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.
