Rush Limbaugh was detained at Palm Beach International Airport for possessing Viagra without a prescription. Eh? I’m probably the second-to-last person on planet Freak to defend Rush Limbaugh (because he is a total nutjob), but this is a little over the top. What the heck is Homeland Security doing? Reading everyone’s prescription pill bottles to …
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Two (at least) Harry Potter Characters Die
According to the canonical source, Ms. J. K. Rowling, author of the series, Harry Potter and the *, two characters (at least) will croak in the seventh and final book. From an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution: During an interview broadcast Monday on Britain’s Channel Four, Rowling revealed that at least two characters will …
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Snakes on a Blog
The NY Times had a short blurb this morning concerning Snakes on A Blog, and I am sending you there because it’s highly amusing. The NY Times article was not about the Snakes on a Blog, per se, but about an experience that the fellow who runs it had with Comcast. Apparently, and this is …
Excellent Optical Illusion
Stolen from Bad Astronomy, check out this optical illusion.
American Gods
I finished American Gods, yesterday. It was pretty good, although it made me wish I was more familiar with Norse, Native American, Indian, Irish, French, German, etc., mythology before I read the book. Quick synopsis: Immigrants brought with them their Gods. America is not a good place for Gods. Gods need to do something to …
Anatomical Inquisatory Acquisition
I recently responded to a post on Live Journal, explaining that I had ceased running for a month because I had tweaked my erector spinae and paraspinal muscles. Then I thought to myself, “Self, is it really those muscles, or some other set and you just made that crap up?” Off to the web! We …
Google Sketchup
No, Google is not making ketchup. They’ve “recently” released a 3D modeling package for free download (with a licensed option for commerical use). It is an easy, intutitive modeler that allows you to quickly build three dimensional models of buildings and rooms. At least, that’s as far as I’ve gotten with it. It is not …
Interactive Urbanization History
The BBC has published an interactive online map to demonstrate urbanization trends of the past 50 years. Rolling their cursor back and forth to watch the asian urbanized centers pop up and grow, then shrink back to nothing, is curiously fascinating. The feature shows N.America as (2005 numbers) 80% Urban population. That makes me wonder …
Improv in Best Buy
What happens when an improv group named Improv Everywhere invades a Best Buy? Madness and Merriment! Imagine a large group of people entering Best Buy in khakis and blue polo shirts and milling around. My favorite quote from their report on the invasion: A little while later, an older woman with a handful of products …
Dross & Nuggets
This image is clear proof that if you take enough shots with your 2Mpx camera, eventually something will come out that is worthy of being blown up to 8×10. This is our lovely, freaky, hairy cat named Psyche (seye’-kee). She is named for the Greek Goddess of the mind, continuing our tradition of adorning pets …