Monthly Archives: March 2006

links for 2006-03-13 New James Bond movie “The great thing about it is that he makes mistakes and screws up…There is no “Q,” no “Moneypenny” and only “a little bit of gadgetry,”” So they made Die Hard 4 without Bruce Willis. Good job Columbia Pictures. and onward the dominos fall… Young man steals schoolgirl’s swimsuit […]

I’m sure most people are familiar with Abraham. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all hold him in very high regard. He is often identified with having had unwavering faith in God, so much so that he very nearly willingly sacrificed his son Isaac (or Ishmael if you’re Islamic) to Yahweh in Genesis 17. Most people I’ve […]

links for 2006-03-12 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense– via Scientific American.com Creationist nonsense? Isn’t that redundant? The world’s longest MadLib — created by the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Playing with Mad Libs always devolved into entering swear words into the blanks. I can only suppose the inadvertent naughtiness of the name “Moby Dick” and all […]

Man, Walgreens is a weird place to be at 1:30 in the morning. I discovered at around 1:00 that I had run out of milk, and the thought of going to bed without my glass of chocolaty dream-elixir caused me to shake like a recovering alcoholic on a tour of a micro-brewery. So I ventured […]

links for 2006-03-10 IRS Gives Churches Helpful Warning About Politicking The “helpful warning” includes revoking their tax exempt status. Praise the Lord, Hallelujah! Laughing Babies – Google Video Awww, they’re so cute….okay, make them stop now…I mean it, stop….no, really stop. AARRRGHH, their laughter is boring into my skull and liquefying my brains! Are they […]

I oftentimes think that our culture has taken a wrong turn as far as child-rearing goes. Epistemologically, our culture seems to think that children need constant attention and protection. As George Carlin so famously stated in his “You Are All Diseased” concert, we make children wear helmets for everything except jerking off. I think I […]

Today NASA released an article revealing evidence which suggests the existence of liquid water on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. Scientists hypothesize that water exists perhaps tens of meters below the surface of the moon. Speaking about the discovery Dr. Carolyn Porco states, “if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar […]

links for 2006-03-09 Tickets For Good Driving The kooky cops up in Austin are pulling good drivers over and rewarding them with baseball tickets. I actually think this is a good idea, but instead of baseball tickets could we get cookies? It would be cheaper on the city, and I know I’d enjoy it more.

Sometimes I find something so idiotic and so absolutely moronic on the internet that I spend hours and hours obsessing about it. This want ad is a good example of that:Isn’t that just fascinating? I hope with all my heart that ad is for real and not the end result of some goofy photoshop creation. […]

links for 2006-03-08 Compound of Concern A group of polygamists have built a fortress in El Dorado to guard themselves from the evils of modern society. I don’t get polygamy. Why up the number of women you regularly disappoint and frustrate? Isn’t one enough? (I’m joking; I only frustrate Leigh) An Interview With Terry Pratchett […]