44 lb cat

Really? A 44-pound feline was found waddling around Saturday without a collar in Voorhees, and officials at the Camden County Animal Shelter hope she gets a nice — hopefully, diet-friendly — home. “She’s built like a quarterback,” said Deborah Wright, a shelter volunteer and current foster owner of the kitty. “I mean, how do you [...]

Wall-E is a Fat-E

Daniel Engber at Slate Magazine has written a mouthful about the recent Pixar film Wall-E. For those of you that have seen the film, chime in, but those who have not, be warned!  Mr. Engber summarizes Wall-E’s message as a simple tenet: “if we don’t change the way we live, we’ll all get really fat [...]

More funny names – airports (and is there truth to them?)

I’ve never been to Iowa, but from what I hear, it sux. No, that is not a typo, nor am I some 13-year-old punk kid who’s learned to spell from IMing. From the funny files comes a story on some funny 3-letter codes for airports worldwide. The first, of course, is Sioux City, IA – [...]

Don’t bend over to pick up soap in this city

Florida, home to the broken dreams of home ownership, has suffered another indignity as people are seemingly now so poor that they will fight over cigarettes. Fort Myers, FL, best known for…well, nothing, saw 200 people go crazy over stolen cigarettes at a gas station because, really, there’s nothing else in this town. While we’re [...]

We would have picked Marmaduke

From the weird science files comes a story that brings together the major news events of the last decade: cloning, 9/11, and canine heroes. It turns out “Trakr” (apparently, the dog is not a hero of spelling) sniffed out survivors after the 9/11 attacks. BioArts, a California-based firm trying to portray its madness as Da [...]