Daily internet oddities, commentary and stories. More funny peculiar than funny ha ha. Stories of velvet elvis, and bald chickens, cool animation, and odd stuff from the news, carpenters and kings, banned books and dog pictures. Pigmy shrews, and karma ghosts, toys from the 60s and animal activism, a touch of the absurd to the tune of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. It changes daily, and for that we can all be grateful I suppose. The focus tends to be literay and historical and scientific, with a spattering of design and art. Recent articles include references to Stephan Wolfram as well as Edgar Allen Poe. A place where silly amusement, peculiar activism, and irony meet nostalgia, outrage and lessons in suffering and peace. In short, a web blog by diane of thenwhen emedia