Introducing a new dog into a home with other dogs.

The pros and cons of microwaving.

A diagram of the royal suite on the Pride of Africa, a luxury steam train in South Africa. [via linkfilter]

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A 15-foot inflatable iceberg. [via mookie]

The 800th Anniversary of the Great Mongolian State. Also, Mongolian hotels.

Gaza fishermen - A BBC photo gallery.

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How to change a tire.

A beer bottle cap quiz.

Wine Dogs - The dogs of Australasian wineries.

History of school.

Surely this Japanese observation tower site's made the rounds a gazillion times, likely through here once or twice, but it still merits much respect and admiration. Understood?

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A virtual tour of Saskatchewan's legislative building.

Pot growers with suspected ties to Asian organized crime in San Francisco have been buying suburban homes to the east because of the anonymity the neighborhoods offer, and because the houses are relatively affordable by California standards. The owners then close the blinds and convert the homes into marijuana hothouses. -The suburbs, they're dangerous.

Sick of feeling ashamed because I'm a professional cyclist. -Nice article in this past Sunday's Observer by Bradley Wiggins.

Video of Japanese bicycles being made.

Video of Japanese bicycles being destroyed.

For $299 former pro baseball player and class act Pete Rose will sign a "I'm sorry I bet on baseball" baseball. A personalized version is available too!

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A beer keg costume. Potentially useful.

Many food labels. [via ask metafilter]

Quite a few novelty radios.

The BBC's got a neat gallery of photos from the construction of the world's longest underwater gas pipeline. More info.

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Mining fraud and mining investment in Nevada.

The works of Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918).

Mystery fossil archives.

"We do not believe it is necessary in our industry, and are surprised that the individual employees in that store voted to turn over their ability to represent themselves to their supervisor to someone else." -Pizza industry upset that Florida delivery drivers first in the country to unionize. Good.

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A Danielle Steel movie/novel automatic name generator.

Catfish wallpaper for your computer.

Are you looking for detailed information on all 23 of the world's living crocodilian species? Read on, brave traveller, for you have entered the realm of the Eusuchia.

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Learn to speak croc in under 5 minutes! Crocodile audio files.

The peloton climbs a hill during yesterday's road cycling World Championships in Salzburg, Austria.

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Amateur explorers discover million year old caves beneath Sequoia National Park. Cool.

Attaching a "Magic Eye" to your radio.

Juvenile firesetters.

Beef is luxurious. Beef is healthy. And, yes, beef is sexy. These are the messages McDonald's Corp. is sending Chinese consumers as it tries to seduce them into eating more hamburgers. -McDonald's takes on China.

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Kentucky whiskey barrels.

He was of sturdy build with long muscular limbs and tapering fingers. The hair of his head was long and thick with some waves in them. His forehead was large and prominent, his eyelashes were long and thick, his nose was sloping, his mouth was somewhat large and his teeth were well set. -A physical descripion of the Prophet Mohammed.

What to do with those #@$% leftover pesticides.

Anatomical analysis of the human upper limb. Also, videos of muscles in action. Eh?

The Fungi of California.

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Some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time.

The Waltons' screen doors.

Ice cold birthday wishes to my most favorite deadhead mom ever in the whole of South Florida. Have a good show year!

Jungle Training!

Numerous hobble skirt photo galleries.

A look at voting in Yemen.

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Maps and signage from the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Cafepharma - A truly frightening look into the minds of pharmaceutical salespeoples. [via linkfilter]

A bunch of neat, mostly backstage videos of the Grateful Dead filmed by Justin Kreutzmann. I like this one and this one the best.

France's Empress Marie Louise, Napoleon's second wife, wearing white opera gloves in a formal portrait. -From a very extensive pictorial history of opera gloves.

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Nice interview with Rush drummer Neil Peart.

Types of bird food.

The worst hockey logos of all time. [via sportsfilter]

A neat Hawaiian kayak and canoe visual gallery.

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How can fabrics be told apart?

"The slippers? Yes, the slippers!"

Many, many, many spearfishing photos.

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BBC: Insight into sex life of lichens. [photos!]

Hall of the world's ugliest Corvette. [via linkfilter]

Lance Armstrong sells a tea set at Target. Enterprising guy he is.

My wife spotted someone actually wearing this T-shirt down near Fisherman's Wharf the other day. Believe it or not, this kinda stuff gives me much hope. I think.

Apparently the University of Phoenix sucks.

Los Angeles Metro neighborhoods poster series 2006.

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Gifting and feasting in the Northwest Coast Potlatch.

Complex deal ties SF Bay Area papers.

Could you tell me your favorite drink? Which do you like orange, tomato or carbonated water? I drink coffee every day. If you drank coffee every day, you should make to drink very simply. Maybe, you have a different dinner every day. In the same way, coffee's flavor is a different drink. Please notice the taste. You are impressed. -From the site of a Japanese coffee fan.

European vs. American mobile phone use. [via presurfer]

Nepal VW Beetle rally, a BBC photo gallery.

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Sugar info. Also sugar substitutes.

Improper weightlifting found to harm eyes.

How Jell-O® killed the dinosaurs.

The Cheetah Spot.

Neat set of photos from the delivery of Bangkok's subway back in 2003. More on Bangkok's subway system.

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Odd Watches or Why make it simple when it can be complicated?

