No bike toll on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Religious real estate listings. Also, steeple maintenance.

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Online College of Astrology. Good luck with that.

The astrologer's cookbook.

Test your bird knowledge!

1. frowning mom with tall latté and jog stroller
2. bald, fifty-something massage therapist on recumbent bike
3. vegan slam poet, hissing during movie trailers
4. PETA hipster, physically disgusted at your “holocaust burger”
5. pink-faced guy with chaps and big vein in forehead
-5 annoyed San Franciscans you'll meet in heaven. [via growabrain]

Skills only found in China. [via growabrain]

BBC: Tough life of Titicaca islanders.

A dipole antenna, from a page of old radio cigarette cards.

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A patriotic CB radio.

Huge collection of images from a Soviet radio magazine. Sweet. [via cynical-c]

Huge collection of turtles on telephone calling cards.

The Lucky Charms sex quiz. Also, Lucky Charms are not magically delicious.

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Looking for a five-piece bedroom set? How about an ottoman from the Montego Bay collection? Well, my friend, you've come to the right place - a Devil Rays baseball game. -furniture and baseball. Of course. [via sportsfilter]

The Lost Cosmonauts.

Six photos from yesterday's San Francisco Pride Parade.

The largest rearview mirror you've ever seen. Wow.

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Fairy tales about seatbelts.

Yet another example of why lions and tigers do not make good pets.

Interesting images from a British satellite receiving station.

We start early morning in the Giro village at the departure of the cyclist, when they go, we take the car and get to the finish... and we wait for the podium presentations. When all it's finish we go to the hotel, some nights there’s a party. -Interview with some Podium girls from last month's Giro d'Italia.

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The Zeppelin library.

Cutting, storing and handling cheese. Also, making salami.

Logos and history of old B-Movie production companies.

Birthdays of Looney Tunes cartoon characters.

A buncha examples of old radio advertising art.

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Dog breed guide.

It sucks really bad. All the stereotypical things that you see in the movies -- that stuff happens here. But it hasn't broken me, and it can't break me. I just accept this environment as home -- my ability to deal with it has really surprised me. -Interview with imprisoned ecoterrorist Jeff Luers.

Buddhist glossary.

Whale burgers. Mmm. [via chariotaku]

A disturbingly large collection of screen captures and videos of French newscaster Melissa Theuriau. I am not complaining.

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Lots of bicycle ASCII art.

How the Outdoor Life Network brings the Tour de France to viewers in North America. Neat and thanks but please ditch Al Trautwig. [via TdF blog]

Science is dull and hard.

Two men smoking opium. Found in the Plant Cultures picture library.

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Companion website to the excellent Frontline on private contractors in Iraq.

Nice gallery of paragliding photographs.

Whoever is behind the shenanigans has kept a low profile and drawn no attention to himself -- or herself -- while surreptitiously turning traffic lights around to face the wrong way, tampering with control boxes so the lights flash red in all directions and throwing the timing off to stymie motorists. -Somebody's messing with Sunnyvale, California.

Rats taking over New Zealand?

Identify birds with by their silhouettes. Also, bird feet.

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Multilingual bicycle's vocabulary! Also, a prenuptial agreement for cyclists.

Photo of Jan Ulrich smoking a hookah.

List of military contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The San Francisco Chronicle gets in on this new weblog craze!

Just a large photo with shitty resolution of a hot dog with cheese and bacon.

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McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant chain, is making an aggressive push to deflect criticism of its food as unhealthy and fattening. -McDonalds to start selling skateboards and bikes. Clothing too. The end is near.

Neat, animated map of the cyclists in this week's Race Across America.

Until now, such miniature bicycles were available exclusively to professional circus clowns. An amusing diversion at parties, picnics, reunions and charity events, this diminutive bicycle is a challenging, yet fun ride for individuals aged six through adult. -$54.95 at Hammacher Schlemmer.

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Dodgy bacon may have killed five old Greek people. It's not funny.

As a courtesy to violent time travelers: The ancestry of George W. Bush.

Happy Summer Solstice!

Laughing sound files.

Aitor Gonzales, of the Spanish, all-Basque team Euskaltel-Euskadi, rides his way toward winning the Tour of Switzerland.

