"A 73-year-old Dutch man was astonished to learn from police that the begonias he had lovingly tended on his doorstep concealed a secret marijuana plantation." - Jessie Norris via Bookmarklet
At 42.6-acres, this corn-maze may be the largest in the world, beating out the previous 40 acre record. Who is the record-breaker? Not sure who owns the Nebraskan cornfield, but the ad belongs to McDonald’s.
The maze is open to the public and anyone who makes it through gets a coupon for… what else - a free latte, mocha or cappuccino specialty coffee from McDonald’s. - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet
"A nightclub activity mostly considered the domain of strippers in the United States, pole dancing — but with clothes kept on — is nudging its way into the mainstream Chinese exercise market, with increasing numbers of gyms and dance schools offering classes." - Jessie Norris via Bookmarklet
"As Wu Jiang, president of the China National Peking Opera Company, said, according to Reuters: "The film's protagonist is China's national treasure and all the elements are Chinese, but why didn't we make such a film?"" - Jessie Norris via Bookmarklet
"In Orlando, Florida, David Partin pledged to name his son after local radio hosts to win a $100 gas card as part of a contest. Partin will collect the card in December, when his son is born, if he can produce a birth certificate proving the baby is named Dixon Willoughby Partin, after the hosts." - Jessie Norris via Bookmarklet
if someone win the lottery, maybe his/her baby will be named by its birthday. :-P - Dominic Yang
"File this under: futuristic motorcycles. The two-wheeled Icare is powered by a "6-cylinder 1.8L Honda engine" and "it's the stuff of pure future fantasy." Click here for first picture in gallery." - Amy Tureen via Bookmarklet
Actually this is just an example of poachers more humane methods these days. The gentle kiss on top of the head, followed by the sleeper-hold of doom. - Steve Craft
"Blue light changes to red when the water heats up!
If you're like us, you have learned to flex your schedule to avoid the rush hour of your local city. Some of us get up super early. It's dark, then, and we smell. So we shower because we care about our coworkers. But turning on the bathroom light is too much for our weary eyes and many times we step into the shower before it has warmed up. In a word: it sucks. But the Geek Gods have smiled on us all, when they blessed us with the LED Shower Light." - Amy Tureen via Bookmarklet
"The Garden Zombie is not for the faint of heart. It will scare the hell out all of the other doodads you have lying around your grass." - Victor Ryden via Bookmarklet
"No, this Roush Horse Trainer isn't powered by the pony up front. It's designed to be a sort of mobile corral, allowing trainers unprecedented access to a moving race horse. Built for Kurt Systems, a Turkish camel and horse racing equipment provider, the Trainer encloses a horse in its booms, steering it in the same direction as the vehicle using reins connected to the front wheels." - Amy Tureen via Bookmarklet
And to think humans haven't slowed global hunger or cured cancer yet? - Steve Craft
The LitterMaid sucked. The CatGenie is a pain to install (needs a water hookup). Is this the answer? Also available in the marketplace: Purrforma, ScoopFree. - ⓞnor
I would love to see Tiger get stuck in that. :-P - Jessie Norris
i concur that the littermaid sucked. it had this flimsy plastic liners for the poo that clipped into a holster. when you pulled it out to change it it would fling litter (and possible other stuff) at your face! - Karl Rosaen
Both Kevin and I are happy owners of Litter-Robots. Try it. it works. the cats took about 10 days to get used to it (there are some ideas on the website about how to get the cats to get used to it faster) but after that, there have probably been 2 "accidents" in the two years we've had it. - Tudor Bosman
egnor, I have a litter-robot that you can try for free. - Sanjeev Singh
How often do you empty the receptacle, and/or clean the whole thing? For cleaning the whole thing, what is the process like? For the LitterMaid, besides the problem Karl mentioned, I had to do this complicated disassembly and cleaning about every three weeks, and it took like an hour and involved screwdrivers, otherwise poop would build up between the rake tines, and oh, it was just all so gross. - ⓞnor
egnor, my cat never "took" to this :(, so I can't answer. - Sanjeev Singh
Empty the receptacle: once every 7-10 days (two cats). Clean the whole thing: once every 1-2 months. Process: lift the globe, wash it, pull out the drawer, wash it, put it back together; takes about 10 minutes, no tools are required. - Tudor Bosman
Ditto Tudor's comment. The nice thing is that gravity is the main tool, so there aren't tines that gunk gets stuck to. The design is very simple and elegant and we rarely have any problems with it. It's a bit noisy though. If I could make one change to it I would make it quieter or, failing that, put a timer on it so it would support 'quiet hours' at night and activate again in the morning. - Kevin Fox
I've found what works best is get the cheapest cat litter box available, and then throw out all the cat litter every 10-14 days. No screwdriver necessary. - Chris White
I'm surprised that a lolcat comment hasn't been submitted. - April Buchheit
Maggie's got one of these for her cats. I love the fact that I no longer have to smell the cat box. - Gabe Schaffer
I bought a "CITIKITTY" kit - see ads on Seesmic... supposedly now I can train my cat to use the toilet, NO more litter box crap! yeah! wonder if she'll hit the flush knob? - Susan Beebe
LOL a cat would crawl into that thing? - Harry Myhre
Our CatGenie has been completely awesome. After the initial setup work (a couple months ago), we basically have done zero work, except to flush the toilet every once in a while. I think the water hookup is the best thing ever, since there's no icky waste receptacle to deal with. I only wish we could hook it up to the laundry output, so we wouldn't even need to flush the toilet. - Jennifer Taylor
OMG-I just got one and it ate my cat...poor Felix... - Mark Forman
I adore our Litter Robot. Aside from the noise (as Kevin said) it is heaven. I pull out a drawer and dump it and then I'm done. It did take some time to train our older cat to use it. We just kept her old litter box beside the robot for a while and we didn't clean it. Over time she decided she preferred the clean robot to the dirty box. It took her some time to figure it out (had to tap her butt a couple time to get her to turn around so she didn't pee out the door) but once she got it was awesome. - Rachel L Fisher
Cricket is giving my computer evil stares even as I type this. - Kelly Norris
So far so awesome (thanks, Sanjeev!) -- I have now retired Ounce's "classic" litter box (and she seemed to prefer the robot anyway, probably because it's cleaner). - ⓞnor
When I click on the link - I get The Beach Boys video "California Girls" - I was tired of that song in the '60's and would like to read the article - help?! Or am I just missing something obvious here? - Jack Norris
"Taipei 101 sits 600-feet feet from a major fault line in Taiwan, so that's why engineers decided to add a giant mass damper to keep things in balance. Video after the break." - Amy Tureen via Bookmarklet
"At Angkor Wat, the dancers' feet are crumbling. The palatial 12th-century Hindu temple, shrouded in the jungles of Cambodia, has played host to a thriving community of cyanobacteria ever since unsightly lichens were cleaned off its walls nearly 20 years ago." - Jessie Norris via Bookmarklet
Sounds like Tiger eating away at pieces of petrified salami. - Jim Norris