BBC News | SCI/TECH | Caffeine ‘repels slugs’ J…

BBC News | SCI/TECH | Caffeine ‘repels slugs’

Jeez, salt melts them, caffeine repels them. It can’t be much fun being a slug.

Today’s news from AY-rab Woman testifies ex-hu…

Today’s news from AY-rab

Woman testifies ex-husband killed her father in Arab

That’s a disturbing headline, is it not? The name of the town appears three times in the first two paragraphs, not counting the headline, adding weight to my theory that newspaper writers just like writing about Arab. But then, so do I.

You people need help. And judging from your IP, i…

You people need help. And judging from your IP, it looks like Tom Delay was right about Texas A&M.

The Nando Times: Judge orders agency to consider g…

The Nando Times: Judge orders agency to consider golden trout for endangered species list

Don’t you just hate it when judges tell bureaucrats to do their jobs? Who do they think they are, the arbiters of the law or something?

Ananova - Man eats live lizards to cure tummy trou…

Ananova - Man eats live lizards to cure tummy trouble

How bad would your stomach have to hurt for eating 15 live geckos a day seem a good idea?

For a quarter, you can see me on that wall! BBC…

For a quarter, you can see me on that wall!

BBC News | AMERICAS | Guantanamo Bay: Tourist destination

I want to know what Alabama company is selling telescopes to the Cubans. Really, they have a made-in-Alabama telescope pointed at the bases.

Sarah Maserati on Earl Hilliard & Alabama on Natio…

Sarah Maserati on Earl Hilliard & Alabama on National Review Online

I’m sorry, but that has to be a pseudonym… Anyway, when the National Review is willing to waive goodbye to a man who favors school prayer and opposes gun control — which is true of Hilliard — that tells you how bad he is.

The Nando Times: Kansas murder suspect nabbed in A…

The Nando Times: Kansas murder suspect nabbed in Alabama bus depot

I’d especially like to thank the FBI agents who arrested Darrell Stallings, murderer of women, for letting him ride all the way from Meridian to Birmingham before arresting him. Of course, they did too. I’ve ridden the last leg of that trip (from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham) and after spending that time on a Greyhound bus, prison will probably come as a relief.

Ananova - Chinese rats fed with food-flavoured bir…

Ananova - Chinese rats fed with food-flavoured birth control drugs

Apparently, the rats won’t eat the rat poison anymore. But “kids from rural families” are eating the rat poison. Um…

I’ve set up the Weevil Regional, for Alabama blogs…

I’ve set up the Weevil Regional, for Alabama blogs. Some space has been cleared in the South Regional, so if you’re a southerner and a blogger and aren’t listed here, or are in the wrong section, drop me a line or just hit the comments link.