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Whoops, wrong house. Some new parents got an unexpected scare Wednesday morning when they awoke to a team of armed Federal Bureau of Investigation agents attempting to raid their home. CBS News correspondent Priya David and her husband Alex Clemens … Continue reading →

I asked my friend and fellow beekeeper Russell Bates to write about a new honey bartering concern he and his wife Amy started, called Feral Honey & Bee. They don't sell honey; they barter it for other goods from businesses … Continue reading →

Stream videos at Ustream The Kepler space telescope has found a new, fun discovery that promises years of great Star Wars jokes. Kepler-16b is a planet that represents a type of system we've never seen before—at least, in the real … Continue reading →

So, it's not a T-Rex skeleton, but otherwise I think this little girl is pretty much living out the childhood dreams of you, me, and everyone we know. Video Link Thanks, Kimberly Clarke!

BAMM.tv recently made a lovely mini-documentary about two Latin musicians who emigrated to San Francisco, including my dear friend singer/songwriter Diana Gameros from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose music has been previously featured on Boing Boing, and percussionist Sandy García Pérez … Continue reading →

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From the Los Angeles Police Protective League email newsletter: "A man dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants was detained by police outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, officials said Wednesday. The man was questioned but not arrested Tuesday in what a Los … Continue reading →

A new scientific study suggests that overconfidence may actually improve your success rate. It's been somewhat of a mystery to evolutionary biologists as to why so many people are overconfident or narcissistic when those traits tend to result in dangerously … Continue reading →

Our pals at GAMAGO have launched their new Spaceport USB Hub and it's a beaut! The ship is ceramic and features 4 ports and a 50" extension cable. Spaceport USB Hub

You might recall last week's video above of Gumby fumbling a robbery of a San Diego 7-11 store. Apparently, Gumby and his accomplice (not Pokey, fortunately) have turned themselves in. From the Los Angeles Times: Police did not arrest the … Continue reading →

Our thanks to Watchismo for sponsoring Boing Boing Blast, our daily delivery of blog headlines to your inbox. Watchismo has two new limited edition timepieces in its collection. Tsovet watches just launched their first SVT-AT76 Swiss Automatic in aeronautic-grade black … Continue reading →

This gentleman was arrested for eating raw meat off the shelf in a central Pennsylvania Walmart this week. Scott T. Shover, 53, was apparently tearing open packages of raw beef. Well, the police called it raw beef. I'm sure Shover … Continue reading →

[Video Link] When I went to Dead Kennedys shows in the 80s, one of my favorite things was watching Jello Biafra make lots of weird gesticulations at the beginning of songs and during the guitar solos. It's great to see … Continue reading →

This counts as a unicorn chaser, of sorts, for that depressing space travel post of mine. That big mandible in the picture above belongs to Acherontisuchus guajiraensis, a recently identified species of ancient crocodile, living in what is now Colombia. … Continue reading →

[Video Link] WARNING: Watch this and you will die of cute. "I really love this color for the eyes. It is good for... the liners... and stuff. And [unintelligible]... I would be a ch-... ch--... chocolate chip cookie. And I … Continue reading →

[Video Link] "Sometimes I wonder if G-d even exists. How could a G-d make John Galliano?" This precocious young fashionista is awesome. I love her speech, and the cameo by the bored mini-dachshund. Her parents and rabbi must be very … Continue reading →

DragonCon founder Edward Kramer, who has long argued that he is too ill to stand trial for multiple counts of child molestation in Georgia, was caught staying in a motel room in Connecticut with a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday, according to … Continue reading →

My short story Clockwork Fagin, which will appear in the forthcoming YA anthology Steampunk! is available from today as a free file for Kindle, Nook, and other ebook platforms. The whole anthology comes out on Oct 11.

I recently found out that, in 2050, when I am 69 years old, the Voyager 1 space craft will finally reach a distance of one single light-day away from the Earth. Light will reach that point in 24 hours. A … Continue reading →