Pic of the Week - Only In Wisconsin!

It's easy to make fun of the Dairyland State. As a Milwaukee native, I have spent my fair share of time trying to understand why we look and act the way we do.

New Feature - Pic of the Week

What in the world led to this end result?

By the way, it has been 3 months since my last post. I am ashamed.

I am working on a process by which there are more posts. If you are a visitor of the Blast, you are a good person and don't forget to check in from time to time.

Cheers!!

Fit & Fold - Total Genius

A special shout out to my brother, Craig, for providing me with this masterpiece.



The human race continues its struggles with the dreaded fitted sheet. Myself - I just don't bother with it. I like to just lay down towels and other pieces of bedding until there is a good base. the wife, however, demands that we have the traditional fitted sheet securely in place.



Thanks to Cooper Hipp - founder of Styled and Simple, we will no longer be traumatized by this post sheet laundering beat down. Cooper has created the Fit & Fold. The video is absolutely must see. He has simplified and automated the task of getting that feisty fitted sheet in place.

I have seen some of the greatest ideas in history - Sanka, Liquid Prell, Peanut M&M's


But this is special



SPECIAL NOTE


To the 9 people who sacrificed their precious time to read this blog - I am making it a personal mission to grab more insane ideas and share them with you.

Stay with me. I am shooting for 20 readers by the end of 2011.

Smooth Landing

Thankfully, nobody was hurt during this dramatic incident on the Hudson.

With that, I can safely blog about this new iPhone application.

That's right, you too can relive this famous heroic landing by downloading the experience right onto your iPhone. Be the pilot who miraculously guided the commercial jet safely into the Hudson, thus saving hundreds of lives.

I feel like this can open a whole new genre of games. Saving people's lives is not a big seller within the giant video game industry.

I really hope Captain Sullenburer is getting a cut off of this game.

Facebook Reality

I joined Facebook last week!

They notified me that I was the last person on earth, under the age of 50, to sign up.

It is so great. People are popping up that I never imagined would want to know what my life has become. Seriously though, I am really enjoying this whole social networking thing. It is a great device to showcase extremely interesting facts about myself and even sharing some embarrassing pictures, so people can see how badly the aging process has treated me.

The real purpose of this post is to share some true idea brilliance. For those of you who have not seen this clip, check this out. Facebook Reality

What a fabulous commentary on the magnificence of social networking.

Next, I am going for Twitter. For that, I apologize - in advance.

Model Mayhem!

As the editor-in-chief of BlastCranium, I am a self described expert in idea insanity.

This little gathering will surely make it to the Blast Hall of Fame.

The popular reality TV show "America's Next Top Model" decided to have some open auditions in Midtown Manhattan on March 16th.

Well it turns out when you package 10,000 women who all think they are beautiful into a small section of downtown New York, neglect to have adequate security and then have someone yell "bomb"... bad things are gonna happen.

Watch the video! It is outrageous.

Between 20,000 flying high heel pumps and all of the those fake eye lashes, I can't believe there was not more blood shed at this gathering.

I did want to mention that 3 of my colleagues here at the office said they would give a week's salary to be milling around in the middle of that pack of women when it all went down.

Canonball Your Belly

Finally, a dish worthy of a Tupperware party in a Milwaukee suburb.

One of my esteemed colleagues, Chris Lee, spotted this culinary masterpiece. It is a 17,000 calorie pirate ship made completely out of meat. Most of which is bacon and sausage.

Check out the short photo tutorial to see how it was made.

I can literally feel my aortas clogging just by looking at this thing.

If this came with a giant wedge of cheddar cheese, I think my girlfriend from freshman year at University of Wisconsin could have polished it off.

Keep note that I am a big fan of the bacon. see blog entry "Everything is Better with Bacon".

Smuggling Genius?

Look at this guy.

Is there no limit to the level of creative thinking that will go into trafficking drugs?

Our guy here in the wheelchair, identified only by his initials J.S.P.F. was stopped by police in the Barcelona airport trying to smuggle over 10 lbs. of cocaine. Some of this shipment was in the form of a cast that was actually made to cover his fractured leg. It's all in the details people. This guy, with the help of some of his pals, actually injured his leg to get these drugs through security.

The sad thing is that he probably could have gotten away with it if it weren't for the additional cocaine he had hidden in a six-pack of beer inside his luggage.

He was immediately transported to a hospital so he could have leg properly treated. There is no word on how the cast was disposed of, but rumor has it the doctor's lounge at the hospital was raging later that night.

What the %@?!

I have been known to drop a few F bombs (but never directed at a person)

As a father of two boys (ages 9 and 7), I should absolutely know better. I remember a few years ago letting the boys watch Terminator 3 with me and trying to hit mute before bad words were used. Needless to say, their mother walked in and had a few of her own words for me.


Well, a youngster in California has brought forward an idea worthy of the Blast -"No Cussing Week"


This Los Angeles teenager has rallied some local officials to declare this no cussing week and force the City of Angels to tone down a bit.

I am not sure how his buddies will take to this idea, but it is an admirable cause.

What is My Problem?

December was a busy month for the author of BlastCranium.

My New Year's resolution is to post more frequently. We will see how long that lasts.

Check out the BlastCranium logo designed by my good friend Todd.

Here is hoping that you all have a great 2009. Please let us all have a good 2009.

Hamster Power!

Do you want to know a great idea for conserving energy? Get little furry animals to provide power.

A London-based consultant has designed a paper shredder that uses no electricity. Instead it taps into a much more eco-friendly source of power, a hamster.

29-year old Tom Ballhatchet is the mastermind behind this creative device. All you need is one hyperactive hamster and some private documents and your are in for some shredding fun.

All this furry little creature has to do is run on a dead sprint for 45 minutes and you can shred one piece of paper.

The best part is that your pet will have some nice soft bedding in his cage after a vigorous workout.

A New Year's Time Waste

Here is a great way to break up the day. www.zefrank.com

This site gives you an online kaleidoscope to tinker with when you are completely bored.

I love interesting new sites that have serve no purpose other than wasting time. Unfortunately, for this site, it takes about 30 seconds to realize that it is not all that fun.

Go check it out and start the New Year by spending quality time on the Internet accomplishing nothing.