"A 32-year-old man who died after downing dozens of roaches and worms last month to win a python at a Florida reptile store choked to death."

CNN reports the results of the medical examination , and the first comment over there is: "And now the worms are eating him."

Radical Locavore.

A Bizarro cartoon , arrived at via the Wikipedia article "Self-cannibalism," which I found seconds after speculating out loud ...

"If your Big Mac is going to cost about $100 and your Bug Mac is going to cost only $4, people will change to a Bug Mac."

Says Arnold van Huis, the world's biggest expert on entomophagy (the eating of insects). He believes the rising price of meat will help ...

"Mythic Giant Earthworm Not Extinct, Spitting, or Sweet Smelling."

If only it were extinct , we could imagine that it spit and smelled sweet. Is it better to know it's still around, but not that interest...

"Scientists invent microscopic operating table for 1mm worm."

The answer to the question: What's in worm news today? IN THE COMMENTS: blogging cockroach types: damn i was hoping they would have deve...

"If the Great White Worm was back after nearly 20 years in hiding, what else might still be out there?"

The life of an oligochaetologist is not easy.

Lengthening the school day for kids.

Is lengthening the school day the solution for failing schools? I think not. In fact, I think it is a morally wrong solution. It's bad ...

Before the radio show.

In the studio waiting for the show to start, I open the little notebook that I brought to keep track of the material. To pass the time, I ph...

Resisting...

I am resisting getting drawn into intrablogospherical squabbles. I hope you appreciate it! After that long, sole post this morning, I feel I...

"Yardlong, spaghetti-thin worms erupted from the legs or feet — or even eye sockets — of victims."

The horrendous, ancient disease called Guinea worm: [The worms] forc[ed] their way out by exuding acid under the skin until it bubbled and ...

Karl Pilkington!

There's a little article about this hilarious man in today's NYT: Karl Pilkington has debated the merits of eating a kangaroo's...

Another sip of the hallucinogenic tea.

With an important freedom of relgion case involving hallucinogenic tea pending in the Supreme Court, I'm surprised that my blog comes up...

The Amsterdam Notebooks—Page 21.

It's Day 21 of this 35 day project . ( The set thus far. ) This page, perhaps my favorite in the whole set, is strongly influenced by Ma...

"What effect is all this blogging having on the brains of bloggers?"

Ask Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide . Why it's a good question: [O]ur mental activities actually cause changes in the structures of our bra...

"Most prized of all are long, slimy white worms which are hacked out of mangrove branches and eaten live."

Life in the Tiwi Islands.

The prince doesn't eat a bug.

The BBC reports on Prince Charles (who's in Australia): Doug Taylor, who works at the Northern Territory Park, told the prince that the...

Why does Road Kill candy send the wrong message?

A rash of criticism has already bullied Kraft into getting rid of its Road Kill candy, a Gummi-style candy in the shape of various animals ...

"Let me embrace you, O millions! This kiss is for the whole world!"

We finally got to see the inside of the glamorous Overture Hall , as the Madison Symphony Orchestra performed its first concert in its new h...