Miscellaneous, etc.

A pageant queen in Arizona has been charged with kidnapping, armed robbery and assault after being accused of kidnapping an ex-boyfriend.  25 year-old Kumari Fulbright (allegedly) lured her ex to her apartment, and then excused herself to shower while three other men (including ex-boyfriend #2) tied the victim up with plastic and then threatened him […]

A brilliant and explicit exposition of the Apple Product Lifecycle, as detailed by a long-time Mac user.  It doesn’t appear that much of the site has been updated since roughly five years ago, which only tells you how true and relevant his article really is.
One in seven have found themselves dumped via text messaging, according […]

100% Injury Rate reveals the language restrictions issued by Major League Baseball for the 1898 season. The language is definitely earthy, but nonetheless I love the shocked, prissy exclamation of the league committee:

“In response to nearly one hundred communications addressed to umpires, managers and club officials, soliciting definite, positive and personal knowledge of obscene and […]

A neutron star in the Milky Way saw the wrong end of a supernova, and has been spotted sailing out of the galaxy.  I’m sure wild shit like this happens all the time in the cosmos, but this thing is traveling 4.8 million kilometers per hour.  Between now and when you finish lunch, it will […]

Animation Backgrounds is a relatively new weblog that explores the history and beauty of background art in animated film. Some of them are surprisingly lovely, and all the moreso for having never noticed them properly in their respective films. Strange too that it reminds me so much of screenshots that used to appear on the […]