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The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon Gale, 2008

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I Had A Shoggoth

Thanks for the silly, wonderful suggestion, Josh.

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File:ADVENT — Will Crowther's original version.png – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gaah! Is there anyone out there who’s experienced with Wikipedia templates, who can help me resolve this mess? I uploaded a screenshot of Will Crowther’s original Colossal Cave Adventure (freeware, c. 1976), but the Wikipedia copyright-protection policies are written for current programs (where the visuals are much more important).

Licensing This is a screenshot of [...]

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KFC Sink Trio Finger Lickin' Fired

That may be the best headline I’ve seen on all the coverage related to the KFC teen girls sink bath MySpace photo story, but note that the <title> of the page is the more informative “KFC Bath Prank: Three Girls Fired From California KFC After Bathing In Restaurant Sinks.” 

The photos themselves are silly, [...]

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Otto the octopus wrecks havoc – Telegraph

“It was on the third night that we found out that the octopus Otto was responsible for the chaos

“We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot [...]

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Phil Busse: Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer

Professor Philip Busse blogs about his adventures stealing political signs.  Sure, I understand that stealing a sign will not change anyone’s mind, and, most likely, will only embolden McCain supporters’ disdain for liberals. Even so, yanking out the signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most [...]

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Our Readers' Coolest Geek-o'-Lanterns

From Wired:

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Woman in jail over virtual murder

Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character.

The woman, a piano teacher, is in jail in Sapporo waiting to learn if she faces charges of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating data. (BBC)

Thanks for the link, Robert.

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Greensburg man guilty of using gnome as weapon

Excellent example of effective journalistic use of a striking detail. This made my morning.

The gnome, about a foot tall, wore a hat, a blue shirt over a bulging stomach and a wide grin as it sat on a table in open court throughout the two-day trial. Morrison and the weapon were separated by about [...]

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The 10 Greatest Misspelled Tattoos

From the L Magazine. Some are actually just unfortunate art, but the whole list was worth it for this one:In addition to the usage error, I particularly like how the highlights on the drops of blood seem to be made by a light shining *up* from the lower right.

Okay, and this next one is [...]