Remember Halfway, OR, the town that changed its name to a website, Half.com ?
Well, Barrow, Alaska has changed its name to Jolt, Alaska, after the uber-caffeinated Energy Drink. The new name will only last one day, as part of Jolt’s marketing campaign — but that day is a long one. Because it’s [...]
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Barrow Jolted to Change Town Name to Energy Drink
Published by June 21st, 2008 in Wierd News. CommentsVirgin Glactic plans to take you on a space flight, provided you have $200,000 for a ticket.
One of the marketing pitches is “experience zero gravity”. Big deal— I felt zero gravity after the Beer with Bloggers party at Blogger Connect. Still it would be nice to go [...]
A Hot Real Estate Market for the Next 100 Years
Published by April 26th, 2008 in Wierd News. CommentsThis Centralia post was originally published on February 7, 2006.
Looking for a hot real estate market? This one’s been hot for the past 43 years and looks to keep on smoking for a hundred more.
Located in central Pennsylvania, Centralia is the home of the world’s largest underground mine fire, burning since 1962. A few [...]
BMW to Shock Dogs That Pee On It
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Technology and Wierd News. CommentsAttention all dogs. Do not pee on the new BMW cars. The German automaker has developed a shock technology that will deliver 200 volts through any canine who raises a leg in defiance. Wonder if it works on people too? Oh, the marvels of technology.
Technorati Tags: weird news, BMW [...]
How to Sell the Worst House in Town
Published by June 26th, 2007 in Cool Websites, Real Estate Marketing and Wierd News. CommentsTen months on the market and still not sold. And despite 3 price reductions, not a single offer.
What’s an owner to do? Well, Angela & Dave Hruby decided to create a website called the worst house in Edina in the hopes that accentuating the negative can’t hurt this listing. It’s a [...]
Good Deed May Make Baseball Pitcher A Billionaire
Published by March 3rd, 2007 in Wierd News. CommentsLA Dodger pitcher Matt White’s good deed may make him a billionaire. An elderly aunt needed money for a nursing home. Matt paid $50,000 for her 50 acres of raw land in western Massachusetts. While clearing the land to build a house, he discovered a lot of rocks. How many? [...]
The Ultimate Blogger Office
Published by January 28th, 2007 in Advertising, Blogging, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and Wierd News. CommentsRoto-Rooter calls this $5,000 customized toilet the “Pimped Out John” but we think you could do a lot of blogging in this baby. It’s real and you can win it in a sweepstakes here. We’re in.
Source: New York Post (h/t: AVC)
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