Woman presses lawsuit against her family for "deprogramming" attempt. Another take. The jury is still out on the whether the Dominion Christian Centre of Hamilton, ON is a cult or not. more inside

Curious Music Trivia Mayday George! Okay, so me and my buddies are doing this fun trivia thing. We're given a hundred short music clips and we have to get their titles. We got all the answers except two... more inside

Housetrucks and housebuses - homebuilt RVs/rolling homes. Rustic, cute, cozy. (via CoolTools)

Why we're fucked Long, harrowing article clinically dissecting exactly why the war in Iraq can now never be won, if indeed it ever could. Appalling, but there you are.

It's time to LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND more inside

My New Neighbor more inside

Mary Worth in real time. Here's a solid month's worth of Mary Worth comics, acted out. Takes about 5 minutes. They use camera angles based on the comic panels. Fun, in a bad-film-noir kind of way.

Very short stories ... in six words.

A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican... Horror in London Park!

"Paris Syndrome" - It's so horrible it will make you have a psychotic break.

A Good News Day for Scott Adams The creator of Dilbert lost he voice 18 months ago due to Spasmodic Dysphonia. There is no cure. Yet he has managed to work out how to speak again. more inside

ITunes code "cracked" Adds extra layer of "copy protection". Real Soon Now -- shop around for your iPodian needs.

Bush Uses The Google Yes, hot on the heels of the megahit "The Internets", the red hot despotic act POTUS releases a new single The Google, on which the eponymous "Google Maps" is misunremembered, but email - is eschewed. more inside

Son of Weird Animal News! We lead with a Snoring Horse that has a life-saving operation on its hooter. Elsewhere, a duck kills a giant Pike but does not live to quack. And that's not all! more inside

Tokyo Zombie! LA Zombie! Florence Zombie! Texas Zombie! Hawaii Zombie! Adelaide Zombie! Winnipeg Zombie! New York Zombie! Kitchener Zombie! At radio free #mofirc [listen!] we have a lot of zombies. What we need is some fresh blood and brains.... Mmmmm braaaains.... more inside

The 2006 Living Planet Report was released by the WWF today. The group’s biennial statement on the state of the natural world, says that on current projections humanity will be using two planets’ worth of natural resources by 2050 — if those resources have not run out by then. more inside

Comic Cover Database (over 120,000 comic covers)

Phase toy Via things magazine

Something Stinks in Norway The smell of home ... more inside

Boing Boing Blogs Beautiful Book Building, Bashes 'Bashi. Brilliant! more inside