Asylum http://www.asylum.com Asylum http://www.asylum.com/media/feedlogo.gif Asylum http://www.asylum.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Dating Red Flag of the Week -- the Facebook Stalkerhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/dating-red-flag-of-the-week-crazy-stalker-girl/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/dating-red-flag-of-the-week-crazy-stalker-girl/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/dating-red-flag-of-the-week-crazy-stalker-girl/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Here's this week's most outrageous relationship red flag story from the editors of The Little Black Blog of Big Red Flags. The Story: Having been out of a relationship quite recently, I thought I'd take the high road when I started dating the ... Read more

 

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]]>datingfacebooklitle black blog of red flagsLitleBlackBlogOfRedFlagsred flagsRedFlagsstalkerAsylum Staff2009-11-20T16:00:00+00:00Vice Uncovers L.A.'s Not-So-Secret Oilhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/vice-vbs-uncovers-los angeles-not-so-secret-oil/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/vice-vbs-uncovers-los angeles-not-so-secret-oil/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/vice-vbs-uncovers-los angeles-not-so-secret-oil/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


The guys at Vice have been working hard to expose what really flows beneath Los Angeles's seedy surface. Turns out, it's oil. In a short film from VBS, secret oil rigs scattered throughout the city of Los Angeles are tracked down, on camera, and a ... Read more

 

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]]>los angelesLosAngelesoiloil rigsOilRigsvbsvbs.tvvicevideoIan Fortey2009-11-20T11:30:00+00:00Mickey Mouse Sues Donald Duckhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/mickey-mouse-sues-donald-duck/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/mickey-mouse-sues-donald-duck/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/mickey-mouse-sues-donald-duck/#commentsFiled under: ,


In a sign of just how stimulating it must be to work in the legal system down in Florida, some anonymous prankster has actually filed a lawsuit by Mickey Mouse against Donald Duck. The real lawsuit against Mr. Duck was filed in Southern District ... Read more

 

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]]>donald duckDonaldDucklawlawsuitlawyersmickey mouseMickeyMousepranksIan Fortey2009-11-20T11:00:00+00:00Neon Elmhurst Hospital Sign Burns Out Appropriatelyhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/neon-elmhurst-hospital-sign-burns-out-appropriately/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/neon-elmhurst-hospital-sign-burns-out-appropriately/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/neon-elmhurst-hospital-sign-burns-out-appropriately/#commentsFiled under: ,


Share tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/20/neon-elmhurst-hospital-sign-burns-out-appropriately/'; tweetmeme_source = 'asylumdotcom'; It was simply a case of the right bulbs going out at the wrong time. But passers-by couldn't be ... Read more

 

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]]>Elmhurst HospitalElmhurstHospitalNeon SingsNeonSingsNew YorkQueensJeremy Taylor2009-11-20T09:00:00+00:00'Family Armor' Premieres Tonight With Mormons and Bulletproof Carshttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/family-armour-trent-kimball-jason-forston-TLC-show/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/family-armour-trent-kimball-jason-forston-TLC-show/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/family-armour-trent-kimball-jason-forston-TLC-show/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


"Family Armor," a reality TV show about a business that takes people's cars and armors them up until they're bulletproof, sounds way more gangster than "Pimp My Ride," and tonight's premiere on TLC even eschews Xzibit in favor of a family of Mormons. ... Read more

 

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]]>armored carArmoredCarbulletproofbulletproof carsBulletproofCarsfamilyFamily ArmorFamilyArmormormonsreality showRealityShowtlctlcrealityshowDan Solomon2009-11-19T15:30:00+00:00Linguist Uses Klingon Knowledge to Mess With His Childhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/linguist-uses-klingon-knowledge-to-mess-with-his-child/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/linguist-uses-klingon-knowledge-to-mess-with-his-child/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/linguist-uses-klingon-knowledge-to-mess-with-his-child/#commentsFiled under:


As we all know, if there's one plus side to having kids, it's that you get a tiny little human to completely mess with. 15 years ago, when d'Armond Speers had a child, he decided he should grow up in a bilingual home -- his wife would speak ... Read more

 

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]]>child developmentChildDevelopmentklingonlinguisticsEmerald Catron2009-11-19T12:30:00+00:00Are Robot Civil Rights the Buzzkill of the Future?http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/robots-have-rights-too-or-they-will-soon/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/robots-have-rights-too-or-they-will-soon/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/robots-have-rights-too-or-they-will-soon/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,


