Monthly Archives: July 2007
links for 2007-07-11
A Letter to Optimus Prime From His GEICO Auto Insurance Agent. Since becoming a GEICO customer in January of this year, you have reported 131 accidents, requesting reimbursement for repairs necessitated by each one. You have claimed not to be responsible in any of them…” Surgeon General Sees 4-Year Term as Compromised – via New […]
Apostolic Smackdown
Do we have the makings of a Holy War on our hands? I’m not sure, but I think the Catholic Church may be gearing up to enter the religious battleground and join the fray already in progress. If so, they’ll clash head-to-head with the Muslims, American Protestants, and the Bush Cabinet. Lock’em all in a […]
Reading Group: The Sequel
I was very pleased with our first reading group, so I think, if everyone’s agreeable, that we should do it again. Anniina suggested Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood, and unless anyone has any major objections that’ll be our next book. Just remember, if you don’t like this one you should address your hate-mails to […]
links for 2007-07-07
Zombie Food Pyramid Do try not to overeat on bones and gristle. They’re just filler. The Way It Is–by Steve Thomas Hear, Hear.
links for 2007-07-06
Microsoft and Ford demo Sync – via Autoblog Yeah, that’s nice…but can you guys please get on with developing a vehicle that doesn’t need OIL!!! Waterskiing animals This page reminds me of a Robert Schimmel bit. His daughter asked him how the bear at the circus learned to ride a bike, and Robert told her, […]
Posting Potpourri
In case you don’t live in San Antonio, we’ve been experiencing an exceptional amount of rain lately. In fact, it’s been raining so much, and so sporadically, that I’m beginning to become a tad suspicious. We just bought a house, and I now have my very own BBQ grill, but I can’t grill anything for […]
Transform and Roll Out
In August of 1986, my mother took me and my cousin, Brad, to see Transformers: The Movie. I’d already seen what I considered to be some pretty amazing movies by that time in my life. I’d seen the Star Wars movies, Ghostbusters, Superman I and II, and Back to the Future (Hey, leave me alone. […]
This Is Your Cornfield On Drugs
This photo very clearly illustrates why you should never snort a bunch of cocaine and then run from the police. Which is something I’ve been saying for a while. Please, don’t snort and drive through cornfields.