The Dadwich, a tie-shaped sandwich with grilled steak, Swiss, cheddar and fried onions
Coming to Kindle and Smashwords
November 2013
Nov 5, 2011
busy, busy....
A prisoner serving time in Monmouthshire, Wales was found to have an extensive arsenal of do-it-yourself swords. The swords, made of matchsticks, included a few swords from the Final Fantasy canon, as one can see Cloud’s iconic Buster Sword and Squall’s Gunblade above, among others.
mechanical whimsy...
Wonder Object, Documentary on Kinetic Art Sculptures by Gary Schott
By Rusty Blazenhoff on November 4, 2011
Eskimo Kisser #2
Eskimo Kisser #2
Metalsmith artist Gary Schott painstakingly creates his playful kinetic art sculptures (his “wonder objects”) first out of balsa wood and eventually out of metal. Filmmaking duo Mark and Angela Walley of Walley Films, created a short documentary about Gary and his quirky art pieces titled Wonder Object. The film was created in association with the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio,
go to love Branson...
Spaceport America, The World’s First Private Commercial Spaceport
By EDW Lynch on November 4, 2011
Spaceport America in New Mexico, the world’s first private commercial spaceport, officially opened on October 18, 2011. The spaceport features a massive 120,000 square foot, partially underground combined terminal/hanger structure and a 10,000 foot runway. Once fully operational (a second construction phase is currently underway) Spaceport America will be the home of Virgin Galactic and will support up to two WhiteKnightTwo and five SpaceShipTwo vehicles. GigaPica has posted a photo gallery of the spaceport and opening ceremony
Nov 4, 2011
Nov 3, 2011
I hate to say I told ya so..(but I did..)
Romney's Mormonism To Be A Bigger Issue In The General Election, Say Evangelicals
WASHINGTON -- The loudest objections to Mitt Romney's Mormonism have not yet been raised, according to evangelical leaders and conservatives.
One month ago, an attack on Romney's faith by a Texas pastor supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry renewed talk that Romney, who was a high-ranking official in the Mormon church from 1981 to 1994, would lose large chunks of the evangelical vote because of his faith.
That may prove true in Iowa, the first state in the Republican presidential primary process. And Romney's faith does give many protestants pause. But polls, and evangelical leaders, tell another story: If the former Massachusetts governor is the Republican nominee, his faith may be attacked and questioned more aggressively by liberals in the general election than it has been by conservatives in the primary.
One month ago, an attack on Romney's faith by a Texas pastor supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry renewed talk that Romney, who was a high-ranking official in the Mormon church from 1981 to 1994, would lose large chunks of the evangelical vote because of his faith.
That may prove true in Iowa, the first state in the Republican presidential primary process. And Romney's faith does give many protestants pause. But polls, and evangelical leaders, tell another story: If the former Massachusetts governor is the Republican nominee, his faith may be attacked and questioned more aggressively by liberals in the general election than it has been by conservatives in the primary.
but please, start the cuts in social safety net...
Report: Military Blew $1 Trillion on Weapons Since 9/11
A new study suggests that defense hawks are crying crocodile tears over planned cuts to Pentagon spending.
Capitol Hill conservatives and Pentagon brass fighting cuts to defense spending have argued that the military is limping off the battlefield with decrepit hardware. It's quite the sob story: At a hearing last week, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the chair of the House armed services committee, cut his remarks short to literally sob for "these young men that are going outside the wire over in Afghanistan, every day on patrol."
Capitol Hill conservatives and Pentagon brass fighting cuts to defense spending have argued that the military is limping off the battlefield with decrepit hardware. It's quite the sob story: At a hearing last week, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the chair of the House armed services committee, cut his remarks short to literally sob for "these young men that are going outside the wire over in Afghanistan, every day on patrol."