It won't be long before we all have robot butlers bringing each of us delicious mint juleps while we lounge around the pool all day, letting Roomba and her cousins do our "people work" for us. In fact, some people are suggesting we deal with the ... Read more

 

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]]>battlestar galacticaBattlestarGalacticarobot rightsrobot sexrobot uprisingRobotRightsrobotsRobotSexRobotUprisingEmerald Catron2009-11-19T11:00:00+00:00Kite Surfers Successfully Complete Pier-Jumping Stunthttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/jake-scrace-lewis-crathern-kite-surfers-jump-pier/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/jake-scrace-lewis-crathern-kite-surfers-jump-pier/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/jake-scrace-lewis-crathern-kite-surfers-jump-pier/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Jake Scrace and Lewis Crathern are men of ambition. That's why the pair, a pro surfer and a carpenter who makes boards, hit the waves over in England in wind that was gusting up to 40 mph -- to see if it was possible to fly over a pier. The result ... Read more

 

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]]>jake scraceJakeScracekite surfingKiteSurfinglewis crathernLewisCrathernstuntsIan Fortey2009-11-19T09:00:00+00:00World Toilet Day Celebrations on Tap -- What're Your Plans?http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/world-toilet-day-celebrations/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/world-toilet-day-celebrations/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/19/world-toilet-day-celebrations/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


It's World Toilet Day! But we don't have to tell you that, as you've no doubt had it circled on your calendar for months. While traditionalists celebrate by spending all day on the can reading back issues of Popular Mechanics, we can assure you ... Read more

 

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]]>sanitationtoiletworld toilet dayWorld Toilet SummitWorldToiletDayWorldToiletSummitIan Fortey2009-11-19T08:00:00+00:00Cook Who Spit in Cop's Burger May Go to Jailhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/18/jaime-perez-cook-who-spit-in-cops-burger-may-go-to-jail/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/18/jaime-perez-cook-who-spit-in-cops-burger-may-go-to-jail/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/18/jaime-perez-cook-who-spit-in-cops-burger-may-go-to-jail/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Undoubtedly we've all had that lingering fear at least once in our lives that the cook was in the back doing something horrible to the food we ordered. But what happens when those people get caught? Apparently, they can end up in jail -- at least ... Read more

 

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]]>cookingjaime perezJaimePerezspitIan Fortey2009-11-18T17:30:00+00:00R2-D2 Post Wins for Dorkiest Geek-Out of All Timehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/17/r2-d2-post-wins-for-dorkiest-geek-out-of-all-time/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/17/r2-d2-post-wins-for-dorkiest-geek-out-of-all-time/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/17/r2-d2-post-wins-for-dorkiest-geek-out-of-all-time/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Does it make you a dork to get excited about spotting an R2-D2 cameo in the newest Star Trek film (on Blu-ray and DVD this week)? Maybe a little bit, but what does it make you to get this excited about such a find? Excited enough to merit 1,800 ... Read more

 

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]]>c-3POgeeksgizmodor2-d2r2-d2 cameoR2-d2Cameostar trekstar warsStarTrekStarWarstrekkerstrekkiesTommy Christopher2009-11-17T11:00:00+00:00Meet 73-Year-Old John Scott -- L.A.'s Oldest Graffiti Artisthttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/73-year-old-john-scott-l-a-s-oldest-graffiti-artist/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/73-year-old-john-scott-l-a-s-oldest-graffiti-artist/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/73-year-old-john-scott-l-a-s-oldest-graffiti-artist/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Cops in L.A. have spent months tracking down a vandal who has caused thousands of dollars worth of damage by slapping "Who is John Scott?" stickers on buses, bus shelters and any other flat surfaces he could find. Typically this is the domain of ... Read more

 

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]]>bumper stickerBumperStickergraffitilos angelesLosAngelesvandalismwho is john scottWhoIsJohnScottIan Fortey2009-11-16T13:30:00+00:00Domino World Record Smashed in Stylehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/domino-world-record-smashed-in-style/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/domino-world-record-smashed-in-style/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/16/domino-world-record-smashed-in-style/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


KA-POW! The world record for toppling dominoes has been broken! Some 4,491,863 dominoes bit the dust in Holland this weekend, smashing the standing world record of 4,345,027. Both records were set by a man known as Mr. Domino. Mr. D was helped by a ... Read more

 

