Unbelievable.

A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

It’s so weirdly ghetto it’s almost appealing. Not that I would ever do it, but dayam!

Blend a little skepticism with a visual effects professional, add some YouTube goodness and humor, and you get Captain Disillusion! Champion of… well… letting people know they’re idiots for believing in stupid web videos.

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By photographer Mike Stimpson. He’s recreated many iconic images with Lego. Very nice, and some are even kind of creepy!

And a ladies’ lady at that!

No one honks rudely at Gramma and gets away with it!

In this installment of the Rise of the Machines, researchers use rat neurons to control robots. Why not use human brains, you ask? Because according to boffins, the difference is a matter of “quantity, not quality.” Your killbot wants cheese.

Thanks to Adeliza for the link!

Franz Kafka wrote some of the most celebrated literature, yet it turns out he had something of a pervy side. Apparently he had a collection of porn.

Even today, the pornography would be “on the top shelf”, Dr Hawes said, noting that his American publisher did not want him to publish it at first. “These are not naughty postcards from the beach. They are undoubtedly porn, pure and simple. Some of it is quite dark, with animals committing fellatio and girl-on-girl action… It’s quite unpleasant.”

I find it interesting that some people are surprised and/or freaked out by this fact.

Not long ago McCain compared Obama to all the loser trash celebrities out there, specifically singling out Paris Hilton. Personally I think McCain was way off but you know these politicians… Not the most brilliant folks on the planet (else the planet would be a much better place, neh?). Anyways, Paris has struck back with a video of her own, and while not terribly funny, it’s pretty good. I’m hoping someone pays to put it on TV.

Oh boy. Zombies are getting vocally artistic.

How much would you get if you sold yourself for sex? What should you charge? Take the quiz and find out, then post your answers in the comments!