Miscellany and Pointlessness on the Information Superinterwebs

Take it, split it, rub it with sea salt to cure it, then treat it with tannin and egg yolk to make it pliable, then make a teddy bear out of it.

Leather?

Deer hide?

No, placenta!

So you think British Petroleum’s outgoing CEO Tony Hayward is getting a sweet deal in his retirement package? $One year’s salary ($1.6 million) and a $930,000 per year pension seems outrageous, doesn’t it?

Well, he’s a piker compared to these guys.

CEO payouts: Golden parachutes | The Economist.

For example, when Lee Raymond left Exxon Mobil, he got $400,000,000 as well as a $98,000,000 lump sum pension and use of the company jet.

I’ll bet Tony feels ripped off to only be getting a measly mill a year. If he had any self-respect he would just throw it back in their faces until he’s recognized for the value he brought to the company.

*cough*

If you’ve never seen the sitcom Less Than Kind, filmed in Winnipeg, you’re missing out. Hilarious, quirky, bizarre and heartwarming. Track it down. It’s definitely worth it.

Enjoy the few episodes that were made, though, because the actor (Maury Chaykin) that played the father (Sam Blecher) just died. Sigh.

Actor Maury Chaykin dies at 61.

From boingboing.net we find a video of a thick fuzzy patch of moss on a tree.

Oh wait!

that’s not moss!.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGG!

You know bisphenol A (BPA), that chemical that’s had parents in a panic for a couple of years now? The one that mimics the bodies hormones and messes up your endocrine system? The one that was in pretty much every toy and food can liner, and sparked bans from government agencies around the planet?

Well, according to this testing agency, the receipt you handle when you buy the toy has 250 to 1000 times as much BPA in it, and you can absorb it through skin contact.

Tests Find High BPA Loads on Many Receipts.

Toxin? You’re soaking in it.