You must be fucking kidding me.

David and Goliath are a brand that we'd previously supported, as they make cute socks that shadesong and Elayna like to wear.

Not any more.

Just un-fucking-believable. And disgusting.

Bacon!

1. The Bacon Cup (ganked from bluedressdevil and shadesong)!

2. A bacon-themed party (from shadesong)!

3. Burger King is adding an Angry Bacon and Cheese Whopper to their menu.

R.I.P., Mike Smith

Mike Smith, lead singer of the Dave Clark Five has died. I'm glad he at least got the news about his HoF induction, even if he didn't make it to the ceremony itself.

Leap Day Link Dump

Work's been too busy for daily links this week. But a few tabs have piled up:

1. A Day with the Mythbusters.

2. Bacon link I forgot in that last post: Bacon desserts!

3. Nicholson Baker on Wikipedia.

4. The Vulture interviews Jeff Smith.

5. Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal are going on a national tour of Rent, because they clearly still look like they're in their young '20s. No word on the rest of the cast, but Gabrielle Carteris has to be a lock for Mimi.

6. It really feels like we're all painting our hands to punch the luggage.

7. Yet another really long Iron Man trailer. I am beyond psyched for this one.

8. Cleveland, from Family Guy, might be getting his own spin-off.

9. The Heroes Soundtrack will include Bowie's song "Heroes." I'm shocked. More importantly, there will be a new Jesus and Mary Chain song, as well as a new Iggy Pop song (well, Iggy with Brighton Port Authority). And Imogen Heap is always good.

10. Sprint is becoming the first company to offer a $100-a-month plan for internet, voice, and text. This is the first time that smartphones have seemed vaguely appealing.

11. Finally, don't forget to visit sunny Yendiopolis (which I've been neglecting). We need a wee bit of industry/business (um, I'm assuming both increase employment) and a few parks. After that, we just need residents.

Bwahahaha!

(fully series of strips here).

Why I like comment threads

1. From my post earlier today:

galdrin: The Indy Burger doesn't sound half bad either.

yendi: Sure, until you remember the line, "we named the dog 'Indiana.'"

chris_walsh: You are a bad, bad man and I'm glad I know you, Bad, Bad Man.


2. From the comments responding to a Strange Horizons review

Jeff VanderMeer: If this review were a weapon, I'd still be trying to saw my skull in half with a cheese grater.

(That's also the reason that The Whatever and Making Light are in my bookmarks and not in my newsreader; I enjoy too much of the actual comment activity there to want to just get the initial posts)