A whip around the news horn

Located inside:

- How many millions is putting your dork in a mousetrap worth?
- What's next for the gorilla pimp of assisted suicide?
- At what point will we have online gamers playing real-life simulators where characters sit and play online games?
- And, how many moves does it take to solve a Rubik's cube?

"[M]uch to his emotional tranquillity and to his physical harm, [Perry Caravello] was severely injured when the trap literally went on his manhood." You ask me, a dumbass who gets his dick caught in a mousetrap -- on purpose, no less -- deserves whatever "humiliation" that the good lord can muster up. [more]

"On Sunday, Mr. Kevorkian discounted his critics and said he did not care what his legacy might be in the assisted-suicide movement. 'I did it right,' he said. 'I didn’t care what they did or didn’t do. When I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right.'" Frank Sinatra couldn't have said it better ... thankfully, Kevorkian didn't kill him. [more]

"Second Life has always aspired to recreate society; as it has grown in popularity and population, it has, quite naturally, begun to attract some of the internet's seedier characters. A disturbing behavioural science experiment has begun. William Golding would have been thrilled to witness his plotlines played out in the darker corners of our online islands, where the savagery of avatars drives some to riot and others to assault each other." Is it irony that one of the leading programming firms mentioned in the article is "Endemol," i.e. "end 'em all?" [more]

"26." And 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. [more]