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FAIL. First it was a word, then an Internet meme, and now it is a web site. On Fail Blog, ordinary mistakes and oversights are not enough. No, to earn the capital FAIL, you have to show a fundamental and disturbing lack of understanding of what you are trying to do. And of course, you have to do it publicly enough the blogosphere gets its hands on it. From unintentionally bizarre signs, to the out of touch trying to be hip, to "Hold my beer and watch this!", Fail Blog has everything you need to feel a little better about your own, more mundane missteps. (TC) From This is True for 24 May 2009 Suggestions for further reading:
 by Peter Sis Amazon Price: $13.50 Customer Review: I got a series of Peter Sis books as a reference for a children's picture book for a school assignment. This book is not only for children. It's for everyone. Each day I look at it you discover something new. The visual style and artwork helps to get...  by Wendy Northcutt Amazon Price: $10.14 Customer Review: I'm not sure if you're are supposed to find other people's misfortunes this funny, but it sure to happen when you read The Darwin Awards. We just can't get enough!  by Wendy Northcutt Amazon Price: $4.95 Customer Review: I was very disappointed to receive this microscopically tiny "book". I had bought it for my wife's birthday because she had enjoyed the real, full sized Darwin books of which we have several. This one is too small. The print is too small. The pages a...  by Wendy Northcutt Amazon Price: $5.95 Customer Review: I bought this as a gift, and failed to notice that it was a miniature book! It was plainly written in the details, I just didn't pay enough attention. The book itself is hilarious. A good addition to the Darwin Awards collection.  by Wendy Northcutt, Christopher M. Kelly Amazon Price: $10.40 Customer Review: While I did enjoy the opening essays detailing the history of the Darwin Awards, the essays written at the beginning of each chapter just served, for the most part, to bore me. It was, however, interesting to learn how these awards are submitted and... Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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