As I was putting on my rollerblades today, I noticed that the wheels were looking decidedly worn - the nice rounded arch with a center peak now looked decidedly bevelled down ( Read more... )

I figured you were compensating for something by the way you were driving this morning, but the chrome-plated plastic sac you had hanging off your truck's trailer hitch pretty much confirmed it. I can assure you that your truck does not benefit from an overdose of plasticized testosterone ( Read more... )

Furries versus Klingons bowling?!

Somehow, I'm just not parsing this combination ...

H/T: BoingBoing

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What happens when a meme goes on for too long.

I got up this morning, thinking I was going to have a relatively relaxing day off. (Why yes, I do get those on occasion, why do you ask?). Anyhow, I went out into my yard to do a few small things, and discovered that the neighborhood delinquents had decided to hit my house ( Read more... )

In Tolkien's Middle Earth, the dwarfs dug "too deep, too greedily" and unleashed the Balrog.

On the internet, digging too deep turns up horrors like this. (SFW - but NS)

I wonder what others would say about this:

Your Score: Neutral-Good

80% Good, 46% Chaotic


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Poking around the web today, I found possibly the best answer to the 1980's horrorifying fad "Cabbage Patch Kids":  Krypt Kiddies

Some of the "character" creations are spectacular (if disturbing ... I'm not sure I want to consider the prospect of a "baby balrog"!)

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Miniatures have always fascinated me. And every so often, someone comes along and makes something that's so jaw droppingly amazing that it warrants being mentioned.

Via boingboing this morning, I found the most amazing model of Bilbo Baggins' Bag End as shown in the recent movies:

Here it is being built, and completed