Even though he’ll admit he’s not the best person to ask about global warming due to his interest in flying jets, John Travolta does think we should try colonizing other planets, and/or living in dome cities. See, the man’s thinking about realistic alternatives to the wasteful existence we’re all leading these days.

Okay, so marijuana is astronomically gentler on your system than alcohol, and yet it’s still illegal? This here’s a chart showing the lethal doses of a host of drugs, including such hits as LSD, MDMA, cocaine, and alcohol. It’s good to know you can substitute an assload of roofies for a dash of nutmeg. Who wants to run to the store when you’ve got everything you need at home?

Nihilist chewing gum. Hysterical.

15 songs that left you wondering… until now. I think we all knew what Meatloaf wouldn’t do for love.

Rachael Ray money shots. Major league kudos to anyone who can sit through the entire video.

Pinky, the cat of the week, is available for adoption. He’s very lovable and needs a good family.

Dudes and dudettes. As some of you already know, Shiva made the great voyage with no complications, and seems to be quite happy in his new surroundings. He still has some purple fur due to the wound-sealer they put on him back in Ohia… but the only thing that means is that I find myself wondering how he’d look if he were completely purple. Pretty awesome, probably.

Here’s some breaking news that seems quite serious!

Our fair city, San Francisco, has banned plastic bags. Although, it will only be large supermarkets and drug stores that have to obey the regulation. That just means I’ll only have black bags - the kind you get when you buy beer at a corner store. This is going to wreak havoc on the now-booming bag collection industry. I guess it’s back to comic books and baseball cards, people.

At a horse racing track in Hong Kong, they discovered dart guns had been installed, presumably to take out horses they didn’t want to win! Amazing!

Would you believe that foods that are bad for you are also cheaper than foods that are good for you? It’s kinda true. And very sad.

I know a lot of you will get a kick out of these videos, which are of creationists explaining why evolution makes no sense. The second video, which features Kirk Cameron and a banana, actually winds up making a case for evolution… if you look close.

Stop-animated Mario Brothers, made out of LEGO!

Some crazy Russian who’s a former gangster built this insane log cabin. I do mean INSANE.

Anyone believe this is real? A subliminal McDonald’s ad slipped into a frame of Iron Chef America.

Who knew the Cuyahoga County Courthouse was so beautiful? I think I was only inside there once… in the basement. Well, someone on SomethingAwful.com posted a whole bunch of their pictures, and they’re quite nice.

Ze Frank, legendary video blogger, is hanging it up. Actually, he’s going to Hollywood? He does have that sort of “famous face” look about him. Best of luck, Ze.

Now, on to some music. First up, a dude on a double-neck guitar, making some great facial expressions.

Next up, Alex DePue ripping his fiddle to bits with two pop numbers. Great god almighty that’s some cool shit.

Sweep The Leg is a semi-annoying song about The Karate Kid, but it features members of the original cast including Ralph Macchio himself. (My favorite is the guy who says like “put him in a body bag!” or whatever)

This French beatbox dude can really tear it up! I wish I knew all the songs he was doing, but it’s still impressive.

Little Shiva is literally at cruising altitude as I type this - and I just noticed this massive pet food recall, so I need to check his food when I get home to make sure it’s okay.

The new Lamborghini is pretty ugly. I mean, really.

Whole lot of water found on Mars.

So, a long long while after last year’s Tour de France, there’s still evidence that Floyd Landis may not have been guilty afterall. It turns out that the doping lab is so unorganized that they may have switched some of the samples.

You know what’s big? A blue whale. How big? Why don’t you find out for yourself.

Okay, so you’ve got a powerboat, an F1 car, and a motorcycle… all racing down the same stretch… who wins? Check it out.

Here’s a YouTube clip of all the chalkboard writings of Bart Simpson over the years.

DeadMalls.com is a semi-interesting site that talks about shopping centers of the past.

One of my fellow Oaklanders has a brain tumor and smokes marijuana to relieve the pain and keep her appetite up, but sadly, the feds find the need to be jerks about it. That’s right, even though her doctor testified she may die if she stops taking marijuana, they’re going to continue to uphold the ban. Jackasses.

Alright, these last two items are cat-related, in honor of Shiva’s arrival, so if you swerve to HIT cats like my father, you may want to skip them.

Reporter gets worked over by a kitty.

Cat Herding. Not to be taken lightly.

Hey people, let me tell you, it pays to examine your online bank statements. Just last night, I caught an accidental double-charge for a fairly significant amount of change, and thankfully I’m getting it all back. That’s gonna be a big help because it’s costing a little more to fly little Shiva out to the left coast than I previously thought. Turns out the ol’ boy weighs in at a whopping 8 lbs. Is that a heavy cat? All I know is D. Gwinn had a cat that was over 13 lbs once, and that thing was massive.

There was a tornado in Elyria yesterday? Sounds pretty crazy. Leave me some details in the comments section!

It looks like they’ve beaten the prime 9/11 suspect into confessing, even though we all know this is a crock of shit.

Bush went to Brazil, and someone got a bunch of pictures that show the chaos he was barely a witness to.

Just in case you get your prescriptions filled at Wallgreen’s, you should know that they are charging WAY more for generic drugs than most places. As in, like 975% more.

Outtakes from LOST. I didn’t get to see it last night, but I guess I’ll watch it online when I get home.

A repeat DUI offender in Billings, Montana was recently pulled over after running a red light, pulling a U-turn through a gas station, and crashing into a streetlight pole. However, this time, the driver was not at fault. Why? Because he wasn’t driving… a unicorn was. With such a sound, obvious explanation, I’m sure the judge will throw out the case.

Watch as this monkey taunts some baby tigers. The sound effects are a little lame, but it’s still funny.

