To Dwell is to Garden
Below is an x-ray of a London cat that now has metal implants in all four legs:
Apparently, the pussy has fallen out of the same third-story window twice now. Quite the luck. Nevertheless, the modification makes for a pleasant aesthetic impression, and in the end seems almost worth it. Wonderful. The vets hope that the 6 year-old patient will eventually walk as normal.
Via Boing Boing.
Really funny, tongue-in-cheek site God is Imaginary lists 50 ‘proofs’ to comedically establish God’s non-existence. I haven’t read the whole site (and won’t - I have other things to do…), but proof #39, “Realize that Jesus was a Jerk,” made me laugh out loud repeatedly. It’s not that the writing is terribly funny in itself, but the hilarious absurdity of straightfacedly calling Jesus a ‘jerk’ over and over again made me break down.Here is a gem from the proof, which accuses Jesus of being both a jerk and an idiot (harsh!):
Have you noticed that in many cases Jesus is childish and emotional, rather than thoughtful? People who act like this are jerks. Here’s an example from Matthew 18:7-9:
“Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.This statement is totally ridiculous on several different levels. First, something like a hand cannot “cause you to sin” — your brain causes “sin.” Every intelligent person knows that. Therefore, gouging your eye out or cutting your hand off is useless. If you have a problem with “sin” and you are going to amputate something to solve it, you would need to amputate your brain, since that is where all “sin” originates.But if you think about it further, you realize that Jesus has completely missed the actual remedy. If you are having a problem with unproductive behaviors, what you need to do is either educate or rehabilitate yourself. You would do that by talking with a counselor or seeing a therapist. Amputation is an absurd prescription, as every intelligent person knows. Jesus is not only a jerk — he is an idiot. He dispenses advice that is completely useless, and recklessly dangerous as well.
There are a number of other great jabs at the Son of Man in the piece. I recommend wasting a few minutes to read it and browse through the other proofs. As Mark Twain quipped, “Against the assult of laughter nothing can stand.”
I’ve long been an enthusiast of Korean beer. It is severely bland, I won’t lie. Nevertheless, because of this very blandness it makes for excellent every-night type consumption. (In that way, it is remarkable similar to beer from Canadia).
If anyone is interested, Cass is my current favorite.
I’ll do my best to get some kind of real critique of Korean beer up sometime, but I’m so close to the matter, it’s hard to look away for even a moment and maintain objectivity.
Here is an excellent article cautioning venturous modders considering a corset piercing. But if you are in this camp, the article is not intended to kill your fantasies, as it provides rough instructions on how to do it properly should you be determined to lace up - and it’s from Shannon Larratt!
From the article:
[Corset piercings have] become one of the most popular forms of surface piercings, and for good reason — they’re a very pretty, sexy piercing that can be extremely complimentary visually. But when I get these pictures [sent into me at BME], I’m far too often struck with a mix of sadness and anger. Sadness for the women who are being tricked into mutilation, and anger at the likely incompetent, irresponsible, and in my opinion, negligent piercers who are doing it to them.
Larratt writes that, “the big problem is that almost always [corset piercings are] done not with surface piercing jewelry designed to minimize the problems, but with simple captive bead rings which exacerbate the problems and almost guarantee failure,” and he illustrates the assertion with less-than-beautiful images of post-corset piercing scars. I think it’s best to listen up on this one.
