What happens when you take hundreds of tiny interlocking plastic pieces to create a Lego gun, a Lego knife, a Lego rope, a Lego hand-grenade, a bottle of Lego sleeping pills, self-timed Lego explosives or a Lego fork? Lego suicides and lots and lots of Lego blood , of course. We can't imagine Lego's image control executives in Denmark are happy about the latest incarnation of the popular toys, which follows artists co-opting Legos to produce renditions of the Holocaust and porno scenes. But if you enjoy gallows humor and the subversion of a favorite pasttime, then you'll certainly have a laugh over the Lego suicides.

Beating the Jew Haters at their own Game

Can't we all just get along? Cultural insensitivity and overblown, knee-jerk reactions seem to be the flavor of the day -- see the latest Iranian slur by a German newspaper . Might some bad cartoons actually be hurtling us all toward a ridiculous clash of civilizations? There are, of course, different ways to deal with such situations. If storming an embassy isn't your cup of tea and you can't bring yourself just to ignore offensive cartoons like the planned Holocaust satire in Iran, there's always the option of going on the offensive. A group of enterprising Israeli comic artists are doing just that. They've started their very own anti-Semitic cartoon contest . “We’ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!” says Amitai Sandy from Dimona Comix . “No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!”

Hunting Lessons with Dick Cheney

We have come to expect bungles and mishaps from the Bush Administration. And not just political ones. President Bush has made a habit out of brushes with death from choking on pretzels to crashing on his bike to running into a policeman at Gleneagles last year. Not to be outdone, Vice President Dick Cheney seems to have decided to get into the act. 

With, em, a bang.