Hmm. Seems some software developer claimed he had software that could reveal secret messages in Al Jazeera broadcasts, among other things. The CIA and Air Force bought the software for over $20 million ( Read more... )

Had a wonderful time tonight. Penn & Teller were at UF and it was a lot of fun. The cute young half-Japanese woman sitting next to me was laughing uncontrollably and that made everything more fun, too. Especially when someone asked them about Desert BusThen on my way out I saw another cute young woman wearing a Dr. Who shirt and we started talking ( Read more... )

Oh my. It's the answer to the birthers. They want to spin crazy
conspiracy theories? We can too! :)

http://www.palinbabyquestion.com/

Sharon, Wisconsin is a village of about 1,500 people. It looks like one of those nice small towns where everyone is friendly and America seems the way it did before we all lost our illusions about it.

And the mayor is a cat.

I want to live there.

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I have before me a package of Thomas' Hearty Grains English Muffins. Emblazoned across the top of this package are the words:

"Hearty Nooks...Tasty Crannies"

Uh, yeah. Guys? Those nooks and crannies you're referring to? Those are the holes on top of the muffin that the butter or jam goes into. There's nothing there. Well...there's air. I don't ( Read more... )

Just stumbled across a much better version of the old "chicken answers" joke collection.

http://philosophy.eserver.org/chicken.txt

(Author's note: This story is based on Season 3, Episode 7 of The West Wing, "The Indians in the Lobby". No copyright infringment is intended.)

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Debbie hung up, hit the hold button, and stretched. Around her, the other team members were all on calls. Thanksgiving. Toughest time of the year. Which is why you can't slack for long. One ( Read more... )

The dogs were slated to play the animals in the manger, but they kept trying to chew the eyes off of the doll I'd chosen to play Jesus, so their parts were cut and they were relegated to the bedroom for the duration of the production.

The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas

http://www.farleftside.com/2010/12-15-2010.html

Some readers (do I have more than one left?) may recall the 1996 Sokal Hoax, in which a physicist submitted a patently ridiculous paper to a postmodernist literary journal and had it accepted, thereby demonstrating the journal's lack of objective standards and rationality ( Read more... )