ADV has put up a web site for Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi! It looks like this is due out on DVD on 12/16/2003. This was definitely one of the more insane shows I saw last year. A few of the episodes were so over the top, but oh so enjoyable (trying to catch every single reference to other shows and movies is lots of fun). I definitely recommend it.

From The Howard Hallis Archive, A wonderful comic that asks the question ‘Who will be eaten first?‘ The Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Tarot Desk is pretty crazy too.

Researchers have found a fossil with the oldest penis on record.

Fossilised crustacean boasts oldest penis

15:20 05 December 03

A newly discovered 425 million-year-old fossil boasts a lurid claim to fame – it has the oldest penis on record.

The five millimetre long crustacean, discovered by UK and US researchers, has been named Colymbosathon ecplecticos – derived from the Greek for “astounding swimmer with a large penis”.

The well-endowed creature is surprisingly similar to modern relatives, despite being entombed nearly half a billion years ago, says the team.

David Siveter, a paleontologist at the University of Leicester, and colleagues unearthed the clamlike species in a rock formation in Herefordshire, UK. The creature possesses a hard shell, an organ for grabbing prey, six gills, as well as a “copulatory organ [that] is large and stout”, says the team. [NewScientist.com]

Because you really can never have too many Badgers, here are the LOTR Badgers and the Bad Trip Badgers. [via machinegirl]

Okay, maybe there is such a thing as too many badgers.