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11/08/07 // Link:
Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century Just when you think the internet might have actually overlooked a thing or two, you stumble across something like this: Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century. And don’t forget the subhead: A Daily Celebration of The Golden Age of Upper Lip …continue reading »
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Travelling In America, Where Everyone’s A Suspect Filed “we gotta get out of this place.” Here’s the story of what it’s like to be a foreign traveller visiting the United States. Contrasting this with my own experiences abroad is downright frightening. Nepal, for instance, may have a …continue reading »
09/18/07 // Link:
100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th cigarette | the Daily Mail A life-long smoker, Winnie Langley just celebrated her 100th birthday by smoking her 170,000th cigarette: Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got …continue reading »
09/18/07 // Link:
Enfield Tennis Academy T-Shirts Oh the sheer nerdiness of it is just too much. I think I’m going to have to buy one of these Enfield Tennis Academy t-shirts: Ever want to win the Whataburger Classic? How about memorize the Oxford English Dictionary front …continue reading »
09/08/07 // Link:
Photo ID Cards for Indian Cattle From the land of the bizarre (via the BBC): “Indian border guards are photographing cows in villages in the eastern state of West Bengal and issuing them with identity cards, officials say.” “Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman GK Sharma said …continue reading »
05/17/07 // Link:
A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills Typical New York Times take on The South — a full article on a small store in Mississippi that sells Kool-Aid marinated dill pickels (which by the way is disgusting). Could the Times be any more patronizing? The whole quiant …continue reading »
08/15/06 // Link:
Who has killed more, Satan or God? This person “counted the number of people that were killed by the God in the Bible. I came up with 2,038,334.” Satan on the other hand is recorded with only ten. Of course if I remember right Satan is more …continue reading »
07/07/06 // Link:
Horse head pillow “A custom severed horse head plush that is actually quite comfortable to sleep on, albeit a tad on the south side of morbid.”continue reading »
06/22/06 // Link:
Hitler cats! This one is for Lee who likes it when I link to cats. Yes, this really is cats that look like hitler. And who knows what’s wierder, cats that look like hitler or people that have a whole blog dedicated …continue reading »
06/21/06 // Link:
Civet cat butt coffee tastes good, say connoisseurs If you would like to pay $75 per quarter-pound for coffee beans excreted out of a rare Indonesian marsupial mammal’s ass, good news! Thanks to the internets, island critter poo-café is just a click away. The stuff’s called “Kopi Luwak”…continue reading »
06/16/06 // Link:
Stop Saying “like” Flickr grab of a Academy of Linguistic Awareness sign. The Academy of Linguistic Awareness is the best spoof PSA group to show up in some time.continue reading »
06/13/06 // Link:
Boing Boing: Burroughs’ Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Manybooks.net, which converts Project Gutenberg titles into useful formats for reading on Palm devics, iPods, and ebook readers, recently made available a fantastic compendium called Burroughs’ Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889: Universal Assistant and Treasure-House of Information …continue reading »
06/11/06 // Link:
Popular ‘Ed Ruscha’ Mural Abruptly Painted Over Without apparent warning, an iconic mural by artist Kent Twitchell depicting fellow artist Ed Ruscha was painted over Fridaycontinue reading »
06/11/06 // Link:
Lawyer demands U Fla cops’ documents on fiction writer I had a friend who had something similar happen to one of his students…continue reading »

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