Link roundup

1. "A Seriously Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Podcasts." Via.

2. Apparently many journalists knew that Steve Jobs flew to Switzerland in 2009 for radical cancer treatment unavailable in the USA, and kept it a secret. (I bet this was common knowledge among the well-connected and explains Apple's stock performance over the last two years.)

3. "A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police." Via.

Link roundup

1. Team Fortress 2/Little Red Riding Hood mashup.

2. Fark headline:

The Vatican says ordaining women is as bad as raping children. So it's okay, then?

3. More negative news about various Droid phones - - just like the worst days of the PC-era, companies are loading the phones with applications you don't want and can't remove.

Fark's rejected Christmas cards (link roundup)

From Fark's Rejected Christmas Cards theme.

And a few more links:

1. The WSJ says:

[Tiger] Woods cut an unusual deal with American Media Inc., the owner of both Men's Fitness magazine and the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper. Mr. Woods agreed to the cover shot and photo spread in Men's Fitness, whose circulation of about 700,000 per issue is less than half of Golf Digest's nearly 1.7 million, in return for the National Enquirer squelching a story and photographs purportedly showing Mr. Woods in a liaison with a woman who wasn't his wife.

2. Steps to take now to make it easier to reclaim your Google account if it ever gets hacked.

3. "The Roman Catholic Church and the police in Ireland systematically colluded in covering up decades of child sex abuse by priests in Dublin, according to a scathing report released Thursday." Via.

UPDATE: Sinhead O'Connor has strong words for the Pope. Via.

*Previously: Rejected Fallout perks.

*Buy Tiger Woods toys at eBay.

Doctor Bong (link roundup)

Doctor Bong by Ryan Dunlavey, who posted various other commissions and his rates here. Sketch cards are only $5 (for a headshot).

And a few more links:

1. Crooked Vultures concert poster by EMEK.

2. Church marquee advertises book burning.

3. Homemade Fone Bone costume.

*At Toycutter: Doctor Bong custom action figure.

*Buy EMEK posters at eBay.

Video of an anvil being shot 200 feet in the air (link roundup)

Fast forward to 1:15 or so. The video is infinitely more fun than the unwatchably boring Mythbusters clone Man vs. Cartoon. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The Washington Redskins are selling beer in the bathrooms now? Via.

2. This warning sign makes it almost impossible to resist turning the switch.

3. Move over McDonald's, this church marquee keeps track of souls saved.

*Previously: Frozen Beer-On-A-Stick Sells Like Hotcakes.

*Buy Wile E. Coyote toys at eBay.

No Don Quixotes Allowed (link roundup)

Windmill protection sign and chair with nice legs by Vladimir Tsesler. See also: Coca-Cola in a jar. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Where the Wild Things Are cake.

2. Church marquee says: Television is the monster from hell.

3. Female sharks can reproduce asexually. Via.

*Previously: Don Quixote marionette.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Church marquee sponsored by Microsoft Bing? (link roundup)

Church marquee says "Some questions can't be answered by Google." Via.

And a few more links:

1. Stephen King's so-bad-it-was-impossible-to-finish novel The Colorado Kid is being made into a television series.

2. Speaking of, here's a longshot. Can anyone point me to the creepy images that were used before and/or after commercial breaks on Kingdom Hospital? I'm guessing they were by Jerry Uelsmann. (They were the only thing I liked about the show.)

3. Looks like the claim that the Raiders' head coach broke another coach's jaw isn't going away.

*Previously: Church marquee says: "Jesus: Stripped and violated just for you."

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

Dead Weather concert poster (link roundup)

Death stars in this Dead Weather concert poster by Todd Slater.

And a few more links:

1. Homemade Fallout rifle.

2. Church marquee says: "Jesus: Stripped and violated just for you."

3. If you missed it, here's the announcement for the next Super Punch art contest, with a total $250 store credit up for grabs.

*Previously: Homemade Pip-Boy 3000s.

*Buy Fallout bobbleheads at eBay.

Underwater Churches

Might be something I'll explore and write up further in the future (my time tonight is committed to watching Glee with my favorite reader), but for now, check out this gallery of underwater churches at Robyn Miller's site.

*Previously: Underwater graveyard.

*Buy "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints" at Amazon.

Gaudi's Church of La Sagrada Familia...as a sand castle

Part of the "Childhood Renaissance 4" photoshop contest at Worth 1000.

I once gave a presentation on the "Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família" for Spanish class. I more or less did my research/preparation over the lunch break before class and then proceeded to tell the class about how Mr. Sagrada and his family were Gaudi's financial supporters. My teacher interrupted to explain that this was not exactly correct.