PurpleKoolaid has graciously granted permission for anyone interested to mirror his spectacularly entertaining illustrated take on what kind of "intelligent designer" it would have taken to create fossil record like the one found on Earth (as long as order and credits are preserved, of course). This I have done, and so the cartoon is reproduced here in all its glory. (Warning: large images — patience and full screen viewing recommended.)

Stirling Newberry has written the Presidential speech that should have been given, but that we'll never hear. You can even disagree with some of the things suggested, but at least it's a sign that someone is putting the maximum effort into mitigating the disaster.

There isn't all that much to add to it... except perhaps for the timeline of our actual President's actions affecting emergency management.

Hat tip to The WB42 Report.

And continuing a theme, the 2005 Bulwer-Lytton Awards for the worst opening sentence in a work of fiction have been announced. This year's overall winner:

If you find humor in deliberately tortured writing, or simply need examples of what not to do, there are a large number of other entries posted, representing winners, runners-up, and dishonorable mentions in a wide variety of specific categories.

Link credit to Trish Wilson.

As long as I'm writing about humor, I thought I'd link to a heartwearming tale of a young biologist in college dealing with insensitive roommates.

Biologists. They're just so misunderstood.

I'm not sure how one justifies a given selection of categories for a types of humor, but Jason Bateman of OK Cupid has written a test.

Glowing caffeinated beer. Free stomach pump included with order.

Organic growers have an absolutely hilarious advertisement out on the internet now, made with real food. In the words of Cuke Skywalker, "Wow..."

Flash is required to view. Hat tip to Chicago Foodies.

I happened across this disturbing, yet entertaining collection of bunny suicide cartoons while looking for something else, and felt I just had to share.

A lot of webcams are horribly insecure by default. This doesn't mean that they should never be used; there are a lot of situations where it really doesn't matter who sees what the camera is seeing, and experts may very well get it right.

I'm not even sure where I found the following Hellenic Chick tract spoof, but it had me chuckling, so I'm noting it here before I forget about it completely. It joins in the fine traditions of other spoofs, one of which drew the ire of the Chick lawyers, though thankfully someone was able to preserve a mirror.