I always thought that "infinite canvas" was a neat idea in theory, but unworkable in practice. Well, scarfman over at The Hero of Three Faces has come up with a new way to expand the borders of the comics page. And the cool thing about it is: it works!

Go see for yourself!

The things you learn about yourself as you get older. Here I was, reasonably secure in my identity as bisexual, feminist, Finn, Lutheran, accountant, etc. and then suddenly I find I have been living a lie all these years.

The populist True Finns party changed their name Sunday last. Or, to be specific, the English language translation of their ( Read more... )

Women who drink coffee regularly have a significantly lower risk of developing antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, revealed in Breast Cancer Research.

Would you like to know more? MoreYou know what they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In ( Read more... )

( It's a fair cop. But I blame society. )

Daylight Saving Time is stupid. Having to reset your clocks by one hour is stupid. We should just pick one time and stick with it. But the worst thing about Daylight Saving Time is that the changeover is in the wee hours of the night, so you have to get up at 3 AM to set your clocks. I hate that. Going back to bed now.

Came across this gem from 2007. Probably the first long form lolcat-speak work, it predates the LOLcat Bible by a couple of months. What it is, is essentially Star Trek with lolcat subtitles. The Trouble With Tribbles for lolcats. I expect everybody else was already aware of this, but if you are as ignorant as I was up to an hour ago, go read it. ( Read more... )

We have had a small can of Spam on our kitchen shelf for about a year. We originally got it as a joke because of the recent connotations of the name. MsDragoon refuses to touch the stuff, but I finally broke down and tried it ( Read more... )

So I was shopping in our friendly local neighbourhood hypermarket. In the beer aisle I came across this. Trashy Blonde beer from BrewDog Brewery. How could I resist my namesake beer? Don't answer that.

For the four color glossy, see http://www.brewdog.com/trashy_blonde.php. The beer is a nice pale colour, seriously hopped, with an aftertaste of ( Read more... )

They say that folk dancing is one of the few things you shouldn't try. They may be right. But here's something you are sure to like.

That clip is from 1980. Need I say more?

So I tried this "I write like" site that's all the rage this week. I typed in "LEEEROY JENKINS!"

I got 'Chicken'.

...at least I didn't get Dan Brown.