Burbank AMC IMAX Ripping Off Patrons?

The AMC theater in Burbank charges $5 extra to see an "IMAX" version of movies such as Star Trek. But, according to Aziz Ansari, it's a total rip-off. He suggests the theater should be boycotted for what he sees as a misleading promotion. From what I read, I'm sure glad I didn't pay the extra fee.

Boycott Kellogg's

From Raw Story:

Pot activists aren't taking Kellogg's very public snub of Olympic champion Michael Phelps lightly: four national organizations are calling for a boycott of all the cereal and snack company's products – and asking their members to contact Kellogg with complaints.

Cop Prevents Cat Rescue

A Phoenix man is claiming his neighbor, a police officer, prevented anyone from rescuing his cat, which had climbed into the cop's tree. It took 9 days before fellow police officers went to the house and were able to get the pet out of the tree.

Otto the Angry Octopus

The cephalopod is my new hero.

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Fire Extinguishers Are A Fire Hazard?

Apparently some folks in the UK think so.

The life-saving devices encourage untrained people to fight a fire rather than leave the building, risk assessors in Bournemouth decided.

Naked Hitler Ad Pulled

The print ad featured a Belgian TV host caricatured as Hitler, with a message to "Discover the real Europe. Not the cliches."

Cops in Standoff With Cardboard Cutout

From the Star-Ledger:

A cardboard figure of a person inside a Somerset County bank kept police at bay for 90 minutes last night, authorities said.

Stephen Baldwin's New Tattoo

Uhhh, more than a little creepy, even for a creep.

Dildos Delay Hockey Match

A hockey game in Sweden was delayed when fans of the AIK ice hockey team from Stockholm caused a "dildo downpour" and inflated a giant penis in the stands.

Apparently plans for the prank had been posted online, and was targeted against a former AIK player who had previously been involved in a sex scandal, and who was now playing for the opposing team.

"We'd also heard mention of it, but we decided that it would only be worse if we went out and told the fans they were absolutely not allowed to throw dildos on the ice," said AIK club head Mats Hedenstrom to the newspaper.

R.I.P. Lloyd Thaxton

Lloyd Thaxton, one of my childhood icons, has died. He brought joy to my life, as much for his enthusiasm as for anything else. Whereas Dick Clark was polished and boring, Thaxton was a force, creating something out of little more than his love of music and kids. He will be long remembered.

God Loves Margaret Cho

He really does.

Don’t fucking question my Christianity you fucking idiot assholes. If you continue to have a problem, then talk to God about it, not me, you fucking racist homophobic misogynist fake Christian shitheads. God thinks it is funny that I swear so much. He said I could use his name in vain or whatever. He just wants me to use it. He loves me. So fuck you. And I guess he loves you too. Even though you are fake Christian assholes. If you were truly Christians, you would let gays get married, and send them fucking presents from Bed Bath and Beyond!

If you truly believed in Jesus, you would try to be like him and love us, fags and dykes and feminists all. God bless you, even you. You fucking fuckers.

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Dear Food Network

I care about food, not personalities.

The War Against Boobs

Having large breasts is not a crime!

When Mr. Marshall Died

Hopefully, we all have teachers who have had a real impact on our lives. The kind of teacher you knew at the time was special, and which time has not diminished the reputation.

Mr. Marshall was such a teacher.

He was one of a handful of my Important Teachers, yet I never really talked with him. Only later did I find I was not alone in this. He was the most distant of my mentors, yet I can still regale you with his stories of history.

Today, while searching for something else, I was reminded that Mr. Marshall is dead. He is still missed.

When Size Doesn't Matter

An unnamed (to save his children further embarrassment) doctor who had been convicted of indecent exposure, has lost his appeal. His lawyer (named Dick, of course) claimed the defendant's 2.8 inch pee-pee was too small to be seen by the arresting officer. In a 30 page decision, the three judge panel unanimously disagreed and upheld the conviction.

The bottom line: This is a case that could be described as de minimis, a legal term defined by Black's Law Dictionary as "1. Trifling, minimal. 2. (Of a fact or thing) so insignificant that a court may overlook it in deciding an issue or case."

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The Burger King Butt Probe

You might want to skip the onions next time you're at BK.