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November 23, 2009, Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images Visitors...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:18:38 -0800

November 23, 2009, Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images

Visitors taste Beaujolais Nouveau at the open air wine spa at the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan. The spa complex launched an open air wine spa four years ago and the event takes place every year.

Well, uh, hello there, Stephen Colbert! Quite a...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:04 -0800

Well, uh, hello there, Stephen Colbert! Quite a package!

Stephen Colbert takes a run with the US Bobsled team.

Thanksgiving tips from Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations,...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:27:00 -0800

Thanksgiving tips from Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations, 2007)

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Top 10 famous foodies that look like old lesbians

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:17:46 -0800

Top 10 famous foodies that look like old lesbians:

Needless to say, I take issue with Bourdain’s inclusion on this list.

I have no idea what you are talking about, so here is a Snow...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:41 -0800

I have no idea what you are talking about, so here is a Snow White rabbit (at a rabbit fashion contest in Japan) with what looks to be another baby rabbit on it’s back.

Robert Downey Jr., The River (Joni Mitchell cover)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:46:20 -0800

Robert Downey Jr., The River (Joni Mitchell cover)

Slate contest: Can you write like Sarah Palin?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:46:37 -0800

Slate contest: Can you write like Sarah Palin?:

Do you think you can write like Sarah Palin? If so, we want to hear from you. The goal is to write a sentence that could be mistaken for one from her book. Keep it to a single sentence of fewer than 150 words and send your entry to writelikepalin@gmail.com ’);]]> by Wednesday. We’ll publish our favorites later in the week.

Gawker's annual Thanksgiving horror stories

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:17:31 -0800

Gawker's annual Thanksgiving horror stories:

I think they did this last year, or something similar, and it is usually one of the better posts of the year.

What Would Jesus Ink? The sight of a woman being tattooed live...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:08:38 -0800

What Would Jesus Ink?

The sight of a woman being tattooed live on the altar accompanied by the sound of a buzzing ink gun provided a startling backdrop to Sunday’s evangelical sermon.

Reimbursement for spiritual healing

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:54:14 -0800

Reimbursement for spiritual healing :

Leaders of the Church of Christ, Scientist, are pushing a proposal that would help patients pay someone like Lewis for prayer by having insurers reimburse the $20 to $40 cost.

I am past the point of questioning other folks’ religious beliefs, and in the grand scheme of health care reform, this doesn’t really bust my balls, but how, exactly, did they calculate the cost of a prayer at $20-40? Is it like lawyers - billed incrementally by the hour?

How DNA testing is changing fatherhood

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:22:00 -0800

How DNA testing is changing fatherhood:

This is one of the more wrenching articles I have read this year. I found myself irrationally pissed off at nearly every one of the women described in the article, which I hope wasn’t the intention.

Pretty shocking was this:

Once a man has been deemed a father, either because of marriage or because he has acknowledged paternity (by agreeing to be on the birth certificate, say, or paying child support), most state courts say he cannot then abandon that child — no matter what a DNA test subsequently reveals.

I was surprised, as I thought that DNA reigned supreme in these cases. The primary subject of the article, a man named Mike, discovered that his daughter was not biologically his when she was 5. He continued to pay child support and co-parent her after his divorce, in part because the mother apparently told Mike that the biological father was not “going to step up to the plate.”

The mother eventually married the biological father of the daughter and, unbelievably, opposed Mike’s attempts to stop paying child support:

Her attorney argued in an appeal that parenthood shared by one mother and two fathers “would lead to a strange and unworkable situation.” So, the lawyer reasoned, [the biological father] should not be forced to help pay for [his biological daughter]’s care.

The court agreed, but for different and legally technical reasons. As it stands today, having been affirmed by the PA Supreme Court, Mike is the legal father and the sole man responsible for the girl’s financial support.

That is one scrappy pecker. DON’T MOVE THE...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:49:06 -0800

That is one scrappy pecker.

DON’T MOVE THE BOAT!

lindsayrobertson:

Woodpecker vs. snake. I wish Hollywood could make tension and suspense like this! I love the unseen guy with the camera modulating his voice as he says “Don’t move the boat.”

(Via an aggregator site that never attributes.)

(via this flickr)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:58:55 -0800

(via this flickr)

Kid Rock, Wasting Time Kid Rock, for instance, is very...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0800

Kid Rock, Wasting Time

Kid Rock, for instance, is very pro-America and has common sense ideas.

— Sarah Palin, Going Rogue, page 300

Lynden David Hall, All You Need Is Love This is the version from...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:11:18 -0800

Lynden David Hall, All You Need Is Love

This is the version from Love, Actually (the wedding scene at the beginning). So damn good, and all Sunday jazz-like.

Law nerd humor.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:19:36 -0800

Law nerd humor.

The Kinks, Lola

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:52 -0800

The Kinks, Lola

Pike Place Market via this flickr (and this link)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:01:55 -0800

Pike Place Market

via this flickr (and this link)

Duran Duran, New Moon on Monday This is pretty much the only New...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:41:29 -0800

Duran Duran, New Moon on Monday

This is pretty much the only New Moon-related thing I can get behind.

Conveyor belt sushi will never NOT be weird

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:22 -0800

Conveyor belt sushi will never NOT be weird