If you weren’t in the vicinity of Book Zoo this weekend, you missed some seriously cool stuff. First was the book signing with R. Black, which featured a duo of fire-eating girls on the street. Totally awesome. Then, on Sunday, books were sold for $1 per pound out on the sidewalk. I had better see at least 3 people reading books on my way to work today.

Job Market 2009. A laughably-grim version of the future.

A very controversial billboard in Florida has been upsetting a lot of people, and putting a big, smug grin on my face.

It’s official: Toys have jumped the shark.

This dog is trained a little too well.

Aloha Airlines is shutting down after sixty years of service. The sales from a new airline called “go!” have hurt their business enough to declare bankruptcy, and any deals that could have bailed them out simply didn’t happen in time. It sucks they have to hang it up, but you would think they should have been better prepared for competition down the road.

The Vatican says Islam is now bigger than Catholicism. How ’bout that?! If nothing else, I guess this means we’ll have more people on our side when we prosecute GW Bush for war crimes in a couple of years. Then again, he probably didn’t make a whole lot of Catholic friends, either.

Vitamin Water just too sissy for ya? You’re in luck… now there’s MeatWater! Alright, there really isn’t. And thank god for that, with such flavors as goulash and dirty hot dog.

Russian cuisine: the starters. Sure, about 80% of them rely on vodka as the main “ingredient”, but almost all of them look very appetizing.

Make a wallet out of a shopping bag. Why, thanks! I think I will.

Rick Astley talks about the Rick Rollin’ phenomenon. He has no plans to release anything or try to capitalize on what’s been going on, which is pretty cool.

Hillary Clinton’s 3 A.M. girl doesn’t approve of her message. She DOES approve of Obama, however.

8 Least Impressive Guinness World Records. I don’t know… the guy with the world’s longest ear hair impresses the hell outta me. How does that even happen?!

A gourmet meal made from 99 cent store foods. Quite impressive, and hilarious.

Ever hear those Mongolian chanting dudes that can produce more than one tone in their voice? Well, here’s some regular guy doing that to the tune of Amazing Grace. (You just want to listen to the overtones, which are kind of high-pitched and whistle-ish.

Also requiring you to listen closely: Can you tell the difference between a 128kbps mp3 and a 320kbps mp3? I can. And I’m very smug about it.

Undoubtedly, you’ve come across several different versions of the Last Supper painting during your travels across the Internets. Here’s a boatload of ‘em, all in once place. I always liked the Star Wars one.

Here’s a gallery of Star Trek bridge drawings.

Someone made the Futurama headquarters and a bunch of the characters out of LEGO. Impressive!

16 Extreme beds. Alright, that does it. The word “extreme” has not only jumped the shark, but then called for the shark to come jump IT.

The Infamous Moto-Penis. I think you can guess what it is.

Angry BBQ.

Alright, if all goes well, this is going to be a mega post of stuff. I’m going on vacation tomorrow, and I’ve been on vacation when it comes to this blog, so it’s only fitting to plop a bunch of stuff down. I guess I’ll go from newest to oldest.

Some kind of strange, gnome-like creature was captured on video down in South America. It looks pretty fake, but even so, the sideways mode in which it walks is terrifying.

Space Toys of the 1970s. Man, I can’t believe I thought Transformers were an original idea!

Gabe Perez pulled an awfully drawn-out prank with his high school ID. Awesome.

Apparently, the push-up is regarded as the standard of all exercises. If you can do at least one, you can handle a fall. Good point, I suppose.

Maybe one of you Ohioans can confirm this story: Unusual Home Invasion.

Guinness made a very clever ad for how to make a cup of noodles. It’s like that Honda ad with all the things happening in sequence, except, well… not car-related.

If you’ve never seen a tall bike before, these babies ought to give you a shock. Yeah… there’s no way I’d even attempt either of them.

This is like some kind of design-your-own kaleidoscope thing, using Flash. At first it may not seem that fun, but it’ll grow on ya.

If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma. These are some truly amazing Photoshop jobs.

Flickrvision lets you see photos currently being uploaded to Flickr, on a world map! Far out, man.

Speaking of far out, here’s some stoners using a parachute to hide under. Hilarity ensues.

I can’t get over these outlandish tombstones for Russian gangsters… I mean, what the hell? The number of them featuring Mercedes sedans is impressive, to say the least.

I don’t know who put this together, but it’s rather amazing no one ever took note of it before: The Wonder Years without narration is mostly people staring at each other. Haha! Quite true.

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is falling apart.

I guess there’s a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes before a space shuttle launch. A lot of COOL stuff.

The Alternative Press reports they found traces of all kinds of drugs in drinking water. Just fantastic. What’ll it be today? Prozac? A little cocaine, perhaps?

Don’t recycle? You’re going to hell, says the Vatican.

This is pretty impressive: a map of all the options in a Choose Your Own Adventure book. Damn! I don’t remember exploring nearly that many. Then again, I probably just kept skipping over them until I found the one I wanted most.

I’m sorry to report that the claims of a certain Alameda resident are true: the Assquatch is a real thing. And it’s pretty damn stupid. And gross.

The Big Lebowski Random Quote Generator. I feel as though I’ve posted this before. Oh well, it’s still cool.

The Eisenhower Interstate System (simplified). If you could only carry a tiny, one-page map with you to tour the US… well… I guess this’d have to be it.

7 insane conspiracy theories that actually happened.

Weemade is a cool blog that features artwork by kids.

Converse: A century of shoes.

Have you heard about the Airborne settlement? Yeah, the big surprise is that it doesn’t live up to its claims. But what’s cool is that, if you happened to have receipts for it on hand, you can get your money back.

Scientists have discovered two cell proteins that are responsible for letting your stomach relax, accommodating more food. They figure they can achieve similar effects to stomach stapling, but using your own body’s tools. Hm.

Lest ye forget: Alaska is fucking HUGE!

What else is huge? This turban! Holy shit!!!

INTERNET!!!