1. We wanted to be able to give the disabled a taxi service that they could use in a light-hearted manner, in much the same way as they'd ride around in a go-kart at an amusement park. With carers and those being cared for, there's always a tendency for a relationship of dependency to build up. We wanted the disabled to be able to use the car without any fuss, so that's why we got the maids in to do the job

An admirable-enough sentiment. But a weird execution.

2. We've been outranked!

[Have I really been here long enough to use the first person plural?]

3. I used to have nightmares about these things showing up in the lakes I swam in as a kid. Now I'm glad I never knew these existed.

4. Does Michigan's Lake Superior State University not have a linguistics department? Because if they do, surely someone would've told them that this is bullshit.

5. This is a clever application of behavioral psychology, though it unfortunately reminds me of Matthew Israel.

Huh.

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1. THE Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the US.

I'm not sure what to think of this. I mean, good for them. But I think the chances of this succeeding are slim to none.

2. Apparently Cahokia wasn't the only ancient site to have built a Woodhenge.

Also, I guess the aliens-built-Stonehenge theory is now moot. Who knew. Actual humans were responsible for it the whole time.

3. Most Sexually Healthy City: Tacoma, Washington

Weird. What precisely were their criteria, I wonder?

4. An entire Japanese island that's been abandoned and left to disintegrate. What makes ruins so compelling to me? (There's also some hardcore long-exposure night-time photography going on there that's pretty awesome.)

5. I've linked to this before, but it's so good I have to plug it again. Warnings include some NSFW language and (*gasp*) humorous criticism of the war in Iraq.