Just Another Day's Work For the US Coast Guard

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Quirky Asia Files: A Doll Village in Japan

I hate dolls like I hate clowns.  This is totally creeping me out.

Nerd News: Harvard Headline of the Year

"Black Mass Cancelled Amid Uproar As Cultural Studies Club Withdraws Sponsorship." Seriously, this is the real headline!  Then again, some of us have always known that Hahvahd was of the Devil, hahaha!

By the way, here is the statement from Hahvahd President Drew Faust - FAUST!  Folks, I can't make this stuff up if I tried.  

Here's a piece of it (issued before the club withdrew its sponsorship):

"The decision by a student club to sponsor an enactment of this ritual is abhorrent; it represents a fundamental affront to the values of inclusion, belonging and mutual respect that must define our community. It is deeply regrettable that the organizers of this event, well aware of the offense they are causing so many others, have chosen to proceed with a form of expression that is so flagrantly disrespectful and inflammatory.

Nevertheless, consistent with the University’s commitment to free expression, including expression that may deeply offend us, the decision to proceed is and will remain theirs. At the same time, we will vigorously protect the right of others to respond—and to address offensive expression with expression of their own. 

I plan to attend a Eucharistic Holy Hour and Benediction at St. Paul's Church on our campus on Monday evening in order to join others in reaffirming our respect for the Catholic faith at Harvard and to demonstrate that the most powerful response to offensive speech is not censorship, but reasoned discourse and robust dissent."

New Jersey Court System Going To The Dogs

A German Shepherd just got summoned to jury duty.  Make your own jokes, folks.

Curiouser and Curiouser

What is going on with missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370?  Theories ranging from banal to utterly preposterous are flooding the media and Internet.  The only one I haven't heard yet is "aliens."  YET.

Terrified By Screaming At 1 AM, Neighbors Call the Cops ...

Who rush in to find that the folks next door were just trying to assemble IKEA furniture.  

Hey, don't laugh!  If you've ever tried to put that stuff together, you'll be screaming, crying, cursing, howling, and throwing things in no time flat.

Nerd News: NYU Sophomore Has Worst Day Ever

The 19-year-old college student spent it stuck in a 2-foot-wide space between his dorm and the neighboring building; he had to be rescued by the FDNY.

Only In Australia

The new prime minister can't move into his official residence because the place is infested with possums.  No, really.

Quirky Asia Files: Ceremonial First Pitch, South Korean Style

Ki Bo-bae is an Olympic archer.  So, really, what did you expect when you asked her to throw the first pitch, right?

My all-time favorite, though, has got to be this one.  She's a rhythmic gymnast, people!

The Iowa State Fair 1, Your Diet 0

Yum?

In Vino Veritas ... and Explosive Devices

Via Dignified Rant, "wine militants" versus the Socialist Party in Carcassone, France. 

Sir Richard Branson Loses A Bet

And how!

Go Barefoot Already

You all know that I love shoes, but ... DO NOT WANT!

#12, though, looks like something Galadriel would wear to the Middle Earth Prom or something.

Headline of the Day: Cold War in Upstate New York

Can you read this headline without laughing?  Ice Cream Truck Turf War: Sno Cone Joe stalked Mr. Ding-A-Ling, N.Y. police say.

Politics Are a Joke

And the mayor of Reykjavik knows it.  You may recall my coverage of Hizzoner's campaign back in 2010.

Chinese Office Supplies: Guy Outsources Own Job

Well, it's certainly a ... er ... creative approach.  *slow clap*

Headline of the Day: Chicago-O'Hare Airport Even Weirder Than Previously Thought

Is this a headline or the intro to a CSI episode?  Behold: "18 severed human heads discovered at O'Hare airport."  

Headline of the Day: I'm Not Even Going To Ask

Seen in the Dublin Metro Herald newspaper: "China Ferrari sex orgy death crash."

Mynd You, Møøse Bites Kan Be Pretty Nasti

So use quadcopter videocameras if you want to spy on your local moose in Norway!

Sing It: "Rubber Ducky, You're the One!"

Say "G'day!" to this huge new visitor to Sydney Harbor.