with it is the second hurdle. The common method is to sneak the octopus through the turnstiles by slipping it into your trousers, a technique that Gonzalez does not understand.
“I wouldn’t want something moving around down there when you’re moving around,” he said, smiling.
“They’ve been creative,” said Eric Granger, general manager of Nationwide Arena. “We’ve caught them Saran-wrapped to the body.”
Most contraband carriers get caught before they reach their seats, having failed to elude the authorities, who conduct bag searches for every game and event.
But fans are not required to drop their drawers, so the danger always exists.
“We have not had one octopus thrown this season,” officials said, adding that arena personnel know what to look for after witnessing octopi hit the ice during previous seasons.
Those caught carrying an octopus must surrender it before being allowed to enter. Anyone who passes detection and manages to heave an octopus gets the immediate heave-ho.
During the 1995 playoffs, two Detroit seafood sellers tossed a 38-pound octopus onto the ice during the national anthem before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. A year later, they tossed a 50-pounder during the conference finals. The blob ended up displayed on the hood of the Zamboni between periods.
April 22, 2009, 5:10pm
April 09, 2009, 12:05pm
House of the Drinking Contest, Antakya (Antioch)
Photo of excavation site with mosaics still in situ, from the north, ca. 1930.
Source unknown.
March 06, 2009, 3:05pm
Self Erecting Tower Crane
If there was ever a tumescent crane erection video worthy of the title crane porn, this is it.
Thanks to the newly hitched @kevrotti
March 06, 2009, 8:42am
Why do we always try to complicate everything?
March 03, 2009, 11:05am
Badger 288: Mobile strip mining machine.
There’s no fucking way I’m letting this die on the ‘comments’ thread. Thanks jortjortington. Sometimes we are impressed by things.
February 24, 2009, 3:24pm
Meet the new SMJ RV-
— It is 40 m by 35 m, 6-8m tall (adjustable), weighs 2700 tons.
— Has 16 traction motors, powered by four 1 MW generators
— Has two 750 kW generators used for jacking, steering, lighting, and ventilating
— Generators are powered by 4 diesel engines
— Consumes 150 US gallons of diesel fuel per mile. Tank holds 5000 gallons.
— Top speed of 2 mph
Now that gas has gotten cheap again, I was thinking of putting the Delorean in the garage and taking a road trip. It should only take us a week or so to get to Big Bend. Motherfuckers are going to hate parking next to us.
February 23, 2009, 11:40pm
So you all know exactly what you’re doing tonight. It involves beards, shots, and one seriously homoerotic bar owner who collects stuffed dead animals and keeps his lucky bird bones under his tito’s cap. If you have a gnarly moustache and like to get stuck in conversations while the sun is still up, get there early. If you’re feeling imasculated because you either can’t grow facial hair, or it looks fucking terrible, then bring your tools over to my house, tools! Let’s build this thing and pre-party in style:
February 20, 2009, 2:45pm
Requests to spend Valentine’s Day with me ARE NOT rolling in. I think it’s because of the recession. My mom says it’s because I require my dates to dress up like this:
Whatever, mom. Don’t be such an idiot.
February 14, 2009, 3:36pm
