Link roundup

1. Even Jiffy Lube is now saying you don't need an oil change every 3,000 miles (at the location I pass the most, business is so bad, there's typically multiple employees holding signs in front instead of servicing cars).

2. Marie Callender's declared bankruptcy and kicked out diners (and workers) mid-meal. (I sure hope my local store hasn't closed, I need the occasional French apple pie fix.)

3. "The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday plans to fire 36 Honolulu International Airport employees and suspend 12 more" for incompetence.

Link roundup

1. Romantic crab comic strips by Gun Show. And by the same artist, logo for There Will Be Blood 2.

2. Dilbert vs. the TSA.

3. Comment and win a doll.

TSA Announces Facebook Integration For Full Body Scanners

"TSA Announces Facebook Integration For Full Body Scanners." Details here.

Peter Parker punches out a giant shark, while riding in a taxi (link roundup)

Spider-Man punches out a shark while riding in a taxi in Amazing Spider-Man #311. Via.

And a few more links:

1. It's possible for a locksmith to make a car key using a scan of the original key.

2. Funny eight-word review of The Spirit.

3. Lingerie model is suing her exboyfriend, "a safe dating expert," for allegedly posting nude photos of her online. Best line in the story is when it refers to the model as "a rookie linebacker with the Tampa Breeze franchise of the Lingerie Football League." Via.

4. Woman carries gunpowder through airport security. Don't worry, TSA did inspect her wooden flutes carefully. Via.

*Previously: Extremely well-armed Lego shark.

*Buy toy sharks at eBay.

The TSA has a new mascot

Well, the economy is tanking, but the US government decided a good use of my tax dollars was creating an ad campaign to explain why we all have to tolerate inane security precautions. You can watch the three videos ("why liquids," "why shoes," and "why id") here. Alas, the TSA mascot is not animated like the crime dog - - it's a TSA employee named Stephanie Naar. Also, somehow the geniuses running the campaign decided to place web and radio ads, but did not make the videos embeddable.

Instead, check out video of a meteor streaking through the Canadian sky:




Here's a few more random links:


1. Place a comment here to try win some plush Pup Dogs.


2. Go here to see a riot officer mounted on a zebra.


3. You missed your chance to compete in the Chinese Peasant Olympics. Start training now, if you hope to enter the "the water-carrying contest to protect the seedlings amid drought." Via.


4. Here's a photo of Donovan McNabb looking awfully pathetic.


5. If you want to know what the weather is like in Los Angeles, watch David Lynch's daily weather report. Today featured "muted sunshine." Via.

*Previously: Ronald McDonald map of the solar system.

*Buy plush monsters at eBay.