Daily Archives: April 3, 2007

New TV Show: Dancing With The Rats

Washington, DC apparently feels it cannot let New York City go unchallenged in the great rat race. Oh, sure, New York got big headlines when rats were videotaped running wild in a takeout joint. But Washington is going for the … Continue reading

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Yet Another Bad Sign

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard spend large amounts of time documenting the depravities of the Animal Uprising™. We do this thankless task out of our sense of duty to humanity. Or lack of sufficient medication, depending on how you … Continue reading

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Faster!

The French failed to break the world record for train speeds, but they gave it a really good try. Their specially equipped train managed to reach a top speed of 357.2 miles per hour. A Japanese record still stands at … Continue reading

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Snake Search

Apparently, Google is now giving in to the Animal Uprising™ and is hiring snakes. The one-meter (three-foot) snake, named Kaiser, went missing over the weekend, in what many thought at first to be an April Fool's Day prank. After more … Continue reading

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The Boredom In Your Eyes

Oliver Burkeman, writing in the Guardian, takes a look at the boring banality of the web. Or at least the boring banality of some things on the web. It's actually pretty amusing, in a boring sort of way. It is … Continue reading

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Just When You Thought There Was Nothing Left To Worry About

Now you're going to have to keep looking up to make sure a guy wearing a rocket belt isn't about to crash into you. That's right, rocket belts are now available commercially from a guy in Mexico who appears to … Continue reading

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Four Wheel Drive Duck Thriving

The Animal Uprising™ appears to have been successful in its drive to create a four wheel drive duck. Stumpy, who we first wrote about in February, is thriving and running around like the wind on his multitudinous appendages. The bad … Continue reading

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