Our Wonderful Modern World

O!  The Humanity!



Next up, physics without forces. 

Next thing you know, they'll be calling Easter eggs "spring spheres," or something.  

Oh, wait.  They did.

For details, see: Contra pusillanimitatem saeculorum  

The Iron Shirts

can now be found on-line at TOR.COM.  Don't let that stop you from buying the Kindle version for $0.99.

Headlines You Don't See Every Day

"Man Arrested After Being Found Standing Over Goat, Wearing Women's Underwear"

--headline, Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail, May 3

Presumably, it is against the law to do so.

And how did the goat get into women's underwear anyway?
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"Needle Found in Ex-South Korea President's Lung"--headline, Reuters, May 3

Keeping to the theme of things found in lungs, previously noted here and here.  There is no indication that this needle was related to the fir tree growing in another man's lung.

No Comment Needed

xkcd says it all

Star Wars, by J-P Sarte

This is too good not to share:




h/t Mark Shea

A Mission Accomplished Moment

Red Alert: Osama bin Laden has been killed

Stratfor says:  The United States has killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and recovered his body, according to numerous media reports May 1 citing U.S. officials.

Read more: Red Alert: Osama bin Laden Killed | STRATFOR

Aesop's Dog, a Bone, and the Goose What Lays Eggs

What do you get when you charge more for something? 

Less of it, right?

http://omaha.com/article/20110427/NEWS01/704279887