Time Boom X De Devil Dead

Great. He killed my dark lord.
I have killed the devil. He is dead. I killed him on February 18 this year," says Seuntjie "Mortalman" Nhleko, who claims to be an angel.
From religionnewsblog.

The right time to visit the Oregon Coast

The right time to visit the Oregon Coast is in the winter, or at least before the tourists return in their droves. We had the yurt part of South Beach State Park virtually to ourselves on Sunday night. Paradise.

Courthouse Cafe - Newport

Newport has a number of fine dining establishments, but the Courthouse Cafe has a special place in my heart. It is a good old fashioned diner, with fine basic breakfasts. I had the pigs in a blanket on my last trip there, the first time that I have enjoyed that particular toothsome dish. Sausages wrapped in pancakes.
The Courthouse Cafe doesn't take plastic, but it does take personal checks, which I greatly appreciate.

Le Roy's Blue Whale - Yachats

Kirsten and I spent the weekend on the Oregon Coast. Usually we cook our evening meal over the fire, but go out for coffee and breakfast in the morning. That having been said, here is a recommendation for the latter meal: Le Roy's Blue Whale in Yachats. They have good, basic breakfast, and coffee that will wake you up.
Photo coming soon, no doubt.

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Originally uploaded by Alhazred.

Pueblo Blanco, way back when.

Africa - all the same, right?

Kitabkhana has some beautiful quotes in 'How to write about Africa.' Here are a couple of brief ones:

Quoting John Ryle: ...the tendency has been for Westerners—and often Africans too—to seek to impose a single reality, a general explanation, on the whole place.

And Binyavanga Wainaina: Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress.

I remember a guy in college coming to me one evening, all excited. He wanted to share that he had just found out that "Africa wasn't all one country." Jesus.

Site recommendation: Cockeyed

The chap who created cockeyed has the most amazingly creative pranks and projects. My favourite is 2001 prank involving Chad, the cross-country Google cyclist.