Donner Party 2006. Woot and bring an appetite!

The Breast Bone and Ribs of a Caribou, from a very extensive and excellent illustrated guide to string figures of the Arctic.

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BPI products are being utilized by most of the QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) chains, HRI (Hotel, Restaurant, Institution) suppliers, and food service suppliers. Additionally, BPI® Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings are commonly used by major packers and processors as an integral part of their retail ground beef or hamburger blends. -Eww and yuck.

A few neat photos of the construction of the new SF Bay Bridge.

The Charleston, from the historic picture gallery of the Kansas City Lindy Hop Society.

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In anticipation/celebration of September 1, the seventh anniversary of this here weblog, there will be no updates until early next week. I'm tired.

Johannesburg's city dwellers; a BBC photo gallery.

Irish Road Bowling Association. [via sportsfilter]

An image gallery of New Zealand cicadas.

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Cicada-Licious: Cooking and Enjoying Periodical Cicadas. [a .pdf cookbook]

We can supply very good quality of the Human Hair from India because we have large processing units in our factories and having most well experienced workers. We produced about 30,000 kgs (30 Tons) of Human Hair per month from 8" to 28". -The DCS International Trading Company.

Many things made with horseshoes.

The peloton rides through the extreme heat in the south of Spain during yesterday's third stage of the Vuelta a España.

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Varieties of fancy mice.

Rodents in disasters.

NYTimes: Move over, cycling: Cheating at chess may be next. [via linkfilter]

An archive of bicycling stencils. [via velorution]

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Anatomy of a toilet.

How to use Japanese style toilet. More.

The Death of Dynamic Range: A Chronology of the Compact Disc Loudness Wars. -Very interesting. Check out Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca." [via metafilter]

Current bulk coffee prices.

The Gray Kangaroo™ is the world's first and only personal liquor filter™. It filters inexpensive liquor and gives it qualities of more expensive liquor by removing the impurities which cause bad taste and hangover. -Of course.

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I don't mind the crazy people, they're ill, they can't help it. It's the drunks and druggies I mind, people who shouldn't call an ambulance, who don't really need an ambulance. -From Tom Reynolds, ambulance driver/blogger/author.

The haircut story site.

Lyrics of the rock band Rush alluding to mystic dissociative phenomena.

Residential waterslides. [via neatorama]

Tell the Birthday Stars computer when you were born, and it will look for a star that is your age in light years away from Earth. This means that the light we're seeing from that star today actually left the star around when you were born, and has taken your entire life to reach Earth. -Neat. Mine's NS 2147-1607A.

'Faith Nights' gaining popularity at professional baseball games.

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Tips for using the newspaper at home.

Nonfatal dog bites & related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments, United States, 2001.

While snakes have powerful and fast-acting digestive systems, even a 20-foot Burmese might balk at ingesting a three-piece suit and dress shoes, to say nothing of wallet, keys and cell phone. Likewise, the fake viper that threw its coils around the lap dog of the Paris Hilton-esque diva might have had trouble breaking down the rhinestone collar once the toy hound was swallowed. -From an article about inaccuracies in that snake/plane movie.

Air conditioning terminology. Also, elevator terminology.

PRO Magazine - Portable Restroom Operator - Serving portable sanitation, toilet and trailer rental professionals.

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AP: Mountain Lion Breaks In, Out of House.

AP: Could a Blimp Improve Communications?

Beverly Seltzer (a.k.a. "Bajabev") is a retired commercial fisherman and life-long sportfishing enthusiast.

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AP: Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia. Wow.

A review of Spike Lee's documentary on Hurricane Katrina.

ME: Did you like having our silly time today? Did you like our walk?
HIM: I saw ... walky ... and ... (Starts giggling.)
ME: You saw a walky?
HIM: I will crush you.
ME: (Silence.)
HIM: Be certain that I am your undoing. I am everything. There were three things in my beginning: my interrupted biological sleep, a birth, and the end to a warm darkness and silence. And now I am here with you. And a reckoning is coming, that's all I'm saying. -From a conversation with a 3-year old.

A look at Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq.

A semi-frightening water scarcity map.

A list of the top 10 American conservative colleges.

AP: Firefighters Shot at for Not Helping Cat. Wow.

Cardboard caskets.

Funeral service workers - What do they do?

Interesting ideas on redesigning San Francisco public transportation signage.

Useful illustrated guide to skinning a bird.