10 most akward television interviews, including the Michael Richards appearance on Letterman, and some weird clip of Mike Tyson. Also, if you detest Jim Rome as much as I do, then you’ll love #1.

Finally! Chewing gum that takes care of your B.O. too! An hour after you chew this Japanese-invented gum, your body will begin to smell delicious. Warning: avoid chewing amongst cannibals.

The Earth Viewed From Books. Any location mentioned in a book is plotted onto this world map, so you can see where stories are taking place, and where they’re not. Boy, the southern portion of Mother Russia hasn’t inspired a whole lot of folks, has it?

Airbrushed Mexican tailgates. What a beautiful sight first thing in the morning.

Well, this is certainly interesting. It seems that Viacom is suing both Google and YouTube for a billion dollars! The interesting element, in my opinion, is that Viacom recently made a deal with Joost, an upcoming internet TV service. This could open the floodgates for some of them good old fashioned American lawsuits. You know, the real slow-movin’ type.

AT&T’s illegal spying scandal thing is so serious that they say it is beyond the scope of any court’s jurisdiction? I’m having a hard time seeing how this is possible.

Halliburton is moving their offices to Dubai, and some suspect it’s a move designed to open a market with Iran. I think it’s because they have nice hotels and shit.

So what’s the difference between a Shia and a Sunni, anyway? I kind of know, but a refresher course never hurt.

I don’t know about you, but I use Google Image Search quite a bit. It’s always annoying to have to open up so many tabs in my browser just to get the few images that might still exist online. Thankfully, someone made this search interface that takes you straight to the full size images. Sweet!

Here’s a gallery of crazy bento boxes. Seriously… some of these I would be afraid to eat.

Not sure if anyone besides me will use this, but if you ever think of something and want to make a memo of it, you can use this service to leave yourself a note from your cell phone.

Everywhere I turn, I keep hearing about the 2008 Presidential elections. Of course, it’s nothing but depressing news. In this particular instance, I’m at least a little bit glad to hear that John Edwards is calling for a boycott of the FOX News debate, which he feels will be more of their unfair/unbalanced reporting. Fair enough.

They’re building a “skywalk” at the Grand Canyon, and it’s almost done! Damn, that looks scary. I’ve been up in the CN Tower in Toronto, where they have a glass floor, and that was creepy enough. Just think of the spectacular freefall if this thing ever detaches itself! That’s a bit worse than an elevator drop.

In the endless debate over PC vs. Mac, there have been some funny comments, and there have been some really pathetic attempts as well. This guy is really bent out of shape over Mac folks saying their shit don’t stink. Trust me, mine stinks… but I still don’t miss the Windows interface.

Of all the cultures that could have invented sausage in the crust of a pizza, I would have thought Americans would beat the Japanese to the punch! Maybe they envy our culture so much that they want to get all obese and lazy, too.

Speaking of our “culture”, have you seen my new 30-inch CLEAR rims? Yeah, I’m sittin’ on clear 30’s.

Closeups of ants! Argh!

Surely everyone who lived around Cleveland knows about Buddy’s Carpet, if not specifically because of his snappy slogan “I don’t care about making money, I just LOVE to sell carpets!” … Well, here’s the gun rental version of the beloved Buddy. (Also, I think Buddy’s actually dead, and his wife took over the business.)

What do cats think of men with beards? This really weird study sought to find the answer of that very question. My cat Shiva will be making the cross-country journey via Continental Airlines next week, and I have a beard, so I figured this was relevant. Nicodemia had better look out, though… they found that long dark beards are not favored by kitties.

This building in NYC is almost totally covered in grafitti, and is totally awesome.

I forgot to post this the other day, and I came across it once again: Leave No Child Inside. The article is about kids growing up today in a world where they’re sheltered beyond belief, compared to the world of… well… the world when myself and my friends were growing up, and before then. Kids are kept out of nature, or live in an area devoid of it, and the “side-effects” can be pretty major.

Stephen Colbert begs the partisan politicians in Washington to let the Iraq war continue in peace.

15 ABSURDLY expensive things you can buy on Amazon. When I first read the word absurd I didn’t quite believe it, but how do some earrings for $227k sound?

KetchupArt.com

Alright, here’s some cool stuff.

One holiday I won’t forget next year is: National Pig Day! March 1st is the day, and in the year of the pig… well, come on. If you haven’t had any pork since then, there’s still time. I won’t tell anyone you were late to the party.

Here’s a piece on medical marijuana; specifically how the government has ignored its positive effects and inflated what few negative effects it may have. I know, it’s a little like beating a dead horse, but living on the left coast has shown me that not everyone is believing the lies.

Speaking of the left coast, I felt my first earthquake last Thursday, a 4.2 tremble originating in Lafayette… wherever that is. I was standing in the middle of the room and it kind of felt like I was surfing for about 2 seconds, and then there was a more up and down type shaking, and that was it. Didn’t exactly throw off my balance or anything.

Is your wallet filled with club cards? Mine isn’t. But if it is… this is a rather clever idea to combine them all into one space-saving masterpiece. I’m all for smaller wallets.

Anyone ever seen the Honda cog commercial? It never aired in the states, but it was a brilliant (and slightly long) advertisement where parts of a Honda combined to make a sort of ‘Mouse Trap’ machine. (Mouse Trap as in the old board game.) Well, here’s a parody of that commercial that’s pretty funny.

New York City has banned the word “nigger.” Naturally, I have no problem with that… hell, I didn’t even like typing it just then, but they’re not really gonna enforce it. How could you? I don’t know, but it’d be funny to see a cop try to arrest someone for saying it.

Last but certainly not least, extreme closeups of bugs splattered against windshields. Dango! Talk about pimp-smacked!