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Breaking up is hard to do: CORPUS CHRISTI — A woman received a severed human finger in the mail along with a threatening letter from her ex-boyfriend that said, "This is my last chance to touch you," police said. Corpus Christi Police Capt. John Houston said police weren’t sure which finger was removed or how, but that it appeared to … Read More

Time for parents to leave their tots in hot cars with predictably tragic results

Via Wonkette.

Local reaction: "We have a hockey team?"

A strand of hair from a Yeti scalp, acquired by none other than Sir Edmund Hillary, is being auctioned on eBay. During the World Book expedition of 1960, lead by Sir Edmund Hillary and Wild Kingdom’s Marlin Perkins, samples of Yeti hair were distributed worldwide to scientists from an alleged Yeti skullcap. The current bid (as of this writing) is … Read More

After very little consideration, I’ve decided not to add the live North Pole webcam to the slideshow of webcams on my site.  Here’s why: Still, if you want to check out what’s happening in Santaland, here’s the link.

* Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, on the meme that Bush’s recent surprise visit to Baghdad’s green zone was fraught with danger: Just when I thought they couldn’t set the bar any lower for Bush, we’re now expected to be impressed that the most secure part of a country where he supposedly won a war three years ago remains a live … Read More

Still kind of crazy, but not enough for some short takes: (1)  The devil is here.  A baby weighing 6.66 ounces was born on 6/6/06.  Maybe that has something to do with why God is striking churches (here and here) with lightning. (2)  How depraved can you be:  A funeral worker hides a dead baby’s body in the pants of … Read More

I’ve seen them in New York.  I’ve seen them for decades now. These strange tiles embedded in the pavement and sidewalks.  With strange writing. They are all over the world, including Russia and Chile, but mostly in the United States. Here’s what Wikipedia says about them: Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of mysterious origin found embedded in … Read More

If you’re like me, you might read this article and think "Yeah?  So?".  It’s absolutely true: An Associated Press poll has found an impatient nation. It’s a nation that gets antsy after five minutes on hold on the phone and 15 minutes max in a line. So say people in the survey. The Department of Motor Vehicles, the U.S. version … Read More

Dear Tech Support:         Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed that  the new program began making unexpected changes to the accounting modules, limiting access to flower and jewelry applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.         In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9.  … Read More

How many times has this happened to you? You’re taking your daily bow to Mecca, but as you lean over to place your forehead on the prayer rug thingee, your jeans ride low, exposing your "plumber’s crack". How embarassing.  You can’t show your face in that mosque again, right? Wrong.  Now you can worship Allah without all the fuss and … Read More

What THHG says about towels: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, … Read More

Actual suicide notes, such as: I could wish that I had, for my goodby kiss, a .38 police special with which I have made some good scores — not records but at least made my mark. Instead, I have this black bitch — bitch, if the word is not familiar to you — but at least an honest one who … Read More

I hate they’re pushing this as some huge match-up.  It doesn’t matter who wins — they’re both going to get a big contract.  Anyway…. First Round:  I liked the song ("Black House and Cherry Tree") the first time Katherine did it.  She did it well again.  But Taylor laid it out and bested her by far with "Livin For the … Read More