Archive for July, 2007

YES, THEY BLEND!

Hey, need a reason to stay home today? Just tell your boss that the office printer is killing you.
The humble office printer can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from cigarettes, according to a team of Australian scientists.
An investigation of a range of models showed that almost a third emit [...]

In this utterly moronic post (h/t Barefoot Bum), Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has taken to glurging about the most idiotic argument for god belief known to man, Pascal’s Wager. A .000000001% chance of going to hell has to be taken seriously, he says. So seriously that you’re obligated to believe anything he “god” tells [...]

Vice President Dick Cheney has had the battery in his pacemaker replaced.
The operation to replace his pacemaker battery was carried out at George Washington University Hospital in Washington.
During his June physical check-up, doctors said the pacemaker had been functioning properly and that the vice-president showed no signs of new coronary blockages.
Unfortunately, the vice-president also [...]

Sometimes I feel like the only “dieter” in the universe who hasn’t got some kind of eating disorder (been reading the wrong blogs again… bleh). People on fat acceptance blogs seem to take for granted that “dieting” is completely synonymous with “anorexia and exercise bulimia”. They talk about how it’s completely normal for parents to [...]

I read Richard Simmons’ message of the day every morning, and now I’m struggling to remember at what point he’s ever said anything useful or motivating to me. Clearly, the man’s target audience consists entirely of 400-lb compulsive eaters. I’ve known this for a while, too. But was there a point in the past when [...]

Oscar, cute fuzzy SPECTRE OF DEATH!

Kitteh is in ur nursing home, suckin the breath from ur old people!
Apparently Oscar the kitteh was adopted by a hospice center as a kitten and now spends his time grooming the terminal patients for their departure from this world! The medical staff think he’s just very good at predicting [...]

The correct plural of “penis” is “penes” or “penises”, not “peni” or “penii”. Likewise, the correct plural of “fetus” is “fetuses”, not “feti” or “fetii”. Just because a word comes from Latin and ends in -s does not mean you get free license to stick vowels on the end of it. Please forget everything you [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I was at Borders and had the opportunity to pick up some atheist literature — I thought it was about damn time I read some Dawkins.
But first, I decided to read “Atheism: A Very Short Introduction” by Julian Baggini. It is exactly what it says it is — [...]

See? See?? THIS is why Muslims can’t be Congresscritters!
America’s first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.
Uh oh. Keith, I’m sorry to break it to you, but that means you automatically lose.
Oh, [...]