Saturday, January 17, 2004
Men vs. Women: The Soccer Debate Continues
FIFA president calls for sexier uniforms for women
FIFA [women's soccer] president Sepp Blatter said women should consider wearing more revealing uniforms, such as skimpier shorts, to bring more attention to the game. At least one top player called the advice "ridiculous" and "irresponsible."..yet strikingly "kinky."
Bang Bang!
Missile defense system called far from ready
The long-range ballistic missile defense system President Bush has ordered operational by October will be less than adequate for effective operation, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee said recently.However in the interim, military personnel armed with bottle rockets and a few beer bottles are standing at the ready.
You Waxed What?
Brazilians for the Boys. No, Seriously.
As three Wall Street types left an Upper East Side salon in Manhattan last week, a beautician told a NEWSWEEK reporter: "It's not their backs I'm waxing. It's their b-lls." There is such a thing as being too well groomed, but apparently not for some upwardly mobile heterosexual men. In several major metro areas—New York, L.A., Atlanta, Washington, D.C.—men are paying up to $100 for bikini waxes that take it all—all—off. Ken Knox, associate editor at Adult Video News, says, "For years, gay men have been shaving and using the Nair hair-removal cream. But it's the straight guys who seem to be doing the more extreme waxing."...ummm. Open commentary! Go ahead - discuss amongst yourselves below! *shivers*
CBS Serves Up Superbowl; Side of 'F-Off'
CBS rejects pair of Super Bowl ads
CBS has rejected two Super Bowl advertisements touting vegetarianism and bashing President George W. Bush because they violate its advocacy rules, the network said Friday.Thank you, CBS, for having the balls to speak out for this.
The ad prepared by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asserts that meat eating causes impotence, using two attractive women and an unlucky pizza deliveryman to make its point. Meanwhile, the liberal online advocacy Web site MoveOn.org sought to place an ad that uses images of children working at adult jobs to criticize the federal budget deficit. The Super Bowl is traditionally the most-watched TV event of the year.
"We do not accept advertising on one side or the other of controversial public issues, partly because we don't think the debate ought to be controlled by people with deep pockets," said Martin Franks, CBS executive vice president.
Now, if only it weren't so damn hypocritical.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Where's the Baggage Claim?
US Airways Flight Lands at Wrong Airport
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Eight passengers on a US Airways Express flight from Pittsburgh to State College got an unscheduled detour last week when their pilot accidentally landed at the wrong airport.Someone needs to take geography again...
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Tech Probs
As of right now:
-We are aware that our commenting server is down, we're awaiting word on how long this'll be for.
-We're told Netscape and Mac computers not using Safari/OSX are having issues reading the new format. We're working to get this figured out; but if you know web stuff well, and think you know why we are having issues with the blog not displaying at all, give us a shout out on the contact page using the link @ left.
Give Me a D... Give me a E....
Two men arrested after high school cheerleader died in fall from Hawaii hotel balcony
A high school cheerleader on a dream trip to Hawaii to perform at a college football all-star game plunged naked to her death from a ninth-floor hotel balcony. An initial autopsy released Wednesday showed alcohol in her system but no evidence of foul play....other than the fact that she was naked?
I'll admit that this is a horrible tragedy for the family, her friends and her school; but just another example of improper alcohol use!
BTW - Interesting story, a BS reccomendation for reading.
Can You Pronounce It Now?
Schneider: 'Yooper' struggles to master OnStar lingo:
The OnStar computer in Randy Racine's 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada was so baffled by Racine's diction that it couldn't function. Racine, who's 76, doesn't come from a foreign country; not technically, anyway. He's from Ishpeming, in the western half of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He mined iron ore there before trying his luck in the drop forges of Lansing.I tink we fownd a probwem with owr new technowogy.
The way the OnStar phone works is that the computer voice repeats the digits spoken by the person making the call. But whenever Racine said 'two,' or 'eight,' the computer replied - and dialed - 'zero'.
T-7 days and Counting...
One week...
...to Bewildered Society's return to print.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
You Get What You Give
Montgomery Co. Grades to Reflect Only Academic Achievement :
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Montgomery County educators have approved a plan that will ease parents, teachers and administrators into a new grading system over the next five years. Next year, for instance, grades will reflect only academic achievement. The following year, teachers will be asked to grade students based on how well they accomplished specific academic goals set by the county.No more extra credit!
Talk about taking originality and creativity out of teaching...
Jon Stewart: Future Media God
More Young Viewers Get News from Late-Night Comics:
To a young generation of Americans, Jon Stewart may as well be Walter Cronkite. A new study has confirmed recent surveys that suggest an increasing number of young adults are using late-night comedy and talk shows as their primary vehicle for getting their news, particularly about politics and the 2004 election.We here at BS.com support Mr. Stewart and the entire cast & crew of the Daily Show for their hard work and dedication to making news fun again.
14 y.o. Can Steal Car; But Can't Find "PARK"
14-year-old takes car during Renton test-drive:
The young man was test driving a 1996 Cadillac Seville when the Brotherton Cadillac salesman accompanying him got out to use the ATM machine at the Bank of America branch at 300 Burnett Ave. S. When he did, the 14-year-old drove off in the car.Brilliant, well executed!
The driver stopped the car near South 22nd Place and Shattuck Avenue South and fled on foot. He was quickly apprehended; but he had left the Cadillac in ``drive'' and it rolled forward, damaging a 1978 pickup.DUMBASS! Go back to class.
