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Crazy hills of San Francisco (by Håkan Dahlström)

Happy Thanksgiving from Turkzilla! (Boing Boing Flickr Pool) - Boing Boing

“If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold” (via cache.gawkerassets.com)

Cat vs. Gator. Who will win in the showdown? (hint: the cat does not get devoured. p.s. the cat chases off more than one alligator.) Cat & Gator (via arketron)

Diary of a Dog. Diary of a Cat (via www.icanhasinternets.com)

I think only hardcore English majors can idendentify all six. This is a list by MIKE LACHER:

via http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27lacher.html

A turducken is a dish consisting of a de-boned chicken stuffed into a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed into a de-boned turkey. The word turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken or hen. (via Turducken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Self-Repair Manifesto - iFixit

My home state, Florida, from space (via msnbcmedia.msn.com)

PEOPLE ARE AWESOME (via Hadoukentheband)

Works almost as well, costs a lot less - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

A bomb squad was summoned to inspect a suspicious package left outside the Cocoa Beach, Florida Social Security office. Sometimes, bomb squads will detonate packages after clearing the area. Fortunately, they broke from that protocol this time:

The bomb squad quickly suited up and headed to the scene to defuse the situation. Once they arrived on scene, specialists found a box slightly stirring. There was no “tick-tock,” but a different familiar sound. Meow.

Boba Fett charged Jabba a hefty sum for that Carbonite encased Han Solo: Boba’s Invoice (by Brock Davis)

lamas playing basketball Photoblog - Monks playing basketball

Mama elephant kicks baby elephant. Baby elephant gets some good distance… Elephant kicks baby elephant (via tubeyourgoods)

How they shot the opening story lines in Starwars (via Make: Online : How they shot the opening crawl in Empire Strikes Back)

Yet one more reason not to allow crocodiles onto air planes.

A STOWAWAY crocodile on a flight over the Democratic Republic of Congo escaped from its carrier bag and sparked an onboard stampede that caused the flight to crash, killing 19 passengers and crew, reports said today.

And one more great quote from the story:

If that is the average, then it means there are teens sending out much more per month.

22words has a very cool collection of shadow sculptures, sculptural art done by casting a shadow on a wall. It’s incredible what these artists do with light and lines. Amazing shadow sculptures - 22 Words