Yeah, sure I’ll crack my head open or at least be wet and miserable most days of the year, but can I please please have an electric scooter? Common sense is always trumped by cute euro styling.

Because the weather is frightful and some close pals (while always delightful) are going through a rough patch, I submit something that always brightens my day: FDA Import Alerts.

There may be several of these excerpts to come, but here’s a bit of medical advice from “It Cured Me!”

“When your children’s health is in question, and such symptoms are noticed as a variable appetite, with strange cravings, picking the nose, excessive thirst, low fever, bad breath, pale, sallow complexion, occasionally flushed cheeks, a wasting away, great nervousness, fitful sleep, grinding of the teeth, accompanied by weakness of the bowels — they indicate that the child is troubled with those dreadful pests, WORMS, which worry its delicate system, and are producing such irritation and debility as will surely break down the constitution, and, if the cause is not removed, may bring on St. Vitus’ Dance or Convulsions, and render its after-life a burden. To save your child use DR. JAYNE’S TONIC VERMIFUGE, according to the directions, and you will not only destroy the Worms, but its Tonic properties will rebuild the general health, — no other Worm Medicine possessing such qualities. When Worms are not indicated, and a gentle Tonic is required, the VERMIFUGE may be given with excellent results after each meal, in much smaller doses than for Worms.”

I really like Lush‘s products, but I have had some trouble with their mail-order department. Which of course means that I must go to Vancouver to shop at their store, with the added bonus of eating some all-dressed chips.

Bruce Sterling runs down the technology that most deserves obsolescence.

Found while looking for something else: The Moment of Truth.

Hey, guys! The Church of Craft has a flock in Seattle!

An astounding array of beverages are reviewed by BevNet.

“Ursula” is keeping an eye on a whiskey distillery, but what other industrial processes are similar to naughty ones?

This Indian-type flash movie proves that my brother is a big goof. The link may not work after a while, as it was specially made for me.