What a sweet, sweet bounty Internets. A little bacon, some German gymnastics, exploding Volvos and gifts for journalists.

The Scanner is a gift that keeps on giving.

Some of you may know a minor Portland vs. Portland battle has erupted on the interwebs (thanks of course to those jerks in Portland 2 - It's like Earth 2, an evil mirror on our own world) and our local bloggers are fighting back, with Original Portland bringing up our latest brewery count and Portland Psst giving the tale of the tape on our restaurants.

Strange Maine digs up this interesting tie to Maine involving Paul Newman, David Letterman and a flaming Volvo.

In case you were wondering, here's that Periodic Table of Awesome, which includes light sabers, bacon, Churck Norris and werewolves.

A survey finds a large number of women and a significant amount of men would rather go without sex for two weeks than go without the Internet. Discuss.

Thank you BuzzFeed, for rounding up all the new "Bush Shoe Attack!" games that have sprung up online.

Scientists find first ever case of someone sleep e-mailing.

Did you know in Taiwain your baby can be born in a Hello Kitty hospital?

The guys behind the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 are back and they've brought the classic "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" with them. [Boing-Boing]

Corey over at the Daily Photo blog wondered aloud when the city of Portland would redesign and upgrade its website. He also got an answer.

A columnist at the Bowdoin Orient says in such bad economic times a little lovin' can go a long way. A really long way.

Three words: Bacon-wrapped iPhone. [Bacon Today]

Finally, a couch-surfing-esque service for hippies who love camping: Single Spot Camping, which promises if you have some outdoor space, someone is looking to sleep on it.

This is quite possibly one of the funniest things I have ever seen: Zirkeltraining - bags made from old German gymnastics equipment.

Here's a story that has been quietly making popping up on the interwebs - "Bill Murray, late night NYC party crasher." How much would you freak out if Bill freakin' Murray randomly showed up at your house party?

The Caffinated Blog asks an interesting question: how would you explain Twitter to your mother or grandparents?

This...I don't know how you explain this. Burger King has new fragrance that smells like burgers.

The New York Times debuted a new blog on alcohol! Sounds fun right? Not so much, really, says Daily Intel.

Darren Rovel of CNBC tells Esquire these great rules of sports bar etiquette. Attention fantasy football fans, I'm looking at you.

Finally, if you are last minute shopping, here's 30 must-have gifts for the journalist in your life. Size XL on that bulletproof golf shirt, BTW. [10,000 Words]

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