The Guide To Appropriate Drinking Ages

New York Magazine'sGuide to Appropriate Drinking Ages is wryly amusing - though I was a bit surprised to see that getting a drink "from a fake volcano" is acceptable up to age 50. really? i would put the cut off at 23....

oooh aarr me hearties

i know it's a little late for "talk like a pirate day" but nevertheless, Wired has provided a guide on "how to talk pirate"...from a real-life Somali scourge of the seas. Available here.

Cinderella Ate my Daughter

it's the title of a book which came out earlier this year, and one i will be putting on my "to do" list. for a taste, there's a review here.

music video + jonestown massacre

not exactly the first combination that springs to mind - however the footage mixed with cult's "go outside" soundtrack is haunting and intriguing
it's hosted here over at boingboing

stories, endings....and facebook

in an article over at nymag (available here), paul ford discusses how facebook is messing around with the stories of our lives - the chapters don't close; they just keep on going.

letters of note

there is a sad echo you may have heard, whispering how (handwritten) letters are dying out. never fear, the internet is here! over on 'letters of note, you will find 'correspondence worthy of a wider audience', such as a letter Iggy Pop wrote to a fan, or a memo on the casting of Star Trek:TNG.

the reluctant role model

cher, gay-icon supreme, had a daughter and she named her chastity. one day, chastity realized something just wasn't right. now she is a he named chaz, subject of a documentary about the demanding process. and no...it wasn't because his mom was cher.

signs

oh those motivational manifestos that pop up every now and again. they sound great. they usually come with a great graphic. are you actually going to take much notice of them? well, if it's important, you'll find a way

the museum of fat love

now, is this cute or mean??
"An incomplete collection of evidence proving the existence of those not-so-rare creatures: fat people in love."
it's the Museum of Fat Love

food for thought

tajikistan: bad for beards

if you're a man with a beard in tajikistan, beware. the government authorities are attempting to crack down on "extremism" and are harrassing men with facial hair. no, it's not suddenly april 1 and no, you're not in the twilight zone. read this article over at Eurasianet to see it's the truth!

swimming pool exit dance

are you a bit of an extrovert?
do you like wearing skimpy clothing to show off your figure?
do you think you can dance?
great! click here for further instructions.

virtuoso in the underground

walking through the metro/subway/underground in many big cities, you'll often hear strains of music competing against the rush of trains and masses of footsteps filling the air. do you ever stop and listen, or are you too busy to stop and stare? next time this happens, maybe pause for thought. it may be virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell enriching your life for free.

kilian martin

cookieboy

if you can dream it, cookieboy can bake it. click on "works" to see what theoretical treats can come from an oven...

False Confessions

A really interesting article on NYMag.com, asking why people confess to crimes they didn't commit.

smile and the world smiles with you

laugh....and you can achieve world peace...??!

that's enough to make anyone giggle...

south korean pixels

when insults had class

this wryly amusing collection of insults will unfailingly put a smirk, if not a smile, on your face. Mae West had a point when she said,
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”
Owned.

is the pope even a christian?

apparently not. or can we maybe rename the post to "the pot" to stop confusion? or maybe "kettle"... either way, the man-who-demands-respect-yet-does-nothing-to-deserve-it has proclaimed to a gathering of lay Catholics in Portugal "that he appreciated their efforts fighting abortion and promoting the family based on the "indissoluble marriage between a man and woman"—the Vatican's way of expressing its opposition to divorce and same-sex unions.

Such initiatives "help respond to some of the most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good today," he said. "Alongside numerous other forms of commitment, such initiatives represent essential elements in the building of the civilization of love."

What those 'other forms of commitment' are, is as of yet, still to be outlined. My guess would be a)the commitment to abusing young boys; b)the commitment to a wilful disregard for human life when preaching against the use of condoms when HIV/AIDS kills so many every day; c)the complete devaluation of women, as persons unable to decide what's best for themself.

I do not understand why so many millions of people around the world continue to revere this misogynistic, uncharitable "christian". I for one am looking forward to the day he loses the ability to speak.