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Today’s 20: Science, Ashley Dupre, Sex in Space

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Dental assistant sues call girl, Ashley Dupre. (
NY Daily News)
- Life Imitating Freddy Got Fingered: Jet Powered Wheelchairs. (
I Can’t See You)
- Ah, the relationship between father and daughter is alive and well, and cheats at the kid’s tennis match. (
Daily Mail)
- Dr. Evil’s favorite way of clearing up those face wrinkles: Frikkin’ Lasers. (
Eurekalert)
- Dwarf Burglars, its the only choice they have. (
Telegraph)

Today’s Lists
- The Top 10 Characters and Storylines Wanted for Hellboy 3. (
If Magazine)
- 20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants. (
Cracked)
- 8 Badass Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True in Lame Ass Ways. (
Cracked)
- 25 Villainous casting suggestions for new Dark Knight films. (
Den of Geek)
- 100 Things to do during a money free weekend. (
The Simple Dollar)

Today’s Sex News
- Rugby and Porn, they just go together. (
Asylum)
- Sex in space. I think I watched that movie once. (
Live Science)
- Teenage Sex Cures Cancer…. for Tasmanian Devils… So you gotta make a choice, have cancer, or have sex with a teenage tasmanian devil, the choice is yours. (
News.com)
- Hospital patient has a buncha crazy sex with his nurse and they lived happily ev… He’s suing her? (
Metro News)
- Yeah… that’s it… I was just going to Greasy Eddie’s Tassle Tavern to enjoy some “Preformance Art.” (
AP.org)

Today’s Science News
- Physicists discover new particle: Bottomonium. Nothing to do with J-Lo. (
Physorg)
- There are more creatures created in Spore, than there are in real life. (
Google)
- HIV cured… ish… when they get an HIV and AIDS cure, you’ll have to walk around the people humping in the streets. (
Science Blog)
- Extinct prehistoric insects found in amber. Sam Neill was last seen sighing and saying “Not Again.” (
Yahoo)
- Queen’s Guitarist Publishes Astrophysics Thesis. (
Live Science)

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Today’s 20: Roboturbation, Screech, Angry Strippers

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Sleepy off-duty cop crashes his car into two other cars. At least a cop was on the scene rather quickly. (
Click Here)
- Yeesh, can’t a murder suspect get arrested when he wants to be anymore? (
Click Here)
- Stoves, dinnerware, pillows and other items meant for Katrina victims get sent to casinos instead. (
Click Here)
- Stripper slaps man, man sues for $400,000. (
Click Here)
- 17-Year old male gets a robotic arm & hand. We all know how that guy’s gonna be spending his week. (
Click Here)

Today’s Videos
- You mess with the bull, you get the… headbutt? (
Click Here)
- Woohoo! Drunk History strikes again. (
Click Here)
- Worst Karaoke Ever. (
Click Here)
- Wrestler wants a chair. Gets it. (
Click Here)
- Star Wars meets Rush Hour. (
Click Here)

Today’s Entertainment/Celeb News/Gossip
- Miley Cyrus vows to stay a virgin until she gets married. Or at least until Disney says its ok. (
Click Here)
- George Clooney says he gets dumped too often. Aw… boohoo… where’d I put my violin? (
Click Here)
- Seth McFarlane and Amanda Bynes are an item. What do they do on dates? Seth tells Amanda what the world was like 12 years before she was born. (
Click Here)
- Not only is Lynne Spears a perfect role model to her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn, but she’s good at keeping her vehicular manslaughter record underwraps. (
Click Here)
- Child star turned t-shirt vendor turned porn star turned reality TV star turned author. Its the rapture of Dustin “Screech” Diamond. (
Click Here)

Today’s Pics
- For a bunch of pics of this guy’s cockpit, they are pretty cool. (
Click Here)
- Bambi 2: There Will Be Blood (
Click Here)
- You know that Google Street View thing. Yeah, they got busted. (
Click Here)
- Cool pics of that rock that we call Mars. (
Click Here)
- Golf (apparently) is all about perspective…. or bad timing… or both… (
Click Here)

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Today’s 20: S&M Barbie, Mugshots, Most Appalling TV Shows

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Woman offers sex to get out of drunk driving arrest. The irony: her license plate reads “TROUBLE”. (
Wisc News)
- Sounds like Dick Cheney also likes pigeon hunting. (
Daily Mail)
- A buncha hot chicks invented healthier hamburgers. I’ll have 3 of each to go. (
Washington Post)
- 1-800-Flowers apparently do death threats now. (
Network World)
- Hmmm… I don’t see why people wouldn’t like an S&M Barbie. (
The Sun)

