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It's a C-O-N...spiracy

Many people are unaware of the events surrounding the Rot-N-Chow event in Rockford Michigan.  It is a deeply protected secret, about the happenings on that day.  Apparently, from what I have heard, some “zombie wrangler”, I kid you not…this is a person who handles zombies…apparently lost control of his flock during a shoot.

 

According to unconfirmed sources, the death toll was in the dozens.  Supposedly some big-haired blonde actress is missing.

 

Anybody hear anything about this besides me?

The Dip Has Been Removed

Upon the birth of his fifth offspring, War decided to inform pestilence of the blessed event. War was informed by the remaining resident that Pestilence no longer resided at this address. This meant she no longer resided with this resident. This meant that this resident was NOT part of her life anymore.

There is no longer Dip.

Pestilence is Free to join the other three horsemen in the End of The World. Early reports indicate that War and Famine are ecstatic. Rumor has it that Death is moving to Portland, and could not be reached for comment.

Asteroid's Revenge!

*Cough, cough* Er, sorry about the dust...

Just had to bring this in. It seemed perfectly appropriate for this place.

If you ever felt sorry for those poor defenseless Asteroids in the classic arcade game, here is your chance to help them get revenge.

Suitably off kilter enough for Asylum folks, I think. Enjoy!

[Via Boing Boing.]

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Blasting off!

Way too long since anyone has posted here, and something really cool happened, so here I am.

Today a woman is on her way to the ISS as the first female paying space tourist. In and of itself, this might not really merit a mention. Several others have already ridden up to the station on Russian rockets for tours and after all, the ISS is kind of a bad joke at this point anyway. But it's what we have. Of course, the fact that the Russians are the ones with the capitalist spirit who offer this opportunity also reeks of an brutal irony.

But this woman is kind of special, and because of who she is it's worth mentioning this trip. Anousheh Ansari was born in Iran. She came to the U.S. as a teenager, not speaking any English. Nevertheless she pursued advanced degrees in engineering by the time she was in college. She and her husband formed a company that eventually sold for millions. They went on to sponsor the X-Prize which two years ago awarded $10 million to the team that launched Space Ship One, the first privately owned spacecraft to reach the edge of space.

She's a remarkable woman and an example of true entreprenurial spirit.

Ad Astra Anousheh!

Ode to Petroleum and Pharmaceuticals

I never thought I'd ever live
to watch my nation freely give
It's integrity and it's class
For little pills and cheaper gas.

I never thought I'd see the day,
When democracy up and ran away
When the torch on the Statue of Liberty
Was the symbol of all that was not free.

I never thought I'd hear it said
That the freedom for which my fathers bled
Had been sold to the pharma-kings and big oil
And that they alone would benefit from my toil.

I never thought I'd live to see
The silencing of the brave and muzzling of the free
to prevent them from saying with voices raised loud
when this is all wrong for fear of the crowd.

I never thought it would come to pass
when the vellum we stored under glass
and claim as our precious source of light
could be used to bring about endless night.

I never thought it could come to this
that in our greed we could be so remiss
To set aside the cries of both the poor and the needy.
And forget...it's about We the people, not you the greedy.

Bing, Bang, Boing!

I totally had this game when I was a kid. I LOVED that thing. It was so much fun to set up different sequences and watch as a string of marbles (steelies) bounced through the series of little trampolines. I didn't remember what it was called until this post turned up. Thanks, Boing Boing!

And now a quick note about diet pop.

Nillyyyyyy! Step away from the Diet Coke and Mentos.

Do NOT try this experiment at meetings.

One of these days I'll find that poem Jymi wrote. I know I have it somewhere. In one of those $&*#%^@ boxes.

If you thought tornadoes were funny...

Man oh man!

Those tornadoes just crack me up every time. That's comedy!

But if you think that's funny, wait 'til you get a load of this:

Nuclear test footage set to the William Tell Overture. Produced by our very own Department of Energy and you can own a copy of your very own. The preview is free.

Top that!

(Hat tip: BoingBoing)

Grimagix sister city?

How's this for an oddity? A man who has created extremely detailed maps and other info about a complete city that exists only in his own head.

He's even published a book, Urville, of his drawings and descriptions of this city.

Now, who else do we know with such contact with the Other Places?

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