Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Freak of the Week


I know you're all expecting to see another sex fiend for Weenie Waver Wednesday. Sorry to disappoint, but Idaho REPUBLICAN Senator Larry "Glory Hole" Craig has sucked all the oxygen out of the weenie waver news cycle with his antics this week. I mean, really, what's the point digging up obscure perverts from small market media outlets when you've got a CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN senator getting arrested?

Of course, I have to put up a link to the arrest report and mug shot as a courtesy. Thank you, Smoking Gun.
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For this week's freak I return to a topic that's near and dear to me: narcozoology. This story comes from South Side Bureau Chief Dena. As a bonus, this also counts as a "Germany or Florida" story!

Amateur entomologist and herpetologist Mark Vogel, of Dortmund, Germany, was found by police after neighbors complained of the stink. Rather, they found what was left of him:

A police spokesman said: “It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa.

“Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were coming out of his nose and his mouth.

“There was everything there one could imagine in the world of reptiles.

“Larger pieces of flesh torn off by the lizards were scooped up and taken back to the webs of tarantulas and other bird-eating spiders.”

Being an expert in both the fields of narcozoology and crime scene reconstruction, and having the benefit of sharing a bourbon with the intuitive and perceptive MizBubs, I now have a working theory of his death. Remember, narcozoology is a bold new science, unafraid of making great intuitive leaps, unconcerned with the lack of what old science calls "facts."

Mr. Vogel, high as a kite from an afternoon spent licking toads, became dizzy and staggered into one of the glass cases holding Bettina, his prized black widow spider. Hilarity ensued as the case broke open, Mr. Vogel engaging in a furious but relatively brief dance as Bettina, startled from her meal of termites, bit him repeatedly.








Saturday, May 19, 2007

Saturday Morning Children's Hour


Hi! It's time for a special feature here at the Compound:

Saturday Morning Children's Hour!

Inspired by all the good cartoon programming on Saturday morning, I've decided to offer a nice, family-friendly bit of entertainment for readers with kids.

Today's feature is courtesy of Splotchy. Gather round for a poignant coming of age story that he posted on his blog recently. Without further ado, Sprawling Ramshackle Compound proudly presents

Monday, May 07, 2007

What? Huh? I got something in my ear!


Sure, he's smiling now.

Because that little plastic jar holds the two dead spiders that were removed from inside his ear.

A big, BIG thank you to Melinda June for helping me start the week off right!