“including… what would happen if Captain Jack met Captain Reynolds.”

I’ll be in my bunk.

I was quite fascinated by the assortment, cheapness, and eclecticity of the items sold by DealExtreme. My only guess is that it’s the output from a particular industrial city in China.

Some highlights:
Digital Buddhist Jukebox in Tibetan (5 Songs) $4
The Poking Man Pen Stand $8.72
Piggy USB 2.0 Multi-Memory Card Reader $5.74
Islamic Qibla Al-KAAB Compass $3.81
Sitting Pose Corrector and Reminder Alarm $8.43
Electronic Breast Enhancer and Massager $13.01
USB Heated Gloves Set $9.44

Today’s title of the day is Cheetah Math: Learning About Division from Baby Cheetahs. Since, of course, cheetahs are the undisputed division kings of the jungle.

(courtesy Washington County Sheriff’s Office)

Finally right there, in black and white, how American International Pictures developed a film:

“We do our planning backwards: Get what sounds like a title that will arouse interest [Think: “Dragstrip Girl” and “Night of the Blood Beast”], then a monster or gimmick; then figure what our advertising is going to consist of.

“Then we bring in a writer to provide a script to fit the title and concept.

“Now we bring in the producer–though he may have been in during the writing of the script earlier. Four of our producers are also writers and one, [Roger] Corman is also a director.”

I was looking for a good link to the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Utah so I could make a joke about how it was definitely not Hell, no matter what anyone said, when I came across the people headed for Purgatory: the booking info on everyone in Washington County, complete with offenses and mug shots!

…a test of broadcasting from THE FUTURE!

As a follow-up to the LAT Homicide Blog, a few choice writerly touches from our friends at the Dog Trainer:
Of the homicide of John Rico, 30: “…Rico came back and allegedly choked one of the officers, an unnamed male officer whom officials did not name.”
Of Isaias Vasquez Bazan, 32: “The neighbors wounded in the attack were listed by police as gang members. But Basan worked long hours, and had no tattoos.”

I wanted a much better murder-related title for this, but too bad for you. The LA Dog Trainer has a Homicide Blog! With associated Homicide Map! That’s interactive! Never has horrible murder been so web 2.0.

Update: the Blog Said MURDER FROM A WHILE AGO! They also have a vintage crime blog, though the author seems to meander into non-crime topics, too.