Robot Wife, American Nukes, Hair Hat, Zach Galifianakis & Tom Scharpling, Bad Predictions and Nirvana

By on Dec 11, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Tech | 4 Comments

Sorry Ladies, This Hunk is Taken: Inventor Le Trung has made himself a robotic wife and it looks like he plans to have sex with it. Way to go Trung! Thanks for smashing to bits all those creepy Japanese scientist stereotypes.  His next invention: a high-powered robotic douche. [via Gizmodo]

Man, I Love That Cars Song: Funny website Comic vs. Audience deliciously breaks down a local Philly TV spot:  Steak ‘Em Up.

More Gifts for Lazy People: “Ya know, I’m a bit winded after making that paper airplane, I’m just gonna put it down here and take a nappy… (yawn)… if there was only some sort of contraption that would throw it for me…”

Zach Galifianakis to Star in Talking Guinea Pig Movie: When I am not listening to the almighty WOXY, I am listening to The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling. This past week he chatted with comedian Zach Galifianakis for a couple hours. It ruled. Listen up here.

Thanks for The Hair Hat, It’s Perfect, Exactly What I Wanted: Enough Good Gift Ideas, here’s a less-good, low-rent gift that you should only give to your annoying bald friends : Flair Hair.

No Nukes! Okay, Lots of Nukes! Just a little FYI to China if they start feeling their oats… (NSFW musical accompaniment)

“More than ten years after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. maintains 10,000 warheads and nuclear issues dominate international relations. These photographs reveal the missiles, warheads, bombers, submarines, and command centers that make up the United States’ far-flung nuclear infrastructure.”

Hey Kids, Don’t Go the Porn Route Just Yet: YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money.

The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008: Oops!

New Morrissey: Here’s (<<<) the Album art for “Years of Refusal” (2009). Love it.

GymBook: Based on the majority of my “friends” status updates, Facebook is just a public diary to let the world know if he/she went to the gym or not (feeling soooo lazy today!). And if he/she did go, then it’s also a wonderful  place to list his/her detailed workouts. This should stop now, right now, or I will start describing my bathroom visits. In detail.

Philly Comic Book Nerds, Enjoy: Here’s a very cool Charles Burns Video Interview. [via Philebrity]

Follow Us: Waste more time with us in small 140-character chunks on the Twitter (before it blows up): twitter.com/usedwigs

Holiday Cheer from Nirvana and RuPaul: The kids at Videogum dug up this old awkward and slightly sad gem:


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  • http://chrisilluminati.blogspot.com/ Illuminati

    Zach Galifianakis, much like Libb High Football, rules! I shall enjoy.

  • http://chrisilluminati.blogspot.com Illuminati

    Zach Galifianakis, much like Libb High Football, rules! I shall enjoy.

  • http://www.whatever-amyblogspot.com/ Amy

    Robin Quivers covered the robot wife story on the Stern show the other day. And as she was telling the story, I had a vision of the guy who created the robot wife as being a really creepy loser and seeing his picture posted above I was right! How very “Stepford Wives” like! And why is the robot wife dressed like an extra on “Little House on the Prarie”!? And what’s up with the doll collection behind the robot wife’s creator….extra creepy!!!

  • http://www.whatever-amyblogspot.com Amy

    Robin Quivers covered the robot wife story on the Stern show the other day. And as she was telling the story, I had a vision of the guy who created the robot wife as being a really creepy loser and seeing his picture posted above I was right! How very “Stepford Wives” like! And why is the robot wife dressed like an extra on “Little House on the Prarie”!? And what’s up with the doll collection behind the robot wife’s creator….extra creepy!!!