Today’s Lists
- 22 Most Appalling TV Shows Ever (
EW,com)
- 50 Movies that Out-Grossed Meet Dave. (
Film Drunk)
- Top 10 Computer annoyances and how to Fix Them. (
Life Hacker)
- 16 Facts about France of dubious verity. (
Cracked)
- The 20 worst movie endings ever. (
Times Online)

Today’s Mugshots
- Peter Griffin selling drugs now? (
CBS6Albany.com)
- Judging from this dude’s mugshot, DUI biking isn’t his only problem. (
Cincinnati.com)
- Not Surprising: Andy Dick got arrested. Surprising: Arrested for groping a girls boobs. I didn’t see that coming. (
The Smoking Gun)
- *Peep* (
Penn Live)
- *Sings* It’s been one week since you arrested me/Came in my house through the door and said “we’re the police!”/Five days since you yelled at me saying/”Get off the pot or we’ll do more arresting!” (
Syracuse.com)

Today’s Diatribes
- Supposed Sex Predators Being Provoked (
mikaandjade.wordpress.com)
- I Choose My Choice! (
The Atlantic)
- I ink, therefore I am: How tattoos used to mark you out fromt he crowd. (
Guardian)
- Touching shouldn’t always mean sex. (
Times Online)
- Female Superheroes = Strippers (
Den of Geek)

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Today’s 20: Obama Dunks, Pat & Vanna, Jonas Brothers

Today’s Odd News Stories
- A hearing impared woman forced to use the drive through intercom sues McDonalds. What? (
Chicago Tribune)
- Want to Follow the presidential race in style? You need a pair of Obama Dunks for your feet. (
Rep Codes)
- Too many people get injured by foul balls at Major and Minor league games. They forgot the ancient art of getting the hell outta the way. (
WSJ.com)
- A french stewardess wins a trip to space after finding winning number on a candy bar wrapper. Willy Wonka unimpressed. (
Yahoo)
- Dude who created N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys to pay victims $300M. Technically, we’re all victims. (
AP.org)

Today’s Videos
- Egg Divinci: The coolest egg shell carvings evar. (
Youtube)
- Dumbass Weatherman Locks himself in a van right before live feed. (
Eyeblast.tv)
- Pat Sajak givin’ it to Vanna White. (
Youtube)
- Grandmother + Rollercoaster = Good times. (
Youtube)
- Barney Rubble slips one past the censors. (
Youtube)

Today’s Entertainment/Celeb News/Gossip
- Michael Jackson has meeting with New Kids on the Block. Was later sad to find out that they aren’t kids anymore. (
Celebitchy)
- Jonas Brothers = Terrorists. (
Shawarmamayor.blogspot.com)
- Pamela Anderson says Jessica Simpson is a bitch and a whore. In related news, the pot called the kettle black. (
Deceiver)
- Victoria Beckham complains that she hates the attention she gets. In other news, Viictoria Beckham gets attention. (
Metro)
- Now Victoria Beckham is claiming that she’s “Ordinary.” (
Mail on Sunday)

Today’s Cool Sites
- Bunny Suicides (
Retro Computing)
- A petition to get “Ernest the Pirate” released on DVD (Jim Varney’s last movie) (
Petition Online)
- Hot Chicks with Douchebags (
Hot Chicks with Douchebags)
- Forvo… Its a site with words pronounced in almost every language from native speaking people. Great for learning new languages. You can even help out by lending your voice to the words. (
Forvo)
- Fat Chicks in Party Hats (
Fat Chicks in Party Hats)

July 17, 2008 Posted by Josh | Today's 20 | , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Today’s 20: Perez Hilton, The Perfect SAT Score, Heat Beating Techniques, More

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Woman, who works at a pizza place, almost got robbed by her husband and parents. (
MSNBC)
- This guy is such a bad dancer that he got arrested. (
Sheboygan Press)
- Next time your 3-year old kid says “bye bye” make sure you locked your car. (
STL Today)
- A nurse loses her job after Perez Hilton posted an email she sent him that contained gay slurs. (
News Net 5)
- Student gets a perfect SAT score. Anyone who can spell his name should also get a perfect score. (
Local 6)

