• BBC News: “Sudan man forced to ‘marry’ goat” (via linkbunnies)

Best quote: “We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together.”

(But, I mean really? What’s with all the goats?)

… goat-free roads.

(via)

(Apologies for the silence on the SMP front. Busy, busy week. Hopefully, a return to inane chatter next week.)

(We can all hope.)

• The Fantastic in Art and Fiction (via Boing Boing)

I’ve always had a fascination with old engravings and woodcuts of the bizarre and imaginary. I have always found them to be immediate, striking, and really unsettling. They burrow their way into my subconscious and hang around for a long time.

And there are some really freaking weird ones at The Fantastic in Art and Fiction.

Look! You can see the Elephant Man’s dinky!

The Danse Macabre gallery is really, really creepy.

This one might be my favourite. These mermen… they’re just so… normal. Look at them. They’re talking about American Idol. Or the latest Dean Koontz book. They’re the Seinfeld and Costanza of mermen.

Ummm… yeah. Let’s stop there.

Great. Now I have the willies.

• irdel.com: “finger” (via Screenhead)

People are weird.

God bless people.

Mainichi Daily News: “Gun-shaped teddy bear crackers ready to liven up wedding receptions” (via Cute Overload… and Boing Boing… and Gizmodo…)

I really think the title said it all.

Well… except for this short scene that is now running through my head:

“Sarge! We got incoming!”

“This is it people! Lock and load! Full spread! Take ‘em down HARD!”

[Pop. Pop. PopPopPopPopPopPopPopPopPopPop.]

[Flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter flutter.]

[Silence.]

“Sarge! They’re still coming!”

“Dammit! Corporal! Get your ass up here with that Hello Kitty mortar!”

And… so on.