Because rar.


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A little-known clause of the Geneva Convention requires that for every fad to come along, there must be an 80-year-old grandmother into it ( Read more... )

People evolved eating X. Therefore, eating Y is bad for you.

Variant of “appeal to nature” fallacy.

Y may be bad for you, but it’s not a foregone conclusion.

1. Just because something is non-optimal doesn’t make it pessimal.
2. Ancestors eating X doesn’t mean it’s healthy, just that it was available. Humans and proto-humans have an adaptable gut that’s ( Read more... )

When someone tells me evolution isn’t true because evidence is easily faked but they can feel in their heart that God is real…first I ask them to show me a magic trick, any magic trick. Then I call them stupid and ugly. I don’t mean it, of course. What was that about lax perception and infallible emotions again?

Took trip on local bus line, got charged transbay fare (driver had switch in wrong position). Called, got refunded, fine. I also suggest that HUNDREDS of other riders probably got screwed, maybe their database person could cross-reference the lines and fares and refund these automatically, should only take a couple minutes. Was told it's my ( Read more... )

I’m getting a vibe that some of the other Serious Krampus Troupe Performers™ dislike my suit because it’s not “traditional.”

Tradition is the hand-me-downs of what people did with what they had when they had it, nothing god-given. Dead goats were de rigueur in the 1600s. It’s now 2014, we have LEDs and resin and fake fur. It’s time for new

Tricera Hi-Tops.

100 days to Halloween.

Because rar.

So I was at FantasyCon. Suiting as Krampus. Without a handler, because they were all at dinner and I needed my fix, man! I’m sure this comes as a surprise to nobody ( Read more... )

Recommended replacement for the well-worn "who pissed in your Wheaties?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk9cF6bweng&t=4m45s