I've heard from a former coworker (Romanian Jew, by way of France) that English was the easiest language to start to learn, but the most difficult to master.

looks like a extra from Futurama.

Oh Mama... That's some serious Pacific Rim vibe going on. But I'd still be more afraid of the Jaekelopterus sea scorpion.

Obligatory Far Side:

they hit that point in the BBC tell all about dog breeding that i can't remember the name of, and the idea of euthanizing arguably HEALTHIER specimens for their lack of the ridge was just horrific!

I actually covered the bulldog in a previous article I wrote for io9, and didn't want to keep harping on the same breed. There are a number of breeds I could have picked at, but this breed fascinates me because it is such a structurally sound and healthy dog, except this one weird trait that people insist on for…

Persian cats. Bred to have snouts so short that they're approaching concave. And in the process, they have horrible tear duct drainage, and are very prone to upper respiratory ailments.

Don't forget about the Hapsburgs. Perhaps the greatest genetic monstrosity of all.

Honestly, I think selecting for deformities in breeding should be treated as a form of cruelty. It's considered animal abuse to say, leave your pet out on a hot day to the point they are in distress. Yet it's just fine to create breeds like the pug who struggle to breath simply due to the shape of their skull. …

I liked CFQ a lot, but it seemed to go downhill in the '90s — the paper got cheaper and the art direction got really ugly. Like Starlog ugly. But in the '70s and much of the '80s it was a very classy, smart, good-looking mag. Kind of the Film Comment of genre flicks.

I am a horrible person: looking at the artwork , I misread the script, and instead of "The Professionals" I thought Giger was making "The Aristocrats."

I don't care who you are..The Russians make the best looking planes. No argument..They just look cool.

A hood is a horrible idea for a person engaging in hand to hand combat.

It's so worth it! Took me six months, but it's amazing when you can fight your way through to the end. Definitely had a few times where I didn't think I would make it though.

Gravity's Rainbow. I'm a pretty adventurous reader. I've read most of Pynchon's other books, been through all five books of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, all six of the Hitch Hiker's Guide trilogy, everything Neal Stephenson ever wrote including the Baroque Cycle trilogy, and I'm about halfway through A Song of Ice…

Could be worse

Power Girl. Tit Window. End Of.

Facial hair is always evil, but in reverse proportion than you think. The minimum amount of facial hair is the Hitler and it's the evilest. The average it the goatee, less evil than the Hitler but still evil. Full on beards however, or the Grizzly Adams, is the least amount of evil. The Grizzly Adams is warm and…