Japan #1, USA #2 in hours of TV watched per person per day

Just Say No. What's the weirdest thing you've ever tried to make a pipe or bong out of? For me, it was probably the case of a stick of Old Spice and a Bic pen... However, I'm guessing [hoping?] this kid in Vermont has us all beat,

Culinarious George: <i>Fromage</i> What cheeses do you like? more inside

Proof that the Idaho State Legislature has a healthy sense of humor...

Pictures from Asheville The small but significant Asheville mefi/mofi meetup pictures can be found via this thread. Don't miss my shoutout to about 1/8 of the people I would have shouted out to if I hadn't then had like 47 more beers.

Do we really care? Must be a slow news day. I can't help to notice that CNN is becoming more like "Access Hollywood" or "Inside Edition". Perhaps it was This that started their desent?

Patriot act recurs. No film at eleven.

Today is Yuri's Night – a celebration I have just now heard of and don't plan to celebrate, but it's worth remembering that today is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person to fucking go into space on April 12, 1961. more inside

Unintentionally sexual comic book covers. more inside

Auditory George - Easiest way of importing my old CDs? Hello all! After downloading most of my music, I finally took a look at the stack of my old CDs and sat down to try to import them into my iTunes. The problem seems to be that when I am importing them using iTunes, the importing gets hung up on what I suspect is a song that resides on a particularly scuffed up part of the CD and just sort of hangs there. Is there a better importing option for mac, preferablly for little or no $$$? Something that will let me stop a song import if it isn't working and skip to the next song without rebooting the program? Thanks large!

Space Hijackers vs The Government London based anarchitects Space Hijackers, known for their Circle Line parties, have challenged members of Parliament to a round of Mayday cricket [pdf] "over their lack of honour and morals". more inside

We Stand As One. Guy on beach + thousands of flags + balls of light which are really angels + film clips of firefighters = Tribute? more inside

BEST. 404 URL NOT FOUND. EVER. Found this surfing through old threads . Made me waste five minutes.

Unforseen consequences of biometric anti-theft systems. I don't even want to think about retinal scanners.

Kitties Second post of the day, but I think you'll agree this one was worth it.

Curious George: Logic Express 7 Work is thinking of buying it, and they want my opinion. Anyone ever actually used this thing? Whadja think?

Mostly Harmless

you might think that The Phantom Menace was a hopelessly misguided attempt to reinvent a much-loved franchise by people who, though well-intentioned, completely failed to understand what made the original popular - but that's just peanuts to the Hitchhiker's movie.

Oh dear.

Curious like George What's your favourite comedy simile? What expressions to describe someone or something crack you up, or do you particularly like employing? more inside

A penny for your thoughts...sixteen pennies for a catilevered structure. Mitch Fincher shows how you can build bridges, spirals, and domes out of pennies.

Philadelphia meetup pics