World War II: the simple version. The Second World War in a cartographic comic. [Large image; there's a smaller version here at strangemaps.com]

Newspaper clippings that make you go >o.O< (credit waraw in #mofirc) more inside

Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again.

Christopher Walken's Twitter feed.

For anyone who loves a good heist story.

Know your meme. A public service announcement.

Regulate armed robots before it's too late. [Via]

Play your house . Check out the huggy and the beam Want!

Humans No Match for Go Bot Overlords.

Maps of War

RAT ATTACK!! . If that didn't give you nightmares, this will. more inside

This Republican chick in a tobacco state wants to castrate restaurant smokers Debbie Bell from humble Roanoke, Va., has singlehandedly declared war on restaurant smokers. more inside

Glenn Tee Concepts A collection of graphic images that have a somewhat quirky nature. My favourite is Missing. via StumbleUpon

PETER FUNCH took photos of the same places in Manhattan over 10 days or more and combined them invisibly, collecting together similar people, in an exhibition called Babel Tales. SEGEI LARENKOV combined photos from the siege of Leningrad, overlaying them onto modern shots taken 65 years later, from exactly the same locations. (Caution: contains corpses). more inside

Craig's...er, list?

The Tattoo Baby Doll Project: Wood has cleverly played upon the stereotypical naming of women as "dolls," then invited women in a male-dominated art form (tattooing) to create uplifting female imagery for these stand-ins for the female figure, while insisting upon a traditional female craft - embroidery - for their execution. (Link to review)

If Watchmen was on Saturday Morning Click the Watch this Movie link. more inside

If a man is alone in a forest, with no woman to hear him speak, and he expresses an opinion: is he still wrong? Apparently, the answer is yes. more inside

BRAS! Quilters of South Carolina band together and create many...bras.

Two words: Don't. Pay. Debt collectors suck. Your dead granny caused the financial crisis Thanks to the Knappster, outta the Blue