But a new report shows the US defense establishment is in much better shape than it claims: The DOD has blown roughly $1 trillion on shiny new tanks, ships, and jets since the 9/11 attacks—and it's often done so with dollars that were supposed to be spent on those troops on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Amish beard attacks (really)
Sam Mullet, father of two men arrested for allegedly going into the home of other Amish and cutting their hair and beards, stands outside his home in Bergholz, Ohio, Oct. 10.
BERGHOLZ, Ohio — The leader of an Amish group with members accused of going into the home of another Amish man and cutting his hair and beard said Monday it's a religious matter and police shouldn't be involved.
Sam Mullet said he didn't order the hair-cutting but didn't stop two of his sons and another man from carrying it out last week on a 74-year-old man in his home in rural eastern Ohio. Amish men typically grow beards as adults and stop trimming them when they marry, and the beards are held in high esteem.
Mullet, 66, said the goal of the hair-cutting was to send a message to Amish in Holmes County that they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they were treating Mullet and his community.
Sam Mullet said he didn't order the hair-cutting but didn't stop two of his sons and another man from carrying it out last week on a 74-year-old man in his home in rural eastern Ohio. Amish men typically grow beards as adults and stop trimming them when they marry, and the beards are held in high esteem.
Mullet, 66, said the goal of the hair-cutting was to send a message to Amish in Holmes County that they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they were treating Mullet and his community.
Nov 2, 2011
Nov 1, 2011
Ape speaks.....
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So let me get this straight... If you are a black conservative and you spout every chance you get about how all your achievements are color blind and that things like affirmative action and other equalizing programs are for the weak and morally decrepit until a inconvient sex charge rears it's ugly head and all of sudden it's a "high tech lyching"..Please...
funny the goverment tried to give him a gun during the vietnam war five times and he wanted nothing to do with it...
In 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney pumped birdshot into a friend's face, simultaneously upping his thug cred while inspiring Lego fan Thom Beckett to depict the scene in plastic bricks.
Oct 31, 2011
sweet...
Heidi Klum Wears a Gory Skinned Dead Body Costume to Her Halloween Party
By on October 31, 2011
Model Heidi Klum, already known for over-the-top Halloween costumes, donned a custom skintight, and quite gory, skinned dead body (ala “Visible Woman”) costume to the 12th Heidi Klum’s Annual Halloween party which she hosted at the The Venetian Resort’s TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas. For ‘authenticity’, she made her grand entrance by being wheeled in on an autopsy table by two bloody ‘medical professionals’. The macabre ‘body’suit was created by costume designer Martin Izquierdo.
She tweeted a series of photos of her face makeup as it was being applied:
via Daily Mail & Super Punch
Oct 29, 2011
Oct 28, 2011
I feel safer....
TSA goes through woman's luggage, finds sex toy, leaves pervy note
By Xeni Jardin at 7:26 am Monday, Oct 24 Boing Boing partner, Boing Boing Video host and executive producer. Xeni.net, Twitter, Google+. Email: xeni@xeni.net. Upcoming speaking appearances include Amnesty International Conference, Nov 4-6, Los Angeles.
"Just unpacked my suitcase and found this note from TSA," tweets writer and attorney Jill Filipovic of Feministe. "Guess they discovered a 'personal item' in my bag. Wow."
It was a standard-issue "we rummaged through your checked luggage" Transportation Security Administration Notice of Inspection (NOI), but with these handwritten words in pen overlaid: "GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL."
"Total violation of privacy, wildly inappropriate and clearly not ok," Filipovic writes in a post titled Your Tax Dollars at Work, "but I also just died laughing in my hotel room."
The "personal item" in question, Ms. Filipovic tells Boing Boing, was this $15 "Silver Bullet" vibrator from Babeland. I suppose a case could be made that an airport screener would have a legitimate reason to probe more deeply see what I did there you guys if this sort-of-ammo-shaped sex toy popped up on an imaging display. But the creepy note? Yeah, that definitely didn't have to happen. And TSA agents behaving badly with female travelers' intimate stuff? Not uncommon. Nor are women the only recipients of inappropriate notes from screeners
Booo!!!
