I don't think I'd go all the way to Japan just to get some, but it was offered, sure, I'd try it.

I'm far from an ordinance expert, but evidently the real problem is not so much that the houses were relatively close, but that a "bomb range" is not the same thing as an "artillery range." Everyone involved screwed up, but I would pin a large chunk of the blame on the actual explosives experts on the scene.

And no, it's not funny. Someone could easily have died. The Mythbusters crew got very lucky.

That was my thought too; wow, cool, but it would be SO easy to kill yourself using that thing...

Maybe they'll "shut up" when they no longer have to worry about open discrimination and physical assault.

On a less serious note, I take umbrage with the "boring and conservative" label. Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams, to name two, are among my all-time favorites.
Of course "cartoonist" is not the same thing as "person who does the front cover".

It was just on loan to the museum, they didn't own it, so it's unlikely they were the ones setting up an insurance scam.

It doesn't work on my copy of Firefox, even with all the script-permissions allowed. Works fine with Google Chrome.

There is the problem that this "fracking" technique they're using produces some really nasty waste products; states where it's being done are just now coming to grips with dealing with it.

Part of the problem with using stand up comedians as your example is that, like pretty much all human occupations, women were long kept from participating because they were women. One trailblazer in the field, Phyllis Diller, literally had to dress like a clown in her bid to claw her way to recognition.

The final episode of Daria showed what all the various characters looked like grown up.

And I'm pretty sure that Mike from Monsters Inc is already an adult.

Another vote for the Muppets version.

Still not as bad as the Star Wars Christmas Special.

An acquaintance of mine once found a vintage sports bobblehead at a yardsale, and I helped her sell it on eBay for a few hundred dollars. Not exactly in the same league, but it does happen..

@2: Yeah, as a Washington state resident, I too was disappointed at Ogopogo being snubbed. Used to own a stuffed Ogo toy as a kid..

When I first looked at that pic, I thought it was an astronomy photo..

"I'm not worried about our kids
I know they'll turn out neat
They'll be great lookin' cuz
they'll have my face
great swimmers cuz
they'll have his feet!"