10 Worst Free-Agent Baseball Contracts in the Last 10 Years [pics]

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — #2: Darren Dreifort, Dodgers (5 years, $55 million!) - L.A. rewarded its young (29 at the time) righty with this deal in the winter of 2000 -- despite a 39-45 career record with a 4.28 ERA. Dreifort responded with one full season -- as a reliever, in '04 -- nine wins, 15 losses, one save, a 4.64 ERA, several trips to the DL and an early retirement.More... (Baseball)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 21:48:38 skored

Bank intern busted by Facebook [PICS]

valleywag.com — Kevin Colvin told his boss at the bank where he was interning that he had a "family emergency." Turns out the "emergency" was a Halloween party back home. His boss found a photo of Colvin dressed up as a fairy princess on Facebook and sent it to the whole office. Busted! The email exchange is now going around the Web.More... (Offbeat News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 15:50:07 owenthomas

Portrait Of A Plumber Entering The Third Dimension [PIC]

www.rob-sheridan.com — Surrealist Mario painting, in honor of today's release of Super Mario Galaxy.More... (Nintendo Wii)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 14:30:05 demonbaby

The Wind-Up iPod (pics)

www.treehugger.com — The iconic iPod music player has for many years been challenged by new so-called iPod Killer products entering the market. The Eco Media Player is unlikely to be one of those. But it does add a new dimension to the genre.More... (Tech Deals)

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Hundred years old ginseng sold for $250,000 [w/pic]

yeinjee.com — A hundred years old wild ginseng was sold for 1.88 million yuan (~ USD250,000) in an auction in Guangzhou, China, on November 6. USD250k seems like an outrageous price for a piece of ginseng, but it’s not the most expensive wild ginseng ever sold… a 300-year-old ginseng was sold for USD400,000 back in August 2007.More... (Business & Finance)

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Twelve Best Photos Of The Year (pics)

www.photocritic.org — Earthshots.orgs 12 best pictures of the year.More... (World News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 12:30:07 dugglas

10 Amazing Steampunk Designs, Inventions and Mods [PICS and VIDS]

weburbanist.com — Have you ever wanted your own Steampunk guitar, scooter, computer or even treehouse? What started as a literary genre has since evolved into an art form with incredible real-life inventions, modifications and redesigns. Here is some of the best art of Steampunk, with everything from Star Trek and Star Wars spoofs to a Steampunked iPod!More... (Design)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 11:40:08 suxmonkey

Who Doesn't Love the Carnival? [funny photos]

www.wallstreetfighter.com — There's nothing more beautiful and exciting than when the local carnival rolls into town. It's the only event that can be put up in a Subway Parking lot and completely erected in the time it takes to order a 6" sub. It seems like it's going to be just your ordinary day and then......OMG!!! Is that the Zipper?More... (Offbeat News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 10:30:08 suxmonkey

What can $611 billion buy? - (Photo Slideshow)

www.boston.com — If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to the National Priorities Project, a nonprofit research group. The amount got us wondering: What would $611 billion buy?More... (Political News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 09:00:04 zaibatsu

So..…Is the Road Closed Or….. [pic]

farm2.static.flickr.com — Now that is A LOT of traffic!More... (Offbeat News)

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Notice anything about the top 10 wii games? (pic)

www.flickr.com — They all look to have something suspiciously familiar.More... (Nintendo Wii)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-11 23:50:01 turpenine

Picture: Stealing Wireless Internet Lately?

blizzmax.com — From the girls whose internet you've been jacking.More... (Offbeat News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-12 00:10:05 msaleem

Prehistoric Fish Found Alive in a Russian Pond (PICS)

englishrussia.com — Russian Workers in Chelyabinsk city caught a strange creature in a ditch and it tried to bite them. They then killed it with some equipment and these pictures are the remains of it. It was around 5 feet length.More... (Offbeat News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-11 21:30:03 emobrat

Check Mii Out Channel now live [PICS!]

www.nintendowiifanboy.com — If you've got a Wii, it's probably glowing. Want to see what the new channel is all about without going through the download? Here's your chance.More... (Nintendo Wii)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-11 21:30:03 squirmalicious

7 strange japanese inventions [pics]

picdit.wordpress.com — 7 weired/strange Japanese inventions, ever created!More... (Offbeat News)

Comments Email Added 2007-11-11 17:10:03 arbiterofcool