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Dress your kids like fundamentalists

You probably heard about the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) earlier this year when the state of Texas removed all the children from the Church's ranch. Were you one of those who saw what the FLDS kids were wearing and thought, yeah! That's for me and my family! If so, you're in luck, because now you can buy FLDS clothing online. Just go to FLDSDress.com and pick out dresses, overalls, and other groovy gear.

Symbol mashup

Zomblog ran this picture of a cool mashup of symbols, found at UC Berkeley. It's a combination of a peace symbol, anarchist symbol, and hobo sign for "This is not a safe place".

Man helps octopus

For the past 50 years or so, fans of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League have maintained a tradition of throwing an octopus onto the ice during the team's playoff games. Recently, a man who says "I have never liked sports in my life" saw the octopus business on TV and was outraged. So he filed a lawsuit, on behalf of all octopi "in the oceans of the world". More about this here and here.

Larry Craig bobblefoot

Baseball teams often give away bobblehead dolls as a promotion, and some of them get pretty clever. Recently, the St. Paul Saints passed out Larry Craig bobblefoot toys, in honor of the infamous U. S. senator who was arrested last year for funny business in a bathroom stall at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. If you're interested in getting one, check out the world's garage sale.

Moses was on drugs

Moses was high on drugs when he received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. According to Benny Shannon, a professor of cognitive philosophy:

As far as Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effects of narcotics.

Professor Shannon says this event and Moses' vision of the burning bush were likely "ayahuasca inebriation". Shannon's understanding of ayahuasca and religious visions is assisted by his personal experience with getting loaded in the Amazon.

Note: don't miss the hilariously groovy mashup of Charlton Heston and Timothy Leary used to illustrate the story.

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Seen in the grocery store

A product whose name is a complete sentence.

Wacky quotes from Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki has had a great career playing baseball for the Orix Blue Wave and the Seattle Mariners. He's also known for wacky conversations with reporters, including the following quotes:

- On facing pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka: "I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger."

- On Tiger Woods: "Tiger is a great golfer, but … when you say athlete, I think of Carl Lewis. When you talk about [golfers or race-car drivers], I don't want to see them run. It's the same if you were to meet a beautiful girl and go bowling. If she's an ugly bowler, you are going to be disappointed."

Wacky.

Outdoor hockey on New Year's Day

The National Hockey League is getting ready to play another outdoor game. This one will be Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh at a football stadium in Buffalo on New Year's Day at 1:00 PM EST, and NBC will televise in the United States. 73,000 people are expected to attend. (Tony, this one's for you.)

Airships at indoor hockey games

The San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League have several small shark-shaped airships, called Air Sharks, that fly around the arena during intermission. It's pretty cool to watch them go -- as my son says, it makes you feel like you're in an aquarium.

There are a bunch of other airships in the NHL, including a flying taco in Phoenix and a flying burrito in Dallas.

In Denver, I believe they have a flying Coors can. Of course.

Photos courtesy of Sharks Hockey Odyssey.