Realistic 3D Pumpkin Carvings by Food Sculptor Ray Villafane
By Rusty Blazenhoff on October 24, 2011
beautiful
Food sculptor Ray Villafane of Villafane Studios in Arizona creates amazing 3D pumpkin carvings including a particular awesome one in the likeness of talk show host David Letterman
Wooo Hoooo!!!!!!
McRib is back!!!!
McRib, the elusive sandwich that has inspired a cult-like following, is back.
McDonald's Corp. plans to announce Monday that the boneless barbecue pork sandwich that is not always available in stores will be sold at all U.S. locations through Nov. 14.
It's usually up to local franchises to determine when and if they want to sell the McRib, except in Germany, the only place where it's available perennially. But McDonald's said the response was so great last November when it made the McRib available nationally for about three weeks – the first time it had done so since 1994 – that it decided to bring it back this year. The company declined to give specific sales numbers.
The sandwich, which is dressed with onions, pickle slices and barbecue sauce, was introduced nationally in 1982. With 500 calories and 26 grams of fat, it's slightly trimmer than the Big Mac, which has 540 calories and 29 grams of fat. And just like the Big Mac, the McRib has become a popular McDonald's offering.
There are Facebook groups like "Bring Back the McRib!!!" There are Twitter tags, where posts range from "Lucky me, the McRib is back" to "If you eat McRibs, you need to re-evaluate what it is you actually want in life." There's even the McRib Locator, a website where true believers can report McRib sightings, and even truer believers can take a road trip when one shows up within driving distance.
If the McRib is so popular, why not just offer it all the time? McDonald's likes to stoke the enthusiasm with an aura of transience.
"Bringing it back every so often adds to the excitement," said Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director, who added that she's not sure if the McRib will reappear in stores every fall.
And how can it be called a McRib if it doesn't have any bones? Said Fearon: "That gives it this quirky sense of humor.".
It's usually up to local franchises to determine when and if they want to sell the McRib, except in Germany, the only place where it's available perennially. But McDonald's said the response was so great last November when it made the McRib available nationally for about three weeks – the first time it had done so since 1994 – that it decided to bring it back this year. The company declined to give specific sales numbers.
The sandwich, which is dressed with onions, pickle slices and barbecue sauce, was introduced nationally in 1982. With 500 calories and 26 grams of fat, it's slightly trimmer than the Big Mac, which has 540 calories and 29 grams of fat. And just like the Big Mac, the McRib has become a popular McDonald's offering.
There are Facebook groups like "Bring Back the McRib!!!" There are Twitter tags, where posts range from "Lucky me, the McRib is back" to "If you eat McRibs, you need to re-evaluate what it is you actually want in life." There's even the McRib Locator, a website where true believers can report McRib sightings, and even truer believers can take a road trip when one shows up within driving distance.
If the McRib is so popular, why not just offer it all the time? McDonald's likes to stoke the enthusiasm with an aura of transience.
"Bringing it back every so often adds to the excitement," said Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director, who added that she's not sure if the McRib will reappear in stores every fall.
And how can it be called a McRib if it doesn't have any bones? Said Fearon: "That gives it this quirky sense of humor.".
Oct 24, 2011
tidings of comfort and joy......(and brains)
Zombie nativity scene
By Cory Doctorow at 7:53 pm Saturday, Oct 22
Since you know that November 1 is the day that retailers bust out their Christmas dross, why not combine Hallowe'en and Xmas with this zombie nativity scene from Etsy seller fetishforethics?
Yikes!!!!! (part 6)
Penile Fracture: Study Links Broken Penises To Infidelity
Not only do affairs fracture relationships, they may also fracture penises, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Dr. Andrew Kramer, a urologist and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center, studied 16 cases of penile fracture between 2004 and 2011 that required surgery. Half the patients admitted to fracturing their penises during an extramarital affair.
According to the study, which was published last month, penile fracture occurs when the "tunica albuginea" -- the fibrous membrane surrounding the tissue in the center of the penis -- is torn during the bending or buckling of an erect penis. It can result in erectile dysfunction if not surgically repaired.
