The Further Adventures of Miss Kitten

Perhaps you’ve already heard of the glow-in-the-dark genetically engineered cat named Mr. Green Genes. I’m still not sure exactly why scientists made him this way (something about curing diseases and benefiting mankind), but I think he’s awfully cute, weird, completely unnatural, and totally cool.
Here’s a video of the fluorescent feline:

A recent discussion topic on The Local forum inspired me to whip up a batch of the popular but somewhat controversial Swedish confection shown above. They were originally called negerbollar (negro balls) but for obvious reasons most people and most cookbooks these days prefer to call them by the decidedly less offensive (although boring) name: [...]

About ten days ago I posted an update concerning the progress of the construction project taking place just outside my apartment. It began about a month ago with the blasting and clearing away of several tons of rock to make room for a new “environmental” station (rubbish/garbage/recycling area). At that time the site looked like [...]

A Nebraska state senator got a little too ambitious recently when he attempted to sue God. The lawsuit was eventually thrown out, but not (as one would expect) because it was frivolous waste of the court’s time, but because of a legal technicality: a copy of the lawsuit could not be delivered to God because [...]

A couple of weeks ago I posted several updates about the construction project (entailing lots of drilling and blasting with dynamite) taking place right next to my apartment.  Photos and short videos can be seen here, here, here, and here. It turns out that the rock had been cleared to make way for a new [...]