marriage

this is a page out of leno's wedding announcements feature. some of them are a bit of a stretch, but some of them are hil-ar-i-ous.

(thanks to angie for sending it to me!)

p.s. i can't stop watching the 'walk it out' video below. if you haven't watched it DO IT NOW. if you have, watch it again.

yes way

it's not every day you get news related to the fourth or fifth greatest movie ever made. rejoice, for today is one of the luckier days:

'Wayne's World' landmark to be dismantled
BERWYN, Ill. (AP) — A kitschy landmark that made a cameo in the movie "Wayne's World" will be dismantled to make way for a pharmacy.

Officially named the Spindle, the towering sculpture of eight cars impaled by a massive steel pipe became famous for its appearance in the 1992 comedy starring Mike Myers as Wayne and Dana Carvey as his buddy Garth.

Despite years of rust and layers of bird droppings, the Spindle — also known as the "Car Kabob" and the "Eight Car Pileup" — continues to draw movie fans to a shopping center parking lot in this suburb west of Chicago.

"From a marketing standpoint, I like the Spindle," said Berwyn Mayor Michael O'Connor. "It has definitely been a plus for the community."

Still, he said, the quirky sculpture will be removed this summer to make way for a Walgreens pharmacy. It could be moved elsewhere, though the cost of doing so would likely be high.

California artist Dustin Shuler, who built the piece in 1989, calls the dismantling "painful" and "a loss for Chicago."

"Personally, I would have moved the Walgreens and left the Spindle where it is," he said.

(credit to my dear friend Ashley, party on)

preliminary evacuation

my office had way too much fun with this story (may the subjects of the story rest in peace and rest together) :


COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.

The bodies were found on the road by a passing cabdriver around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

Clothing was discovered on the roof, leading authorities to suspect the man and woman, in their early 20s, may have been having sex. Their identities were not released.

"It's too early to rule out anything," Columbia police Sgt. Florence McCants said, but McCants said a preliminary investigation didn't show any sign of foul play.


(thanks to my co-worker Mark for the awful title to this blog entry)