My local paper is normally quite good. Their articles covering issues and events in the SF Bay area are usually well-written and thorough, and I've been impressed with some of the issues they choose to tackle ( Read more... )

My friends, those fascinating people, would like your opinion on two, very important, matters.

owlmoose seeks to explore an everyday activity by asking the question " How often do you go to the store?" (Your answers will either feed or cool a marital debate that is taking place, I know not which).

danjite, master of the esoteric, poses a question that is a ( Read more... )

Ah, simplykimberly, I think this one is for you:

How to be excluded from all future church bake sales (probably nsfw).

Now, if one were contributing to a fundraiser at the Center for Sex & Culture, they'd be fabulous.

via crasch

I think my next business card might need to read "Professional Ruffian."

(Idea inspired by a line from the first episode of Black Lagoon, which is entertaining, if mediocre, anime. And that's mediocre for the art (I'm being very picky), entertaining for the sociopathic characters (especially the lead in her oh so short cut-offs and sports bra, ( Read more... )

My ass is numb and my hands and feet are cold and it's dark beyond the screen of the computer, but because there's a cat asleep on me, I'm not getting up from this patio table.

In part because this is a cat that a few months ago wouldn't even get on my lap, let alone fall asleep. This is the first time we have achieved total relaxation ( Read more... )

Farmer Danny Anderson, 53, used a shovel to hack the head off a snake that had slithered onto his farm. He was very surprised by what happened next: The severed head did a "backflip almost" and bit his finger, the AP reports, sending Anderson to the hospital as his tongue swelled from venom ( Read more... )

Living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism must get government approval, otherwise they are "illegal or invalid," China's State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) said Friday. [...] The regulations require that a temple which applies for reincarnation of a living Buddha must be "legally- registered venues for Tibetan Buddhism activities and are ( Read more... )

From danjite; where he finds these treasures I am never sure.

A man in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was arrested for having sex acts with traffic signs. Here's the main gist of the article, edited for length and clarity.

Sioux Falls police Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old man for burglary and for what they believe is at least two years worth of video-taped ( Read more... )

Since I'm lazy, I'll link to tdj's journal for the first two of these, a diamond-encrusted skull, and animated brain scans as art.

What else? tdj also linked to this study of a keyboard, after arson. (For some reason, these images really appeal to me).

Via found_objects, the absurdity when big fish eats big fish.

Thanks to intjester, I now know about the weirdnesses of ( Read more... )

Thanks to danjite, I just finished watching a video by frankwu -

Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken.

Go. Laugh. Pass it on.

Thank you.