It's a shame that Spamusement (http://spamusement.com/) hasn't been updated since last June.

That's got nothing on the 404 Research Lab: http://www.plinko.net/404/

My dad, brother-in-law, and I each got a print of that from my sister for Christmas. :)

Having gone from "always bought eggs from the supermarket" to "have four hens out back*" in the last couple months, no question. A bit smaller, brown shells (except for the blue and green shells we'll get when some of the current chicks grow up), deeper yellow-orange yolks, and a more flavorful egg. They have free run of the yard (or at least their large pen), eat crumble feed, scratch feed (cracked corn and wheat), crushed oyster shells, and well water, plus whatever seed they pick out of their straw, and whatever bugs they eat out of the yard. No strange hormones or chemicals, and the eggs are in the fridge for a few days to a week before eating--rather than the weeks they can be stored between production farm and the grocery store.

* Well, a fox got three of them, and the rooster, so we currently have one grown hen out back, and only one egg per day, down from four. However, the four older chicks out there will grow to egg-laying age in a couple months, and whatever we keep of the younger, week-old chicks, too.

Doesn't seem to play nicely with Safari--doesn't consistently respond to "press any key", and then won't do anything past the 'new game / controls' screen.

For my weird/wonderful things, I read:
Neatorama
Boing Boing
Ectomo
Nothing to Do With Arbroath
Dave Barry's Blog
Dark Roasted Blend
Mental Floss
Brass Goggles
Cynical-C
Dethroner
Infosthetics
MAKEblog
Making Light (the Nielsen Haydens' blog)
Neil Gaiman's blog
Warren Ellis's blog

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra does far better with the VB theme:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pUru7nSyKxQ

Fran: Fortunately, civil engineers have learned a lot about the aerodynamics and oscillations of bridges since then. (Actually, engineers realized the cause of the problem before the bridge collapsed, but not in enough time to do anything about it.)

Fazia: Yes, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. :) http://www.venganza.org/

2nd grade; they took us out into the common area of the "pod"--the school had two circular wings off of the main area--and turned on a TV (on one of those tall rolling stands) off to one side, and we all stood around and watched. I don't think I realized the import of the event until years later, but yeah, I remember.

Man, I was seriously disappointed when I heard about all the graphic sex and nudity in Mass Effect, and went to YouTube to have a look.. hell, they could broadcast that in the middle of the afternoon and the FCC wouldn't bat a lash.

Yes, perhaps she should have shown a bit more restraint in her reply--but there was no excuse for calling the administrator's home, at any time, for any non-personal-emergency reason, regardless of the "listed" status of their number (which I'd assume they now have to change.) There was then *absolutely* no excuse for posting her message online, and even creating an online group for the express purpose of disseminating her message and stirring up crap, resulting in hundreds of prank calls to that home. (I was a NoVA high-schooler ten or fifteen years ago, and still live in VA, so I've heard a lot about this topic.)

Sid: I'd say ROY G BIV is already a mnemonic, and doesn't need more words attached. :)

An excellent comics, indeed--I've been reading it for months. :)

#3: It's track 4 on the Matrix soundtrack: Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Mix), by Rob D.