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Interestingly placed weed and bicyclist photo. [via tournez à gauche]

Learn to drive a stick shift.

'Banana Lovers', from a nice collection of fruit art.

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As an early Father's Day present, my wife and son allowed me to go on a 4+ hour bicycle ride Saturday morning. It was great except for the $150 ticket I (and another cyclist) got from the San Anselmo Police for running a Stop sign. Bastards.

Turn donuts & doughnuts into dollars!

Long list of aviation weblogs. [via ask metafilter]

Okinawa as seen from the cockpit of an airliner. From the photo gallery of Meryl Getline, USA Today's 'Ask the Captain' columnist.

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Medical and human factors facing pilots.

BBC article on yellow school buses.

Top 10 bow ties.

Kabbalah is the new scientology? Be afraid. [via everywhere]

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Police find stolen bikes at a popular Berkeley used bicycle shop.

Excellent essay on being Hunter S. Thompson's editor. [via incoming signals]

To kiss is like drinking tea from a tea-strainer - you always want more. -Old Chinese saying; from a small collection of tea quotes.

Photos of Texas A&M championship meat judging teams, 1930s-2000s. Oh yes.

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BetterButtocks.com - The only website dedicated to the surgical improvement of the buttocks. Sorry.

Ten least wanted foodborne pathogens. What are the most wanted?

In fact, he was meant to be hated, and was perfect in his role as the “anti-mascot”. The Giants would trot him out onto the field about once a game specifically to be booed and pelted with flying objects. The generally small and angry crowds at Candlestick Park that year obliged whole-heartedly. -Crazy Crab, mascot of the 1984 San Francisco Giants.

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Basic food suitable for mice.

A gallery of casino carpets. How I love the Internets. [via cynical-c]

Strikeouts for troops.

James Bond paperback book covers from 1957 and 1987. The 80's sure were boring.

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A virtual saxophone lesson.

Bagpipes and accordions in the movies.

"A flute with no holes is not a flute, and a doughnut with no hole is a Danish" -Chevy Chase (in Caddyshack), from a collection of flute quotes.

Patriotic bikinis. [via metafilter]

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Preview of the Alps stages in this year's Tour de France; part of the excellent Grenoble Cycling Pages.

Sheldon Brown's crazy experiments with a Surly Karate Monkey bicycle.

The building of an indoor pool. Nice. [via look at this]

From a gallery of amphibian malformation photos. Sorry.

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"Yeah, we're actually ... we don't have any passengers on board, so we decided to have a little fun and come up here." -Pilots try to fly a passenger-less commuter jet at 41,000 feet. It doesn't work.

How to mount a camera on an airplane.

Why sleep is important.

Space suit ham radio satellite. Nice. [via slashdot]

My family's dune buggies over the years: 50's, 60's, 70's.

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Kirk Cameron, from TV's Growing Pains, found Jesus. Goddamn. [via B&Es]

Audio files of British cricket calls.

Virtual canoe trip through Canada's Boundary Waters.

Moths of North America. Also, many Canadian butterflies.

Saturday's stage of the Dauphiné Libéré cycling race. From the looks of it, Lance Armstrong should easily win his seventh Tour de France next month.

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"Fag hags are the backbone of the gay community," Cho says in her act. "Without us, you're nothing!" -Update on the gay friendly comedy of Margaret Cho.

Gay baseball days.

Celebrating Philippine art.

Juggling Jim shaving Mr. Wally Walters' head with a knife, while juggling 2 balls in other hand. Wow.

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Dark poetry.

Through a few years of research and development, we have tested and tried different designs and materials that would be best suited for Maximum Taco Enjoyment. -Disposable taco plates. What will they think of next?

Tricycle fetish. Wow.

Woman on an ooold school recumbent bicycle. From a nice collection of cycling-themed cigarette trade cards.

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Lots of antique Norwegian bicycles. I think.

Bike writer. Also, Old bicycle meet ribbons.

A bike to work video game of some sort.

Neat collection of cycling-themed sheet music.

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Beware of films starring the infamous Bruce Lee imitators, designed to cash in on the real deal. Some of these films and performers have some merit of their own, but do not be fooled into thinking you are going to see Bruce Lee! -The evils of Bruceploitation.

