The secret of the cloak is the magical fabric, an ancient Mayan rite handed down through the centuries. Deep in the rainforests of what is now called Guatemala, a small, colorful, yet invisible to the naked-eye of most unenlightened people... lives an ancient bird called the Xylxacyxjan. Don't bother trying to pronounce it, it is a word inaudible to the human ear, though worth a ton of points in Scrabble™.

It definitely can be a challenge trying to sneak in some holiday shopping with your pesky children hanging on you demanding attention, food, and such, but I'm not entirely sure if I'm willing to let someone with some spelling issues advertising on Craigslist help me with that problem:

i can take care of your kids while you make you holyday shopping

if you need someone to take car of your kids while you make your holyday shoppings am here for you

there is nothing more hard than to go shopping with your kids on those days when alll the stores are packed with pople
email me and ill help you with this

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I'm not sure the judge really thought out the idea of giving each spouse the other's Facebook password as part of their divorce proceedings. I've seen what happens when someone leaves their account open on a screen somewhere, this could only be a thousand times worse.

[The Awl]

I don't know where this came from or who is answering the questions, but Yo, Is This Racist? is my new favorite blog. Partially because it's hilarious, but also because I am sometimes worried if I'm being racist and this seems like a helpful guide towards non-racist behavior.

My second-favorite post (so far):

I don't know anything about Jian Sword Dancing, but there's something magical happening in this video. The wizened, nearly motionless elderly woman, the guy who joins the dance party, the boombox...I love everything happening here and I want it to last forever.

[Dangerous Minds]

From Reddit:

I don't know if I should believe that story or not. It seems too weird to not be real, you know?

In the 90s, the internet was still a new concept for people and chat rooms seemed like a good social networking idea... until everyone realized it was a way for old men to creep on underage girls.

This newish millennium brought us Chatroulette (click at your own risk!), which once again...well, do I need to even say what people do on that website?

You would think after these failed random-stranger-meeting electronic chat forums people would get the hint... But I stumbled across Talk O'Clock - "the social alarm service" the other day and I just had to let out a long heavy sigh.

This cell-phone alarm service markets the idea to "Have fun calling someone you don't know to wake him/her up. Who knows, maybe they'll become your new friends." What about that doesn't sound sketchy? Some weirdo calling me and possibly saying something other than "good morning" is not exactly how I would like to start my day.

But, hey, some people may be into that kind of stuff and who am I to judge?

The company says it doesn't release your phone number and instead uses an anonymous and secure call service to connect callers, but their FAQ page raises a few red flags.

Here's an actual (unedited) screen grab from their site.

While the site makes their service will provide an "an energy boost" and that the resulting conversation will be "more stimulating than coffee", I think I'll stick to my caffeine fix for now.

Regardless of how strange this clip from a French TV show is, it's better than at least two of the three Star Wars prequels.

[HT: Neatorama]

So yeah, dinosaurs are super cool and how awesome would it be if they had 'em running around this place?

• JOHN DE DIOS
• Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Ariz., sits on a 40-acre campus owned by the University of Arizona.

I’m all in favor of the Tucson Police Department taking to the social media world to keep the public informed. In fact, I love TPD’s YouTube channel and its lineup of videos of people running red lights and causing crashes.

TPD’s Facebook and Twitter feeds were alive with photos Thursday from the sinkhole that formed at Oracle Road and Auto Mall Drive, including one pic that I don’t think the people behind the Tucson Auto Mall will be likely to use in future promotional materials.

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• Tucson sinkhole