We talked to Dr. Kramer to learn more about his unusual findings.
(Warning: Graphic content ahead)
Of the 16 patients in the study, 50% admitted to having an extramarital affair when the penile fracture occurred. Was that surprising? Why do you think that is?
I was... and it was a joke among the residents who'd come in. Some of the guys would say, "I'm sure he's with his girlfriend." If a guy is having an extramarital affair or he's rushed or in a weird place, the situation is different [somehow]. I think the time you don't see a lot of men fracturing their penises is in the bedroom with his wife that he's been married to for a number of years.
Not only were these men engaged in extramarital affairs when the injury took place, but they were also having sex in unusual locations -- outside the bedroom. Is there something to be said about where people carry on affairs?
That made sense to me. If the guy is having an affair with a coworker, I guess it makes sense that he would go about it at work, or he didn't want to come home. Maybe they were just trying to find whatever location they could... I think that a guy, when he's with a girlfriend or a co-worker and he's in a weird place, I think the sex might be different. He's extra excited and he's maybe doing more forceful or frequent thrusting, and the key is that he has less control over the angle that his penis can penetrate and that's what can predispose the fracture. If you're in an elevator with your wife or in a weird position it's the same risk, and it has nothing to do with an affair.
Your findings are based on 16 patients over a 4-year span. How can you be sure that your conclusions are accurate based on the limited number of patients in the study?
The paper is just observational; I'm just giving you opinions on it. I think it's pretty clear-cut that penile fractures have to occur from some buckling effect on the penis. About the affairs, I think it's the stressful situation and the unusual positions and the partners; I'm drawing a conclusion that is a lead from the data. In this type of study about penile fractures, it's hard to get thousands and thousands of patients. I agree that it would be great to pull data from other people and institutions.
You note that the incidence of penile fracture may be higher than reported because patients may be too embarrassed to report their injuries. Can you speak to that?
Oh, for sure that's the case... If I had an injury and I was embarrassed, I might stay home and say "God I hope this gets better." I think a lot of guys are not going to come to the emergency room for that reason. They would rather hope it goes away or they don't want to tell someone at home.
You treated many of these patients yourself. What was it like talking to the patients' wives after they confessed to you?
It is awkward. I don't feel any ethical obligation to tell a wife that her husband was cheating on her. I really have not felt that it's my duty, and I'm not embarrassed about it... I'd just say, "We fixed the penis... there's a tear." If she wants to ask him later, then that's up to her. I think in terms of confidentially, I'm not obligated to tell them, so I never do.
What advice would you give to men based on your findings?
I think a man has to be extra cautious. Most of the time, it doesn't matter who you're with, the position where a man fractures his penis is typically when a woman is on the top and she comes down on the erect penis and it buckles. Protect that penis from getting buckled, or getting hit at an angle, because that's where it'll happen.
According to the study, which was published last month, penile fracture occurs when the "tunica albuginea" -- the fibrous membrane surrounding the tissue in the center of the penis -- is torn during the bending or buckling of an erect penis. It can result in erectile dysfunction if not surgically repaired.
We talked to Dr. Kramer to learn more about his unusual findings.
(Warning: Graphic content ahead)
Of the 16 patients in the study, 50% admitted to having an extramarital affair when the penile fracture occurred. Was that surprising? Why do you think that is?
I was... and it was a joke among the residents who'd come in. Some of the guys would say, "I'm sure he's with his girlfriend." If a guy is having an extramarital affair or he's rushed or in a weird place, the situation is different [somehow]. I think the time you don't see a lot of men fracturing their penises is in the bedroom with his wife that he's been married to for a number of years.
Not only were these men engaged in extramarital affairs when the injury took place, but they were also having sex in unusual locations -- outside the bedroom. Is there something to be said about where people carry on affairs?
