"Primeval" fans will of course know about the "Future Predator" that's evolved from a bat. It turns out there are bats flying around today that make the "Future Predator" seem fairly realistic by comparison.

The Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox for example.

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Dear Brain,

WTF mate?

I know I don't remember my dreams all that often, but ratcheting up the weirdness factor is not useful. Let's take a look at some of the things you've subjected me to lately:

A couple nights ago: morrigans_eve as a grown up Sarah from Labyrinth, being drawn back into the labyrinth by Jareth. I was in the labyrinth with her, ( Read more... )

This morning I saw a woman leaving the Quincy Center train station with a very, er, interesting tattoo. I had to do a couple double takes and get a good look to believe I was seeing what I thought I was seeing.

She had an eight or so inch tattoo of( Read more... )

I've come to the conclusion that the red line, particularly near the end of the Braintree branch, is full of nutjobs. Said nutjobs seem to keep quiet when a woman with a stroller is around, but leech out of the tile work when a guy with a toddler comes along ( Read more... )

I normally take the orange and red lines to get home. The last few nights I've taken the green line in order to get to Whuffle's parents' house after work. Last night I saw two sights that I found hilarious.

The Lesbians and the FundieI boarded a C line train and found myself standing next to two young college aged women. To say they were being ( Read more... )

Imagine for a moment you're driving to work and you see a "pimped out" car ( Read more... )

You know, some things should never be voice controlled.

Like Blenders. A voice controlled blender is just wrong. If you watch the video, you can see it leads to some rather, erm, interesting behavior.

Remember kids, blenders are not marital aids, even when they do things when you growl at them.

By the way, if this young woman isn't part of the ( Read more... )

"JAIPUR, India -- This has got to be a bummer: An 18-year-old from India who has lived life up until now as a girl has just been told by doctors that she is really a boy. The teen, named Poonam, went into a Jaipur hospital complaining of abdominal pain, and tests revealed it was an emerging penis. Doctors operated to free the sex organ and now the ( Read more... )