What ever happened to the dinosaurs?

Sundew

Oh hai. Ceiling cat can seez you, rly!

Invisible perfect waves made physical

h/t Monkeyfister.

Kitteh

Monkeyfister has more on the history.

Every particle has free will within its bounds

Chickens.

When cats attack

(h/t Phydeaux @ Phydeaux & Phriends)

Ninja Warrior (squirrel edition)

(h/t Ellroon @ Rants from the Rookery, who is worrying about Squirrel Qaeda)

Looks harmless? Was it made in China?

MSNBC (hat-tip Bryan @ Why Now?):

WASHINGTON – Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.

The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.

Poisoning Big Bird is not nice. Boo.

How many children have been exposed?

Related post:

• Do I have to paint you a picture (with lead paint)?

“Emotion-free crisis management”

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.

How does it feel to be a psychopath? Oh, that’s right…it doesn’t feel…at…all.

That boy needs therapy.

Share and enjoy?

Do you like milk?

Recommended viewing:

• Is milk good or bad? Yes.

I has a programming language

Example code:

HAI
  CAN HAS STDIO?
  I HAS A CTR
  I HAS A BREAK
  VISIBLE “YO! HOW MANY KITKATS U WANT BETWEEN 1 AND 100?”
  GIMMEH BREAK
  IM IN YR LOOP, UPPIN YR CTR!!1 TILL 100
    IZ VAR SMALR THAN BREAK?
      YARLY
        VISIBLE “KITKAT #” N CTR N “!”
      NOWAI
        VISIBLE “CYA!”
        LMAO
    KTHX
  IM OUTTA YR LOOP
  VISIBLE “CIAO.”
KTHXBYE

Permaculture: The Garden of Eden

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Will it work?

Do plants grow?

Hat-tip Monkeyfister.

Is milk good or bad? Yes. Definitely, or not.

Hat-tip Chester.

And now, for something completely different

Pug bowling.

Hat-tip Phoenix Woman.

Recommended viewing:

• The little ones understand, and laugh

Things to hear and read

Collective intelligence.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?

ABC News (hat-tip Monkeyfister):

As President Bush took a question Thursday in the White House Rose Garden about scandals involving his Attorney General, he remarked, “I’ve got confidence in Al Gonzales doin’ the job.”

Simultaneously, a sparrow flew overhead and left a splash on the President’s sleeve, which Bush tried several times to wipe off.

Here’s video (hat-tip Melissa McEwan):

Well, it doesn’t quite match ABC’s telling.

Chickens chickens chicken

Chicken Chicken.

Chicken Chicken:

• Chickens chickens chicken

Too cute

Hat-tip Sobchak Security, by way of Skippy.

Recommended viewing:

• Wednesday catblogging

Story of Rabbit

Hat-tip Neil Gaiman.

Recommended viewing:

• Try tempting me with a carrot.

High society

Do you follow this one?

Ibex fight one another; my wife is watching on Discovery channel. They have evolved horns, and this is the natural tendency of all warlike species.

Here is your scapegoat. Habeas corpus.

Here is proof.

Here is another picture.

He will squeal like a stuck pig, once he knows he’s stuck

digby, on Karl Rove:

Getting the truth from this disabled fellow in simple interviews has already proven to be a big waste of time. Better to just put him under penalty of perjury from the beginning. Recent history shows that he can barely remember his name unless he’s facing jail time.

Come inside, the show’s about to start

Phenomena!

What color do you think polar bears should be?

Photo credit: Associated Press

Read more from Mark H.

Hat-tip Mike.

Two minute break

Hat-tip Matthew Cruickshank via Mark Frauenfelder.

Seeds

Via skippy.

Sleepy go night night

Via Watertiger.