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Useful illustrated guide to skinning a whitetail deer.

The American whiskey trail.

"Hey, there's a guy in his birthday suit running around on the street." -My 9-year old nephew whilst looking out his hotel room window the other night. Welcome to San Francisco.

Lance Armstrong & Matthew Mcconaughey hanging out. Oh my.

Nice bicycles in Japan photo essay. [via velorution]

Cool collection of meteorite stamps and coins.

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A list of forthcoming close approaches to the Earth by minor planets and comets. Shit!

Keeping an eye on space rocks.

A fireball report form.

Quite a few firewalking photos. Also, the history of firewalking - 1977 to 2006. Tony Robbins!

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How to make an alien space ship.

Ray Charles never performed with the late Count Basie when the two music legends were alive, but now they are being united in death. Concord Records and Starbucks Hear Music will release a disc this fall that combines vocals recorded by Charles during a concert in the mid-1970s with new music made by today's Count Basie Orchestra. -May god have mercy on our souls. Starbucks!

BBC: From white vans to war zones.

An index to other nasty gases.

The Man Boom Car Boys Love to Hate: Michael Wright of Norman, Oklahoma. Warning! Boom car boys and car stereo freaks: Do not email me! I don't want to hear you whine. Don't bother me! There is NO WAY you will ever convince me to change anything at this website. -Wow and damn.

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Volunteers needed for Mount Everest experimental laboratory.

How to persuade your neighbors to quiet their chronically barking dogs.

'Hernando Cortez and His First Adventures' -Part of the University of Hawaii's excellent collection of Mexican engraver and illustrator José Guadalupe Posada.

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AP: Afghan Opium Cultivation Hits a Record.

Nicknames of U.S. State residents. [via j-walk]

Useful guide to living with alligators. Also, alligator hunting season opens in Florida today!

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Norway's future Arctic oil bonanza.

Really sweet Arkansas arthropod photo gallery.

"Breaker-breaker, you have smokey bear in your area," roughly translated into English as "I'm sorry for interrupting your conversation but members of the local constabulary are nearby". -The BBC remembers CB radio.

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Lineup for October's insanely good and free bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park announced.

Robot 1968.

The newspaper wars of Humboldt County.

Bigass archive of old Charlie Chan daily and Sunday comics.

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Transgender video/movie & reviews directory.

A directory of hearses and ambulances, flower cars, etc. in the movies.

Nevada movies, 1897-2003.

Keeping a pet cow might seem strange, but the minis can be handy, said Dresser, who points out, "I've never once had to cut the grass. Mostly women buy the minis, they don't want a big animal. They want something that's cute, that's affectionate, that they can treat as a pet." -The growing popularity of mini-cows. [via linkfilter]

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The barbeque message board of the University of North Carolina's alumni association.

A North Carolina pulled pork license plate on a t-shirt.

We like the moon. Be careful.

Updates are likely to be sporadic this week as the inlaws are in town.

Many things a man should know about drinking. [via b-rivets]

On advice from the London Humane Society, Smith and his three-year-old daughter, Terra, first tried to entice the cat down with tuna this week. But that failed. -Canadian cat's been stuck in a tree for 6+ days, eh.

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Substitute teaching - tricks of the trade.

The Yosemite Rock Fall of July 10, 1996.

AP: Mosquitoes Making Life Miserable in Ohio. Mosquitoes?

I'll sell you my Bonds card for $500 right now. -A Barry Bonds rookie baseball card, once worth several thousand dollars, is quickly losing value.

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Hippy Sippy candy - I'll try anything!

The Santa Ana winds explained.

How to make a ski bike.

Notes on a Caribbean voyage by container ship, December 2000-January 2001.

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Pneumatic antenna launching systems. Cool.

Potato chips and math baseball.

Desert plants thrive in San Francisco.

The Gemstone Files. Wow. [tnx sunshine real estate school]

Anatomy of the hand.

Father - Wife, shall we go to dinner? Shall we dine? Wife - When it will please you, my lover, all is ready. The meat marreth; where have you tarried so long? You come not now from the church, that I know well, for it is twelve strucken. -An Elizabethan dinner conversation.

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Bubba Burger Potato Stuffer - Ground beef, creamy Velveeta cheese, sweet Vidalia onion and bacon bits combine to create a mouth-watering stuffing for potato skins or “boats.” -From the really frightening (yet tasty) concept folder of the Beef Innovations Group.

