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There Are Billboards Everywhere
Over the years, humans have seen a lot of doomsday predictions. All of the major religions on Earth make some kind of prediction about the way the world ends, not to mention the thousands of prophets, from Nostradamus to Mother Shipton, who have told us we’re living at the end of days. It’s probably just human nature; a combination of the way ( Read more... ) -
Why the Civil War Isn't Happening Again
So the Civil War recently passed its 150th anniversary, and it’s being met with a lot of “look at all the parallels” talk. People always seem eager to envision apocalypse, but it’s usually tied to a religion, not a government. To be fair, yes, there are some similarities between the political situation in 1860s America and today, but there are also ( Read more... ) -
Lots of Stupid Around Lately, Huh?
So Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, recently posted and then deleted a blog entry about the men’s rights movement. It’s kind of a touchy subject for a number of reasons, and one that any intelligent person would attempt to handle with grace, tact, and understanding. However, Mr. Adams took the interesting tack of being insulting to literally ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Hats
It’s weird that people don’t use hats of power any more. I mean, it used to be that having a hat was an indispensable part of being a classy person. A man without a hat was a man underdressed. But more than that, a hat was powerful. A man walking down the street in Victorian England wearing an executive bowler wasn’t just covering his head, he was ( Read more... ) -
So I'm Reading an Awesome Book
"It’s a little-known fact that if there are no clouds in the sky, the colors of the sunset follow a certain specific sequence. When I discovered that, I spent some wonderful evenings sitting outside, with my notes in hand, watching for the oranges, purples, and reds to appear, and discovering the various sunset phenomena: the amazing “purple light ( Read more... ) -
Not So Much Controversial as Kind of Badly Phrased
[01] Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
Take a wild guess, Captain I’m Posted On Livejournal. :P
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Commence to Bitching!
Have I offended some sort of technology god? Am I not making enough burnt offerings to the Gates/Jobs/Tubes triumvirate? I swear, I am cursed by SOME damn thing.
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The Germ of an Idea
Roku-sick: also: wow does this pizza have a lot of garlic ( Read more... ) -
Fun With Google Search!
1. "Michael Moore is creepy" - 3 results.
2. "Al Franken is creepy" - 10 results.
3. "Rush Limbaugh is creepy" - 44 results.
4. "Ann Coulter is creepy" - 8 results.
5. "Glenn Beck is creepy" - 4,550 results.
(Addendum - "Glen Beck is creepy" - 6,130 results. Buh?)