At a blogger convention held in Chicago recently, people started floating the idea of a bloggers union?!?
What would a bloggers union do if it did not get its way? Against whom would it strike? Would bloggers refuse to post in order to enforce their demands? Would they shut down the Internet?
I hope no one is […]

Totally off topic, but hilariously well done video.

Way off topic, and in a way tragic, but at the same time pretty funny.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.
The bodies were found on the road by a passing cabdriver around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Clothing […]

I know this is way off topic, but Weird Converter is just too great a concept not to share with you.
For example, did you know how many kegs of beer are equivalint to an Airbus A380?
Or how many Shaquille O’Neals are equivalent to the Great Wall of China?
Click the above link to find […]

Spotted a post on Plastic Bamboo about a new bar in Osaka that features a model railroad theme.

Well, the bar may be new but the model railroad theme definitely is not. As soon as I saw the above photo I was taken back to my Southside Chicago childhood to a place where my father […]

A bit off topic, but how many times have you wished that you had a Bullsh*t Button on hand.

This is a real product that you can purchase here, and pressing it causes one of the following five alerts to issue forth.
“(Beep) That was bullsh*t”
“(Siren) Bullsh*t detected, take […]

A little off topic but interesting none the less. Some of the internet’s biggest gurus are pushing for “Blogging Code of Conduct” to impose civility on the Internet. You can read the entire article here.
The idea came in the wake of anonymous death threats posted on the blog of author and speaker Kathy Sierra, […]

An owl put into a state of shock.

Ran across a great new podcast called The Roadhouse Podcast (The best blues you’ve never heard), which is a weekly that features a lot of great blues music, both new and old.

Check it out here. If you are into blues, you will not be disappointed.

The Oscar Race is on! Although this may not be the usual kind of thing we do here at Japundit, I thought it would be fun to find out peoples predictions as to which celebrity will win the gold and have ever-lasting glory. And which celebrity will go home and beat their dog in frustration […]

Totally off topic, but so totally in the spirit of Japundit!

Big thanks to Mr. Pink!

I know what I want to be in my next life.

It seems that the last editorial I did here was rather well accepted or at least I don’t recall any threats being made against my life. So with that I thought perhaps it was time for another edition of Alex’s Mad lunitic Ramblings known simply as The Editorial.
I thought for this editorial it was important […]

Sorry to go off topic again, but this is too good to let pass.
Kansas: Three men aged between 18 and 23 confronted a teenager on Monday in a dispute over stereo speakers. The 23-year old pulled a gun and attempted to shoot the teenager but missed.
While attempting to return the gun to his waistband, […]

Sorry for veering so far off topic, folks, but this came in (from Mr. Pink) and it was just too good not to share…
Bono is at a U2 concert in Ireland when he asks the audience for some quiet.
Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.
Holding the audience in total silence, he […]

A look at the origins of Halloween

Chalk Drawing of the Jack-o-Lantern - an enduring symbol of Halloween
Once again the emissaries of the otherworld — goblins, witches, ghosts and ghouls — will throng the streets to bring chaos to order.
Halloween, known as Samhain (or “Sow-en” for the Gaelic-minded) to the ancient Celts of […]

Hey everyone. Here is a must read. I didn’t write this one but I thought it should be posted.
By Mayumi Negishi
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Forget the giant flat-screen TVs and snazzy mobile phones.
At Japan’s biggest technology trade show on Friday, Wataru Tatebayashi, 35, aimed his camera at the women in miniskirts lining up in front […]

A bit off-topic, but I am sure that there are at least some air travelers among JAPUNDIT’s readers.

Click here for details.

It’s late, I just finished this week’s podcast, and there is nothing really that interesting in the news right now, so here’s a link to an off-topic story about popcorn lung.

Potty Putter comes with putting green, balls, putter, flag stick, and “Do not disturb” sign.
Via Ubergizmo