Uni Watch - The obsessive study of athletics aesthetics.

Container ship in a bottle.

Amtrak's Seattle to Los Angeles 'Coast Starlight' has a "dismal, disastrous on-time performance".

"Obviously we keep them well-maintained because they provide us with a living, but it has never occurred to us that outside of Darjeeling they could be worth a lot of money."-India, the land where Land Rovers never die.

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UFO map, North Atlantic.

Concrete Secrets concrete videos are Jam-packed with the latest concrete construction tools, concrete finishing techniques and secrets of the trade on high quality video. -$39.95 on DVD.

Bamboo beauty.

The Hunmanby runaway train.

BBQ songs. Excellent. [via mr. anchovy]

AP: Bedbug Infestations on Rise Across US. Oh my and sweet dreams.

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Listen to the sounds of a torpedo, an outboard motor, and a spotted seatrout. Many more at the Sound in the Sea website.

Harden Shelters Inc. makes no predictions as to what, if anything, or when or where any disasters, natural or man made, will occur. Our primary mission is to provide homes designed to withstand severe storms, to operate independently and to protect and sustain your family. We neither offer nor express any beliefs concerning future events, weather patterns, religious prophecies or sociological transformations. -Disclaimer for their Apocalypse House.

Craigslist: Long Horn Ugly Monster of a Bike - $50.

Fancy Lightning Rods, Balls and Ornaments.

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The Grateful Dead leave Marin County.

Carving a roasted bird. Also, hamburger trivia.

Key to identifying common household ants.

OceanGram, or something. [tnx sunshine real estate school]

A free webcast of this weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

Nothing can compare with the experience of cruising along the timeless waterways of Europe on a romantic hotel barge. -Romantic barge?

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Interesting article on Nepalese sherpas.

What Islam says about the beard.

History of goatees - Could Satan have had the first?

Brazil's air force and navy will transport more than 100 penguins to Antarctica next month after the flightless birds were stranded on Rio de Janeiro beaches. -Excellent.

Whirlpools in your bathtub.

One of the antennas from the Canberra, Australia Deep Space Network. Also, how a DSN Station is built.

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FM radio detection of meteors.

Native birds of the New Zealand forest.

A list of track & field accidents.

Fashion victim bulldog.

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AP: Dog Destroys Elvis' Teddy Bear at Museum. Oh my.

How to cartoon a hippo.

Five fitness scams.

Ms. Senior Sweetheart Pageant of America Inc.

Bulletin from the Pageant News Bureau (PNB): Miss Earth Venezuela gets down to basics. The colors of the swimsuits are not too gaudy. They're primal, evoking the brown soil, the blue water, the cool green of the jungle. But where are the flowers? In the suits. -Pictured is this year's winner Marianne Puglia.

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How to kiss girsl with Different sizes of mouths. Finally!

A listing of contact-poisonous plants of the world.

Berkeley's Judah L. Magnes Museum is opening a show in which an image of a 600-year-old wax seal from the museum's collection will be broadcast to other planets via citizens band (CB) radio waves and a pair of Slinkies affixed to an oak tree. -Yes, Berkeley.

Long article alleging Madonna can't sing or dance but is a marketing genius. [via robotowisdom]

A few examples of artwork from the TV series Miami Vice by Italian superfan Federica.

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Snake charmers of Sri Lanka.

Another useful aluminum foil deflector beanie kit. [tnx mjmc]

The basic of landfills. Also, end landfilling.

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The rotten truth about garbage.

Slugs are not supposed to talk during the ride, but if they do, such topics as religion, politics and sex are taboo. No money or gifts exchange hands. Cellphone conversations are kept to a minimum. No smoking or eating by either the driver or the slug. Slugs don't fiddle with the radio, heat, air conditioning or windows. And a slug-line never leaves a woman standing alone. -Slugs in DC. [tnx agn mjmc]

Zoomable satellite photo of Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

Many, many, many photos of neglected Volkswagen busses. For shame. [via mr. anchovy]

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How to become a Freemason.

How to fold an American flag.

How to burp on demand.

A complete guide to growing sunflowers.

"There are some celebrities who are in devils' deals because they know the shots will fetch a lot of money - so they're on holiday and they take their tops off. "The paparazzi photographer takes the shots from some distance away and the two of them share the money." -You don't say.

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BBC: African elephants hate the hills.

A Canary Islands supermarket, easily run by one, for sale. Eh?