According to this article, some people are more than willing to drop $20,000 to try to save their pet from horrifying crap like cancer: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111673/the-$20,000-petRead more... )

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Now, you have to ask yourself is this a mercy on your childhood, or not?  Sometimes the old things find new life.  Sometimes?  Sometimes they should be left as nostalgia.  Someone, at least, understands that.

So, Christmas.

As a child, I'm not ashamed to admit that this was "Free Stuff" time of year.  Honestly, it was.  I'd sort of behave year-round, maybe make a better effort around christmas, and then there would be visits with friends and family and I could always count on getting stuff.

Sounds bad, right?  Well, come on.  As a child, you may view it ( Read more... )

Admittedly, not all of it is really funny.

The Funny
 Why Indiana Jones wouldn't get tenure.
I won't lie; they've kind of got a point.  Doctor Jones may be an excellent rough 'n' tumble kind of field worker, but I don't think you'd actually want him teaching classes.  Well, this assumes the good doctor would in fact be around to teach classes.

The Not ( Read more... )

This is one of the reasons I like to cook my own food:

I know exactly what I'm getting.

BEHOLD: This intrepid person was bored enough to compare fast food product they had bought with fast food product as advertised.

Amusingly, the pictures of burgers bought from restaurants had minimal resemblance to the food pictured in the advertisements.  Can't ( Read more... )

A point made in the following ( Read more... )

...but some of us are more equal than others.  Now, if you're special or a government officlal, you don't have to go through the brand new scanners.

And to get an idea of how equal we all are...here's what it looks like if you walk through one.  Men aren't exempt, either: everyone gets an eyeful if they want it.

Don't worry, though, this is all for ( Read more... )

There is a room in the building where I work. It is a magical place, a magical duty station. When I am in this room, I know ( Read more... )

5 Reasons why Star Scream Should Have Been Fired.
There's the corporate HR PC line, and then there's shooting him in the back of the head with your arm cannon. Remember, the arm cannon is a fine substitute for ineffectual HR practices.

5 Things That Really DO ExistI'd totally route the mouse executioner's text messaging function to PETA. Just ( Read more... )

I found this quite by accident.  It's some insight into the legal ramifications of web blogging and comments.  Some folks are having a back-and-forth argument about whether or not you should be able to edit someone else's comments.

Personally, I think it's one thing to just outright delete someone's comment if it's offensive or blatantly perjorative ( Read more... )