Small ship passing under the Golden Gate bridge.

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Umpires of the Negro Leagues. [via sportsfilter]

The International Clown Hall of Fame.

Soccer commercials.

Scenes from Shawshank Redemption filmed in or near Mansfield, Ohio. [via askmefi]

Matt Groening's Portland.

Robert Crumb rubber stamps.

Tornadoes drawn by kids. [via !]

Harley Davidson professional stainless natural gas grill. Wow.

Dear sweet Jesus in sterilized heaven, why have we all been washing dishes using those positively archaic reusable scrub pads? Won't someone please invent a single-use, pretreated disposable scrubber that looks like a large feminine sanitary pad. -SF Chron's Mark Morford is pissed off.

1915 magazine ad for Turkish cigarettes. From a nice collection of cigarette memorabilia.

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A guide to lock picking.

Cool clouds for "kids" of all ages.

BBC: Hippo's 'magic' sweat explained. Finally.

Short review of food available at San Francisco Giants' games.

After the car was reported stolen, a deputy found the car wrecked in nearby Sissonville and saw Maddox — sans clothes. Maddox fled, and police do not know why he was naked. But they want to arrest him for grand larceny. -Naked car thief on the loose in West Virginia.

Test your etiquette awareness.

A short guide to celestial navigation.

How does a wind turbine work?

Photos of Berkeley Fire Department apparatus 1920-1996.

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Stream in Kansas named after William Burroughs.

Researchers say that if you are having a bad hair day, it might not be your fault. They have identified a gene - called frizzled 6 - which controls hair patterns. -Good name for a gene.

Phish calls it quits.

Funeral etiquette.

New 3-D underwater maps of the San Francisco Bay.

"I saw her live in Boston and it was the greatest show I’ve ever been to," Dion said. "I don’t know if she was having a nervous breakdown or what. She told everyone to stop looking at her teeth and look at her breasts." -Fans don't enjoy a Jewel concert in New Hampshire. [via obscurestore]

Life sized bronze profile of Ronald Reagan mounted on a piece of the Berlin Wall. Can be found on the new aircraft carrier named after the former President.

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BBC: Children 'scared to play outside'. That can't be good.

What happened to the class of '99?

A poster of 56 different kinds of shrimp. Also shrimp art and shrimp graphs.

Kegs and keg supplies.

Bicycle seats explained.

Adventures of Tintin at Sea. [via I like]

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How to be a cycling photographer.

"Sell, sell, sell," one woman said. "I feel like I've been trapped inside a live infomercial," -A day at a motivational seminar in San Jose which featured many speakers including Joe Montana, Jerry Lewis and Jessica Lynch. Yikes!

Chicago & North Western railway photo archive.

Photos and info from the University of Washington's wind tunnel. Doesn't seem to display in Mozilla.

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This page is here in honor of the greatest drink to ever bless this great planet - root beer! -Jason Mortensen's root beer page.

History of the Martini.

The adventures of Herman the Worm. Also the Can-O-Worms system.

Iowa State University's tasty insect recipes - As featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!

"The low-carb effect has been useful as it has prompted a reappraisal of the brand," -The Atkins diet's trickle effect.

Tanks and other military vehicles for sale. [via thingsmag]

The men's long hair site image gallery. More. Also - FAQ on being a longhair.

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A home vasectomy kit. Once again, I'm sorry.

Masks made from old farm equipment.

oldmencrying.com. Yes.

News and video of climbers reaching the top of Everest this past week.

A buoy washed ashore at Moss Beach. Big and neat.

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Uncensored Cuban propaganda posters. [via growabrain]

From the United Nations - 10 stories the world should hear more about.

Hall of Flame - Museum of firefighting.

"...worked as advertised. Easy, fast, and was like shaving, no pain. This thing solved my worries about my hairy back." -From some testimonials for a back razor. I'm sorry.

An interactive camera which allows you to simulate exposure and shutter speed. Useful and cool. [via cynical-c]

Recent interview with Phil Lesh.

What poison ivy looks like. Also - the mysterious venus' flytrap.

Miscommunications in libraries.

"I want my garage door opener to work, too," said Col. Russell F. Miller, commander of the 96th Communication Group. -Air Force radios in Florida jamming garage door openers.

747's as forest fire-fighting equipment? [via slashdot]

Boston Globe article on being Nomar Garciaparra.

David Lander, the actor who played Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman on the TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley, is now a scout for the Seattle Mariners baseball team. I did not know that. [via boingx2]

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Furniture-moving bicycles.

The new way to generate buzz in consumer products: Put a battery in it. From toothbrushes to dish scrubs, a growing number of familiar consumer products are being reborn as battery-powered devices that oscillate, rotate, spin, pulsate, and vibrate, all in the name of making life's daily chores just a little less mundane. -Battery powered products are where it's at.