The sights and sounds of the world's largest organ in Atlantic City.

A virtual tour of New Jersey's Morris Canal.

Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov rides away from the group yesterday and onto a probable overall win at the Vuelta a España.

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The Christian Science Monitor looks at bicycling in San Francisco.

AP: Politicians Cast Opponents As Villains. Film at 11.

Oil and everyday life.

Much information on the construction of a violin.

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Hurdy-Gurdy pictorial gallery. Also, building a Hurdy-Gurdy at home.

Sounds of whales and dolphins.

I spent the night with Angeline
Too drunk to roll in bed
My watch was new and my money too
In the mornin' with 'em she fled
And as I roamed the streets about
The whores they all would roar
Here comes Jack Rack, the young sailin' lad
He must go to sea once more.
-From the sea shanty "Off to sea once more."

Sharks in literature.

Don't carry dead fish when swimming or diving. -A tip for avoiding shark attacks.

Are you ironworker material?

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NASA explains what makes popcorn pop. Also, how to make popcorn.

Unsolved cases of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

AP: Raw Sewage Taints Sacred Jordan River.

Alaska's Jago River, a painting from the very neat Artists of the Arctic Refuge collection.

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The Nome Nugget.

1952 Sarracen MK1 armored personnel carrier - Make us an offer!

A video catalog of 59 foods-on-a-stick available at the 2006 Minnesota State Fair. Excellent. [via kottke]

Carlos Sastre attacks during a very rainy stage 16 of the Vuelta a España. The race ends Sunday in Madrid.

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At $5 a ride, San Francisco's cable cars are apparently too expensive.

A look at the underside of San Francisco.

Underwear accessories.

Pigeons in our environment. Also, squirrel problems?

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Books, songs & other stuff about mice. More mice.

Decent audience recording of Shine On You Crazy Diamond from Saturday's Roger Waters show just outside of Boston. [MP3]

A map of billionaires by country. [via cynical-c]

Amazing Illusory "X-Ray" Vision, Instantly!

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Article on fixed gear bicycling in San Francisco. For the record, I like both gears and brakes.

Fishing for ice cubes.

The grinders who grind BART tracks to make them less noisy.

Crazyass video of some (now dead) guy speed climbing near Lake Tahoe. Also, an article on climbing in Yosemite.

BBC photo gallery: Canary Island immigrants.

Little girl watches yesterday's stage of the Vuelta a España. Her doll does not.

A bicyclist selling ice cream was struck and killed Wednesday while crossing the Caltrain railroad tracks in Redwood City. -That ain't right.

The peloton rides through central Spain during yesterday's stage of the Vuelta a España.

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How to tell time. Useful.

In some Potomac tributaries, nearly all of the male smallmouth bass caught in last year's survey were the abnormal fish. In the Potomac itself, seven of 13 largemouth bass exhibited female characteristics, including three that were producing eggs. -Things around D.C. not quite right. Imagine that.

The Mathematics of the Chinese Calendar.

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The Love Boat sails to Antarctica now!

What happens if you drink gasoline?

So, you want to milk sheep?

Ian Ritchie, the sax player for Roger Waters' band, is keeping a weblog during the current US tour.

Unusual technical images of equipment used in World War II. [via thingsmag]

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A buncha bootleg videos of various Grateful Dead shows; some of which I may have attended while nearly out of my mind on LSD. [via metafilter]

Cleaning pennies with taco sauce. Also, how to clean a refrigerator.

The crops seized on the steep hillsides overlooking Highway 1 were planted by sophisticated growers who cleared vegetation, terraced land, drew water from streams through miles of irrigation hoses and doused acres of land with hundreds of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides. -Pot farmers up in Marin getting sophisticated and shit.

Riding through the rain during yesterday's 11th stage of the Vuelta a España.

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Information on the V-formation flight of birds.

All about fishing hooks.

The lifecycle of a beef tapeworm. Sorry.

Nice photo of a girl cooling off in a cooler on a hot Oklahoma day. See?

From a very large Camembert Labels of the Month collection. Also, camembert folklore.

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How to board a plane relatively fast.

Bathroom accessories for bass fishermen.

14-foot pet python crushed its owner to death, authorities said Tuesday after finding the snake loose in a southern Indiana shed with the man's body. He had told family members he was going to treat the snake for a medical condition and was alone in the shed with the python for about three hours before his body was found. -Deadly snakes do not make good pets.

A listing of the names of all the goats at the Fias Farm in North Eastern Tennessee.

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From Church Business magazine: Build a Vessel That Glorifies Him.

BBC photo gallery: How British is Gibralter?

Lassie brand natural dog food. I did not know that.

Craigslist: Stupid Unicycle - $100. A 7 year old Semcycle from Holland, with 24" wheel -- good for beginners. It's not terribly difficult to learn to ride, but after a while you just start to feel dumb. You'll see.

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What hard hats eat for lunch.

World Championship Punkin Chunkin. Wow and more.

The history of modern ballroom dancing.

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Random Groucho Marx quotes.

Kinda neat photo gallery of this past weekend's partial closure of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

The American Humane Society's review of the film Snakes on a Plane.

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It turns out turning seven's a bit more tiring than I anticipated. This weblog business is hard work. Regardless, thanks for the patience as well as your continued interest.