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The Hobbit Name Generator: You have a secret name. Discover it.
comment posted at 8:29 AM on Dec-16-08

Yes, 'tis the season once again, and back in the day that meant the reappearance of the beloved Christmas carol in the comic pages, more specifically in the late, lamented Pogo.
comment posted at 1:44 PM on Dec-11-08

And now, a singing crocodile dressed as a cowboy teaches you to meditate. [SLYT, via]
comment posted at 10:04 AM on Dec-8-08

YO, CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME GIANT SQUID-TYPE THING WITH, LIKE, ELBOWS, DUDE!!! WHOA!!!!
comment posted at 3:53 PM on Dec-4-08

The Worst Day of My Life. SLYTP
comment posted at 12:49 PM on Nov-21-08

A cat getting into a yogurt box. And a girl getting into a vending machine. DLYT.
comment posted at 11:03 AM on Nov-4-08

Television technology explained. By Bjork.
comment posted at 2:56 PM on Nov-3-08

The 20 most significant comics in American comics history, according to Steven Grant.
comment posted at 4:23 PM on Oct-23-08

How We Evolve: "A growing number of scientists argue that human culture itself has become the foremost agent of biological change, making us — for the past 10,000 years or so — the inadvertent architects of our own future selves."
comment posted at 8:53 AM on Oct-9-08

Radar Magazine Online's Worst Colleges in America including honors for The Most Degenerate Student Body, the Biggest Rip-off, and Most Intolerant.
comment posted at 8:34 AM on Aug-24-08

Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert's got a blog where he serves up demos of recipes he makes in his toaster oven.
comment posted at 9:42 AM on Aug-20-08

The BEST summer vacation EVER!!!
comment posted at 4:32 PM on Aug-4-08

"We replicate what the perfect girl is." (SLYTP) No nudity, but may be NSFW.
comment posted at 11:03 AM on Aug-4-08

Who ruined the Hollywood fight scene? With average shot length under six seconds and falling, are fight scenes more exciting than they used to be? Or is Hollywood's love of fast editing cutting us short?
comment posted at 8:27 AM on Jul-29-08

Blood on the Mountain; part 2. In 1981 Randall Smith killed two hikers along the Appalachian Trail and served 15 years for second-degree murder. Two months ago Scott Johnston and Sean Farmer were camping along the trail when a man walked into their campsite. It was Randall Smith. And he was carrying a .22.
comment posted at 10:43 AM on Jul-9-08

NYT asks: What's your recipe deal breaker? Deep frying? Requiring a helper? Standing overnight? Lifehacker readers chime in with the recipes that stop them cold.
comment posted at 11:05 AM on Jun-10-08

U. Utah Phillips, Wobbly folk singer, has died.
comment posted at 5:00 PM on May-24-08

Not another fine myth. I've read Robert Asprin's Myth books from the beginning, and still re-read them every couple of years. You may also know him for co-creating the Thieves' World shared universe books. RIP Mr. Asprin, Skeeve, Aahz, Tananda, and the rest of the gang. (Now I have to go and dig up the graphic novels he did with Phil Foglio.)
comment posted at 8:50 AM on May-23-08

Fly high, little fish!
comment posted at 10:20 AM on May-22-08

Make your own stock. Make your own broth. Argue about the difference! Use your stock to make French onion soup. Or Beef Bourguignon. But whatever you do, don't use the storebought stuff unless you have to.
comment posted at 10:26 AM on May-22-08

7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes
comment posted at 1:29 PM on May-15-08

100 Must-Read Books (for dudes) Men just have different ... needs ... than women, so apparently they need to read different books as well. However (as a chick myself) I tend to check this sort of thing out in a futile but ongoing attempt to figure out men. Hmmph. Men. Go figure ....
comment posted at 2:10 PM on May-14-08

Cassette from My Ex is a project to "share the stories and the soundtrack to your earliest loves." Also features a great entry from Claudia Gonson of Magnetic Fields.
comment posted at 11:13 AM on May-14-08

Vatican's chief astronomer states that belief in alien life does not conradict faith in God. Fr. José Gabriel Funes, a Jesuit preist and chief astronomer for the Vatican, stated in an interview in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper, that, "Just as we consider earthly creatures as 'a brother,' and 'sister,' why should we not talk about an 'extraterrestrial brother'? It would still be part of creation."
comment posted at 9:00 AM on May-14-08

"We were treated like rock stars. I was told there were female Trekkies who kept lists of all the cast members with whom they'd slept. I was told this!" Extracts from 'Up To Now', the autobiography of William Shatner... from his time on Star Trek, where he comes over as the colossal jerk of legend, to his poignant recollections of the death of his third wife.
comment posted at 9:02 AM on May-12-08

