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So, I was just curious about Mecca, and I looked up info about the Hajj, the pilgrimage that muslims make once in their life at a certain time of year to Saudi Arabia. Observations worth posting:
lazy muslims can sign up for package trips, that seems so weird, but it makes sense. Anyway, it’s [...]

(blog readers: I debated whether to move this entry from my personal blog to here, due to the content, but decided to go ahead, because it’s such a freaky story. stephan.com does not encourage the use of illegal drugs. oh, hell, who am I kidding, yes, I do. Just in moderation.)
It would [...]

Sad, sweet story today on Nerve: Sick as a Dog, Sad As An Angel

Sometimes, I amuse myself too much for my own good. I’m selling some stuff on eBay. I don’t go in for fancy designs in my eBay listings, but I do like making them funny. Here’s some excerpts:
listing for a label printer:
Otherwise, you get the printer …, as well as the power adapter [...]

just read this here
Q. As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife carried seven sacks,
In each sack was seven cats.
Man, cats, sacks, and–
A. What did he need that many cats for? That’s really fucked up.

This is so cool, I want it badly! A digital sundial!
Description from Boing Boing:
…the device is purely passive - it operates without electricity, and has no moving parts. Instead, the sunlight is cast through two cleverly designed masks in the shape of numbers that show the current time of day. The sundial is available in [...]