Thrillseekers Beware!

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Rideaccidents.com is the world’s single most comprehensive, detailed, updated, accurate, and complete source of amusement ride accident reports and related news. The site includes a record of fatal amusement ride accidents in the United States since 1972, and, for the past six years, has recorded all types of accidents, including many from outside the United States. Pictured at the right … Read More

Some Web Recommendations

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For your amusement only.  Please, no wagering: Funny Game Show Flubs The 25 Largest Empires in World History Cat Juggling Confess Your Sins Online A School Where You Learn Not To Cuss Do-It-Yourself Autopsy

They Fight Crime!

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He’s a shy neurotic cowboy living undercover at Ringling Bros. Circus. She’s a foxy mute journalist trying to make a difference in a man’s world. They fight crime! He’s a war-weary voodoo photographer with acid for blood. She’s a cold-hearted foul-mouthed mercenary with the power to see death. They fight crime! He’s a genetically engineered soccer-playing card sharp on a … Read More

Face Shake

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Relax your face, jaw, tongue, etc. Set your camera. Shake your head back and forth really fast. Snap your  picture. And then send your photo to these guys, which has to be one of the oddest sites on the web.

Degree Confluence Project

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The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. Here’s a photo and story from the GPS convergence location of 36°N 80°W, which is roughly 2.8 miles (4.4 km) NNE of High Point, … Read More

The Cemetary Project

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What with people dying lately (the Pope, Terri Schiavo, Frank Purdue), I thought this site, The Cemetary Project, might be of interest. Below is a picture of the grave of Jim Varney, the actor who portrayed Ernest (the "Hey Verne" guy of commercial and movie fame):

Harvard Political Review on Jon Stewart

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Inciteful comments on The Daily Show from the Harvard Political Review: People are listening to Jon Stewart. With his recent best-seller America (The Book) and his hit fake news show on Comedy Central, The Daily Show, it seems clear that his message is being heard: for instance, over 1.5 million people tuned in to watch Stewart interview John Kerry. Still, … Read More

Fish Tales

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Animal supersititions, alpabetically arranged.  Here’s a sample: Fish Throw back the first fish you catch then you’ll be lucky the whole day fishing. It’s bad luck to get married when the fish aren’t biting, according to the custom of some fisherfolk. A fish should always be eaten from the head toward the tail. Dream of fish: someone you know is … Read More

Fundies Stole My Jesus!

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That’s the cry of an angry single mom at, uh, the Angry Single Mom blog.  Here’s a sample: Arthur Ruger wrote a thought-provoking article about the dichotomy between the Jesus of the New Testament and the Jesus of the fundamentalists. He correctly compares the High Priests of Evangelical Hyperbole to the Pharisees and the Sadducees, those responsible for Jesus’ death. … Read More