March 2010
1 post
February 2010
5 posts
Wiki of the Day - Space Colonization →
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a...
– Nietsche, naturally.
January 2010
10 posts
Norm MacDonald doing what he does best.
The latest from that other blog →
If You Printed Twitter
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By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son...
– Charles Wadsworth (via rulesformyunbornson)
December 2009
3 posts
Olympic Torch Photos are real purdy →
November 2009
6 posts
And what did I learn today?
Pyramid Schemes can be legal, while Ponzi Schemes never are.
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
4 posts
My Favourite Meatheads #1
As I strolled north up Talbot St. today I was passed by a slightly dirty white Ford pickup truck that was emblazoned with the following windshield decal:
Dodge Sucks.
Now, rather than convince me of its premise (that Dodge vehicles do, in fact, suck) or the antithesis of that premise (that Ford vehicles are actually “the suck”) I came to a distinct, but entirely reasonable,...
I had a laugh in the shower...
no, not because I looked at my genitals (nice try at cracking wise, though) but because I saw this slogan on the packaging of my chosen body wash:
Dial: Maintenance for your Mansuit.
(sighs) Oh, my mansuit. If only it had been better tailored.
Stimuli
Before returning to this forum I needed the right stimulus.
I found it yesterday.
While walking home I passed an unlikely pair of men on the picturesque Blackfriars Bridge. One looked like that personal trainer from The Biggest Loser. The other looked like a competitor.
The swarthier of the duo was wearing a t-shirt that neatly read: “Meatpoop”.
“All is right in the...
April 2009
4 posts
Owe Balma
The way my tv’s caption function recognizes the US President’s name.
Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result...
– Roger Ebert, “The Boulder Pledge”
March 2009
22 posts
It looks as if my Uncle Todd may have finally met his match, much to the delight of those with whom he celebrates Thanksgiving.
FoodPairing - What fits well with...
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Sanibel Arms West →
Never has one week felt so damn far away…
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NOW REMOVED
The title sequence of “Watchmen”.
Frame of Reference: the year is 1985 and the world has followed a different course of history: masked crime-fighters are real, their place in society a matter of grave debate.
Here, then, is that alternate history, set to an extended play of Dylan’s, “These Times They Are A Changin’”
Powerful stuff,...
The Economist- How To Stop The Drug War →
A reasonable case for the switch in drug policy that very few want to talk about.
The question that really underpins it all is this: if you think legalization is a bad idea, what is about the current drug policy that you believe is “working”?
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From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I...
– Sir Winston Churchill
Tumblet up and running. All systems go.