Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
That's one honking huge stingray, and this newly discovered frogfish species is the aptly named Histiophryne psychedelica.
It's beginning to look a lot like fishmen.
For just $300,000, you can buy a 15,000 square foot house in a cave on eBay. Here's the back story.
The mayor of Los Alamitos, CA announced he will resign after forwarding an email showing a watermelon patch growing in front of the White House. Now, even if you find that sort of thing amusing (despite having all the originality and wit of an audible fart), how dim do you have to be to send it to a black businesswoman and community activist?
"The catwalk became the ratwalk thanks to this bizarre creation on the fringes of London Fashion Week. The bijou headdress is made of dozens of real mice and rat carcasses. It covers the full face – leaving just a gap for the eyes – and is complete with rat tails hanging down the front."
Here's hoping that this is the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition. It's certainly long overdue.
There's much to love about that Los Alamitos article (including the photo of the mayor), but maybe the best line: “I am hopeful that Ms. Price will accept my apology with the spirit and intent that is offered.” What an asshole.
Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist at February 27, 2009 02:15 PMThere should have been a relatively practical way to measure the volume of water displaced by - and hence have a fairly decent guess at the weight of - that stingray.
Nice to know that for now, they're still around.
Posted by: TokyoTom at March 2, 2009 02:04 AMapo, where have you been? It has been looking "alot like fish-men" in December for the past several millenia, though Jews, Christians and now merchandisers have perverted the celebration of C'thulhu's deep slumbering.
Fortunately, the Onion has the scoop on efforts to restore the teaching of these deeper truths:
"Arguing that students should return to the fundamentals taught in the Pnakotic Manuscripts and the Necronomicon in order to develop the skills they need to be driven to the very edge of sanity, Arkham school board member Charles West continued to advance his pro-madness agenda at the district's monthly meeting Tuesday.
"Fools!" said West, his clenched fist striking the lectern before him. "We must prepare today's youth for a world whose terrors are etched upon ancient clay tablets recounting the fever-dreams of the other gods—not fill their heads with such trivia as math and English. Our graduates need to know about those who lie beneath the earth, waiting until the stars align so they can return to their rightful place as our masters and wage war against the Elder Things and the shoggoths!" ...
"We already changed the name of the school from Abraham Lincoln High to Nyalrothotep Academy," Perry added. "What more does he want?"
Immediately before the vote on his motion, which was defeated eight to one, West gave his final remarks, arguing that the children are our future and that it's the school board's obligation to make sure they are fully versed in the unspeakable horrors still to come.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/lovecraftian_school_board_member
The Lovecraft Historical Society guys are pretty awesome-I've seen them at 2 different cons up here. The second time I was carrying a bag from the first one. They recognized it and gave me a free shot of bourbon in the dealer room.
Posted by: Karyn at March 5, 2009 12:19 AM