Teddy Bear Toss

This is just awesome. Apparently they do this annually, then the players distribute the stuffed animals at local hospitals the next day. This is what I want to happen at my funeral. Just throw teddy bears all over my casket. In fact, maybe bury me with one. Then donate the rest of them to little kids or something. That's exactly what I want to happen. And that's an order, family.




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heatin' up

we suggest you visit the greenhouse (or don't) then view this fine video.


Regardless of your view on climate change, this video is a great little piece of artwork with a fine message. The sound effects are plenty entertaining as well.

-Milo and Co.

41 Shots (American Skin)

Amadou Diallo was unarmed, had no criminal record, and was reaching for his wallet when he was shot at 41 times by police officers. 

New York Times- Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant with no criminal record, was 22 years old when he was killed on Feb. 5, 1999, by four New York City police officers.

The officers — Kenneth Boss, Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon and Richard Murphy — acknowledged firing 41 shots that night, but said they thought that Mr. Diallo was carrying a gun. Mr. Diallo, who came to America more than two years before from Guinea and worked as a street peddler in Manhattan, was hit by 19 bullets while standing in the doorway of his Bronx apartment building.

The case set off massive protests across the city, and became a flashpoint for heightened frictions between minority leaders and the administration of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

All four officers, who were in plainclothes, said they approached Mr. Diallo because they thought he fit the description of a man wanted in a rape case. They contended that when he pulled out his wallet to show identification they mistook it for a gun.

The officers faced prosecution on second-degree murder and other charges but were acquitted by a jury in Albany, where the trial had been moved because of concerns over pretrial publicity.

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Music with a purpose.  
American Skin (41 shots) Lyrics

lucy

she's so sexy. i'd watch that show. and she kicks so much ass. from one of charlie's angels to kill bill's oren ishi, lucy liu is as tough as they get and we love her for it.

In the words of Garth, "she makes me feel kind of funny... like when we used to climb the rope in gym class"

here's a memorable scene from kill bill. not enough lucy liu, but the beat is good and she has an aura that could cut through a knife. just watch.

Gandalf

"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."


-Gandalf the Grey, Fellowship of the Ring


In Limerick Narrative form:


Then Gandalf the Grey, with compassion,
delayed such a grevious action,
and the hobbit named Frodo
(that shireless hobo)
saw mercy was truly in fashion.

Cheetahs

Turn the volume way up, go full screen, and shut off the lights. You're in the savannah now.

Latin name: Acinonyx jubatus
Street Name: Ankles
Favorite movie quote: Run bitch, run!
Motto: crouch, choose, chase, kill, chill
Interests: chasing wildebeests, breaking ankles, piercing jugulars, chillin

About Cheetahs: These lightning quick killing machines are heartless, determined, and fast as fuck (0 to 64 mph in three seconds.) All business. If you're still unconvinced, take into account the fact that Cheetah's don't live with "packs" or "herds." Cheetah's live in coalitions... those scheming motherfuckers

   watch at the end how he just sits up and looks around. "yo anybody see that?" yup. just another day at work for chet the cheetah. this guy is too cool.


The previous video shows just how chill these cheetahs' are when scoring their next meal, but this next one is awesome. Big hunting carnivore cats are insane.

Cheetah highlights:
0:20-- airborne
0:58--ankles
2:15-- "fuck it.. I could go for two."

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"That's why," said Azaz, "there was one very important thing about your quest that we couldn't discuss until you returned."

"I remember," said Milo eagerly. "Tell me now."

"It was impossible," said the king, looking at the Mathemagician.

"Completely impossible," said the Mathemagician, looking at the king.

"Do you mean--" stammered the bug, who suddenly felt a bit faint.

"Yes, indeed," they repeated together; "but if we'd told you then, you might not have gone--and, as you've discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."