BEES!

happy birthday, peglegpete. may you always have Shiner and lack pants.

oh dear.

i was looking for The Eggcorn Database, but couldn't remember what it was called. so i searched on "homophones."

i found this instead.

aie.

weird news roundup

• pigeon hoarding is the new black.

  Enright acknowledged operating to remove a large tumor from the bird, saying he watched his own veterinarian perform such a procedure. The attorney said he gave the bird a shot of vodka, administered Anbesol as an anesthetic and used an Exacto knife to cut into it.

  
  
• in other weird news, a new jersey man duct-taped his roommate to his bed, stole his car, and was finally apprehended 200 miles away, apparently having decided that instead of going to Toronto, he'd just park and pick up a sixpack.
  
• darwinism in action: the latest teen fad is to lie down in the road and play chicken with cars.
  
• Roberto Benigni did a striptease on the primetime news to promote his new film.
  
• this is a great moment for followers of the FSM: archaeologists have found the world's oldest noodles.
  
• one to beam up: James Doohan's remains will be shot into space.
  
• a psychologist at Harvard debunks alien abduction. i'd like to read that book, for sure.