Carl Warner's luscious foodscapes. More at his site here. Warning: silly Flash site; click on the orange box and then the second suitcase from left to get to the foodscapes. Shamelessly ganked from the Blue because really, EVERYONE needs to see an ocean made out of salmon. more inside

North Korea Fights Famine With Flopsies via WaPo: "North Korean diplomats see a possible solution for their nation's endemic food shortage: an enormous bunny in every pot." Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail are not amused.

Robert Anton Wilson has died. Author of the Illuminatus! trilogy, friend of Timothy Leary, occasional Discordian and all around wild and crazy guy. Hail Eris! fnord

The City Desk covers a non-existent city This first link is via MeFi, but it got me thinking... there are all kinds of wacky imaginary worlds out there. Let's go exploring!

New York Times reviewer takes on new poetry from Billy Collins (sorry, reg req'd) NYT reviewer David Orr parodies former poet laureate (and bard of unbelievable blandness) Billy Collins. more inside