Movie rights bought to "Home Before Daylight", the memoir by longtime Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish. Be very afraid.

A couple admiring the beauty of Yosemite Falls.

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Superior seman works. [via b-rivets]

Photos of cloud seeding equipment.

US researchers say that, unless you have superior relationship skills, your hopes of cozy coupledom are likely to be dashed. Far better, they say, to aim low to ensure you are not disappointed. -Research finds it's best not to expect much out of marriage. Great.

Redwood tree bark.

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Catfish of the month.

Salvador Dalí finger puppet. [via tom mcmahon]

21 pages of photos from the New England Muscle Bicycle Museum.

Much fun was had at Yosemite and later up in Lake Tahoe and though we didn't see any bears, we did see lots of very fat people.

Looking through a vendor stand at an empty baseball stadium this past Sunday.

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Wisconsin's most famous sausage has decided to retire, but she'll always relish the memories. -Abused baseball mascot calling it quits. [tnx MJMC]

Photos of Jell-O.

No updates until after the weekend as we're off to Yosemite National Park for a few days of mountain fun.

BBC: Housework 'is a good contraceptive.'

"My wife and I don't go drinking or gambling," Smith says. "We love the lawn and the flowers. That's our hobby." -Boston Globe article examines the pursuit of the perfect lawn.

Coverage of the 87th Giro d'Italia cycling race which began on Saturday.

ASCII bicycle art.

Rookie pitchers for the Cincinnati Reds wear children's backpacks as part of their rite of passage into Major League baseball. More rookie initiation ritual stories.

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For the truly lazy, a feature on the Web site student.com generates automatic excuse-requesting e-mails. Users pick the phrases they want, asking for "a bit of slack" or a "slight favor" because they "have SO much work to do" and could never finish the assignment "in the complete way you deserve." -'Dog ate my homework' in the computer age.

BBQ lingo.

Lance Armstrong rides by during the 2003 San Francisco Grand Prix. I nearly got run over getting this shot. Be grateful.

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Ebay: Grateful Dead dancing bear LSD blotter art. LSD not included.

"We never saw this coming, the reaction the fans had," said Geoffrey Ammer, president of worldwide marketing for the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. "Some people thought it was a great idea, but others saw it as sacrilegious." -A dumbass marketer buys a clue and MLB changes its mind on the Spiderman ads on bases plan.

Death and photography in America is an exploration of the photographic representation of death in the United States from 1840 to the present.

Wolfgang's Vault - The complete archives of concert promoter Bill Graham.

Keep pace with your companions. Skip a course if you are lagging behind. Slow down if you are bolting ahead. -From a list of tips for good business dining.

Top 10 Earth images downloaded from NASA's astronaut photography site.

Lunar features named after mathematicians.

St. George Slaying the Dragon. This image is visible in the southern hemisphere, where the moon appears "upside down". -From a gallery of moon illusions.

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The fastest fish is the sailfish which travels at 68.18 mph while the slowest is a seahorse that moves at 0.01 mph. More marine animal records.

A comprehensive pictorial guide to Jerry Garcia's guitars.

Why is the ocean salty?

Since the time of the Vikings, ships have used figureheads to ward off evil sea serpents and represent the spirit of the ship. -Replica ship figureheads.

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Gallery of unusual playing cards. [via j-walk]

August 13: National Underwear Day.

Diary of a bike courier.

Unique glass water pipe with enamel colored golden tube. This is a complete set ready for your next trip. Professional hard case/briefcase sectioned to securely include all you need! -A travel hookah. Sure to gain you extra time with airport security!

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How to build a rainwater harvesting and purification system.

UFOs over Iran.

Abandoned & little known airfields. [via memepool]

Beer socks.

From the Chicago Public Library: 19th and 20th Century Horse, Wagon and Automobile Accidents.

Pizza delivery stories.

Photos of a Panamax container ship squeezing through the Panama Canal. Also a container ship in a bottle.

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This was about as pleasant as 18 hours suspended in darkness in a forged aluminum tube 37,000 feet above typhoonroiled, shark-infested waters could possibly be. -Aboard the new Los Angeles to Singapore direct flight.

High resolution photos of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Also photos of its construction in the early 1960's.

Furniture made from canoes.

A brick wall. That's all.

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Places to get sporks. Bonus: Saxon sporks.

Secrets of the peleton. Also Pez cycling news.

Neat little collection of marijuana bag labels from the California Homegrowers Association. [via growabrain]

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Goalkeepers are different.

Reviews of breakfast restaurants.

"The place erupted when I came back out on the field," he said. "When I got back out there everybody knew what happened. Maybe it just kind of spread, I don't know." -Minor League baseball player gets locked in the clubhouse bathroom. [Tnx MJMC]