Showing posts with label end of days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end of days. Show all posts

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Endless winter

Just in time for the holidays, Hammacher Schlemmer (that's a mouthful) is introducing the year round sled called The Slicer. In the words of HS:

Similar in concept to the informal, fair-weather competitive pastime of ice blocking where one rides a frozen block of ice down a hill, two plastic ice molds that attach to the bottom of the sled are removed, filled with water, and frozen in a standard refrigerator freezer. When re-attached to the bottom of the sled, they reduce the friction between the ground and the sled (especially on hotter days that encourage melting) for a half-hour of snowless summer sliding. Best when used on short grass. In the winter with the molds removed, its smooth yet durable high-density polyethylene shell and runners provides exhilarating rides down snow and ice-covered hills.

Whatever. This dudes sweet helmet is NOT included.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Thank god this is happening in Europe and not here...


Budweiser Shortage Latest Hiccup for InBev's Anheuser-Busch

There was a bit of a bar fight in western Europe this week after Saint Louis-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev announced they were cutting 800 jobs-- about 10 percent of their workforce there. Laid-off workers in Belgium have barricaded the doors to their breweries and won't let other employees come to work. The result will likely be--no god no!--a country wide beer shortage if the dispute isn't settled soon.

Read the full piece here.