New Mexico Couple Hosts Raucous Celebration for a Pole

Frank Cozzarelli · 03/24/10 12:46PM

This couple waited two months for a power pole to be installed on their land, and decided to celebrate its erection with skydivers, a parade, a feast, and a shaman blessing. Not since Festivus has a pole been so venerated.

Martha Stewart is So Rich that She Can't Understand How Debit Cards Work

Whitney Jefferson · 03/24/10 12:29PM

A financial expert was giving advice about tracking expenses online when Martha interrupted with questions about debit cards, asking "Does it just beep? What does it do when you overdraw?" Ten bucks says Martha's never received an overdraft charge, either.

American Idol: One Is the Loneliest Number

Richard Lawson · 03/24/10 12:22PM

Last night we saw our Top 11 sing various songs from the catalog of Billboard Number One hits. A pretty vast array to choose from, and yet we heard, basically, all the standard karaoke numbers we've grown grimly accustomed to.

Wolverine Gets A Manicure

Elaine Moran · 03/24/10 12:12PM

This Russian manicurist gets the surprise of her life when she is visited by an unusual client. Nothing wrong with a mutant taking good care of his cuticles.

Scientists Discover New Ways to Make Women Self-Conscious

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/10 12:08PM

Ladies: are you psychotically obsessed enough with your physical appearance? Fear not! Scientists have now determined exactly where you're failing in your quest to not be a fat, disgusting cow. They'll make you insane yet!

Joe Biden's Gaffes: A Foot-in-Mouth Chronology

Mike Byhoff · 03/24/10 11:50AM

After the health care bill became the health care law yesterday, Joe Biden dropped an f-bomb heard 'round the world. However, this was one of Biden's least egregious gaffes as it was accidental. The others are just PR nightmares.

RPG Heroes are Jerks!

Frank Cozzarelli · 03/24/10 11:20AM

Why do RPG heroes think they can just enter people's homes with impunity? Who gave them carte blanche to just rifle through our stuff and take whatever? Here's a look at the humble, silent victims of every RPG.

25 Historic Julia Allison Moments

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/10 11:08AM

Fameball 1.0 Julia Allison is allegedly quitting the internet. She may not resurface for days, or even weeks. It's a sobering moment. Let us now look back and remember three and a half years of highlights of Julia's unfiltered life.

The Monkees' Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 03/24/10 10:45AM

The Monkees are a little too happy to be in the desert. Nominally shilling Kool-Aid, the band sings the drink's praises between apparitions of sugar-crazed children and Bugs Bunny's cameo mirage. Amidst the madness, one wonders, where is Peter Tork?!

Devil Child Scares Mother With Fake Spider

Mike Byhoff · 03/24/10 10:30AM

One would think that this kid is way too young to be developing sadistic tendencies. However, he sure does love to see his mother scream. Headphones up, it's a hell of a scream.

James Cameron Declares War on Glenn Beck

Richard Lawson · 03/24/10 10:12AM

It's true and it will be epically terrifying. Also today: some good news for some old favorites, Kevin Kline embarks on a new something, and some very devastating deaths must be reported.