The talk of the town for some time has been the light brown apple moth… or, the reason for our state’s decision to spray pesticide over residential areas. A group of moms have joined the fight against spraying, who are probably keenly aware that the test sprays caused people to get sick, especially young ones. PlayNotSpray is another group lashing out at the government in the hope that we won’t all become mutated and ill. Seriously though, we are not crops. People are not crops. You can’t just freaking spray us, assholes! Check out StopTheSpray and sign the petition… it’s the same one from all of these sites.

Food is fucking expensive. Riots have been taking place around the world in the poorest areas, simply due to the unmanageable increase in food costs. The cost of wheat, for example, has risen 120% in the past year alone. Many people have cited the decision to use corn for fuel instead of food as part of the reason. I have to agree… corn IS delicious, and we should be eating it. Some are turning to the humble potato, due to its versatility and low cost. I have to agree here as well. Potatoes are great.

Does coffee dehydrate you too much to count towards your daily water intake? People like Z. Humes and D. Folino have probably been wondering about this for some time, given that nearly 94% of their liquid intake for the day is dark brown and comes in a mug. Thankfully, they can go on subsiding on a diet of cigs and joe. Coffee counts.

Salt and pepper… really close up.

MapJack.com only features three cities right now, but it’s like Google’s Street View on steroids. Currently, you can virtually stroll through San Francisco, Sausalito, and, totally randomly, Chiang Mai in Thailand. Damn… why couldn’t they do Udon Thani or somewhere I went? Oh well. It’s still cool.

Worst sports tattoo ever.

Finally, finally, FINALLY there are pictures of the North Pacific Garbage Patch. Actually, it’s far better than that. Some brave folks decided to sail out into it and videotape the whole thing. Just as I suspected, there is no “money shot” - no floating island of garbage that one could stand on. Instead, it’s just a disgusting place to be, where nets bring in a continuous stream of plastic and other debris. Sickeningly fascinating.

Frontier Airlines has now filed for bankruptcy, joining ATA, Aloha and Skybus in what seems to be a partial collapse of the US airline industry. Also fucking shit up is American Airlines, who has now canceled more than 250,000 people’s travel plans. Hey, airline execs … while all your planes are grounded, how about taking out every other row of seats so my ass cheeks don’t fall asleep after 2 hours? Maybe burn a little Nag Champa in the crapper, too. That thing’s rank.

I’ve seen this on just about every blog I visit: the 50 greatest sketch comedy bits of all time. Although I don’t think Monty Python’s dead parrot bit is anywhere near as good as some Mr. Show sketches, it’s still a huge collection of some funny stuff.

Someone made a 48″ Star Destroyer model completely from scratch, and it’s amazing.

You don’t really need to drink eight glasses of water every day. This, and other such water myths, debunked by NPR. Thanks.

San Francisco is thinking about dedicating one of its wastewater treatment plants in George W. Bush’s honor. How very appropriate. And awesome.

A little league baseball game gets turned into The Best Game Ever by Improv Everywhere.