i had to tell somebody

I vaguely recall a dream last night in which a coworker was tossing lizards into the air. The lizards would then curl up into vertically-aligned disk shapes that glowed in the dark.

moonacy in D.C.

The latest Salon has a entertaining article describing how the extreme right-wing religious leader Rev. Moon received a strange coronation (as the new messiah!) in a U.S. senate office building a few months ago. The ceremony was attended by a dozen congresspersons. Most entertaining is part of a political blog that describes a reporter’s conversations [...]

zombie invasion

Maggie sent me this useful link. It provides detailed information about how long your electric power is likely to last after zombies take over the world.
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzombiepower.html

goodbye, dear friend

Feline genius. Sweetheart. Big orange love to you.

324 movies

But I only saw eight of them. And that was more than I expected because I received three movie vouchers for my one night of volunteering, and also viewed one film while volunteering. I saw everything from anime to a White Stripes documentary. I’ll catch the other 316 later.
The Saddest Music in the World
Cowards [...]

badgerbadgerbadger

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

woo hoo

The Amazing Randi used an item I sent him in this week’s web column. (Beam me up in Seattle.) In the previous column there was a good story about an attempted mass suicide via homeopathy. It was a very clever stunt. Highly recommended.

get your time machine

Doug sent me a link to the home of Future Horizons. Go to this site to purchase plans for a time portal. Get a pocket-sized, battery operated UFO detector. Find out how to build an anti-gravity device.
Why do these earth-shattering discoveries have to be sold on a web site that looks like a cheap [...]