Gorgeous HDR photos

HOW CAN THESE BE REAL??!>!?!?!111one

This one is mostly for Fia, but if you're literate, you might like it as well

Mario Puzo's intriguing novel eschews the lyrical as the author instead crafts a poignant tale of family life and muses on the compelling doings of the Mob.

A lost America

God bless farmers. (Tons of pictures)


Bonus!


Apparently, the homepage is not safe for work; I have not checked this myself.

Please, please, please do not waste your money on a wedding ring

In addition to the awful diamond industry, even the gold extraction is pretty miserable.

Maps of the first moonwalk

Overlayed on a football field and a baseball diamond.

Tech news from my home away from home

The Bum Bot hates homeless persons.

Oh, Islamic chauvinism!

A church can be built in Saudi Arabia as long as the Pope recognizes Muhammad as a prophet. So close, yet so far.

The world's best card trick

Any guesses? (Video: 56k acceptable.)

Following up on Middle Eastern Christianity

Is a church in Tarsus too much to ask? Bonus: Happy Easter/Eid/Purim.

Don't eat these "foods"

A salad with 102 grams of fat?

This will cure all your problems: a webcomic!

I generally don't read or recommend these things, but today's Basic Instructions is pretty lols if you ask me.

Middle Eastern draconianism giving way to pluralism?

At least it is in in Qatar and possibly Saudi Arabia (‽) Of course, Turkey has been on this track for a while now. I mean, the Ayatollah is only getting more powerful, but take progressivism where you can get it, right?

If you need more (anecdotal) proof of the (mildly) miraculous powers of veganism!

Tell Grandma. Seriously.

The most shameful animated gif of them all

Who's fat? America. And, yes, that includes me.

Want to go to Mars?

By yourself? One-way?

Sweet kaleidoscopography!

Stolen blatantly from MetaFilter: One and Two. Prepare for many lost hours.

Just when you thought that distrubing abstractions of Garfield couldn't get any worse

Enter Realfield, courtesy of 4chan. (Note: Since this is a 4chan site, I make no promises about the quality or acceptability of any of the content. It all looks work-safe, but you never know...)

Crass 9/11ism

Is this some kind of weird joke about the September 11 attacks that I just don't get?