Who here speaks wookie?

Chewbacca has a blog. (via Metafilter)

The bottom fifty

The 50 most loathsome people in America according to The Beast.

It's not over yet

A presidential journey in text. (via Metafilter)

They said it

Fuckers.

With the country still a shambles, U.S. officials are promoting a tough-love vision of reconstruction that puts the burden on the Iraqi people.

"The world is a competitive place," Tom Delare, economics counselor at the U.S. Embassy, said this month during a news briefing. "You have to convince the investor that it is worth his while to put his money in your community."

Get Your War On has the appropriate response to crap like this.

"No pain, no gain," Andy Wylegala, whose job at the embassy is to help Americans do business in Iraq, said at the same briefing. "It's a very difficult procedure to pass through. But when I look from my side, I see it as a long-term, very favorable development."

Mind expanding

A bunch of ways to blow you mind.

Tap that tune

This neat little website will guess the song if you tap it out with your space bar. (via Metafilter)

A reintepretation

Westside story as homosexual space opera. (via Robotwisdom)

Sense and nonsense

Take three random panels from Garfield comics and you get this. (via BoingBoing)

Please throw your daughter in the air

What people will do for a couple free pictures. (via Metafilter)

The story behind the story

If the words Manos: The Hands of Fate, mean something to you then I suggest you read this piece which contains interviews with some crew and this piece with an interview with the one of the stars. (via Metafilter)

In the future...

Robots will be as common as cars and pets. The compositing in that movie is nicely done. (via Robotwisdom)

Craparagus is more like it

Some simple drawings.

A Happy New Year to All