That made sense to me. If the guy is having an affair with a coworker, I guess it makes sense that he would go about it at work, or he didn't want to come home. Maybe they were just trying to find whatever location they could... I think that a guy, when he's with a girlfriend or a co-worker and he's in a weird place, I think the sex might be different. He's extra excited and he's maybe doing more forceful or frequent thrusting, and the key is that he has less control over the angle that his penis can penetrate and that's what can predispose the fracture. If you're in an elevator with your wife or in a weird position it's the same risk, and it has nothing to do with an affair.
Your findings are based on 16 patients over a 4-year span. How can you be sure that your conclusions are accurate based on the limited number of patients in the study?
The paper is just observational; I'm just giving you opinions on it. I think it's pretty clear-cut that penile fractures have to occur from some buckling effect on the penis. About the affairs, I think it's the stressful situation and the unusual positions and the partners; I'm drawing a conclusion that is a lead from the data. In this type of study about penile fractures, it's hard to get thousands and thousands of patients. I agree that it would be great to pull data from other people and institutions.
You note that the incidence of penile fracture may be higher than reported because patients may be too embarrassed to report their injuries. Can you speak to that?
Oh, for sure that's the case... If I had an injury and I was embarrassed, I might stay home and say "God I hope this gets better." I think a lot of guys are not going to come to the emergency room for that reason. They would rather hope it goes away or they don't want to tell someone at home.
You treated many of these patients yourself. What was it like talking to the patients' wives after they confessed to you?
It is awkward. I don't feel any ethical obligation to tell a wife that her husband was cheating on her. I really have not felt that it's my duty, and I'm not embarrassed about it... I'd just say, "We fixed the penis... there's a tear." If she wants to ask him later, then that's up to her. I think in terms of confidentially, I'm not obligated to tell them, so I never do.
What advice would you give to men based on your findings?
I think a man has to be extra cautious. Most of the time, it doesn't matter who you're with, the position where a man fractures his penis is typically when a woman is on the top and she comes down on the erect penis and it buckles. Protect that penis from getting buckled, or getting hit at an angle, because that's where it'll happen.
armadillo's don't kill..people using armadillo's do...
Texas man sought in frozen-armadillo attack
Dallas police are searching for a man who allegedly used a frozen armadillo to attack a woman who had been trying to buy the critter.
Investigators told Fox 4 News-Dallas Fort Worth that the fight started in an apartment parking lot Sept. 29 when the suspect was selling the carcass to the alleged victim, who planned to eat it.
The pair were haggling over the price when police said the man hurled the armadillo at the 57-year-old woman twice. The woman was struck in her leg and chest, and suffered bruises, police said.
So far, investigators have been unable to track down the suspect, who they said could face assault charges.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas law prohibits the sale of live armadillos, but some Texans still savor the meat. Some developed a taste for armadillo during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when it was known as “Hoover Hog” and “poor man’s pork.”
Investigators told Fox 4 News-Dallas Fort Worth that the fight started in an apartment parking lot Sept. 29 when the suspect was selling the carcass to the alleged victim, who planned to eat it.
The pair were haggling over the price when police said the man hurled the armadillo at the 57-year-old woman twice. The woman was struck in her leg and chest, and suffered bruises, police said.
So far, investigators have been unable to track down the suspect, who they said could face assault charges.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas law prohibits the sale of live armadillos, but some Texans still savor the meat. Some developed a taste for armadillo during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when it was known as “Hoover Hog” and “poor man’s pork.”
don't need it , want it....
Electric DeLorean to be Released in 2013
By EDW Lynch on October 21, 2011
The resurrected DeLorean Motor Company is producing an electric version of the iconic 1980s DMC-12 sports car for release in 2013. The car is expected to have about 260 HP and a 70 to 100 mile range. Jalopnik recently test drove a running prototype of the car.
Founded by John DeLorean, the original DeLorean Motor Company collapsed in 1982. The company’s sole production model, the DMC-12, was made famous in 1985′s Back to the Future. Texas businessman Stephen Wynne bought the remnants of the company, including enough spare parts to make new cars, in 1995
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