From CNN.COM:
Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died […]

By Restless
Old woman: I just can’t believe that’s where my brother goes out to when he comes to visit me. He’s not gay, so why would he be there?
Old gay: Are you sure he’s not? It’s called ‘Rawhide’ for a reason.
–22nd St & 8th Ave
Black street dealer: Coke? Weed, my brotha?
Desi dude: I’m not black, […]

Ever wonder what art made by kids might look like if they had the skills of a professional?   click here to see some examples of just that.

And this is how it begins.
One day, Kitties learn to play piano, the next day, they enslave us and turn us into Kat Toys.

By Restless
This explains everything. A blogpost Bob Burnett theorizes that Bush’s failures in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror spring directly from the neo-con, fundamentalist theories about the 60s upheavals and cultural changes (sexual revolution, feminism, abortion, welfare, Vietnam protests).
Many Americans wonder why the White House promotes just say no programs when they don’t […]

If there was ever a scumbag who deserved to be lampooned, its Robert Tilton, this guy is a vile turd on the tip of an infected septic zit. To read about the Millions he’s stolen from stupid American suckers you can read his wikipedia entry here.
Thanks Will for sending me the link.

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Just found the web site Dark Roasted Blend and its loaded with interesting shots and trivia. Check it out!

Haunted Sumela Monastery in Turkey was founded in the year 386 by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius. During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive […]

This is pretty incredible, I don’t think Spielberg or Lucas could have done any better.
They put a camera in one of the two solid rocket boosters on a Space Shuttle flight, the video starts as the shuttle is skyrocketing into space, then suddenly, both boosters seperate. The Camera […]

 
From CNN.COM:
Drunken Australian wrestles shark
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A man who caught a 1.3-meter (4-ft.) shark with his bare hands off an Australian beach said on Friday he only tried the feat because he was drunk on vodka.
Phillip Kerkhof was fishing off a jetty at Louth Bay, a town on South Australia state’s Eyre Peninsula […]

By Restless
Up until yesterday, snow refused to fall in any but miniscule amounts, quickly melting off. The City has its own micro-climate, different from the rest of the state so it can be snowing 3 feet in Buffalo and nothing in Manhattan, like San Francisco is so different than the rest of the Bay Area.

Gut Gugga Mugga! Pass the Cornbread! Hooooo Weeee!
This is the same genius who said back in December that the U.S. should close its borders lest it be overrun by frightening hordes of Muslims.
How do we have a member of the United States Congress who doesn’t understand the difference between Allah and […]

A Nerd over at M.I.T made a very basic 4-bit computer.
What’s so amazing about that you ask?   Well instead of electronic circuits made of silicon, it uses rubber tubes and legos, and instead of electricity, the current is…water.  check it out here.

 
                Before                                         After
Last December the iconic La Contessa, one of the most impressive art cars ever to sail the desert at Burning Man, was burned to a crisp by arson.
I initially reported on it here.  
Now, the full story is out.  Who burned it?   The owner of the land where it was […]