Today’s Lists
- 10 Things you shouldn’t say to a tall woman. (
Asylum)
- 5 famous sci-fi weapons they’re actually building. (
Cracked)
- 10 Weirdest Pizza Toppings (
Asylum)
- 13 MORE things Women Can Get Away With, But Men Can’t. (
Von Darrien)
- Seven tips on how to end an office romance gracefully. (
Asylum)

Today’s Household Tips
- Lemonade, Remade. Several Lemonade recipes. (
Real Simple)
- 25 Ways to Beat the Heat (
Real Simple)
- Lawn Tips from the Ninja (
Tutorial Ninjas)
- 7 Super Snacks That Heal (
Yahoo Health)
- Chill Out with These 6 Simple DIY Freezer Treats (
Wisebread)

Today’s Interesting Reads
- Why Commercials Before Movies is Worse than Piracy (
The Movie Blog)
- Why Women Need To Stop Watching Romantic Movies (
The Movie Blog)
- How to (and not to) pick a DVD with your girlfriend. (
The Movie Blog)
- Why do so many of us like kinky sex? (
Times Online)
- Birth-Control Extremeists (
Style)

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Today’s 20: 7.15.08

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Hot Pockets’ Lean Pockets recalled due to bits of plastic in them. Somewhere Jim Gaffigan is writing a new joke. (
Kentucky.com)
- Japanese guy qualifies for his second olympics, his first since 1964. (
Google.com)
- 5 year old boy with waist-length long hair? That’s school hate bait. (
Chron)
- I know that I personally feel like a traitor if I wave an American Flag that was made in China. (
ABC News)
- Wait.. you mean Fruit Roll-ups don’t actually count as fruit? (
Reuters)

Today’s Blogs
- Ugly Overload (
Uglyoverload.blogspot.com)
- “Why I Love Batman” Sounds likes somebody’s got a bat-on for Bruce Wayne. (
Seattle PI)
- Urinal advertising looks oddly fun. (
YepYep)
- Asylum Salutes Cringe Worthy Porn Spoofs. (Classics like Forest Hump, Edward Penishands.) (
Asylum)
- Want to make sure no girl ever talks to you again? Try one of these tattoos (
Web Upon)

Today’s Cool Free Software
- Find out what that Keith Richards-old computer of yours is capable of handling with HeavyLoad
(Download Squad)
- Graphita, a non-complicated online image editor. (
Graphita)
- Turn your desktop into a 360 degree rotating virtual desktop with 360Desktop. (
360Desktop)
- KidZui, another kid-friendly webbernet browser. There’s a free and a subscription version. (
Kidsui)
- Floorplanner, a web based, well, floor planner. (
Download Squad)

Today’s Movie News
- Gee… I don’t see how Michael Bay’s script for The Dark Knight didn’t get used. (
Defamer)
- Darren Aronofsky to direct Robocop remake? (
Joblo)
- The Governator says/yells/mumbles to Hollywood “films shouldn’t erase smoking.” Afterall, tobacco is a leaf, it isn’t a drug. It’s also not a tumor. (
Fox News)
- Sex and the City’s sequel already in the works. Sarah Jessica Parker stomps her hoof in glee. (
The Movie Blog)
- HBO trying to get a movie made for one of their greatest shows ever. That’s right, we might get a movie for The Sopra. Don’t Stop Believin’! (
Cinematical)

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Today’s 20: 7.14.08

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Braces: Not only good for ensuring you’ll keep your virginity for a long time, but great at stopping bullets. (
M Live)
- Kris Draper of the Detroit Red Wings drinks out of the Stanley Cup, and lets his oldest kids eat ice cream out of it. Not sure if that was before or after his youngest child pooped in it. (
The Star)
- Mayor of Jackson, Mississississississississississippi has kids demolish a crack house with sledgehammers, whoops, wrong house. (
New York Times)
- Apparently sports team names aren’t racist after 76 years. (
ESPN)
- North Korea to South Korea: “Hey, South Korea, we just killed one of your citizens, we demand an apology!” (
MSNBC)

