Category Archives: ESL Links

Revolutionary Technology – The idea of a video aggregator has garnered some interest from diverse corners of the ‘Sphere. People who understand the technical side of aggregating video assure the Dowbrigade that the technology exists now, and needs only be … Continue reading →

American consumers may have to wait a few years to own one of these babies, but researchers in Japan, world capital of cute and cuddly, plan to bring these Kissable Pandas to market by year’s end. Current techiques limit genetic … Continue reading →

Oy vey, is it Valentine’s Day again, so soon? For some reason Valentine’s day has never been a favorite of the Dowbrigade. Our Personal Best in the V-Day sweepstakes was in 3rd grade, just as the Beatles swept into the … Continue reading →

"This is the most spoiled giraffe I’ve ever seen," said giraffe specialist Vaughan Langman, while visiting one-ton Beau yesterday at the Franklin Park Zoo. "I’ve never seen a giraffe with so much stuff in my life." Worried about the health … Continue reading →

We have just discovered, thanks to Jay McCarthy, StrongBad, a hero of mythic proportions. How we ever got along without him we’ll never know! Actually, he is one of a number of histerical characters, games and videos over at homestarrunner.com. … Continue reading →

DALLAS (Reuters) – An East Texas woman struck oil a strange way when she came home to find her toilet gushing with the bubblin’ crude. Liela LeTourneau returned from her work as a nurse on Monday to find oil gushing … Continue reading →

Did anone else notice that they forced Vividblurry.com to take down the Money Shots of Janet Jackson’s breast. My God, woman, you bared that breast in front of the largest television audience of the year, 100,000 screaming fans live and … Continue reading →

One of the “truisms” of Cultural Anthropology is that in an encounter between two cultures, the more “aggressive” and “dynamic” culture will inevitably swamp and dominate the more passive partner. Does this mean that smaller, pastoral or steady-state cultures are … Continue reading →

Here’s something else the Dowbrigade has always had a hankering to try… It’s called swamp buggy racing, a fuel-powered homage to the days when hunters prepared for the start of the fall season by showing off their latest buggies, motorized … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade has always wanted to check out the Moscow subway system, which has the coolest Subway Map we have seen. After last week’s subway terrorist attack by Chechen separatists which killed 39, we’re not too sure….. MOSCOW — As … Continue reading →

Who knew, for example, that Andre the Giant (aka Andre Roussimoff) was arrested by the Linn County, Iowa sheriff in August 1989 and charged with assault after the 540-pound wrestler allegedly roughed up a local TV cameraman? Learn this and … Continue reading →

The New York Times weighs in with some interesting observations on how the pornography industry has adopted to and taken advantage of the new advances in digital duplication and distribution, rather than bitching, moaning and instigating lawsuits like the music … Continue reading →