Cyrano at Your Lovelorn Service

“The 3-year-old website offers dozens of love letter templates covering various aspects of relationships, including love at first sight, Internet courtship, apologies, long-distance, drifting apart, breakups and even secret romances. | Subscribers to the site, who pay an annual rate of $40, can download a letter, add their own personal touches and send it to…

BILL AND….. HILLARY!

“‘Have you ever noticed how much Hillary Clinton looks like [Star Trek’s] Nurse Chapel?!!!’ Beagle, our ironically-named gopher, was dispatched to find photo evidence. When it came back there was sure, incontrovertable proof of the rightness of this designation.” —BILL AND….. HILLARY!Astrea) Rosemary Frezza writes: “I saw a picture of Nurse Chapel from the animated…

Food Fight: When the Food Workers Union stages an impromptu walkout at the U.N., the diplomats start looting for lunch and booze

“The decision to make the cafeterias into ‘no pay zones’ spread through the 40-acre complex like wildfire. Soon, the hungry patrons came running. ‘It was chaos, wild, something out of a war scene,’ said one Aramark executive who was present. ‘They took everything, even the silverware,’ she said. Another witness from U.N. security said the…

Inflatable Church

“Thanks to the forthcoming changes to the law on marriage, you will soon be able to ‘tie the knot’ wherever you wish……….YOU decide, we will provide a church for you !!” —Inflatable ChurchInflatableChurch.com) Words fail me. Similar:This morning I awoke to YouTube’s live footage of crowds circling a mosque in Mecca. For m…My crowd simulation…

Hector the Hectopus

“I bet Hector would be more fun if we dipped him in gasoline. But, most toys are…….” Chad —Hector the Hectopus (Catch.com) My (completely pointless and out-of-date) Rainbow Hector Weblog has been metablogged by Catch.com. I don’t know why, and the Catch.com folks don’t seem to know either. Life goes on, and Hector keeps smiling.…

Mass Suicide

“The arctic rodents called Lemmings are well known for their periodic mass suicides by collectively swimming into the sea and drowning, or at least the Norway lemmings do. This is probably caused by environmental pressures usually from over population…” —Mass SuicideHolology) Actually, the cause of this behavior is more likely to be Disney employees hurling…

This is Very Dumb

“THE world’s biggest rubber band ball has been dropped from an aeroplane a mile up… Experts thought the ball would bounce hundreds of feet into the air.|Instead, it created a massive crater…” —This is Very DumbicWales) Similar:More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent the…Stapler jam during…

In Case You Were Boycotting French's Mustard…

?For many Americans, French‘smustard IS Americana. It‘sall about baseball, hot dogs, family and fun,? says Elliot Penner, president of French‘smustard. Via Dave Barry. —In Case You Were Boycotting French’s Mustard…Press Release) It’s amazing that people have time for stupid stuff like this, when there are far more important things to worry about. Similar:This morning I…

The Darkest Side of ID Theft

“Losing your clean credit history is one thing; losing your freedom is another. And victims of America‘sfastest-growing crime are discovering they often have much more to worry about than the hundreds of hours of paperwork necessary to clean up the financial mess associated with ID theft. Sometimes, they have to worry about ending up in…

Teddybear Keywords = Sick Stuff

What kind of a sicko uses keywords such as “teddybear hamster cages teddybear invitations miniature teddybear kits teddybear” in order to draw traffic to a website featuring haiku about masturbation and child rape? The sickos at www.harmlove.com, that’s who. Teddybear Keywords = Sick StuffHarmlove) While I can’t say I care much for the content of…

Starting Fire With an Ice Lens

Worth a thousand words:Bob Gillis —Starting Fire With an Ice Lens (Primitive Ways) Similar:My crowd simulation handles 2000 capsule NPCs at 130fps. I’m really pushing my coding skil…More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent the…Stapler jam during a midterm exam.The Tyranny of Now (Appreciation of Harold Innis)Is…

Germans to Create Book in 12 Hours

“Forty German authors are hoping to set a new world record by conceiving, writing and printing a book in 12 hours, the event’s organizers said on Tuesday.” —Germans to Create Book in 12 HoursCNN) I believe the German word for the activity is zuschnellbuchermachen. Thanks for the link, Mike. Similar:My crowd simulation handles 2000 capsule…

Cool 2B Real Home Page

“Cool-2B-Real is about real girls like you! Whether you’re in school, playing sports or just having fun, strive to be the best you can be! Real girls are ‘keepin’ it real’ by building strong bodies and strong minds… and they’re feeling great about themselves!” Brought to real girls everywhere by the award-winning experts in girl…