All hail the Chinese butt book pirates: Clinton is the latest victim of Chinese publishing pirates, who counterfeit entire books and rewrite the contents. Acting on the orders of their…

I read this article this morning and can’t stop thinking about it: Terror in the Skies, Again? If you were the author, would you have gotten up and done something?…

19. Is it round? Yes. 18. Is it made of metal? No. 17. Is it multicolored? No. 16. Is it straight? No. 15. Do you clean it regularly? Yes. 14.…

Happy belated BV to the Ho. I’m in the middle of his book. It’s sitting in my throne room, bookmarked with toilet paper. Damn fitting, I must say.

Hot from the inbox: Fellow blogger, I am sending this message to the bloggers on my blogroll (and a few other folks) in the hopes that some of you will…

Fox News Channel To Sign Off In Japan This was inevitable I think. When they changed to paid subscription in the aftermath of the their first announcement of quitting in…

Until today, I had always been under the impression that there were no civilian casualties as a result of Japanese attack on the US mainland during WWII. Wrong: http://slate.msn.com/id/2102499/ Sure,…

Using piranhas for bait!: Fishing for vampires. Via Fishing, Drinking, Stinking, the best fishing blog I have ever seen.

How about the ever-popular *hugs* ? (>_< )( >_< ) My intellectual offering for today is a short story written exclusively in the *hugs* format (as in, "You broke up…

I may have gone to university with this guy… Jeff, is it really you?

Will pay $300 for portable ion cannon in good, serviceable condition. I’m pretty handy with a melder so older wiring is acceptable, but guidance rod must be in good condition…

This is really, really disgusting and definitely sounds like a job for KIKKOMAN: By producing soy sauce from such raw materials, the producers were said able to cut costs by…