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Greenpeace’s new anti-logging campaign. NSFW if you shouldn’t be watching tree orgies…

"And the lovely-ugly words, words that Shea didn’t know existed, leap up to his hand. Acnestis — the part of an animal’s back that the animal can’t reach to scratch. And bespawl — to splatter with saliva. In Chapter D, Shea encounters deipnophobia, the fear of dinner parties; Chapter K brings kankedort, an awkward situation."

—From A to Zyxt - The NYTimes reviews ‘Reading the OED’

"It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. Well known, but wrong. Medieval stained glass makers were simply unable to make perfectly flat panes, and the windows were just as unevenly thick when new."

—NYTimes on glass

A demo video of levelHead - more here.

"The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal recognition to “gay marriage,” is that it marks the end of democracy in America."

—Orson Scott Card. Yes, that Orson Scott Card.

"ATLANTA—Rapper Young Jeezy, attempting to put the finishing touches on his latest single “U Know Da Club,” has exhausted every rhyme possibility for his song’s third verse with the exception of “Cliff Clavin,” the fictional postal-worker character portrayed by actor John Ratzenberger on the long-running TV show Cheers. “I’ve already got ‘dance-club maven,’ ‘hip-hop haven,’ ‘yes I been cravin’,’ ‘ain’t misbehavin’,’ ‘pussy gonna cave in,’ ‘G’s I been savin’,’ ‘steel engravin’,’ and ‘rantin’ and ravin’,’” Young Jeezy said. “I guess I could use ‘shock-wavin” or ‘clean shaven,’ but they just don’t make as much sense in context as ‘just like Cliff Clavin.’” Jeezy is also struggling to complete a track called “Ideal Woman,” since he cannot find a single rhyme for “Rhea Perlman."

—Only Remaining Rhyme Rapper Can Think Of Is ‘Cliff Clavin’ [The Onion]

Would-be Vegas hitman’s story ends in Irish jail

You pretty much can’t make this up. It starts with a bored Vegas casino dealer launching www.hitmanforhire.com…

Reliable DNS Forgery in 2008: Kaminsky's Discovery

Zach and Sierra taking a cargo ship cruise together? Discuss.

Just added comments courtesy of disqus.com. No more shouting in the void… theoretically.