Ripped from the headlines: NASA Team Claims 'Impossible' Space Engine Works-Get the Facts

Oh, you mean the infinite improbability drive? Well, fuck, that explains everything.

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Watching Donald Trump respond to the Khans' criticism has been like watching someone step in dog poo, bend over to wipe it off with their bare hands, and then smear it all over their face. First you cringe, then you laugh at him, then it just gets honestly kinda awkward.

Kasich calls himself ‘only hope’ in Star Wars video - then drops out of presidential race (Miami Hearld).

The material is all there, man. We are only awaiting a skilled documentarian to edit the story of the 2016 race into the greatest political satire of all time.

Aw shucks, thanks Internet, you really shouldn't have!

Dear friends, I have acquired a taste for the blackest of satires. And I am loving the Trump campaign. I knew we were in for something special back during the summer, when he slipped SS into a campaign poster with the tag "We need real leadership. We need results. Let's put the U.S. back into business!" But, as it has unfolded, watching the ( Read more... )

...and before I was done eating my words, bam, SCOTUS rules gay marriage bans unconstitutional. I was really worried when I saw these cases on the docket, because this court has not always inspired confidence in the past. Dear internet, today I am sorry for being so cynical. Tomorrow I will probably be saying, "well duh" or "I told you so" again, ( Read more... )

Like many of my generation, when I was a kid, I used to write letters-- actual, stamp-on-envelope, letters. One of these days (today?), this is going to make me seem old, like talking about having ice delivered. While there was a certain charm in receiving a handwritten letter, especially from someone you were romantically interested in, I have to ( Read more... )

You know it's a great show when the hipster douchebags give up trying to talk over the music and leave. God bless Dinosaur Jr.

Conference, deadline, conference---that's where I've been for the past three weeks. Although paper deadlines focus the mind on one small topic -- which, I must admit, led to an additional result -- it actually hasn't been a great period for thinking. The trouble is that the projects I feel I ought to be thinking about aren't related to what I've ( Read more... )