My new best friend bart-calendar has a tag called "axl sucks," yet he remains my best source for urgent 80's metal news.* Two recent news items for those of you playing along at home:

Rikki Rocket arrested for rape. bart-calendar says, "At least he went for alliteration in his crime. Also, how could any woman say no to a member of Poison ( Read more... )

Florence: They sue Wikipedia and charge you for tourist information.

Florence Administration
The current Mayor of Florence is Leonardo Domenici (elected in June 1999) who in February 2008 sued Wikipedia for reporting that his wife is on the board of directors of a company that manages parking in Florence[12][13].

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My anonymous pregnant friend has been educating me on everything baby-related from the intrawebs forums. I now know all sides of the great cloth vs. disposable diaper debate as well as the benefits and risks of breast feeding. My latest delight was learning that she has a friend who ate her placenta as a smoothie the week after giving birth. I ( Read more... )

I grew up in Rhode Island thinking that the Darwin fish was the original, and that people perverted it to make it a Jesus fish. Ahh, innocence. I was surrounded by a LOT of Darwin fish. What can I say ( Read more... )

Who is getting Agrippina this for Christmas?


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infloresence introduced me to this delightful collection of passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers, which has an lj syndication feed at panfrncas. This one isn't so passive, and has a lovely diagram to make the guy's point:


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scarredbyitall has moved on from late 1800's spinster murderers and an obsession with meth and has now introduced me to UglyDress.com, the Archive of the World's Uglists Bridesmaid's Dresses.

Hello Kitty Wedding Dress: I call a do-over for Ethan's sister's wedding. She needed this.

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Executed man's last request honored -- pizza for homeless(CNN) -- Hundreds of homeless people in Nashville, Tennessee, ate well Wednesday evening -- all in the name of a man who the state put to death just hours earlier ( Read more... )

NASA rethinking death in mission to Mars [via davidgallaher1]
How do you get rid of the body of a dead astronaut on a three-year mission to Mars and back ( Read more... )

Notes on "Sweet Child O' Mine," as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor, via McSweeney's. Thanks to somethinghead for his ever-vigilant Axl-watch work.

Here are my favorite parts:

Reminds me of childhood memories-Redundant. You either have a memory or you're reminded of something. You're not reminded of a memory. Heavy-metal fans won't stand for such writing ( Read more... )