“Curiosity killed the cat” was almost flipped in this case. This guy must have some serious clankers.

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‘Nuff said. I’ve had this ditty stuck in my head for about 3 days now, thanks Japan.

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This is pretty crazy, cats are so badass.  Few points:

-Felix must still have his [large] cojones. And claws: it looks like he may have caught the bear’s nose a couple of times.
-Funny how the cat went NUTS when the bear grabbed the loot, but then let him have it anyway.
-Do NOT leave your garbage on the porch when you live adjacent to the woods.
-There’s some stuff out by the car; I wonder if she saw the bear while outside and ran in.
-I’m glad the baby found it hilarious, hah, he could have been the main course.

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Apparently roosters are to death metal as goats are to Usher.

Some guy managed to film his cat grabbing a bat from mid air. I love how the cat looks a little surprised at first, then walks off casually. I’m surprised the bat wasn’t moving at all in its mouth, I guess it was killed/unconscious already at that point. And the crunchy chowdown:

These links have been sitting in my tabs for a while, and rather than post them individually, I’m going to drop them here together.

Cheetah joins endangered species list

Scientists Back Brain Drugs for Healthy People

Is Einstein the Last Great Genius?

Proof that Albert Einstein’s black holes do exist, claim scientists

Black hole confirmed in Milky Way

Why We Procrastinate and How to Stop

Academics invent a mathematical equation for why people procrastinate

Are we too afraid of touch?

Does a short haircut mean women have gone off sex?

Men find long, wavy locks the sexiest hair do, while short hair leaves them cold, says poll

Young women ‘have more sexual partners’ than men

Birth Control Pills Affect Women’s Taste in Men

Could Males Really Become The Weaker Sex?

Cold Sore Virus Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease: New Treatment, Or Even Vaccine Possible

World’s first flying car on the roads from next year – yours for just £130,000

Video games may do the aging brain good

30+ “must-have” Firefox addons

11 Firefox extensions that replace stand-alone applications

Will Quantum Computing kill the PC? – wtf?

Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us, and Hacker News algorithms exposed

How to “peel” a hard boiled egg without peeling – i call BS.  esp on this guy, the “4 hour workweek” guy

America’s top 20 growing and disappearing jobs

20 Healthiest Foods for under $1

Set Up Cheap Ambient Lighting with Rope Lights

Hilarious review of Quiznos’ subs written in 2003 – oh Black Angus you are so luscious

The “Stanley Kubrick files”

2 Hot Chics demonstrate 28 days of Kama Sutra (nsfw)

Japanese Sushi Rage Threatens iconic Mediterranean Tuna

10 Most and Least Expensive Cars to Insure

7 Essential Cheat Sheets to Download

Pushups: do 100 in this 6 week program

Police threw 32 pounds of pot on a Maryland mayor’s doorstep then stormed in and killed his dogs – wtf

You’ve seen the Dramatic Hamster – now witness: Dramatic Cat

Esquire’s 75 Things a Man Should Do Before He Dies

MapMyRun.com tells you how far your run was

Battery powered ultralight plane – very hot

theonion.com: ‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Players Play a Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ (video) – lol

12 Foods you don’t have to buy organic (and 12 which you should)

Liquid Nitrogen Dumped into a swimming pool (video)

CO-ED Magazine’s ‘10 Bands You Need To Know But Probably Don’t

CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Demos, Tips, and Best Practices

California bans all trans fats

Christian The Lion – wow I got a little verklempt thanks for the link Mom

Best Chinese Restaurant Name Ever -  sounds delicious!

The 24 Best PS3 Games

The 36 Best PS2 Games

Sweet Gallery of Mantises

‘Yeti’ Hair Found? Stumping analysts so far..

GTAIV PC-bound? I knew there was a reason I didn’t get a PS3 yet..

5 “awesome” “NSFW” mini-games

Shrooms and ESP – wacky broadcasts from 1961

Navy official thinks Flight 93 was shot down

Soy foods reduce sperm count – I’ve heard this before as it lowers testosterone, which to me is scarier heh.  They’d better be sure they’re controlling for causation vs correlation..

Interesting game where you control 16 cursors

How to use a Wacom tablet to make digital art

How to digitally paint Albert Einstein

McCain’s Top 7 sexist rants

Canada’s spreading cannabis crop

Sarcasm is a survival skill? – RichardDawkins.net

Obesity % by state, map of US – there may as well just be one big word “FAT” across the whole thing

How to make your own USB NES controller, with games (source) (see also inside a light gun)

America’s most walkable cities

Creepy article about humans merging with machines in the near future

Some kid delivered LSD-laced brownies to the cops

Wicked B2 bomber crash pics (video)

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Rare leopard’s photo captured via camera “trap” in Russia

Guy describes how he wrote a bot which makes $$ at online poker

OpenOffice 3.0 beta is out, ARS gives it a preview

Breast-fed children found to be smarter

OJ’s former manager says he confessed to him while stoned. omg!

Sad Kermit sings Elliott Smith’s Needle in the Hay (video)

Cocaine subs which hold 8-10 tons are the new thing in drug smuggling

Common Herbicide Disrupts Human Hormone Activity In Cell Studies

My next cat will be a Serval, probably. (Or is it a Savannah?) Are those guys in the background for real? Sounds like they need some nut punch.

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