Three hours ago, someone came here from Spanish Google with this search phrase:
braing for good braing for love braing for peace we dont understand
I don’t really understand that either… I don’t understand it even if I replace “braing” with what I think is the most likely word they meant: “praying” – but that’s a matter of faith, of course.
Fittingly, today’s cartoon from SMBC Comics (via Pharyngula):
A JavaScript-animated dancing kitten in Ascii art [?] – here’s half a freeze-frame:
,,
,caTAAs
,CRRRRRRC
, ,RRRRRRRRc
,, cRRRRRRRRTCc
,,,, ,TRRRRRRRTCs,
CRRRRRTc,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,, TRRRRRRRAaccc,
cARRRRRRRRRRRa, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,, ,RRRRRRRRRAac,cc,
,sTRRRRRRRRRRRATTs,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,, ,CRRRRRRRACs,,cac
,CTARRRRRRRRRRRRRTc,,,,,,, ,,,, , , sRRRRACc,,,sAs
,CCCTARRRRRRRRRRRRCc,,,,,, ,,, ,,, ,csaCCCc,,,aAa
,asccsCTARRRRRRRRTacc,,,, ,, , , , ,,,cc, ,c,,
cACc,,ccaCARRRRTsccc,,,,,, , , ,, ,,,,,,,,aTc
sRTc,,,ccaTRRAacccc,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,, , ,,,,,,cCTc
sRAs, ,,csssssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc
,sCTa, ,,ccsccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
,aac,,,,ccssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,ccc,,
cacccsssscccc,,,cccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sTAARRAac,cccc,
,aCscssssccc,,cccccc,,,,,,,,,c,,,,,,cTRRRRRRAccc,ccsc
,sCscccccccccc,cccccTATscc,,,,,,,,,csccaARRRRcc,,,cccc,
saccccccccccc,ccCRRC,CRRsc,,,,,,,,,cTRRRRRRa,,,,,,,cccc,
,saccccccc,,c,ccsARRC CRRCc,,,, ,,TRRRRRAc,,,,,cc,,,cc
,TTacc,,cccccccccsTRRRRRRTsc,, , ,,ccccccc,
,TTasc,,c,,,,,,,,csCTRRRRsc,, ,,ccccccssc
,caTCascc,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,sTac, ,sCc,,,,,,,,ccssccsas,,
cAATCacccc,cc,,ccccccc,,,, , ,,, ,TAa,,,,,,,,,caTCacc,
cTTCascccc,,,c,,c,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,ccccccaCCc
cTATTTCCasccccccccccccsssasscc,,,,,cccccccccccccsc,
cTTaCTTCasccscssccccccssaaaasccccccccccsscccccsccc
,aTCCCCCCCCCCaaassscccccsccccccccsssscssaCCs
,CAATTTTTTTTTTTTTCCaCaaaaaasssaaaCCAAARa
cccccc,,aARAAAAAAAATTTTTTTATATATACCCCTc
cTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCaTTTCTCCasccccc,,
,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccscsscccccccccsc
,,,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
,c,,,,,,cccccccccccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,
,cc, ,,,,ccccssccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
,aCc,, ,,,,,,,csassccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,
,ss,,,,,,,,,,,ccssscc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sascc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
See the whole kitty on this Russian page (you can change the text size in the select box). If I interpret Altavista’s translation correctly, the title means “for dear friends” and the text “Watch it when you’re sad… remember the best” or something like that.
(via Bastie.Silke via Bloggerei.de)
Don’t ask me why the “German Pirated Newcomer Blogcharts” suddenly think (in their edition from 2 Jan 08), my 18th index page (out of currently 28) was a new blog worth listing in the newcomer charts – especially since Technorati doesn’t seem to show a separate Authority for such a sub-page (0 would be needed for these Newcomer charts)…
Well, another backlink. 
It isn’t there in today’s edition, by the way.
Finally I got round to photograph this somewhat old sign:
At least, somehow “G-string/thong” and “biohazard warning sign” crossed my mind when I looked at the fractal title of the latest edition (1/08) of the magazine Spektrum der Wissenschaft (German edition of Scientific American)…:
The magazine itself – which I’ve been reading for many years now – is, of course, more serious and respectable and much less crazy than my thoughts sometimes are. And more worth reading. 
