Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog

Living in the future, as we do, we are sometimes confronted by bizarre questions, such as “is it ethical to clone yourself and harvest the organs?” Today we are forced to contemplate a future in which we are all Spiderman.

(from Joseph Zohn)

Take a photograph in Seattle, be sued by an artist who was commissioned to create art in a public space. We at the Big Bad Blog wonder why he has not sued Google — the sidewalks in the area are clearly visible in Google Street View.

Those of you who are saddened by your inability to read a Neil Gaiman book while simultaneously watching Doctor Who episodes can now rejoice — you will not have to choose between them, for a forty-five minute span in 2011.

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In an incredible breakthrough, scientists have discovered that it is inadvisable to eat red hot chili peppers after anal fissure surgery. A quick question — would YOU sign up to be a participant in such a study?

To date, I have not bought an eBook reader. That may change in 2010:

(The Skiff Reader)

In news from the War on Terror, a California airport was shut down due to a passenger carrying honey. Two officers were hospitalized and treated for inhaling honey fumes. Seriously. Charges have yet to be laid against the honey-carrying passenger.

The Bloggess shows us why voter-driven awards are sometimes inaccurate.

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I do miss hockey. I miss the hits. I miss the goals. And I miss the celebration of the goals.

Ever since I first heard of water birth, I thought to myself: “Funny. That doesn’t sound natural.” After all, can you think of an animal that doesn’t live in water, but gives birth in water? I can’t. It turns out that it’s not natural at all. It was invented 200 years ago, and causes a whole lot of newborns to drown. Which makes sense.

Imagine having a child. Now imagine speaking only in Klingon to this child for the first three years of the child’s life. Yes. Someone did this.

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Let’s hope it’s not too abysmal. We have a dog with a mustache-making chew toy, the scubacraft submersible, oddly shaped Chinese knotweed, a giant pigeon statue in London, and — of course — a webcomic.

Click on any of them to be taken to where they came from.

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