Jan-Piet Mens

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.

'Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked.

'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered.

'On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off or I'll kick the crap out of all of you!'

St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?'

'Couple of minutes ago.'

Hated by many, and unfortunately still in widespread use, IE6 will be burried today. Web developers particularly hated IE6 because it was a tremendous mess. These two images show, on the left, how any normal browser works, and on the right, the car crash that IE6 produces:

A funeral will be held Thursday at the Forest Room 5 bar in Denver. Services will be hosted by Aten Design Group. Click for the venue. Please note, that funeral attire is encouraged.

(via @fanf)

A good friend of mine is was in the automobile business so, when nine years ago, I needed an inexpensive car, I consulted him. (I might add I would have preferred a different make, but I wanted to give him my business.) He heard my requirements and readily suggested I purchase an Opel Agila, possibly (or probably) the ugliest car ever constructed. Anyways, to cut a long story short, I purchased the car. In the meantime I'll admit that, for my purposes, the car is ideal, providing I don't have to cross the city line: long travels in the car are noisy and quite uncomfortable. But for popping into town, taking the kid to school, or whatever, it is a perfect fit (literally) for me.

When I told an acquaintance at the time, that I'd bought an Agila, he said: "What? Attila?". I found that so funny, that I got my car friend to have the model plate on my vehicle changed accordingly.

I'd promised Simon a photo of Attila; I think he didn't quite believe my story. Attila has been away for two and a half months (lent to a friend in need), but he's now back, so here is the photo. And no: neither the model plate nor the dirt are photoshopped; it is all real.

You can be arrested for photography because it is suspicious and antisocial: Man held in police station for eight hours after taking pictures of Christmas celebrations in Accrington. More>

@u235 gets it right: "And now America sinks back to the middle ages". Religious leaflet claims `ungodly' dressed women provoke rape. More>

And it gets worse: The leader of a household described as a religious cult was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday along with two of her followers for starving a 1-year-old boy to death because he did not say "Amen" during a mealtime prayer. More>

It appears that rifle scopes used in Iraq and Afganistan have bible verses on them:

Want to reduce your water consumption? Be careful! Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn More>

Woman calls Leo Laporte's Tech Guy Show claiming her WI-FI access has "disappeared", come to find out that she doesn't even have a router! She's been stealing someones wi-fi for the past year!

But why does Laporte pump her full of technical stuff she doesn't understand anyway?