Archive for December, 2006



Who Stole Jesus’s Foreskin?

Slate asks the question on the tip of everyone’s tongue: Who stole Jesus’s foreskin? [Slate]

Pass the SCAA’s Sensory Test

How to pass the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s judging sensory test. [Home-Barista]

Apparently if you get just the right amount of corn starch mixed with water—and mix it in ample amounts in the back of a concrete truck—you get a liquid that behaves normally under low pressure, but like a solid under stronger pressure.
Then you make grown Italian Spanish men run across it shouting and hollering.

Not entirely safe for work due to uncensored lyrics. This is totally the spirit of any real Christmas, though.
Why are Samberg’s Youtube clips the best thing SNL does these days?

Mike writes:
It’s off topic for the week, but my wife and I are in the market for a new car. I’ve been driving the same Chevy Cavalier for about 9 years, and recently it’s begun to show its age. Since I’m in school and working part time we can’t afford a new car. We’re looking […]

Ballsy Bald Bastard of the Day

A sunburst of highlights radiating from a chitinous, armored pate—probably not this year’s look, nor next, but impressive all the same. Look at my dome, ye hairy, and despair!

Six Fashion Rules For Men

Here are a six mostly-obvious fashion tips for men, including an admonishment to not wear suspenders. [About]

Have a look at the Dethroner Planning Commission, of which each of you are a potential member. It’s a simple wiki, where I’ve listed potential themes as well as a place to make the daily posting template more concrete and robust.
As we flesh out each of the potential themes—each one has their own page on […]

Man Killed by Pet Snake

Cincinnati man killed by 13-foot boa constrictor, which he kept as a pet. [BBC]

Full-size scan [Dethroner]

Take, for instance, this distubring factoid about erectile function:
1. Smoking can shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter. Erections are all about good bloodflow, and lighting up calcifies blood vessels, stifling erectile circulation. So even if you don’t care all that much about your lungs or dying young, spare the li’l guy.
That stresses […]

Problems of Pork Production

The not-so-secret world of commercial, large scale pork production. Personally, I think nothing goes with bacon like the acrid tang of antibiotics. [Rolling Stone]




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» Baconpig. Zenith of mankind’s porcine proclivity or just gross? You be the judge. Don’t miss the Pig Butchering Guide in T-shirt form. # 0

» A man wants to know if jerking off into his guppy tank will cause his fish any harm. Just don’t forget to cuddle, I say. [StraightDope.com# 1

» An Atlanta florist is selling the “Broquet,” baskets of amply masculine cactus and carnivorous plants that can be given from one man to another. [BananaFlorist.com via Seth Godin# 0

» What may be my next car, the Mitsubishi Evolution X, goes on sale today in Japan. Next year for North America. [Crave.CNET.com# 0

» I haven’t really dug into it much, but JoS. A. Bank is having what appears to be a pretty major sale, with up to 50% off on Fall items and 70% off on clearance items. [JosBank.com# 1

» Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org] # 0

» Headline of the Day: “Men want hot women, study confirms” [CNN# 2

» We just cracked a 750 of “Forêt,” an organic saison from Brasserie Dupont. The reviews on Beer Advocate are sort of mixed, but as far as I’m concerned it’s a knockout: bright, light, full of the best tastes of summer. One of the best saisons I’ve ever had. # 1

» All Hail the Meat Cocktail [www.cyberbilly.com/meathenge] # 1

» In a nod to an icon, NASA Shuttle to Launch Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber. This makes me sad because it reminds me that Carrie Fisher’s breasts are no longer in the same pristine (and perky) condition. [www.space.com] # 1



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