Man whose house was hit by five meteors believes he is targetted by aliens

Man whose house was hit by five meteors believes he is targetted by aliens: "The Belgrade home of Radivoje Lajic has been hit by meteorites five times since last November. He has concluded that he's being harassed by extraterrestrials.

He said: 'I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials. I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense. The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit five times has to be deliberate.'

The first meteorite fell on his house in November last year and since then a further four have smashed into his home. The strikes always happen when it is raining heavily, never when there are clear skies.

He said: 'I did not know what the strange-looking stones were at first but I have since had them all confirmed as meteorites by experts at Belgrade University.

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(Thanks, Marilyn!)

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Web zen: 'net art zen

Web zen: 'net art zen: "

this is a magazine


googlehouse


average shoveler


white glove tracking


sheep films


neon bible


99 rooms




and the classics:

fubbs


hoogerbrugge


oculart




previously on web zen:

net.art.zen 2007

Link, Web Zen Home and Archives, Store (Thanks Frank!)

Image: The Painter, from Hoogerbrugge.

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Terrifying early-1950s comic book covers

Terrifying early-1950s comic book covers: "






Barron YoungSmith of The New Republic says:

I think you and your readers at Boing Boing will enjoy The New Republic’s fascinating slide-show: Terrifying Early-1950s Comic Book Covers.

These grim, pop-art images of severed heads and disintegrating human beings were selected by cultural critic David Hajdu, author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, to illustrate the comic book culture that created mass panic during the 1950s.The lurid content led to congressional hearings, widespread comic book burnings, and ultimately the censorship of the industry.

In addition, check out Part One of TNR’s debate between Hajdu and American culture guru Douglas Wolk: Are these grim images responsible for the marginalization of comic books throughout the late-20th century? Are we, just now, coming into the golden age of American graphic novels? Find out here.

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Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying

Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying: "Ill. Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) faced off against Rob Sherman of Buffalo Grove, who objected to the state of Illinois giving $1 million to the Pilgrim Baptist Church, excoriating him for not believing in God and for having the temerity to say that the Church and State should be separate. She told him that she believed it was dangerous for children to know that atheism exists. She ordered him to stop testifying and insisted that in the Land of Lincoln, 'people believe in God!'

Don't miss the audio.

Davis: I don’t know what you have against God, but some of us don’t have much against him. We look forward to him and his blessings. And it’s really a tragedy -- it’s tragic -- when a person who is engaged in anything related to God, they want to fight. They want to fight prayer in school.

I don’t see you (Sherman) fighting guns in school. You know?

I’m trying to understand the philosophy that you want to spread in the state of Illinois. This is the Land of Lincoln. This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.… What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous--

Sherman: What’s dangerous, ma’am?

Davis: It’s dangerous to the progression of this state. And it’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists! Now you will go to court to fight kids to have the opportunity to be quiet for a minute. But damn if you’ll go to [court] to fight for them to keep guns out of their hands. I am fed up! Get out of that seat!

Sherman: Thank you for sharing your perspective with me, and I’m sure that if this matter does go to court---

Davis: You have no right to be here! We believe in something. You believe in destroying! You believe in destroying what this state was built upon.

Link, MP3 Link to audio

(Thanks, Jessica!)

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Video of "Japanese Only" signs in Japan

Video of "Japanese Only" signs in Japan: "


Here's a video of signs in Japan forbidding non-Japanese from entering businesses.

This one is my favorite.

Information

Entering in the foreigner will hold back while holding the World Cup for the following reasons.

• In the hall because there is no staff who understands English

• The card, the traveler's check, and the foreign currency: because it cannot use it at all.

Taking a picture in the hall outside the building are prohibited.

Link

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Alligator stands on hind legs

wait'll he grows to a 100 feet high!

Alligator stands on hind legs: "Daigooro is an alligator that stands upright when doused with water. He lives at Marine Plaza Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. From Mainichi Daily News:

The 80-centimeter-long male alligator was first spotted standing up about two years ago, when water that a keeper poured on plants in his cage splashed on him...


From this year, Daigoro, a three-year-old dwarf caiman alligator from South America, has been entertaining visitors by performing the stand-up show every noon when a keeper pours water on it.

Link (Thanks, Paul Saffo!)

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Zaphod Beeblebrox-inspired teddy bears from Douglas Adams fan-club

Zaphod Beeblebrox-inspired teddy bears from Douglas Adams fan-club: "

The ZZ Plural Z Alpha Douglas Adams fan club raises funds by selling 'Beeblebears,' two-headed, three-eyed, three-armed teddy bears fashioned in the likeness of Zaphod Beeblebrox. I bought one for the kid last week and she loves it in all its mutant splendor.
Link

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Photos of Antarctic sea creatures

Photos of Antarctic sea creatures: "

Last week, I posted that a team of New Zealand researchers found a slew of interesting species in Antarctic waters. Some of the animals they discovered in the Ross Sea may be entirely new to science. National Geographic has posted a slideshow of the beautiful creatures. Seen here, an Antarctic octopus collected 3,280 feet down. Link



Previously on BB:

• Giant creatures in Antarctic sea Link

• The Deep: The Extraordinary Creates of the Abyss Link

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Disneyland's Tiki Room turns 45 -- merch ahoy!

Disneyland's Tiki Room turns 45 -- merch ahoy!: "This year marks the 45th anniversary of Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room, the birthplace of animatronics and one of my all-time favorite Disney attractions. Some of my earliest memories are of being dandled on my grandfather's knee at the Tiki Room while we sang and whistled together to the birds' songs and jokes.

Former Disney designer Kevin Kidney and Jodi have been commissioned to make a run of limited-edition items based on the Tiki Room for a special event at Disneyland on June 22 and the schwag is awesome -- every nerve in my body just stood on end and shouted 'WANT!' (Oh, if only I still lived in LA!)

For years, I've harbored a fantasy of putting together a punk/alternative tribute disc for the Tiki Room, with the parrots voiced by Shane McGowan, Nina Hagen, Cheech Marin and Jean Reno, and the songs performed as follows: 'In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room,' the Ramones; 'Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing,' Shonen Knife; 'Hawai'ian War Chant,' the Breeders; and 'Heigh-Ho' by Tom Waits.

Yes, I know, many of these people are dead. But a fella can dream.

We’ve been waiting 5 years to make this item, and it’s finally happened.
Rongo, the Tiki God of Agriculture, is at long last a beautiful green-glazed ceramic drinking vessel for your Tiki bar. His very unusual size and shape makes him an equally suitable fruit bowl, cereal bowl, or whatever-you-like-bowl. He’s even clutching his spool of kite string, just as he’s been doing at Disneyland for 45 years.

Link

(Thanks, Dwiff!)

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Creepily lifelike CGI woman

Creepily lifelike CGI woman: "


I've got no idea what the story is with this awesome CGI Flash woman, except that she appears to have been created by a Brazilian design firm, and that she has made every person I've shown her to say, 'Oh. My. God.'

Link

(via Kottke)

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(Via Boing Boing.)

Cthulhu cake!

Cthulhu cake!: "

Wil sez, 'My friend's wife made this awesome Cthulhu cake that was so awesome, I had to share it with BB readers. Also, awesome.

Cake fhtagn!'

Here is Cthulhu rising from the oceans, using a convenient little island with a tower on it to climb up. The base was cherry-chip cake, the island and tower a mix of cherry chip and yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Also used small chocolate 'pearls' as rocks. Cthulhu himself is all fondant, with two chocolate pearls that I seeped in red dye for eyes.

Link

(Thanks, Wil Wheaton!)

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