My fascination with fan death continues. Some things you can just write off as simple cultural differences, but others are just too... weird. A summary of my findings ( Read more... )

I laughed at this Slashdot comment. What a great summary of the political discourse that occurs on the Internets ( Read more... )

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Dude. What the hell.

I hereby bestow upon this the title of "Worst Song I Have Ever Heard," beating the previous titleholder (Bogusflow, by Beck) by quite a wide margin.

Warning: This link leads to the cesspool known as Myspace. You might, in fact, become dumber just by clicking on it.

It's just a basic fact of life that, from time to time, we all see and hear (and, for that matter, say and do) stupid things. But every once in a while, I hear or see things that are really, really, unbelievably dumb. Things which you can't just attribute to a temporary mental lapse. Things so mind-numbingly stupid that their very existence ( Read more... )

A real, unaltered screenshot from my gmail account. I guess even the almighty Google screws up every once in a while.

I've been to plenty of shady eating establishments in my day, but none of them hold a candle to Ann's Snack Bar, Home of the Famous Ghettoburger, in terms of their, uh..., ghettosity. (Yes, the Ghettoburger really is their claim to fame. (Yes, it really is kind of famous, at least locally.)) This place is quite amazing. It's a little shack, ( Read more... )

See how long it takes you to figure out what's so weird about Gadsby, a novel by Ernest Wright. That's the first chapter behind the link, and the links at the bottom of that page will take you to subsequent chapters. Clicking the "Gadsby" link at the bottom will spoil the fun, so don't do it til you've figured it out! There's even a hint a few ( Read more... )

A few days ago, some friends and I ate lunch at a "barbecue" restaurant -- "barbecue" being in quotes because the place served such entrees as ribs and chicken, which, as we all know, definitely disqualifies it from being a real barbecue restaurant -- and I noticed a peculiar menu item: Rib Sandwich. I was curious how you could make a sandwich ( Read more... )