March 31, 2006
Jill Carroll released by captors.
"It's important people know that I was not harmed," she said. (via Bookslut.) More from the Christian Science Monitor, Carroll's employer.
Batman Onomatopeia.
I just...no words.
Curious George: goofiest sex terms you've heard?
Whether you're interests lay in jilling off, scissor fighting, or in a 5 digit disco, some of those sex terms might come in handy if someone asks if you want to be a GSQ.
March 30, 2006
I'm against protesting, but I just don't know how to show it.
"An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs. You would never see an 'Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order' sign, just 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.'"
Mitch Hedberg, a great comedian, passed away a year ago today from "multiple drug toxicity".
Watch him, quote a few lines, or just remember a funny motherfucker.
In addition to ..
Complement to Hawthorne Wingo and 'The God Fossil' ..
The Ossuary by Svankmajer
Yes, THAT ossuary.
Sharon Stone's Safe Sex Tips
Quote: "If you're in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job. I'm not embarrassed to tell them."
That answers the question I had about what to do if cornered by a giant-size penis.
War Without End.
SF Chronicle 4-part feature chronicling several severely injured Iraq-war soldiers' treatment and reentry into society. Here's part 1, and part 2, and part 3, and part 4. Also includes photo galleries and videos and a podcast by one of the writers of the series.
March 29, 2006
Design Your Own Sex Toy!
Here's your chance for fame, fortune and (at the very least) an excuse to spend some time on "research and development": Sex Toy Design Contest. Via Anarchogeek
The Museum of Unworkable Devices
...is a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures.
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Curious, George: camera done been dropped
I saw someone drop my camera and now it's broken. This person never told me about the drop and it wasn't until the next day that I realized it had been damaged. Given he never told me, I'm not sure how to deal with this without being an asshole, but I'd like to not have to pay to repair something someone else did.
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Are you a Grup?
He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn’t worn anything but jeans in a year, and won’t shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap.
EagleCam
Live video feed of an Eagle's Nest in Hornby Island, Vancouver BC. Beautiful video, very close up.
Not to be confused with the 2005 Best-Post-Winner Pandacam.
via stupid MeFi
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Geofiction.
The recent article about Urville reminded me of the phenomenon of Geofiction, or Geofantasy. These are worlds, not created as backdrops for books or movies, but just for the fun of it.
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Barbie girls (or not)
Study shows that little girls regularly torture their Barbie dolls (mutilation, maiming, micro-waving). So much for the idea of Barbie as a role-model (via, from the 30th minute).
Of course, this is not true of all little girls.
Visit the city of Urville.
Except you can't -- at least, not physically. The city exists only on paper, and in the mind of the it's 34 year-old creator, Gilles Tréhin. He has been diagnosed with autism by some doctors, with Asperger's Syndrome by others.
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The peace pole project was started by Masahisa Goi, founder of The World Peace Prayer Society in Japan. There are hundreds of thousands of them planted worldwide in 180 countries (even outside Ft. Bragg). They act as a silent prayer and message for peace on Earth.
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