Idaho State Legislature’s House Concurrent Resolution No. 29:
A Concurrent Resolution Stating Legislative Findings and Commending Jared and Jerusha Hess and the City of Preston for the Production of the Movie "Napoleon Dynamite."
[...] WHEREAS, tater tots figure prominently in this film thus promoting Idaho's most famous export; and ( Read more... )

So most of you have seen Jon Carroll’s Unitarian Jihad column. I know this, because most of you have linked to it, and half of those have done so with annoying info-free links just saying “go read this” with no hint as to what you want me to read, which is less annoying than pop-up ads, but still ranks up there on the list of Most Annoying Internet ( Read more... )

The Terri Shiavo case has everybody thinking about living wills and instructions for killing them and whatnot. Here’s mine ( Read more... )

“Pope Loses Battle With Peace-Symbol Dove”
“Gowan, geddadaheah, ya symbols of peace ya!”
(AP photos, so check ’em out before they go away.)

“I Ate iPod Shuffle”
A poem. Contains much more humor than you’d think was inherent in the premise.

“Williamsburg Doesn’t Need a Space Elevator”
Sez you!

Goldfish RacetrackYes, it’s a racetrack for ( Read more... )

Ah, Wikipedia! Sure, the stuffy old guard may doubt your accuracy (though the Encyclopædia Britannica might not be any better), but how many encyclopedias have not just an entry on the umlaut, but a separate entry on the use of the umlaut in heavy metal rock band names? (“At one Mötley Crüe performance in Germany, the entire audience started ( Read more... )

Tiny aliens landed in my office and left a crop circle near my desk!

( cue X-Files theme now )

Yesterday was the day for computer troubles that didn’t affect me much. I saw in the morning that LJ was down, but I spent the day out gaming, so no prob. Panix, my ISP, got hacked, but I hardly use Panix anymore, so that didn’t affect me. (I’ve got my email forwarded from the grumer.org host directly to gMail now, so all the hackers are getting is ( Read more... )

The People Who Owned the Bible
by Will Shetterly

It was time for another Mickey Mouse Copyright Extension to keep Disney's star property out of the public domain. Somebody's nephew had a bright idea. Instead of telling Congress to add the standard twenty years to the length of copyright, why not go for the big time? Extend copyright by 500 years ( Read more... )

Hanzi Smatter
Dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture. Check out the unfortunate tattoos like “Abusive Husband Pimps Me Out”. (Via Majikthise)

Why women live longer than men
Photos of people being very cleverly stupid. (Via Making Light)

Imitation chicken: presidents and
Imitation chicken: statesPhotos of KFC knock- ( Read more... )

Lynne Cheney (yes, wife of the vice-president Lynne Cheney, mother of Mary Cheney Lynne Cheney, how­dare­you­mention­that­my­openly­gay­daughter­is­a­lesbian­even­though­she­worked­for­years­doing­gay­outreach­for­Coors Lynne Cheney) wrote a book called Sisters, a lesbian frontier romance novel, back in 1981. Now it’s available for your reading ( Read more... )