“Don’t bother wrapping it - I’ll eat it here”

The circle of life doesn’t make exceptions for endangered species status. Particularly when that species is exceptionally tasty.
30 California sea lions, listed as endangered in 1972, escaped the firing squad this week thanks to the Humane Society, who arranged for their evacuation to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, WA. [...]

Not the way to be friendly

Strange men who stand too close and wink at me are just plain creepy. Even at Office Depot. It makes me want to hit.
Anyone else have these weird encounters in unexpected places?

Headline of the week

KNBC Los Angeles:
Judge Wants Proper Service In Actor’s Penis, Mousetrap Lawsuit
The service in question is the delivery of notice of a lawsuit by a man who, as a radio show promotion with a supposed promise of a $10 million reward, put his penis in a mousetrap. He claims to be surprised that it went [...]

Yes, it’s a vampire

From Yahoo! Answers:
My girlfriend hasn’t had period since she got pregnant?
ok im kinda worried an all. my g/f hasn’t had her period she(sic) she got pregnant. do you think the baby is drinkin the blood??? shes 6 months pregnant.
Oh. My. God. I can only hope this is a troll question. Otherwise [...]

Shilling for Underwood?

This morning my spam comment bin held links for this gem:
“Deviled ham and eggs tattoo.”
I can only imagine where one would have that engraved.

This is freaky

From JeffBridges.com:
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this draw the number “6″ in the air with your right hand. Your fool will change direction and there’s nothing you can do about it.
I assume this is because both the right hand [...]

What could possibly go wrong?

Is this for real? My first reaction is that it’s got to be a spoof, but Next Energy looks legit. Anyone know?
From Next Energy News:

December 17, 07 Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment [...]

A loyalty oath in Virginia

The Virginia Republicans are getting desperate. They just got permission from the State Board of Elections on Monday to require that all voters in their primary sign an oath promising to vote for the Republican candidate in the general election before they’re allowed to cast a ballot. Looks like they’re afraid that if [...]

Is 4 hours too long a commute?

This job just posted:
Company Info
Company Name: I Can Has Cheezburger?
City: Seattle
State: Washington
We are looking for upbeat, smart and happy interns to help put moar cheez on the burgers — so to speak. The intern will work on our social marketing, help fulfill t-shirt sales, answer emails from totally random people, bathe Happy Cat [...]

Cream or sugar?

Getting people to use condoms is sometimes an uphill battle. That’s why Washington D.C.-based charity DKT International is producing novelty products to fit niche markets. In Ethiopia, that means coffee-scented latex.
Ethiopia has an AIDS rate of 2.1 percent, and in the capital Addis Ababa it is more than 7 percent, according to [...]

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