A bunch of grunts, trapped behind enemy lines, wreak havoc on the hive of the Magh invaders. No ordinary grunts these, they include a dozen uplifted rats and bats, a vat-grown human sous-chef turned conscript, and the rescued daughter of a very rich Share­hold­er. The rats revel in Shake­speare­an names and ribaldry. The bats have stage-Oirish personas, socialist leanings, and expertise with explosives.

Due to forceshield technology, they're fighting a World War I-style trench war on the planet Harmony and Reason, The generals, like the rest of the …continue.

Via Digg, one heck of a Rube Goldberg con­trap­tion. The Digg page also led to The Bravery - Honest Mistake below.

A fast-paced comedy about an almost likable serial killer. Who'da thunk it?

There must be something about the coffee they serve in Florida newsrooms. Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen, and Tim Dorsey. All Florida-based newsmen now known for their funny writing.

This is the first book that I've read by Dorsey. According to Wikipedia, all of his books feature Serge A. Storms, said serial killer, though he's not always the prime character.

Serge spends much of the book racing around Florida, chasing hurricanes with his stoner sidekick, Coleman. He's feeling put upon because …continue.

Brigadier-General Sir Harry Flashman returns in the twelfth volume of the Flashman Papers. Flashy is a cad, a rogue, a lecher, a toady, and a bully. His reputation for bravery is wholly undeserved, but he has suc­cess­ful­ly concealed that through an extremely long career, spanning much of the nineteenth century. Flashman reveals all in a series of extremely frank memoirs written in his old age, published long after his death by his "editor", Fraser.

Flashman has many un­de­sir­able qualities, but he has a knack for finding himself in …continue.

Via Andrew Sullivan, an extremely well cut YouTube mashup of Doctor Who and Monty Python.

This video says it all.

Go vote tomorrow!

I found a series of amusing cat pictures, via Ned Batchelder's blog.

Update 2007/10/04: That site is gone, but fairly similar photos can be found at LOLCats.

Via Amer­i­ca­Blog, an amusing video of a cockroach taking on a weatherman. Twice.

Via Peter, a site full of "in­spi­ra­tional" posters drawn from Star Trek in the vein of the satirical ones at Despair.com.

This poster of course plays on the trope of Kirk/Spock fan fiction, where Kirk and Spock are portrayed as lovers. Emma has long been a fan of slash, par­tic­u­lar­ly pairings such as Solo/Kuryakin (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and Jack O'Neill/Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1).

Sometimes spammers can be taken in by their would-be victims. Here's a hilarious, if long, story of just such a case.

It's even funnier if you're already familiar with the character of Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter.