fungeye

The Consumerist has some nice squicky pics of the ReNu-associated eye fungus.

 

This is what the last segment of 2001: A Space Odyssey would look like if the monolith was all about squishily bioengineering Dave Bowman instead of transporting him through a wormhole.*

 

 

*Did that make any sense to anyone but me?

Strange blog coincidences...

... that surely only interest me.

Last week:
- A work conversation revealed that Imitation of Life is a coworker's favorite movie.
- I watched Errol Morris' Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
- Then I saw this Hit and Run post about Errol Morris writing about a strange connection between Imitation of Life and This Island Earth (a goofy SF movie that was mocked in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie).

Also last week:
- My Mom mentioned that her office had a visitor from their parent company in Australia.  The visitor said that the Australian government is paying women $4000 to have babies.
- Then I saw this Hit and Run post about some Fox News commentator encouraging Americans to breed for the good of the race.

Free Comic Book Day!

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, so, go and get your free comics.

I AM BORED, TELL ME SOMETHING MORE EXCITING

Honestly, I remember laughing about Dr. Sbaitso in a dorm room with Ratcrow more than I remember actually talking to him, but this article is still amusing.

[Thx: Gizmodo]

Where would I be without my PC?

There's a possibility of new material from Information Society.  It's without Kurt, but it's still totally cool.

Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat

The Pet Shop Boys are touring a new album and new single, "I'm With Stupid," which, depending on how you hear it, is either about a disintegrating gay relationship or ire at George Bush and Tony Blair.

 

Here is a post about problems they had with the BBC toning down the costumes during a performance of the song.  With YouTube video.

 

[Thx: Hit and Run]

May Day

It's International Workers' Day.  Instead of singing The Internationale, let's read this:

 

Welcome to Catallarchy's annual Day of Remembrance.  Contrary to the promises of ideology, nations whose governments pledged to create a workers' paradise usually became places of rampant slave labor.  The plight of the less fortunate became even less fortunate.  Today, we chronicle a small part of their lives.