Breast milk is weirder than you think

If you think about lactation too hard, it starts to seem a little strange -- like the biological equivalent of saying the word "that" over and over until it's just a weird sound you're making.

This seems like a reach.

But, writes Nicholas Day at Slate, the sort of existential weirdness of breast milk is ( Read more... )

'Girls Gone Wild' Files for Bankruptcy Over Debts

The company behind the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire has filed for bankruptcy in a move it says is an effort to restructure its legal affairs after several disputed court judgments ( Read more... )

I joined the over-35 league at Sharks Ice at San Jose a few months back. There was an email snafu with the league coordinator, such that she didn't realize I wanted to play goalie until the team assignments had already been made up. Fortunately, one of the other goalies was willing to split time, and we've each been out of town etc. enough that ( Read more... )

indirectly via omgblog, descriptions of the 5 scenes, for the morbidly curious (link contains one picture that probably wouldn't even get PG13 these days, but might get you in trouble at work depending how, um, anal your co-workers and/or HR are):

All in all, its a typical cash grab from a washed up chick who realized this is probably the only way ( Read more... )

The ultimate in Venus transit videos, from NASA via badastronomy. You'll want to select HD and go full screen:

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also, a photo gallery -- there are some very clever compositions in here.

Oops: "Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on Sunday (June 3) when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first ( Read more... )

I just created this userpic yesterday, and last night's Weekend Update featured a "Really!?!" about the Time magazine cover that was pretty good.

VTA has a Safe Place program:

link #1

link #2

Which is pretty cool, but I can't be the only person immature/perverted enough to think that the logo (which appears on light rail cars and I assume every bus) connotes the exact opposite.

As long as I'm going to hell, I should probably submit link #1 to unnecessaryquot.

via jpmassar, the Emergency Bra:

The Emergency Bra (EBbra) is a protective garment that can be easily and quickly transformed into two respiratory face masks in case of emergency to reduce inhalation of harmful airborne particles when specialized protective devices are not available to the public (such as natural disasters or accidents).I was wondering ( Read more... )

I received this postcard in the mail today and busted out laughing. "In an effort to expand the demographic profile of our readers" -- heh, if only they knew.

Also love the "12 issues for $12*" footnote of "plus 33c delivery per issue", and the I'm-sure-it's-fake deadline designed to spur me into action.

( Cut for tall image and in case anyone's reading this at work )

Complaints to the FCC about DWTS, mostly over Nancy Grace's containment failure, but with a couple others thrown in.