His stuff is all “broked” and “tore up” but if you like it you can buy it at the Bargain Barn, a ’90s Oklahoma public access version of QVC home shopping.

(Hat Tip: Boing Boing)

Paul Sizer imagines The Wire as a ’70s-era Hanna Barbera cartoon. Not bad for a guy who admits to never having watched the show before.

This is one of a series of photos captured through an app called Hidden that Joshua Kaufman had installed on his Macbook when it was swiped from his apartment. The guy was arrested today.

The Tumblr thisguyhasmymackbook.tumblr.com captures the creepiness.

Because he’s hilarious and has a real knack for social media, comedian Michael Ian Black launched a rather amusing campaign today to lobby for a job as Taco Bell spokesman. I don’t care for Taco Bell, but if anyone could get me to care about the fast food restaurant I haven’t eaten at since I was teenager, it’s Michael Ian Black. For more hilarity on this subject, check out @michaelianblack on Twitter and the hashtag #mibfortacobell.

Also, be sure to check out this killer campaign poster.

This and many other gems are on a new Tumblr site called Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising.

Overused to the point of no longer meaning anything words like viral, epic and fail made the 2011 edition of Lake Superior State University’s annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.

Not surprisingly, the phrase “just sayin’” also made the list, which is compiled based on nominations gathered from across North America.

Some of the entries are quite funny, like the submission for viral, an unavoidable term lately that describes a successful online video:

“This linguistic disease of a term must be quarantined,” Kuahmel Allah of Los Angeles wrote in his submission. “If one more thing goes viral, I’m buying a Hazmat suit and moving into a clean-room.”

And I especially love this comment about epic:

“Standards for using ‘epic’ are so low, even ‘awesome’ is embarrassed.” said Mike of Kettering, Ohio, whose submission came with no last name.

Read more: Ban these words! Lake Superior State University annual rite vanquishes viral, epic | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20101231/NEWS06/101231018/Ban-these-words-Lake-Superior-State-University-annual-rite-vanquishes-viral-epic#ixzz1AjbqQW00

One of my favorite Thursday activities of late has been checking in on the Ouro Bros. never-ending tour.

If you’ve ever been in a band or hung around the indie music scene at all, you’ll be able to relate to, enjoy and laugh out loud at the Ouro Bros. The weekly comic is a collaboration of long-time Tangzine friend Jeremy Bentley and Jeff Burkholder. The above panel is one of my favorites so far.

A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favourite tunes or their last will and testament. Minimalist audiophiles might want to go for the simple option of having no tunes or voiceover, and simply pressing the ashes into the vinyl to result in pops and crackles.

Read More at http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/vinyl-ashes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredunderwire+%28Blog+-+The+Underwire%29#ixzz0ylUGHsQr

From the NY Daily News:

The White House was forced to respond Wednesday to a conspiracy theory too silly for even the birthers: Did Barack Obama appear in the video for Tag Team’s 1993 one-hit wonder “Whoomp! (There it is)”?

My friend Sarah isn’t just a wonderfully prolific blogger. She’s also pretty darn creative when it comes to making T-shirts, like this shirt she made for a bicycle-loving boss who was moving on to another job.

Be sure to bookmark and RSS feed her blog at youreamazingbut.tumblr.com.