Photos of storms and sunsets in Bangkok. [via j-walk]

Hidden ingredients that might contain lactose or milk.

On Ebay: Jerry Garcia image found on sandpaper w/ rose & message.

How escalators work. Sweet. [via wonkette]

Interview with Bob Weir.

The Simpsons and Christianity. Also, more on the upcoming movie.

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Famous Jews interactive.

The AeroCar 600.

Leon Askin, the actor who played General Burkhalter on TV's Hogan's Heroes, died earlier this week at the age of 97. RIP.

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Photo of West Virginia's governor on an ill-fitting mountain bike.

Fireworks University: Glossary.

This Corn on the Cob Soap Looks so real and smells just like Hot Buttered Popcorn! Shaped like a real ear of corn! -Yikes.

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The corn on the cob challenge - A study of different eating patterns.

I think the best place to get hit is with a curveball at about sixty-two miles an hour, probably right in the butt. -NYer article on Craig Biggio getting hit by baseballs.

Cats get rescued from trees in Rome, Georgia and Ocean Park, New Jersey.

The Discovery Channel cycling team, with George Hincapie wearing the yellow jersey, rides during stage one of the Dauphiné Libéré.

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The Mediterranean is the world's most popular holiday destination. Escaping to the sun every year, 220 million holidaymakers - mostly from North European cities - flock to its coasts. Every year, the numbers are growing. By 2020, they are projected to reach 350 million people - the population of the United States. -Interesting article on development along the Mediterranean coast.

Gallery of modern ashtrays.

Nice look back at U2's 1983 legendary Red Rocks concert. [via metafilter]

Bird lungs. [via incoming signals]

Jose Ivan Gutierrez during yesterday's prologue of the Dauphiné Libéré cycling race.

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PEZ Interviews: Simoni & Cunego.

June 11th: World Naked Bike Ride 2005.

Daily coverage from this week's Aids/LifeCycle bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Large collection of Jerry Garcia Band posters, 1968-1995.

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Growing old with Jerry Garcia.

Speak Klingon badly.

Brooklyn storefronts of digital camera companies. Buyer beware. [via boingx2]

New Zealand lighthouses on stamps.

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Lighthouses in the movies.

Bicycle helmets for large heads.

Birding weblog of an American soldier stationed in Iraq.

I had just been to Carlsbad Caverns, N. M., and had been tremendously impressed by the bat flight. Couldn't those millions of bats be fitted with incendiary bombs and dropped from planes? What could be more devastating than such a firebomb attack? -US Air Force considered using bats as bombers during WW2.

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A look at Bill Shannon, official scorer for the NY Mets. [via sportsfilter]

Songs of the IBM, 1931 Edition.

From Bob Armstrong's collection of old jigsaw puzzles.

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Encyclopedia of American military aircraft.

A vintage lighter collection.

A New York City taxicab medallion clock. Cool.

The crew of 1975's Apollo-Soyuz rocket. Part of NASA's timeline of rocket history.

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The art of making wolves from human skulls. Or something.

The physics of knife throwing.

A look at the Democratic Republic of Congo's (Zaire) 20th of May Stadium, site of 1974's Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match.

Ice cream history and folklore.

Free donuts on Friday! [tnx mjmcyo]

Maps and statistics of shark attacks by region.

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Hopeful article by Leah Shahum, director of the SF Bicycle Coalition.

A photo guide to making Mexican Flan.

With a generation of kids who only hear the name of Jesus taken in vain - at a time when the name of Jesus has been removed from our schools and is under assault in the public square - can you imagine bringing Jesus into every living room in America? -Jesus Video Project. God help us.

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Good excuses for collecting Victrolas, 78s, and cylinders.

Ten 78s loved by your grandparents.

A woman at 12:37 a.m. Sunday complained of campers, who had been drinking, pouring gasoline on a fire and urinating on "others" in the campground. The dispatch log did not indicate whether the "others" were fires or people. In any case, a deputy could not find the drunken campers. -From the Point Reyes Light Sheriff's Calls.

Sherlock Holmes stamps from around the world.

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Many boat and non-boat drink recipes.