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It’s kind of hard to believe but it’s back to school time at the stores.  Target is helping out with their “College Essentials 2010”.

Let’s see what Target thinks is essential this year.
Garbage cans, memo note holders, pen cups, desktop Buddha.
It’s been a while since I was in college, but a Hulk colored Buddha is a college essential?  Maybe if you’re Buddhist.  But, if you’re Buddhist, I’m doubting that you’re buying this cartoonish looking Buddha from Target.  I must have missed the bright orange desktop Christ.

NYTimes.com: Japanese Village Creates Art From Hues of Rice

A Japanese village creates art using rice paddies as their canvas.  Amazing.

Seattle Times: Seattle City Council passes ban on cadaver exhibits like ‘Bodies’

The Seattle City Council has voted to effectively ban the cadaver exhibit “Bodies … The Exhibition” from returning to the city. The ordinance that now goes to Mayor Mike McGinn would bar commercial displays of human remains that don’t have proof of consent.

When Bodies the Exhibition was in Cincinnati I protested it primarily because the bodies were Chinese individuals that were displayed without any consent.  It has been show that these bodies are often purchased on the black market.

Boycott Bodies the Exhibition Page.

This is a clever breast feeding ad from the Brazil Ministry of Health.  I wonder if the FCC would allow a television ad like this to run here in the U.S.For those who don’t get this, look closely at the picture.

I came to my office/warehouse today and found that my air conditioner compressor had been stolen.  Just ripped off its pedestal.  Thieves are stealing anything that has metal to strip and resell. Unfortunately, for the $100 dollars of metal that the thieves got, the replacement costs for me are going to be over $1000.  After I get it replaced, I think I’ll be putting a metal cage over it to protect it.

Boston.com: Team should roll dice with Las Vegas star Lin

Taiwanese American Jeremy Lin is on the cusp of making the NBA.

We were in Lexington, KY on Sunday and decided to visit the Parkette Drive In that is going to be featured on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

Unfortunately this is all we got to see, as the Parkette is closed on Sunday.  Bummer.
Looking at empty spaces you can almost imagine what it was like in the 50’s on a crowded Friday night.  There must have been places like this in Cincinnati in the past, but they’re all gone.

I saw this sign at the Ikea West Chester and thought it was a little odd.  When you think crayfish, Sweden’s not the first place that comes to mind.  But with a little Googling, I found from Wikipedia that indeed, Crayfish parties are held in Sweden.  Kräftskiva is a traditional summertime eating and drinking celebration held in the late summer.

Everything you need to know about Sweden, you can learn at Ikea! 

Wired.com: Video: Stormtroopers Storm New York Subway

I love this.  The only thing wrong about this is that you can see the neck of the tall stormtrooper.

NYTimes.com: Trying to Stop Cattle Burps From Heating Up Planet

Australia contributes more greenhouse gases per capita than just about any other country, with its coal-fired power plants leading the way. But more than 10 percent of those gases come from what bureaucrats call livestock emissions — animals’ burping.