Archive for the 'Contests' Category

Are you an Idiot?

December 4th, 2006

(Rush Limbaugh, World Renowned Idiot)
Well there is now a way to find out, by taking the Idiot Test.

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News: Milwaukee Wins Coveted “Drunkest City” Award

August 24th, 2006

From YahooNews: 
Milwaukee is named ‘Drunkest City’
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as “America’s Drunkest City” on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits.
Forbes said Tuesday it used numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank cities in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, […]

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News: Rabbit-Hopping Competitions Sweeping The Nation

June 10th, 2006

From National Geographic: 
Competitive Rabbit-Hopping Jumps in Popularity
By John Roach
Rabbits are natural-born hoppers, but the lifetime of domesticated rabbits in the United States is nothing to jump up and down about: many spend 90 percent of it locked up in a cage.
Linda Hoover hopes to change that.
“I see a lot of waste and non-compassion for the […]

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Cool Stuff: Flip Book Festival

June 7th, 2006

Everyone likes creating Flip Books,  well now you can submit your best flip-book entry for a chance to win a trip to Hawaii at the Flip Book Festival.
Pretty cool entries on there, these are not your typical 5 minute flip-book creations made on your coffee break.
Note: The site is a little annoying as it will […]

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Cool Stuff: Sand Castles!

May 6th, 2006

 
The Annual World Champion Sand Castle Competition is taking place in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia in a few days (That’s in Canada for in case you were wondering).
Last new years, when my roomates and I were in Mexico, we created some pretty impressive sand castles on the beach….
 
Impressive huh?   Well I thought so too, that […]

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News: Nasa Awarding $2 Million Bucks in Rocket Design Contest

May 6th, 2006

From NEWSDAY.COM: 
NASA Offers $2M in Lunar Rocket Contest
LOS ANGELES — NASA said Friday it is sponsoring a $2 million contest to spur aerospace designers to build and demonstrate versatile rockets that may one day support a lunar mission.
The competition is part of the space agency’s Centennial Challenges program, which aims to foster innovation by offering […]

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