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]]>domino world recorddominoesDominoWorldRecordmr dominoMrDominoworld recordWorldRecordTom Cullen2009-11-16T11:00:00+00:00Scientists Working on Invisibility Cloakhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/scientists-working-on-invisibility-cloak/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/scientists-working-on-invisibility-cloak/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/scientists-working-on-invisibility-cloak/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Invisible, cloaked, whatever you wanna call it, it's totally sweet -- and almost here. Even if it takes more than the $8.1 million grant researchers have been given, it's going to be so worth it when we can finally make a plate of nachos float ... Read more

 

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]]>invisibility cloakInvisibilityCloakinvisibleresearchEmerald Catron2009-11-13T17:30:00+00:00Internet Forum for Men With Tiny Penises -- Why?http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/internet-forum-for-men-with-tiny-penises-why/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/internet-forum-for-men-with-tiny-penises-why/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/internet-forum-for-men-with-tiny-penises-why/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


In a hidden and remote corner of the Internet, a group of embarrassed gentlemen have taken to an anonymous forum to share their experiences with the worst curse life has to offer. We're speaking, of course, about the tiny penis. A Google search ... Read more

 

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]]>forummytinydeckpricassosextiny penisTinyPenisBrian Fairbanks2009-11-13T16:00:00+00:00First Space Hotel Set to Open in 2012http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/first-space-hotel-set-to-open-in-2012/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/first-space-hotel-set-to-open-in-2012/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/first-space-hotel-set-to-open-in-2012/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Space tourism is all the rage among billionaires these days, but a new €3-billion business venture aims to vault garbagemen, insurance adjusters and even lowly writers into space at a reasonable rate. This investment isn't for rockets, however ... Read more

 

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]]>cranky flierCrankyFliergalactic suiteGalacticSuitespace hotelSpaceHotelstar warsStarWarsBrian Fairbanks2009-11-13T15:30:00+00:00Save the Mavericks -- Minnesota Basketball Team on the Chopping Blockhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/save-the-mavericks-minnesota-junior-college-basketball-team-on/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/save-the-mavericks-minnesota-junior-college-basketball-team-on/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/save-the-mavericks-minnesota-junior-college-basketball-team-on/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Here's a movie: A group of struggling community college students learn that greatness exists inside themselves after their school's basketball team takes home the national championship, thanks to the inspiration of a gifted coach and the commitment ... Read more

 

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]]>animal houseAnimalHousebasketballblutocommunity collegeCommunityCollegeminneapolisDan Solomon2009-11-13T14:00:00+00:00Beaver Pees on TV Host's Facehttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/beaver-pees-on-tv-hosts-face/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/beaver-pees-on-tv-hosts-face/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/beaver-pees-on-tv-hosts-face/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


With those clumsy, slapstick tails and goofy faces, beavers probably get their fair share of bullying in the animal kingdom. No surprise then that they sometimes hit back. This wood nibbler sent out a message to would-be browbeaters on live TV, by ... Read more

 

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]]>beaverbeaver pees on hostBeaverPeesOnHostdebbye turner bellDebbyeTurnerBellearly showEarlyShowTV host gets peed onTvHostGetsPeedOnTom Cullen2009-11-13T11:00:00+00:00Man Sets New World Record for Pulling Bus With Hairhttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/man-Manjit-Singh-sets-new-world-record-for-pulling-bus-with-hair/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/man-Manjit-Singh-sets-new-world-record-for-pulling-bus-with-hair/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/13/man-Manjit-Singh-sets-new-world-record-for-pulling-bus-with-hair/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Demonstrating his brute strength and laughing in the faces of bald men everywhere, strongman Manjit Singh set a new world record by pulling a double-decker bus more than 23 yards using only his hair. The 59-year-old Englishman, using a clamp ... Read more

 

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]]>busguinness book of world recordsGuinnessBookOfWorldRecordshairlondonManjit SinghManjitSinghstrongmanNick Prueher2009-11-13T09:00:00+00:00Equmen Underwear Takes on Our Jewelshttp://www.asylum.com/2009/11/12/equmen-underwear-takes-on-our-jewels/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/12/equmen-underwear-takes-on-our-jewels/http://www.asylum.com/2009/11/12/equmen-underwear-takes-on-our-jewels/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Kenny Herzog has dessicated his body to Asylum science. Earlier this summer, I had the unique opportunity to test out something called the Wondershirt, courtesy of an Australian men's clothing manufacturer called Equmen, which is attempting to ... Read more

 

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]]>boxersbriefsequmenunderwearKenny Herzog2009-11-12T17:30:00+00:00