Gary Snyder, sublime and seminal poet of ecological awareness and activism [YouTube link], Zen appreciation of "ordinary mind" and American speech, shamanistic intimacy with the natural world, and surviving member of the Beat Generation (West Coast posse) at age 78, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly poetry prize. "Gary Snyder is in essence a contemporary devotional poet, though he is not devoted to any one god or way of being so much as to Being itself," said Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman. "His poetry is a testament to the sacredness of the natural world and our relation to it, and a prophecy of what we stand to lose if we forget that relation.” Previous recipients of the Lilly prize include Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery, and W.S. Merwin. [Previously mentioned here.]
comment posted at 9:34 AM on May-7-08

Best Beatles cover ever.
comment posted at 8:06 AM on Apr-30-08

Albert Hofmann, the inventor/discoverer of LSD, has died at the age of 102. Wiki. The Albert Hofmann Foundation. Erowid entry on LSD. Hofmann's often-cited essay, "LSD, My Problem Child." Late in his life, he questioned his own invention. A conversation with Dr. Hoffman.
comment posted at 3:57 PM on Apr-29-08

Knuckle tattoos
comment posted at 1:04 PM on Apr-8-08

Uwe Boll has said if this online petition gets a million signatures he'll stop making movies. Previously
comment posted at 4:41 AM on Apr-8-08

How to Make Love to the Dough Instructional video on bread and love making. Portions NSFW.
comment posted at 8:27 AM on Apr-4-08

First, a bit of an introduction to the game of Cricket (youtube) for those of us who may not be familiar with the sport. Next, a few clips (1, 2, 3, 4) on how awesome the Gentleman's Game can be (and you thought we didn't do anything but roam around in our white pants and cotton shirts...). But, if that wasn't enough for you, then here's a taste of Twenty20 Cricket (the fast, fast paced version of the game), and the new DLF Indian (pdf) Premier League. (This is in addition to the One Day Matches, which were instituted to bring in a bit more excitement into the game during the 1970's, prior to which the match only consisted of Tests. However, some purists still maintain that the game would've been better served had it not been commercalized to the extent that it has, and still prefer the leisurely pace of the original format to its current incarnation.)
comment posted at 8:43 AM on Mar-20-08

Marvel vs. the BMI (one-link, but fun.)
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comment posted at 2:37 PM on Mar-4-08

Gary Gygax has failed his saving throw.
comment posted at 10:33 AM on Mar-4-08

A collection of comic books, Amar Chitra Katha is like the American Illustrated Classics, except that the stories are from Indian sacred texts, mythology, history, folktales and legends. It was conceived by Anant Pai. The series has sold over 86 million copies of about 440 titles.
comment posted at 8:47 AM on Mar-3-08

I nearly punched someone today.
comment posted at 3:09 PM on Feb-29-08

Benefits of Beer There are a ton of these but this is by far my favorite.
comment posted at 1:46 PM on Feb-22-08

Revealing Character — In 2004 and 2005, photographer Robb Kendrick traveled through Texas to take tintypes of working cowboys and cowgirls, capturing a part of American life that evolves with the times.
comment posted at 4:08 PM on Jan-21-08

Hey, bisexuals! Is your sweetheart terrified that you’ll have second thoughts after graduation? Are you trying to figure out how to tell your parents? Are presidential primary frontrunners lumping your orientation together with pedophilia and bestiality? Well, for the first two, at least, you can reassure them that bisexuality is not a phase ... by quoting SCIENCE! (pdf) (Side effects may include cheering at increasing cultural acceptance or eye-rolling at need to continue to demonstrate the obvious. Effects have been demonstrated in women only. Presidential primary frontrunners may be immune to science.)
comment posted at 3:36 PM on Jan-17-08

Hammer films are back! ... The classic British horror film company has returned from the dead with the first new film in 20 years to be first broadcast in instalments via MySpace. This has allowed some news programs to camp it up just a little... See the trailer here. Behind the scenes.
comment posted at 11:03 AM on Dec-18-07

Diwali: the festival of light. Go ahead, light a diya (no, not that Diya) or something a bit more festive. Burn a few firecrackers, but be careful not to harm yourself. And be sure to have a taste of those mouth savouring sweets.
comment posted at 1:02 PM on Nov-9-07

Top 10 Most Disturbing Movies of All Time.
comment posted at 8:28 AM on Nov-7-07

An Unfortunate View From the Sky. The U.S. Navy has decided to spend as much as $600,000 for landscaping and architectural modifications to obscure the fact that one its building complexes looks like a swastika from the air.
comment posted at 10:59 AM on Sep-26-07

10 books every chef, home cook or gastrophile should have on their shelf.
comment posted at 10:58 AM on Sep-25-07

Mr. Spock's MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE. The original sixties classic, "Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space" is perhaps the most sought after Nimoy album. Like a piece of fine blue cheese, thirty years have added another dimension to this remarkable debut." "Can you believe that this record was created by the same label that brought you Pat Boone?" The complete collection.
comment posted at 3:25 PM on Sep-20-07

Head Injury Theater presents: Dungeons and Dragons: Celebrating 30 Years of Very Stupid Monsters.
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comment posted at 4:39 PM on Sep-14-07

NASA Astronomers Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object Orbiting Neutron Star [via]
comment posted at 8:20 AM on Sep-13-07