Archive for September, 2006

Noah takes a photo of himself everyday for 6 years

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

The title pretty much says it all, although it could also be called ’6 years worth of bad hair days – starring Noah’. It’s fairly popular on You Tube at the moment, with over 1,558,928 views. It’s cool and weird at the same time. Watching it, you almost feel like your invading the guy’s privacy. I have [...]

The $15K challenge

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Warning: The following contains high level nerd content and occasional geek themes. I found out about the ’15K challenge’ started up by a guy called ‘The Dan’. The basic premise is that The Dan has started off with $150, and has 30 days to turn that into $15,000. Catch is, the $15K must be made [...]

Pimp my shirts y’all!

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

You may have noticed the ye olde shirt shop link at the top of the page. If not, what are you waiting for? Check it out! Like Djay say’s, ‘If I can pimp $20 ho’s out the back of this motherf***ing Chevy, I can pimp Skinny’. Hang on, that’s got nothing to do with nothing. [...]

My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade – 24 October release date

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

 ’The Black Parade’ the third album from My Chemical Romance is scheduled for release on 24 October 2006. The album was recorded with Rob Cavallo, best known for producing a majority of Green Day’s albums. If this album is half as catchy and up-tempo as ‘Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge’ then you can sign me [...]

Evanescence – The Open Door scheduled for October 3rd release

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Amazon.com has ‘The Open Door’ by Evanescence listed for release on October 3rd, and is available for pre-order now. ‘The Open Door’ is the follow-up to ‘Fallen’ which was released in 2003. Evanescence have undergone a couple of line up changes since that album, with the most prominent being the departure of guitarist/co-writer/co-founder Ben Moody. [...]

World Peace cheaper than Xbox 360

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

You may remember that ‘World Peace’ was being auctioned off on ebay a week or so ago. It  appears that the current market value of ‘World Peace’ is $102.50 plus $1 postage and handling. That’s a steal when you consider that Suri’s bronzed turd was up to $7,000 USD on ebay before it was taken [...]

August 2006 Statistics

Monday, September 4th, 2006

August was an interesting month for Swollen Pickles. I’ve reviewed the August 2006 web stats, and there’s been some interesting results. there were 850 visitors. around 60% of people that found their way here from google, did so because they had searched for ‘shock docs’ or ‘amputee porn’. 28 August was the busiest day with [...]

Bronzed Suri Stool Auction

Friday, September 1st, 2006

The Tom Cruise news continues. Today, Nine MSN report that: “Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans have been given an unusual preview overnight, with the chance to see a bronze cast depicting her first solid stool. The scatological sculpture is purportedly cast from [...]