The Scale of the Universe

Conservatives attending CPAC and trolling Craigslist for gay sex? Yep, they exist. At least 10 this year, up from 2 or 3 last year, when gay group 'GOProud' was much more visible. more inside

A History of Ireland in 100 Excuses via

Cats on glass tables . With meatloaf cats!

Fine Art Barbie (via)

The latest chapter in the Star Wars/Star Trek rivalry: Only this time, it's Star Wars Prequels (represented by Liam Neeson) vs. Star Trek: The Next Generation (represented by Patric Stewart), using action figures. (Warning: contains Graham Norton) more inside

Bankrupt Kodak Corporation is taking its name off the Hollywood theater where the Oscars are held. Obviously, while reorganizing and cutting costs, they don't want to spend the money for such a purely ceremonial designation. But this evening, another reason to disassociate from the theater came up, as an incident outside the theater ended with the pepper spraying of 'Captain Jack Sparrow' more inside

To my old master : from an emancipated slave to Colonel P.H. Anderson on being asked to return to Tennessee.

Space Stallions may look like a promo for a Thundercats/Voltron/BraveStarr-era cartoon, but it's actually one of the Bachelor Films from students at the Animation Workshop at Denmark's VIA University. And that's not all! more inside

#BelieveInSherlock VERY SPOILERY, of "Sherlock" Season 2, as well as predictive of Season 3. more inside

Who's your favorite weirdo? . S. Gross Mr. I am blind, and my dog is dead vs G. Wilson Mr. Cracked Cosmos Scroll down in the hairygreeneyeball links for yummy delicious comics Of course there's mo' betta inside more inside

Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film. "A short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier." [Via]

Ronald Searle, arguably Britain's foremost cartoonist, iconic illustrator of the St Trinian's books (more here and here) and Molesworth, died at the end of last year at the age of 91. more inside

Cool Leaderboard games I thought that some of these leaderboard Proxy Gaming are easy to play, Boy was I wrong! they are so freaking tough it took me about half an hour to figure out just one game. Anyone here can do better?

Reimagining Classic Art With Robots/Dragons/Superheroes/Steampunk/Etc.

The girl with 7 horses. [Via]

This WAS Dick Tufeld Speaking... One of TV's most ubiquitous voices has passed away at the age of 85. From scores of commercials to awards shows to the 'brought to you by's. Most notably, he was the identity voice for all of Irwin Allen's '60s sci-fi shows where he also provided the voice to Lost In Space's most beloved non-human. more inside

Private Sector Failure #37,485 Oil and gas drilling rights leases are leaving thousands of rural landowners totally fracked. more inside

Lost Your Pet? I saw a sign on a telephone pole near my house that had a photo of a missing cat. It listed this website, too, so I went to check it out. There are four missing pets near me!

Comic Strip of the Day provides excellent analysis of the better examples of funnypaperdom and sometimes webcomickery. (For the worse examples, there's The Comics Curmudgeon) But Sunday's feature is special, as blogger Mike Peterson spotlights Cul De Sac for Alice Otterloop's first encounter with Alice in Wonderland (while also addressing Prince Valiant, Maus and Fred Basset).