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Armageddon 2008 is just around the corner, so the rest of this week is going to be spent preparing for the festivities of Saint Alvis.

If you don’t know what Armageddon is… you’re a fool.  Read about it here.

Anyhoo, I’m taking next week off to recover/celebrate/relax.  Don’t expect much in the way of posts (unless the pictures from Sunday’s party come out awesome).

To tide you over for the next couple of weeks, I’m unleashing the stockpile of links brought to me by our pirate friend LinkBeard.

• The “Lego as art” phenomenon continues, with classic photographs recreated in minifig form (my personal favorite here).
• The obligatory HFB-D links: one for a ferocious attack kitten, and the other explaining (yet again) why women love cats.
• KISS Pandas!
• LinkBeard was so proud to discover an animal after his own heart.  I think, at our core, most of us are Malaysian Shrews.
• Scientific explanation for proper toilet paper installation.
• If, by any chance, this collection of photos gets you hot and bothered… there’s a dating site for you!
• Unnecessary Knowledge: only “unnecessary” if you never plan to be on Jeopardy!
• “UBS – The Unauthorized Biography Of Slayer” by Ill Bill.
• Two new maneuvers for your workplace warfare: one possibly lethal, the other extremely gay.
  

VIDEO TIME!

• Photographer struck by lightning.  Looks fun.
• Slow-motion punches: admit it, you’d love to hit just about all of those assclowns.
• In belated honor of St. Patrick’s Day: Muppets singing “Danny Boy”.
• As a kid, tell me attempting this maneuver never crossed your mind.
• A shoo-in for a Darwin Award.  Alas, they survived.
• Oldie but goodie: Lasagna Cat

Finally, Trent sent in some updates from his neck of the woods.  Looks like Skook County has slowly devolved into a retarded version of Liberty City.

• Duct Tape Kidnapper Acquitted
• Muslim Pilot Grounded, Put On No-Fly List
• Death Penalty Sought For Shotgun Killer
• Juvenile Petitions Dropped In Illegal Immigrant Murder Case

If you’re in my neck of the woods this weekend/next week, stop by and drink a few (dozen).  Also, Trent and I will be accepting birthday presents until December 2008.  Make ‘em count.