"I think 'Laughing Sal' may be undermedicated." -- Zippy the Pinhead

Drunken Ride Theory. More here.

Muammar Gaddafi, auto designer?

More CafePress foolishment from me.

(UPDATE: Nope, not any more. CafePress informs me that I can't take Walt's image in vain.)

Inside the Live Reptile Tent.

Although violating traffic rules is now a sin according to Orthodox clergy in Russia's Urals region, a farmer and fundamentalist Christian who's convinced that digital driver's licence photos are the work of the devil is taking the Ontario government to court to avoid having his picture taken. What's a religious ride theorist to do?

Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese artist who recently installed two rides in a gallery: a self-paddled boat in a bamboo flume and a mild roller coaster. You can see pictures in these sample pages of the exhibition catalog from amazon.com.


The second installation is An Arbitrary History: Roller Coaster, a metal structure with little carts for the visitor to sit in; it is a simplified version of the big dipper one usually sees at a funfair or amusement park. A large fabric with reproductions of so-called icons of Belgian art history is suspended above this route.

Imagine if the Onion were written by amusement park geeks. Now imagine it being written badly.

And then imagine someone else lampooning it.