I saw this story, and I went to the full-sized picture. I decided both the picture and its caption need to be preserved for posterity: Emperor penguins look up at a giant imposter at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, Japan. Zoo director Teruyuki Komiya dressed up for a stint in the penguin enclosure for the annual April ...

As D.C. tries to sell the naming rights to RFK for the Nationals’ seasons prior to the change to a new park, several ideas have been submitted. This is far and away the best one.

I’m leaving beautiful, sunny southern California this afternooon and heading to beautiful, sunny, Chicago until Sunday. So of course right after I arrive this afternoon, there are going to be enormous thunderstorms that will drop the high temperature back into the forties. Sheeeit. I’ve gotta go find my long johns…and yes, I am officially now ...

Nate, Will, and I were walking along the Venice boardwalk after a burger and a beer, when we saw a man holding up the most unusual sign begging for money I have ever seen: “HELP! FAMILY KILLED BY NINJAS. NEED MONEY FOR KUNG FU LESSONS. THANK YOU.” Nate gave him a dollar. I would have ...

I realize Mark will mock me relentlessly for starting a sentence in this manner, but… As a Jew, this is one of the downright weirdest stories I’ve ever read. As I read it, I was sort of relieved to see that neither the reporter nor really anyone he interviewed had any idea where the hell ...

We’re finally on our long-awaited hiatus at work, and you know what that means: Slackage! It also means a chance for me to catch up on TiVo’d episodes of the show that I haven’t watched, usually beacuse I was out on a run while we were shooting. I came across one episode that I thought ...

How does my cat innately know when I’m lying down and thinking that maybe I ought to get up and use the bathroom? Because every time I have that thought, he comes and sits on me in a manner that puts as much pressure on my bladder as he can possibly exert. Bad kitty.

Jerry Springer may soon have some competition for the title of Most Ridiculous Person Ever to Serve as Mayor of Cincinnatti.

Annals of spectacular times to find things out, Vol. 1: When you’re half-drunk and just desperately want to go to sleep is a spectacular time to find out the battery in your garage opener is dead as a doornail. Good thing I had a spare 9V upstairs, otherwise I would have been fuuuuucked.