RTFA: http://www.geekologie.com/2008/02/new_elmo_toy_is_…

The Elmo Live toy due out this fall made an appearance at the 2008 Toy Fair and let me tell you — the little red bastard keeps getting scarier and scarier. He can sit, stand, sing, dance, tell stories and jokes, and all around freak you out. I don’t care what Mattel says, there’s a little person in that costume. And that, my friends, is fucking wrong.

Watch the video. I particularly enjoyed the part where the mad scientist cackles maniacally and says, “Elmo, I love you.” I am not joking, except about the “enjoyed” part, and in that case, I was being sarcastic. Seriously, there’s a mad scientist who interacts with Elmo throughout the demonstration.

This is completely insane.

RTFA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Peruggi#_note-…

She married Rudy Giuliani, who is her second cousin once removed and whom she had known since childhood, on October 26, 1968 in a large Roman Catholic ceremony in Bedford Park, The Bronx.[3] She started her career as a drug abuse counselor in a state jail.[5][6] She worked as a teacher at the elementary school, college, and graduate school levels.[5] In 1974 she joined York College of The City University of New York,[5] then moved to Washington, D.C. with Giuliani and worked as a coordinator at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington.[7] The couple returned to New York in 1977, but had become separated to some degree.[8][9] Then around 1980 she went back to school,[10] and then earned an Master of Business Administration from New York University.[5] Giuliani filed for legal separation from Peruggi on August 12, 1982;[8] a civil divorce was issued by the end of the year.[4] A Roman Catholic Church annulment of the Giuliani-Peruggi marriage was granted at the end of 1983[8] on the grounds that they had not obtained a church dispensation for second cousins once removed to marry;[11] Giuliani later said he had believed they were third cousins.[12] The two had no children.

RTFA: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33853/113

Los Angeles (CA) The inventor of the KillaCycle electric motorcycle almost killed himself during a demonstration at the Wired NextFest conference. Bill Dube, a government scientist during the day and electric bike builder at night, did a burn out in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center, but accidentally accelerated too much and crashed into a Minivan.

Freaky video. It’s totally shocking how quickly this motorcycle accelerates. I’m glad the guy was conscious and talking at the end of it, but shit. The worst part is that I can see this happening to myself – killed by my own invention… classic.