For a dignified final ride. What a great idea! Found on Caiterwauling

BBC: An international research team has proposed new techniques that may lead to the mass production of meat reared not on the farm, but in the laboratory. Developments in tissue engineering mean that cells taken from animals could be grown directly into meat in a laboratory, the researchers say. Scientists believe the technology already exists

CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia — land of sun, sand and … surfing mice? Australian Shane Willmott is training three mice, named Harry, Chopsticks and Bunsen, to surf small waves on tiny mouse-size surf boards at beaches on the country’s Gold Coast. The mice are put through rigorous bathtub training and then some have their fur

A South Korean man has died from presumed heart faliure minutes after playing a mammoth online battle simulation game at a cybercafe. He only left his post a couple of times over the three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps. The guy recently quit his job to spend more time playing

“…he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual,”