The Terrorists Are Still Winning... Until This Man Dies a Horrible Death
Man says he’s addicted to cable; wants to sue Charter
Yup, that's right: this man wants to sue because his family is lazy -- and TV is to blame?
Cable TV made a West Bend man addicted to TV, caused his wife to be overweight and his kids to be lazy, he says.But that's not the half of it, oh no: Look what he's asking for...
And he’s threatening to sue the cable company.
Timothy Dumouchel of West Bend wants $5,000 or three computers, and a lifetime supply of free Internet service from Charter Communications to settle what he says will be a small claims suit.
How about weight equipment, a personal trainer, or a life, dumbass?
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Our Top(less) Story
Anchor Bares All In Wet T-Shirt Contest, Gets Fired
Catherine Bosley, a news anchor for 10 years at WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio, was used to having her picture taken.Well, I'm sure NakedNews is hiring! (Adult Content)
However, someone took pictures of her in a wet T-shirt contest while she was vacationing in Key West, Fla., last year with her husband.
"It was just a spur of the moment, silly, irresponsible thing to do that I regretted a great deal the next morning," Bosley said.
She lived with the secret for 10 months until the pictures showed up on the Internet about a week ago. Now she's out of a job.
She added:"I know that I have to set a standard and I'm a bit of a role model so I take responsibility for what I'm supposed to be held up to," she said. "This definitely goes down in one of those categories of what was I thinking? What was I thinking?"Probably something like "I'm horny, I'm horny, I'm horny..Ooo - hot guy in the back... I'm horny, I'm hor...."
I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boy Nabs Alleged Jewel Thief
A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys is not letting any bad guys get past him.Yeah, nice way to sneak that minor detail in the end of the story.
The Las Vegas Sun reports McLean was looking at jewelry at Rocks, a 24-hour jewelry store in Las Vegas while another man came in to try on rings and asked his friend what he thought of one of them. Suddenly, the man made a dash for the door. According to McLean's friend, Vegas club personality Marklen Kennedy, the clerk at the counter screamed that she could not leave the store, so the singer took off after the man [and eventually caught him].
McLean was in town to make an appearance at this week's Adult Entertainment Expo.
Here Kitty...
Caught On Tape: Man Survives Lion Attack At Zoo
Click for images and video!
Amateur video shows Lucas Tomas, 22, being attacked by the animal. Tomas scaled a wall and jumped into the lion's pit, then began holding out his jacket as if it were a bullfighter's cape, challenging one of the two lions inside to attack him.The lion is currently using the same defense, an far cry from its earlier plea of "I was hungry, and he's a dumbass."
One of the lions reacted by pouncing on the man and knocking him to the ground, then biting him repeatedly. According to hospital officials, Tomas says he was ordered by voices from God...
Sex, naked girls and a newly-married cop
From South Africa:
Titillation at your expense?
Not one. Not two. No, it took 25 policemen to establish that crime was in progress at The Ranch and The Titty Twister - alleged brothels owned by Andrew Phillips....amongst other things.
Prior to a raid, they each paid R150 or R250 of taxpayers' money to enter the premises "undercover". And it wasn't their first outing.
When one of the police officers on the raid paid for sex, the entire operation was exposed.
Monday, January 12, 2004
Aww, You Love Me...
Another Big F-ing Announcement
[If you didn't read the initial big f-ing announcement, scroll down a few before reading this]
By popular demand (and Logan Dickmeyer's request), I'm pleased to announce that BS.com will be linking to the Ball State Daily News Online to provide the printed version of said column below.
As an added bonus, you'll also be able to find exclusive "before the copy desk" versions of the column in its unedited stages where I deem it needed.
Thank you. We now return you to our regular blogging.
Defense... With Style!
www.marthatalks.com:
Yes, from show to magazine to a legal defense web site, Martha Stewart has it all. Here's an excerpt from a public letter poster on the site's main page:Dear Friends:...and now, trials!
As we head into the new year and my trial begins, I am hopeful and optimistic that I will be exonerated and able once again to devote my full attention to developing and promoting the creative homekeeping ideas that so many loyal customers and supporters have come to rely on for inspiration in their own kitchens, gardens and craft rooms.
From the UK...
Woman gets burns from toilet
A woman will require plastic surgery for serious burns after she sat on a New Zealand public toilet smeared with an unknown chemical, media reports.What is it about women and not wiping before they sit down?
The woman was one of four to suffer burns from the chemical, which had been smeared on seats and other areas in a public toilet in a park in the city of Christchurch, in the early hours of Saturday, the New Zealand Press Association reported.
Had she had a male take care of things before hand, this whole incident could have been avoided.
The Big F-ing Announcement
It's time.
No longer will Bewildered Society (just) be forced into a hole on the world wide web, hiding from the crisp edges and refreshing smell of newsprint.
Nope - we're keeping the hole.. AND we're going back to our origins.
On Thursday, January 22, 2004...
Bewildered Society returns to print with its brand spankin' debut in the Ball State Daily News.
What about your eSocieties? Well... Stick with us, we're workin on it; they're still going to happen, but just not as often.
Why?
Monday deadlines are a bitch.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Back to the Grind
Whoever said moving was fun didn't pack their own shit.
I'm back to Ball State now - so welcome back to full-time blogging.
The Big Announcement Happens Tomorrow
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