English translations of Japanese phrases done by non English speaking Japanese people are more often than not very very funny. As is the case with the airport navigation assistance sign that reads ‘Retarded flights restaurant”. Gold.

But I need to ask myself constantly which would be weirder? If it’s possible that there isn’t at least ONE English speaking person in Japan that may clue everyone in on the fact that they’re fucking up so badly? Or that it’s possible that they do know, but they just don’t give a shit?

Either way, it’s comedy for the rest of us, I guess.

I have resisted linking to this video of the most ridiculous Christmas lights display I have ever seen. This is 10x worse than the Griswalds, and 20x worse than the D’Antonios who used to live across the street from me when I was a kid. This guy is using a whole computer controlled system for syncing the music with the light blinking.

Today, Carson Williams, the creator of this display in Dayton, Ohio, shut the $10,000 display down after it started causing traffic backups and one car accident. Bah-Humbug. I figured there was no better way to honor his efforts than to at least keep the internet video viewing up.

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It appears that the initial reports were completely true. 50 “I got shot 8 times” Cent took $500,000 to play at some rich, Long Island, 13 year old, Jewish girl’s Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago. Her father, David H. Brooks, is a rich manufacturer of bulletproof vests for the Army (how ironic) and spent $10 million on the party which included performances by Aerosmith, the Eagles, Stevie Nicks, 50 Cent, Ciara, Kenny G and Tom Petty. They booked out both floors of the Rainbow Room, had a stage built, and installed multiple Jumbotrons.

The absolute best part of the whole sell-out thing was that the gangsta rapper, 50 Cent, found the time to work in the lyrics, “Go shorty, it’s yo Bat Mitzvah! We gonna party like it’s yo Bat Mitzvah!” Sell-out bitch.

Photo evidence of the whole night is up on this Kodak Easyshare Gallery. Oops! The gallery is now removed. Luckily Manny and The Superficial pulled many of the good pictures down.

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Le Papillon is a stunning animated short film by Antoine Antin & Jenny Rakotomamonjy. This watercolor and brush stroke illustration style is gorgeous, and perfectly suited for this ancient Japanese material. Don’t miss this one.

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Not for the faint of heart, this video is basically a collection of people getting very, very hurt trying to do stunts. It’s like Jackass on crack. Some of the is shit is absolutely unbelievable. Enjoy.

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This middle aged guy’s webcam video rendition of “What Is Love?” is definitely going to be the next big thing on the internets. I just laughed so hard, I gave myself a splitting headache. You’ll know what I mean by the title “Lu..!” in just a few minutes. Enjoy.

[via my favorite new website, savemanny.com]

Pretty great idea by Bill Gates – funding highly experimental and alternative solutions to major 3rd world health problems. This includes figuring out why 10% of Kenyan prostitutes are resistant to AIDS, finding away to block mosquitos from smelling humans, making mosquitos transmit Vitamin A instead of malaria, and dry-storing vaccines. Way to go, Bill.

Eighty percent of these are likely to be dead ends. But even if we have a 10 percent hit rate, it will all have been worthwhile.”

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Jennifer Aniston and her lawyers have been warning publishers not to print the topless photos recently taken of her without her knowledge when she was sunbathing in her own backyard. Well, they leaked, and SaveManny.com has them.

I am personally not sure these are real. I think I can see some under-nipple scars from breast augmentation surgery, which I didn’t think Jennifer had. In any case, the photos look pretty convincing, and her and her lawyers have given them credibility by making such a fuss. So these might not be real from photoshopping, or they might be real photos that show Jennifer’s breasts are not real, or they might be Jennifer’s really nice breasts.

In any case, nice rack, Jennifer. If these are real, we have no idea why you would hide these from us for so long.

UPDATE: Speaking of nice racks, Sun Page Six girl, Keeley Hazell, has fantastic, all natural breasts that can be seen in great lively detail in this video of a recent topless photo shoot. Spectacular.

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Demolition experts tried to bring down a 200′ tall building in Sioux Falls, SD yesterday, but it did not go as expected, and there is video to prove it.

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Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry announced plans to sue Sacha Cohen (Ali G) after his appearance as Borat hosting the European MTV Video Awards last month, for, basically, making Kazakhstanis look bad. Borat himself got involved, and issued this response video where he tells them basically to “go ahead and sue that Jew”. I haven’t seen much of anything funnier than this.

It’s a little pricey at $469, but this handmade wooden clock is imported from Japan, and uses LEDs through a thin layer of wood to get this effect. I LOVE it! (This tube lamp is pretty sweet also.)

That’s a misleading title. This is an ad for Motorola that follows a cute little bunny through many of the recognizable animation styles throughout history, from the Mickey Mouse steamboat thing, through Tron, and modern CG, all landing themselves on the screen of a Motorola phone. Pretty sweet.

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