Absurdity

We got a new Windows machine at work today. I'm out of network drops in my office, and there's no point putting in a new one, since we're moving in two weeks. It's just as well that this will be a standalone for a while; with my luck it'd catch the latest scourge before I could … [Read more...] about Where do you want to go today?

Design your own hell. Highly addictive. … [Read more...] about Designer Hell

Write your Congresscritter, and help save this marriage! … [Read more...] about Quick!

No siree, no weapons of mass destruction here. Our president seems to think that our troops are supermen. Check out Hanoch Piven's brilliant caricatures, mostly made with household items. Flash player required, and in this case, worth it. … [Read more...] about Short takes: politics

In case you guys don't read Davezilla regularly, you must check out today's entry, which brought howls of laughter to everyone in my office. … [Read more...] about Prison Living

I didn't think much of this site when it was linked on the BoingBoing sidebar a few days ago, because the guestblogger had linked directly to the items for sale, and so I missed the priceless Engrish intro. CAT PRIN—the tailor for a cat you know—it is—fact … [Read more...] about Cat PRIN

Sigh. (via Fark) … [Read more...] about Danny Glover fired for his politics

Very Secret Diaries merch is back. My favorite is still missing, no doubt thanks to the intervention of blood-sucking lawyers. (It's Arwen the clotheshorse saying in disgust, "'Gap of Rohan.' There's no Gap in Rohan!") … [Read more...] about Still the Prettiest

Just over a third of the Texas House of Representatives—all Democrats—have fled the state and 51 of them are hanging out by the pool at a hotel in Oklahoma. The other four appear to be in New Mexico. Why? There are enough of them missing that the House no longer has a … [Read more...] about 1/3 Texas Reps Flee the State, Pursued by the Law; Hijinks Ensue

From the Zen artwork department: Origami Boulder. This site about origami boulder very fine wadded paper artwork. I make artwork for you and you buy it now. I am famous Internet artist. You find my site didn't you? … [Read more...] about “You buy wadded up paper now!”