Today’s Entertainment/Celeb News/Gossip
- Pamela Anderson vows not to strip while on Australia’s Big Brother television show. *Changes Channel* (
Daily Mail)
- Matthew McCanahee… McCannyhay… McClosetgay… That shirtless guy gets $3 million for pictures of his and his woman’s crotchfruit. (
New York Post)
- Joe Montana’s son vs Wayne Gretzky’s son for quarterbacking duties at Oaks Christian school. I’m more considered about where Wayne Gretzky’s daughter might be going. (
Ventura County Star)
- Jamie Lynn Spears says being a mother is “so much fun.” Other things Jamie Lynn Spears thinks are so much fun: Cheetos, budweiser, Judge Judy. (
Reuters)
- John Mayer sleeps with his fans. Talk about alienating your audience. (
Ninja Dude)

Today’s Lists
- 7 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Complete Bullshit) (
Cracked)
- 5 Best Instant Messengers. (
Life Hacker)
- 8 Live Action Superheroes You Couldn’t Take Seriously. (
Next Round)
- 10 Modern Day Survival Tips (
Life Hacker)
- 10 Common Sense Money Saving Tips For Movie Fans. (
The Movie Blog)

Today’s Dumbasses
- Moron sends pot via FedEx, gets the wrong address. (
MyFoxDC.com)
- This guy gets 6 Million spam emails a year, and loves it. (
The Sun)
- Guy calls 911 multiple times for stupid reasons, demands a police officer is sent his way and won’t stop calling until it happens. Gets his wish. (
TBO)
- There’s the cliche that women can’t drive, then theres the cliche that 91-year old women get stuck under cars too much. (
MSNBC)
- So… 15 teens walk into a dorm elevator with a 1200 pound weight limit. The punchline? All of it? (
M Live)

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Today’s 20: 7.11.08

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Police find $400,000 worth of cocaine in an undercover police car that they have been driving for 2 months. That’s some fine police work there. (
AP.org)
- You can’t have a Waffle House Wedding without someone named “Bubba,” a reference to Nascar, and Hank Williams, Jr blaring from an SUV’s stereo. (
Gwinnett Daily Post)
- “Quick! Arrest that pink elephant before our faces melt.” 18-Year old kid gives cops LSD Cookies. (
Asylum)
- Them’s some big bloomers. (
Telegraph)
- Not all professional video gamers are college drop outs who sleep on their mom’s couch and works part time at Boston Markets. This isn’t a good example of that however. (
Sun Sentinel)

Today’s Blogs
- Nike Actually Made Marty McFly’s “BTTF II” Sneakers. (
Cinematical)
- Fascinating Fart Facts (
Asylum)
- Baseball’s All Ugly Team (
Comedy.com)
- Steve-O talks about Steve-Oey stuff. (
Myspace)
- Why England should be our 51st State (
Asylum)

Today’s Cool Free Software
- Revo Uninstaller – beats the default windows uninstaller by a mile. (
Revo Uninstaller)
- Auslogics Disk Defrag – Much safer, more effective disk defragmentation software. (
Auslogics)
- MDAxel, new folder creation made easy. Kinda. (
Life hacker)
- Readbag, store a bunch of links for later. (Online App) (
Readbag)
- Tunecrypt (
Download Squad)

Today’s Science News
- Planet Mercury is Shrinking. (
All Headline News)
- According to the first paragraph of this story, being fat is a mutation. I’m 1/4 the way to finally becoming a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. (
News.com.au)
- This article has something to do with curing Alzheimers. I didn’t read it, but it does say “oral” in the headline (giggity). (
Science Daily)
- Octopuses given Rubik’s Cubes to find out if they have a favorite tentacle. I personally like all my tentacles equally. Warning: Full frontal pic of an octopus’ tentacles hanging out all over the place. (
Daily Mail)
- Recycling cures cancer! (
Science Daily)

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Today’s 20: 7.10.08

Today’s Odd News Stories
- RIAA says new DRM will be more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Said to join forces with Skeletor and Cobra Commander. (
Gizmodo)
- New England Patriots training 200,000 cheerleaders in China, putting spy cameras in their locker rooms. (
CSMonitor)
- Country music festival to blame for the spike in pregnancies. The good news: if the festival promoters want to apologize, they’ll just have to call one family per pregnancy to get everyone involved included. (
Denver Post)
- Indonesia plans to execute a sorcerer who has killed 42 women. Harry Potter and Gandalf wanted for questioning. (
News.uk.msn.com)
- Just so you feel safe next time you fly, some air traffic controllers have applied for their job in Braille. (
This is Plymouth)

