God Hates Astronauts is a webcomic that includes: John L. Sullivan and his mustache, a bear army, head trauma, infidelity, a demonic cow head, criminal owls, and agrarian astronauts.
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posted by P.o.B.
on Apr 30, 2013 -
5 comments
David Cohn, AKA Serengeti , has been described as "the quirkiest, deepest rapper", and "a writer who happens to rap". He has put out several albums but has encountered virtually no commercial success whatsoever, despite some raw works on the topics of
absentee fathers,
heroin, and a
fictitious UFC fighter.
Chief among his creations is alter-ego Kenny Dennis, with origins in what has become his most famous track, "
Dennehy". Kenny is a Chicago sports superfan with a mustache "the size of Mike Ditka's forehead" who loves actor
Brian Dennehy, O'Douls, brats, and chops, 'sconsin, the Sears Tower, and his wife
Jules, and who
passionately defends Steve Bartman.
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posted by rollbiz
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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Lily the bear is giving birth and is going under the web
cam again. The web cam and the
American Bear Center are the creation of
Lynn Rogers. Dr. Rogers work
has his critics: "I highly disagree with the way Lynn Rogers has decided to pimp out these bears in order to pay off HIS debt. Instead of studying bears, I believe he has successfully 'studied' humans and has found the trick to manipulating them. "
posted by Xurando
on Jan 20, 2011 -
11 comments
The latest issue of
Yellowstone Science quarterly is devoted to 5 articles chronicling the history of the management of grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, from the 1950s era "garbage dump bears," to listing as an endangered species, to de-listing as endangered, to current management. Many excellent photos, maps, charts and graphs make this a great resource for people interested in the fate of grizzlies in the lower 48 states.
Part 1 of the issue.
Part 2. [links to PDF files] (
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posted by paulsc
on Jul 22, 2008 -
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Written in 1967 by Bob Dylan, it was originally
quiet, lowkey... and vaguely menacing. But when Jimi Hendrix
redefined it the following year, even
Dylan knew that the song had changed forever.
Since then, it's been
covered (
over and over again),
praised almost as often,
analyzed,
referenced, and, of course,
found to be encoded in the minds of Cylons.
Originally released 40 years ago, erm, yesterday: All Along the Watchtower.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher
on Dec 28, 2007 -
41 comments
The Japanese Trailer to Kokoro Scan. Japanese game trailers always seem pretty interesting and fun. And, well, most often more-or-less nonsensical. This is for the new game
Kokoro Scan, which, um, looks like it might be a dating sim of some sort? Maybe? The animation and segues are pretty interesting, and, though it's 6 minutes -- awfully long for a trailer, particularly one sans any gameplay (I think) -- it's interesting/off-the-wall enough to be engaging. What do cartoon nipples, pixellated white things and bananas have in common?
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posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me
on Aug 3, 2007 -
13 comments
I researched and put an infopiece together
after recently learning of bile bears here on Metafilter. Even as an animal professional, I was unaware of the existence of bile bears. Now I know:
Bile Bears are live
moon bears that are turned into living crated "bile kegs," the bear's bile being extracted by means of a surgically implanted tube and used to treat conditions as varied as gallstones, kidney disorder, and (of course) impotence. After the long-suffering bear dies, the creature's body parts are then sold off individually for further monetary gain.
Indeed, it is an appalling practice, but worse I learned
the practice is spreading, and
in fact demand for bear products is now affecting the bear population of North America, as
North American bears are being illegally hunted and harvested for their parts to be used
domestically and abroadin the preparation of
traditional Chinese medicine.
posted by mongonikol
on Nov 30, 2006 -
43 comments
"Our society really doesn't deal well with the whole dying process." No, it's
not a hoax.
Through the magic of soft teddy bears, pillows, and plush dogs or cats, you can hold your deceased loved one, thanks to
Huggable Urns. It's founder, Alexandra, Lachini was inspired to form the enterprise after her recently departed father spoke to her. "All I wanted to do was hold him again, but the urn was hard and impersonal." For less than $100, her solution can be yours too.
posted by motherfather
on Jul 5, 2006 -
34 comments
The first bear kill of the Maryland hunting season was made by an 8-year-old girl,
notes Joel Achenbach's blog. It's quite an interesting news story that makes one wonder what values many of us are teaching our kids these days. Just as interesting, however, are the comments, which at least in one case deals with gender stereotyping:
I think that it is important for our kids and especially our girls to experience life and if part of life is killing game, then so be it. After all, if our girls just sit in their little bubble wearing pretty dresses and playing Bach on the piano, we may just end up with lots of Condi Rice's (re: Eugene Robinson's Op Ed).
The blog got lots of comments -- many more than my measly entry will.
posted by PlanoTX
on Nov 3, 2005 -
69 comments
So, ya got
bears. And you've got
bears,
BEARS,
Bears!, and
guys who love Bears. (From here, probably NSFW) But
bears? I had no idea. I guess they're everywhere. We know
they're in Chicago, but they also inhabit
northern woody areas,
southern coastal habitats, and from June 10-12 they will
ravage the countryside (can't deeplink, check "events"). These bears have their own
spam portals,
non-spam resource guides,
personals,
merchandise,
graphic novels,
newsfeeds,
rules and regulations, and of course lots and lots of
pr0n (that's not too graphic, but they're not called "bears" for no reason). I knew one of these guys my freshman year. I'm straighter than Peter North but he and his friends were some of the coolest people I've ever known. What are your favorite sex subcultures?
posted by saysthis
on Feb 11, 2005 -
26 comments
Teddyport "Its discreet, its funky and now none of your friends will ever know you have a problem."
Well, as long as they aren't observant enough to notice that you're ripping the head off of a stuffed bear and trying to drink from its neck...
posted by miss lynnster
on Jan 5, 2005 -
22 comments
