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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Often, when nerds throw their considerable energy into frivolous pursuits, we get spectacular results. Witness the fleet of elaborate, paper-model Star Wars ships, the clever, effects-laden lightsaber fight, and the Transformers costumes that actually transform. On occasion, however, an errant nerd will miss the mark… by a mile. And where would such a nerd go [...]
“Sheepery” (n.): An unforeseen factor causing the ruination of a project, effort, or state-of-being.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Two recent developments point toward an unsettling trend. 1) Scientists have created a sheep that is 15% human. I’ll give you a moment if you need to let that sink in. Still with me? Yes, 85/15 sheep/human. Which parts are human!?, you ask. Well, the organ parts, that’s what. Because professors at the University of [...]
BABE Rally 2007: A road rally that’s really not as good as it sounds.
Friday, May 18th, 2007BABE 2007. What a poor choice of name for what is not at all an international swimsuit competition. Rather, it’s a 1,300-mile road rally from New York to New Orleans (hence, BigApple2BigEasy) in which the contestants drive death-traps-on-wheels. On purpose. And, based on what I’ve seen of the vehicles, I should use the term “wheels†[...]
As if parking in San Francisco wasn’t bad enough…
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Lord Yahweh bless the fountains of creativity spewing from the overactive, under-employed hipsters of San Francisco. Last week, this slip of paper appeared on my car’s windshield, right where you’d expect to find a parking ticket. That’s not handwritten… someone went to the trouble of creating and printing that on a computer. Wow. The effort [...]
Drunk Captain America Arrested in Florida
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Hasn’t Captain America been through enough, lately? Now he has to suffer this headline on the WFTV Channel 9 Web site: Captain America Arrested With Burrito In Pants Christ on a cracker. Apparently some 54-year-old doctor on a pub crawl with his other costume-clad doctor buddies stuffed a burrito down the front of his jeans [...]
Real-Life Batman Pulls a “Pied Piper” to Save Children from Invading Rat Hordes
Friday, April 20th, 2007The Hesperia Star reports that Batman has been spotted again, this time playing a flute near a group of children at a bus stop in Hesperia, CA. (How he does like to watch over the children!) As anyone who is familiar with the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Hesperia?) knows, Batman was clearly luring an infestation [...]
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