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Overloaded bicycle (link roundup)

Overloaded bicycle spotted amidst the latest batch of excellent photos taken in China by Nik Daum. Don't miss the Iwo Jima Memorial homage.

And a few more links:

1. Executing someone in Florida apparently requires eight injections. Via.

2. Pithy and very funny Uncomfortable Plot Summaries. For example: Conan the Barbarian: Petty thief murders religious leader. Or: Demolition Man: In a future where crime is completely eradicated, a black man steals and murders.

3. Scuba diving beneath Hagia Sophia in Instanbul.

*Previously: The lamentations of Conan.

*Buy Conan posters at eBay.

Papercraft TNT (link roundup)

Download this cheerful fireworks paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. "M is for... M.O.D.O.K.'s Melancholy Mouseketeer Memories." Via these sites.

2. Undercover investigation of 17 vegan restaurants in Los Angeles found that 7 used non-vegan ingredients. Via.

3. This would be the best tombstone ever, right?

4. Hellboy-themed XBox case mod. Lots more great art on display at the artist's MySpace page.

*Previously: Art Deco Computer Case Mods.

*Find Hellboy toys at eBay.

Bowser ate my homework and other excuses (link roundup)

Cracked offers 22 excellent excuses for being late to work. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Mini-riot at yesterday's Bar/Bri lecture after students conclude that the Con Law lecturer didn't know what she was talking about.

2. What do you do for a living? Well, I'm leaving for "Ghana to work as an apprentice to Eric Adjetey Anang who makes Fantasy Coffins."

3. Martial artist Ronald McDonald animated gif.

4. Fin Fang Foom drawing.

*Previously: Doctor Doom plus Fin Fan Foom equals Din Dang Doom.

*Buy Fin Fang Foom toys at eBay.

Devastating Daily Show report on the "aged news" of the New York Times (link roundup)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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End Times

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My only explanation for why the NY Times participated in this Daily Show report is that they know it's all over, and they just want to maximize page views while they can. Guess what geniuses, when someone mocks you for printing yesterday's news, you admit it proudly and emphasize that you provide accuracy, analysis, filtering, and convenience.

Don't miss the corresponding NY Times interview of Jason Jones. Via every blog out there, because it really is that funny.

And a few more links:

1. The guy from Munch's The Scream vogues in this animated gif. Via.

2. Too good to verify, supposedly a woman who missed being on the fatal Air France flight 447 has died in a car accident. Via Fark, where the first comment is worth a look.

3. Disgraced NBA ref Tim Donaghy was attacked by a prisoner claiming mob ties and suffered leg injuries.

4. If you're in the mood to get outraged about waste of tax dollars, read this report on Albert Senella and Scott Taylor of the Tarzana Treatment Center.

*Previously: The Daily Show reports on Code Pink's "battle" against the U.S. Marines.

*Learn how to survive prison with these books at Amazon.

Macabre pencil drawings by Zdzisław Beksiński

Death, death, and more death by Zdzisław Beksiński. There's prints of several of his pencil drawings on sale here. Via.

*Previously: Cheerful, dapper grim reaper.

*Buy grim reaper clocks at eBay.

Fairy Tale-inspired ads for Meltin' Pot Jeans

Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Santa Claus, and the Grim Reaper star in ads for Meltin' Pot jeans by Armando Testa. Via.

*See more Fairy Tale links here.

*Buy Beauty and the Beast toys at eBay.

30 Ways to Die of Electrocution

The book "Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern" featured a disturbingly inventive list of ways to electrocute yourself. Bre Pettis posted scans here.

*Previously: This is Sparta warning.

*Find vintage signs at eBay.

DX Astro Mutan (and link roundup)

This expensive little fellow is called "DX Astro Mutan (Animation Ver)" and is on sale for $126 here.

Here's a few more random links:

1. Greg Packer, the man the media loves to cite as regular joe, has struck again. This time, he showed up at a temple on Long Island and commented on the Mumbai attacks:

"This is not just a Jewish thing," Packer said. "The terrorists didn't just kill Jews in Mumbai. Many people were targeted and killed. Yes, the Jews have always been targets. We have to continue to be vigilant and watch our backs. But when something like this happens, we are all one people."

2. News article applauds Criss Angel's PR stunt to give toys to needy kids, features three photos of Angel and his girlfriend, omits any photo of needy children.

3. Author describes the amusingly bizarre vision he had when his heart stopped beating for several minutes. Via.

4. What Jon Bon Jovi says in his preconcert prayer. An excerpt:

so I'm just sayin' I appreciate your making kick-ass lead guitar a priority in '83. You didn't have to do that, but you did. And you didn't stop there—you focused on filling out my lineup with a bassist, a drummer, and a keyboardist, and even went further by re-answering my prayers and sending another bassist to get us through the departure of our original bassist, and I appreciate that as well. As I've told you in prior preshow prayer circles, he was fired because his playing became unsatisfactory in live situations after we got famous. That's all I'm going to say about that, as I think you know what the real story is there and you have the power to guide him through it.

*Previously: Drive-thru prayer booth.

*Surprise your loved one with Bon Jovi and Sambora action figures.

Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button

Creepy. Underwear model Karolina Kurkova (link features underwear modeling) has no belly button, although sometimes she's given one through the magic of Photoshop so her photos won't look strange. Apparently she won't explain why.

Here's a few more creepy links

1. Three men arrested at cemetery - - their plan was to dig up a corpse (she looked great in her obituary photo) and have sex with it. Link.

2. Hollywood lawmakers want to build a park on top of the stunningly busy 101 freeway in Los Angeles. What would make my commute worse? Yes, crawling through traffic in a tunnel. The braintrust pushing the project also theorize that they don't need to provide any parking because the park will be intended for nearby residents. Oh yeah, and the estimate is $950 million to make it. Please lord tell me this is an early April Fool's joke. Link.

3. Nokia employee chokes to death during a pie-eating contest in the company cafeteria. Via.

4. Newspaper staffers invited to work as valets at newspaper owner's Christmas party. Via.

5. Singapore will allow people to sell their kidneys and eggs. Via.

*See more weird news here.

*Buy vintage pin-ups at eBay (link includes nudity).

Death rides a tricycle

Death rides a tricycle by Marcus Ranum. click on the image to buy a print.

Death Rides ... a Red Trike by *mjranum on deviant ART

8Previously: Death rides a robot horse.

*Buy Neil Gaiman's tale of the Four Horsemen at Amazon.

Two versions of skull and crossbones

"Cancer Sticks" t-shirt design submitted by sirbeauris for vote at Design by Humans.

Thrushes concert poster by Amy Jo. Via.

*Here's more skull and crossbones designs.

*Buy concert poster collections at Amazon.

Death rides a robot horse

Death on a robot horse by Jason Bronkhorst. High-res image here.

*Previously: Death of the Endless paper toy.

*Buy Neil Gaiman's tale of the Four Horsemen at Amazon.

An ominous way to start the day

Finishing up the shower, I spotted this on my wife's shaving cream can:

Spotting a screaming skull in shaving foam doesn't seem like a good omen.

And while I'm talking about strange phenomena, Fringe was terrible last night. Unpleasant, boring, cliched. I'll be skipping it until it becomes a common water cooler topic or I hear the show is just focusing on John Noble's Dr. Bishop.

*Find previously posted signs here.

*Buy Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.