And problems in the real world look nutty and horrible like this.

These white pearlescent flakes hit the noodles, this haunting, wonderful, nutty, mushroomy smell wafted up.

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, ...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email. Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.