Today’s Pennsylvania News
- Some PA folk like their houses painted pink & purple. (
NBC10)
- Pennsylvania is Hollywood’s new Sugar Daddy. (
Hellenic News)
- Ben Ruthelsburgler…. Roeth-a-bama…. Roethdoublebaconcheeseburger….. Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback says he finally understands the teams offense. An who knew that throwing interceptions in the playoffs wasn’t a part of that offense. (
Yahoo)
- Wait…. John McCain spent his time in the Vietnamese POW camp reciting the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive line to his cell mates? There was nothing else to talk about? Like, “Hey guys, lets try to get out of this prison!” (
KDKA.com)
- You know your football team sucks when the family who have owned them for 75 years are all “Whoa! We gotta sell this team.” (
WSJ.com)

Today’s Games
- Boomshine (
K2XL.com)
- Sissyfight (
Sissyfight.com)
- Zombie (
Codenautics)
- The Movie Blog’s Name That Torso 7. (
The Movie Blog)
- Double Wire – For those of us who have Spider-man complexes. (
Milk and Cookies)

Today’s Entertainment/Celeb News/Gossip
- Shakira vows to keep fighting for Colombian Hostages. I’m sure those hostages’ spirits are lifted now. (
Contact Music)
- Michael J Fox to join the cast of ‘Rescue Me.’ Plans on shaking things up a bit. (
Access Hollywood)
- Hilton, Spears, and Lohan set to infect a television near you. (
Starpulse)
- Victor Willis, an original member of the Villiage People, has surgery for his throat problems. Too many penis & gay jokes come to mind to just pick one. (
Yahoo)
- Ashley Dupre wants to be the next Tila Tequila. Ashley apparently forgot that she’s not a Taiwanese lady-boy hooker. (
Celebitchy)

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Today’s 20: 7.9.08

Today’s Odd News Stories
- Colorful way to die: Overdosing on LSD. Uncool way to die: Overdosing on water. (Daily Mail
)
- Going to Florida any time soon? Bring that jar of money that you’ve been saving for shopping cart usage fees. (WFTV.com
)
- What’s the matter, little kid? Don’t like your curry? You know who else didn’t like curry? His name rhymes with Gaydolf Gitler. (Telegraph.co.uk
)
- Um…. Chess Boxing? I feel masculine and nerdy all at the same time! (News.com.au
)
- Do you talk a lot? Thats good enough reason to get arrested in Germany. You know who else hating people talking a lot in Germany? (The Local
)

Today’s Lists
- Strange excuses for trying to get out of a speeding ticket. (Kitsapsun
)
- Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks. (Life Hacker
)
- Tips for Faster/Better Service at the Drive Thru (Tutorial Ninjas
)
- Top 10 Harmless Geek Pranks. (Life Hacker
)
- Five Superhero Movies We’re Glad Didn’t Get Made (IO9.com
)

Today’s Entertainment/Celeb News/Gossip
- I never really thought Jenny McCarthy was all that hot. But I gotta say, she looks much better in her own swimsuits than men. You hear me, Jim Carrey? (Banned in Hollywood
)
- Her brother’s in jail. Her parents are in an ugly divorce. Her dad slept with her best friend. Her mom’s dating someone younger than she. Brooke Hogan’s life must suck. Now she is taking it out on us with her own reality show. (Starpulse
)
- The fat kid from Nickelodeon sitcom Drake and Josh has lost 100 pounds and is doing nude scenes with hot girls in indie flicks. (MSNBC
)
- Sacha Baron Cohen promises live cage fights and $1 beer at a bar. Then once the bar is packed he unveils the Homo Erotic Wrestling show, look for this in his next movie: Bruno. (The Movie Blog
)
- Former Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan gets tasered at a hotel. Think he’ll just laugh about it later and not take legal action? I don’t think so, Tim. (Contact Music
)

Today’s Sex News
- People who called a job hotline wer given the wrong number, got the number for a phone sex hotline where women were looking for sex. Still a win, right? (Boston.com
)
- It’s not so surprising to me that this guy got stuck in his chastity belt. What is weird to me is that they called a chastity belt a sex toy. Isn’t it like… the exact opposite? (The Sun
)
- Porn was televised on primetime television in New Zealand by accident. One parent said her 8 year old son’s innocence is lost. I say that kid just passed puberty early. (3News.co.nz
)
- Have a problem pitching a tent? Eat some watermelon. (Asylum
)
- Women run STD risk while on vacation. Because “Hey, why use a condom, when will I ever be in Haiti again?” (Channel 4
)

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