have you accepted jesus christ fettuccine as your personal saviour?

Austrian driver allowed 'pastafarian' headgear in photo
An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear"

right off the bat, i am unsure how one can be an atheist AND a pastafarian... atheism is the rejection of belief in higher beings and pastafarians "believe in" the flying spaghetti monster. so which is it, mr. alm???

the part that tickles my fancy the most is where the authorities required him to get an official not from a doctor to say he was "psychologically fit" to drive. isn't that religious discrimination or something?

how is believing in a flying spaghetti monster any different from believing in virgin births, ghosts, or elephant-headed deities. i'm pretty sure no one wearing a yarmulke, hijab, or a nun's habit was ever required to take a mental fitness test in order to get their licence.

if a pastafarian is required to be deemed "psychologically fit" to drive then i think there should be a standardized mental test for all religious believers.

squee!!!

oh this is too cute for words!

Arctic Fox Pups

i'm a sucker for all things turtle...

now before you give me grief, YES - this is a tortoise.
would you agree that tortoises are sort of turtle-ish? or turtles are sort of tortoise-ish? exactly.

Cost of this tortoise's artificial limbs? About $7

PULLMAN, WASH. -- The artificial limb put on an African tortoise at Washington State University didn't come from a high-tech prosthetics lab. It came from a hardware store.

The caster-style wheel cost around $7, according to the two veterinarians who installed it on the tortoise after amputating a damaged front leg. They said the wheel was purchased off-the-shelf, as was the expoy that attached it to the shell.

The tortoise was shown to the public Thursday, and spent his time eating grass and other plants outside the WSU veterinary hospital.

Doctors Nicol Finch and Courtney Watkins say the tortoise is moving well and gaining weight. They say this is the first time they've put a wheel on a tortoise, although the rocedure has been done elsewhere.

it's like an oven out there!

Thestar.com - VideoZone - Car-cooked roast taste test

shake, rattle and demolish

Tae Bo workout sent skyscraper shaking

Seventeen people performing a vigorous Tae Bo workout caused tremors that forced the evacuation of a South Korean skyscraper earlier this month, the building's owners say.

"It just happened to be that the vibration cycle caused by Tae Bo collided with the vertical vibration cycle unique to the building." [...] The action amplified the building's vibration and caused the shaking.

go banana!

oh ralph... one day everything will come together for you. but remember, don't join a band with bart.

in other banana-related news, i'm not sure if i desperately want these or am a little too weirded out by them...

Peelable Banana Popsicles

getting out of the kitchen

fine, it's hot. are you happy now?

phoenix gets dusted

this can't be good...

check out more pictures: Another dust storm in Arizona

more seafood apocalypse

F*CK! SUPER INTELLIGENT FISH!!!

Diver takes first ever photos of a wild fish using a tool

The pictures provide fantastic proof of these intelligent fish at work using tools to access prey that they would otherwise miss out on.

PREY LIKE HUMANS!

Dr. Brown described the fish's actions as 'landing absolutely pinpoint blows.'

DEADLY ACCURACY!

more proof that we're clearly doomed.

koalaz is hoz

did you know...?

Three quarters of all captive female koalas suffer from a strain of Chlamydia that can result in sterility.

mmm... spicy.

luckily there's still one quarter that can turn out adorable baby koalas like this:

check out more cute baby zoo animals here:
20 Cutest ZooBorns On Earth

the end will come from the seas!

i really think we need to be on a higher alert level for what i am going to call the "seafood apocalypse".... i don't know about you but if squids with elbows and immortal jellyfish have me freaked right the f*ck out.

AND NOW THIS!

Jellyfish Invade Four Nuclear Reactors in Japan, Israel, Scotland
Four nuclear reactors in Japan, Israel and Scotland were forced to shutdown due to the infiltration of enormous swarms of jellyfish, which clogged the plant's cooling system.

for eff's sake! they're organized! this is a full-blown kamikaze attack! THREAT LEVEL 11!

there's no shame in being second

Announcer: And now, Avis Rent-A-Car is proud to present the scond best band in America. Will you welcome Garfunkel, Messina, Oates, and Lisa singing their number two hit, "Born to Runner-Up"
[band begins to play, audience boos]
Lisa: Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?

so there's no shame in being second but there is shame in being a jonas.
case in point: Jonas booed, pelted with basketballs

the irony, she is delicious!

Dan Aykroyd stopped for speeding on way to Honda Indy

Aykroyd, the grand marshal of this year's Honda Indy Toronto, said he was "racing to the race."

now there's something you don't see everyday...

under cleavage, neat.

PS - paper bag? i can't stand her face! THOSE TEETH!

word of the day - jul 5 11

noun
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature.
a. a technique of indicating, as through a character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (especially in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony.

also see:
Motorcyclist killed in anti-helmet rally
A man riding bareheaded on one of about 550 motorcycles in an anti-helmet law rally lost control of his cycle, went over the handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and died near Syracuse, N.Y., police said Sunday.

The motorcyclist, 55-year-old Philip A. Contos, likely would have survived the accident if he's been wearing a helmet, state troopers said.