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Writer's Block: In The Money
If you won $100 this afternoon, what would you do with it?
I would join a really expensive porn site with all my favorite fetishes.....wait....do they take cash? -
Interview with Warren Ellis
Back in his hotel room, I ask Ellis, who lives in England, why he so often writes about America. “You people believe you gained your independence from us. That’s actually a joke. We invented America because we didn’t have television,” he says. What’s so amusing about America? “For one thing, it turns out you can fly the Space Shuttle drunk” And he’ ( Read more... ) -
Who knew.....Fat People are the problem!!
Obesity spreads to friends, study concludes
By Gina Kolata
Published: July 25, 2007
Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, according to researchers. When one person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight too.
Their study, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved a detailed analysis of a large ( Read more... ) -
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Only presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we".
- Mark Twain -
I am.....
Sorry, Thankful, Guilty, Pasty White, Sad, Confused, Amazed, Lonely, Foolish, Weak, Confused, Righteous, Determined, Thoughtless, Thoughtful, Kind, Fed Up, Disappointed, Grateful, Self Oriented, Fat, Smart, Geeky, Clever, Loyal, Balding, Trustworthy, Idealist, Truth Seeking, Creative, Bored, Empty, Callous, Efficient, Disorganized, Critical, ( Read more... ) -
Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
(CBS 5) BERKELEY A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting ( Read more... ) -
Taoist Saying
Do not try to be famous. Do not be a storehouse of schemes. Do not take over the function of things. Do not try to be the master of a manipulative knowledge.
Tchuang-Tsu, Taoist Chinese philosopher, II or III Century b.C., Book of Tchuang-Tzu -
10 Reasons Why You Should Never Buy Diamonds
(2/14/02)
By Liz Stanton, CPE Staff Economist
1. You've Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond
The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock.
2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above ( Read more... ) -
Space Adventure
I escaped from Moon Colony Corpsesickle!
I killed Temptressred the maintenance droid and Veritology the security officer.
I salvaged an Antipodaciousian artefact, a Blogging model hazmat suit, a Robertgrahamian deathblade, a historylithium crystal, a catslithium crystal and 47 galacticredits.
Score: 322
Explore Moon Colony Corpsesickle and try to beat ( Read more... ) -
Joe Cuthbirth's Blog about Jerry Falwell passing
I can't think of anyone I would less rather spend time with than Jerry Falwell. I really can't.
But I owe Falwell something. We all do. I teach my students at NYU about it most semesters, and I guess today is a good time to blog about it.
In the 1980s, Falwell squared-off in federal court against Larry Flynt, someone else I wouldn't waste the ( Read more... )