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I came upon this creature on the beach on Long Island in Glen Cove N.Y. today 2/12/11. Glen Cove is located in Nassau County, New York on the north shore of Long Island.

Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she's been much happier ever since.

Senator Ford wants to make swearing a felony in South Carolina. Seriously.

Wonder if they'll be forced to replace it with a compact fluorescent?

Outlawed in Sardinia, but still available on the black market. For some reason.

At least not for Pesach. Yes, this has apparently been ruled on: marijuana is hametz - if you're Ashkenazic. Otherwise, I guess you can ... what ... light up in the middle of seder? Kashrut - a far more interesting subject than you know. Note: You might want to view this one in Firefox, as I just had difficulty back arrowing out of this page in Internet Explorer.

A graduate in woman's studies offers to sell her virginity to the highest bidder, using her Myspace page to advertise her efforts. Her myspace remains up, despite the fact that her story has now hit network television, suggesting that Myspace is OK with this. How interesting.

The people for the ethical treatment of animals have decided that if they get people to start calling fish "sea kittens", people will have trouble telling the difference between their pet cats and the alewives washing up on the beach. Yeah, that will work. They wrote a children's book for this campaign. One of the characters in it, "Tony the Trout", is said to have pursued a double major in neuroscience and environmental studies. Pity he didn't augment the neuroscience with a little psychiatry. Maybe he'd be able to diagnose the problem ailing the person who came up with this campaign.

A collection of items that, in one way ore another, hold the world's record for length. Eg. the longest volcanic eruption on record (Stromboli, still going after 2600 years, after its first recorded lava ejection in the 7th century BCE), and the longest maggot bath, for those dreaming of perhaps taking one themselves, muscles relaxing in the wriggling warmth while they savor a cup of Kopi Luwak and let their cares wash away - 1.5 hours, record set in 2002 by Christine Martin of England. At least so the site claims. Aren't you glad to know that?

Amazed that the chair has withstood the elements as long as it has ...

Surrealism in the construction trade. Another find by Anatoly at Stumbleupon.

Yes, they're writing poems about staplers. Really. WARNING: a link to a store at amazon.com is present at the bottom of the page.

Mostly gentle sniping can be found in the comments section of the blog post where I found the link to the article in the bookmark below on my profile, one which briefly answers the question "what was all of that about".

WARNING: The page ahead is in .pdf format, and may cause problems for those who don't have adobe uploaded on their systems, or those using older browsers. In Senegal and the Congo, rioting have already occured over this - allegations that strangers (sometimes foreigners) have stolen the penises of the men that they've shaken hands with or merely touched. It's witchcraft, you know. It would almost be funny, if nobody had been hurt, but some of the accused witches have been killed. This is a paper I found linked to about the phenomenon. See link above, on my bookmark list. Note the non-.edu address. I can't vouch for the credentials of the authors, so read this one with guarded skepticism. That having been said, Reuters has reported these incidents - this is not an urban legend.

Yes, these people really believe that they're elves or dragons - and now they get to network. Look, if you wish, but whatever you do, don't talk to them. They really are serious, taking the position that any skepticism regarding their truly remarkable claims constitutes "persecution". Go there, and watch postmodernism reach its logical and inevitable conclusion - utter raving madness in those who embrace it. Isn't it time that the 90s were over?

One of the most expensive varieties of coffee in the world, made by ... you probably don't want to know. But if you've tasted this, you paid $5 per mug for the experience. Maybe a little more than that in the long run, because I'm not sure that you'll want to hold onto the mug after reading this.