Is someone dumping Viagra into Antarctica?

Just asking.

Via Boing Boing (no, I didn’t make that up)

Source: Eco Drop Shower Gives You the Boot For Wasting Water [Design]

The Shenis (yes, sounds like “penis”!) is a hollowed out, 12-inch long fake penis intended for women to use as a tool to pee while standing up. As its creator Kiki Curry states in the video clip above, it’s great for hiking, boating, peeing outdoors, and intimidating men! And while we don’t like doing physical activities in nature, we’d love to try this out while drunk on the streets of New York. P.S. Kiki Curry is our new fave kook.

Clips: Sampling The Shenis, Or How Women Can Pee On Two Feet – Jezebel.

Via Crooks and Liars Via YoursDaily.com (that’s a lot of vias):

In Alabama, you can sell guns on any street corner but you can’t sell sex toys.

That’s right. Alabama is a vibrator-free state!

Well, technically you can go across state lines and buy sex toys in Georgia and Tennessee and carry them home. But the Alabama Legislature, in its infinite wisdom and in the spirit of protecting citizens from moral turpitude, a while back banned the sale of sex toys (or “marital aids” as some lawmakers coyly call them).

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has shown a gleam of interest in this controversial state law, which has been challenged in Alabama courts by adult toy retailer Sherri Williams. She has been fighting the law for nearly 10 years.

Williams has been in district court three times on this issue and has won twice. But both times her victories were struck down by the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. She filed a petition to the Supremes and has hired well-known First Amendment rights attorney Paul Cambria. Also joining in the appeal petition with Williams are the Free Speech Coalition and the First Amendment Lawyers Association. Read more…