I happened to stumble upon an article about an blind Irish man who had his site restored by some amazing English doctors. However, this apparently was no ordinary procedure, oh no. The man’s sight was restored not with a camera, not by restoring tissue, and not by other technological methods, but by rather by having a fucking tooth shoved into his eye. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
"The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient’s own tooth and the surrounding bone.
The procedure used on McNichol involved his son Robert, 23, donating a tooth, its root and part of the jaw.
McNichol’s right eye socket was rebuilt, part of the tooth inserted and a lens inserted in a hole drilled in the tooth."
That’s pretty amazing I must say, but there’s something I’ve uncovered that’s even more intriguing. Rumor has it that Apple is getting in the action and releasing its own version of this, only its a bit more technically advanced. Here is a picture of an early prototype that’s currently in development:
Today on The Drudge Report, a photo leaked of presidential candidate Barack Obama seen in traditional Somali attire (pictured below). Rumors have it that this was "leaked" by someone in the Clinton campaign as a last minute smear to provoke once again the, "ZOMG BARACK HUSSEIN OSAMA IS MUSLIM" garbage that has been floating around since those smear e-mails were released a few months ago. Despite the fact that the photo was nothing more than an excerpt of Obama from his 2007 DVD "Senator Obama Goes To Africa", most Americans out of the loop (or just most American’s that have shit where there brains should be) may think this is another possible Islamic connection.
I however, know that there is something even more sinister abound. Here at Miscellaneous Garbage, I strive always try to look beneath the surface to see things as they really are. Here is the photo posted on Drudge:
In 1978, a young college filmmaker named Sam Raimi shot a short film entitled "Within The Woods" with a group of friends. This film featured four friends renting a cabin in the woods only to have their friendly excursion become host to a little supernatural possession. Within The Woods would become to the precursor to one of the most widely known and revered horror films of all time, The Evil Dead. Following a similar plot to the student film before it, The Evil Dead brought a relentless amount of shocking imagery and gore-soaked scenes to audiences across the world and would quickly develop one of the largest cult followings in movie history. Here’s the review of the latest edition (among many releases of the same film currently available) of The Evil Dead from Anchor Bay Entertainment:
I’ve been a fan of pro wrestling for as pretty much as long as I can remember. Whether it was watching Hulk Hogan as a kid, or watching Steve Austin as a teen, I always got a kick out of the goofy antics in the circus world of wrestling. There were always so many different personalities, each of which was always over the top. Within the past couple of years though, there hasn’t been a whole lot to keep my interest, and I can’t remember the time where I watched a wrestling show from start to finish.
Anyway, these next series of videos are a spoof of perhaps the greatest professional wrestling announcer ever, Jim Ross. He’s been on our television sets every Monday night for almost an entire decade, and he’s been known as "Good Ol’ J.R." These two videos take a bunch of clips from the WWE Smackdown video game series and mix them up into a hilarious rap song by Ross. There’s two videos, and the second is easily the better of the two so I’m posting it first. Check it out:
Recently, a video has popped up on the internet showing a Baltimore cop assaulting, harassing, and belittling a 14 year boy for riding a skateboard and calling him "dude". Upon watching this video, I was sickened by the officer’s actions, and perhaps even more sickened by the fact that this fiasco got him suspended WITH pay. A slap on the wrist for slapping around a minor sounds really fair, let me tell ya. Anyway, this isn’t the first time skateboarders have been harassed by police officers while on video. Luckily with the invention of Youtube we can see authority figures with anger issues push around young kids riding pieces of wood to their very hearts content!
I should preface this by saying that I’m not a skateboarder of any kind. I’ve never tried to skateboard, nor do I want to, and I don’t associate myself with that culture. Remember you were a kid and you took your bike everywhere with your buddies? I don’t really recall cops kicking your ass for doing that. I guess it’s just a different day and age, but I digress. Let me present to you my "favorite" displays of cops (or security guards/rent-a-cops) punking out kids for skateboarding with actual retarded Youtube comments!
Its February in Pittsburgh, and its colder than Hell. So far we’ve had some wicked wind storms, a few inches of snow here and there, and the usual shitty road conditions. So I figured what better time than now to review a winter ale. This one goes by the name of K-9 Cruiser Winter Ale from Flying Dog Brewery. Lets see how this brew can warm you up in those harsh winter months.
Lately, all you hear in the media is the presidential election. I’m sure you’ve heard all the lines, all the smears, and all the one-liners from Obama, McCain, Paul, and Clinton by now. But who can you be sure to vote for? People say that Hillary is looking to sell America out to corporations, Obama has no real political experience, McCain is "Bush-Lite", and Paul is just plain batshit crazy. With all this talk, who can people vote for? Well America, you’re in luck because 2008 is the year for change. If you want security, if you want freedom, and if you want the terrorists tapping out to the Figure Four, there’s only one ticket that matters:
Ah yes, another hilarious interpretation video. This video, along with the the last one are done by a guy named buffalax on Youtube. This guy is pure genius I tell you. He takes bizarre videos like this one and ads his own spin of what the song sounds like in English, and its always spot on. I get a kick out of just about every video he makes, so check him out. This one is one of his classics, the Indian Thriller video:
So I was browsing one of the message boards I post on yesterday, and I came across a post about a guy showing off his new tattoo. Keep in mind that threads like this pop up from time to time with guys showing off their ink, and some tattoo work is alot better than others. For instance, there was on guy proudly displaying his Dimebag Darrell tattoo, however it looked like more like a Mexican dishwasher than the guitar legend. However, there are times when tattoo’s go above and beyond the normal realm of "what in the bloody hell where they thinking", and this my friends is one of those times. Behold, the white guy from South Florida with the word "Hyphy" tattooed on his lip:
I’m sure that within the past few months or so, you’ve heard of the something about the "Hi-Def War" between Toshiba’s HD-DVD format and Sony’s Blu-Ray. Six months ago, there wasn’t a clear winner in the "war" between the two brands, but after the 2007 holiday season it seems that Blu-Ray has jumped ahead of its arch rival. Whether it was the large number of studios jumping on board with Blu-Ray, or the vast number of PS3’s sold in recent months, HD-DVD may soon be down for the count. In my own world, I could care less about who came out ahead, my main concern is how my favorite films would look and sound in these new formats, and how much they would be better than standard DVD. After my recent purchase of a Playstation 3, I was dying to find out just how good one of my favorite films would look in 1080p. I figured what better place to see the differences between standard DVD and these new formats than by checking out one of the best horror films of all time on Blu-Ray, Dawn of the Dead!
