Oh, So Suddenly He's "Hurricane" Rick?

From Yahoo! News:

Hurricane Rick has become an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast.

Well, he's certainly a disaster. But the Rio Grande's not exactly a coast.

Wait. What?

Cheese or Font?

Well, this one's probably been making the rounds, but it's new to me.

http://cheeseorfont.mogrify.org/

So, yeah. There are about 200 words; you have to decide whether the word describes a cheese, or a font.

And: it sucks. If you're anything like me, you're apparently an idiot.

The Internet: We've Got Everything! (tm)*

*May not be trademarked

[h/t to Honor. You know who you are.]

Improbable Island

I know you. I bet you need a clever, random text-based browser game to play, don't you? Don't you?

Improbable Island

Post-apocalypse punk, post-ironic, Douglas Adams-y meta humor silliness at your service.

I'm only level 4, but already I've upgraded from my spork to a butter knife, and got me some sweet pink footie pajamas for armor. I'm headed back out to the jungle to see if I can find a midget plumber that reminds me of a certain 1980s video game character to kill.

Webcomic Revisitation: Wondermark Fiction Generator

Well, if you don't read Wondermark, you should. Its delightful, quirky neo-Victorian style is, indeed, as advertised, "An Illustrated Jocularity."

And once in a while, a true gem comes out: behold the Fiction Generator!

(Click to Embiggen)

[waits while you go look]

Even better, intrepid and devoted readers of the strip have created working models of said Fiction Generator, which are all too close to reality.

Truly, Teh Awesome.

We're out of...Bullets?

Historic bullet shortage sweeps U.S. (AP via Yahoo! news)

We're out of...bullets?

Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.

Huh. Mountain molehill something something?

"I call it the Obama effect," said Gregory, 37, of Terrytown, La. "It always happens when the Democrats get in office. It happened with Clinton and Obama is even stronger for gun control. Ammunition will be the first step, so I'm stocking up while I can."

So far, the new administration nor Congress has not been markedly antigun. Obama has said he respects Second Amendment rights, but favors "common sense" on gun laws. Still, worries about what could happen persist.

Or just completely unfounded fears, right? Hmm.

"We are working overtime and still can't keep up with the demand," said Al Russo, spokesman for North Carolina-based Remington Arms Company, which makes bullets for rifles, handguns and shotguns. "We've had to add a fourth shift and go 24-7. It's a phenomenon that I have not seen before in my 30 years in the business."

I mean, how many bullets do we need? Or: how many do we usually...

Americans usually buy about 7 billion rounds of ammunition a year, according to the National Rifle Association. In the past year, that figure has jumped to about 9 billion rounds, said NRA spokeswoman Vickie Cieplak.

Well, I...wait, what?

NINE BILLION FUCKING ROUNDS?

Pingwire

Pingwire is a site that's been around for - I dunno, months maybe? In their own words, it "is an almost live feed of images being published to twitter using twitpic, yfrog, and twitgoo."

The images go by pretty quickly, as you might imagine.

Here, in chronological order and with their captions, are the five images that came up immediately after I finished typing this sentence (no foolin'):

Fig. 1: Had to keep busy. Put these up on my wall:

Fig. 2: Aqui o 4shared tá normal. ._.

Fig. 3: Epic Ewok cake!!

Fig. 4: On the road to Syracuse, NY to do our first electro set, wish us luck and stay tuned!


Fig. 5: Photo Joe Calfchild, Blackfoot

As you can see, it's basically a lumps-and-all visual Zeitgeist monitor. I recommend it, if only for about 40 seconds at a time.

(click any photo to see source)

What's the Worst Thing?

OK, so the wife and I just watched MST3K's greatest/worst work, Manos: The Hands of Fate, and it got me to thinking... What's the worst thing you could ever be a part of and be able to justify to yourself artistically?

And how would you justify it, of course.


And irony doesn't count.

I think mine might be Gilmore Girls, if only because Achewood referenced it. I've only ever seen maybe two episodes, but I thought it was pretty good.