Creationism: Noah saved dinosaurs from flood
Have you heard? The Creation Museum in Kentucky is open! And it sounds more fantastic than Disneyland! Here’s a quote from today’s “New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark” article at Reuters.com: While the $27 million museum near Cincinnati has drawn snickers from media and condemnation from U.S. scientists, those who believe God created […]
A Fair(y) Use Tale, Smashing Pumpkins, NBA lottery
Today I have five things to mention: 1. Eric Faden, an assistant professor of English and film studies at Bucknell University, created a 10-minute video called “A Fair(y) Use Tale” using 400 cuts from 27 different Disney films to mock copyright law (and Disney). It’s certainly worth checking out. As you may know, Disney has […]
Abraham Lincoln’s death (and Tecumseh’s Curse)
Once again I am awake at a ridiculous hour on Monday morning. What have I learned? That President Abraham Lincoln might have survived if today’s medical technology had existed when he was shot in the back of his head in 1865. Last week medical experts took on the case of Abraham Lincoln at the 13th […]
Conspiratorial ramblings: Fanta, Coke, Big Pharma and Monsanto
What makes for good Friday night conversation among friends? Some MSG-laden take-out Chinese and a few cans of orange Fanta. Here’s a summary of some bits of yesterday’s conversation and associated (plagiarized) Internet research: Q. Wasn’t Fanta invented by Nazis? Isn’t this a Nazi drink? A. No, but kind of. Fanta was invented in Nazi […]
Earth Day 2007 equals Grindhouse
So, we were thinking about playing tennis or going for a hike, you know, to recognize that today is Earth Day and all . . . but then the sky clouded up and it started sprinkling. Which pretty much gave us no recourse but to spend 3 1/2 hours in Regal Santiam 11 watching Grindhouse. […]
Death and taxes (plus NIN and Nintendo)
Today is Tax Day 2007. This year the government decided to give procrastinators an extra day to procrastinate (except for the state of Montana, who, when reached for comment, said, “Screw you guys,” and shot a rifle into the air like a crazy cowboy). I, of course, took the opportunity to wait one more day […]
Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67
On Sunday, February 20, 2005, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. Another member of the American counter-culture has been lost. There are apparently plans in the works to blast his cremated remains out of some sort of cannon, as was his […]
Bush-Kerry debate cartoon **
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The Presidential Better Hair Theory **
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Armchair activism **
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