So it's been quite a while since I've posted here. So, what's going on with me ( Read more... )

So, I saw this bumper sticker promoting people buying products made in the USA. It was text, and a photo of the top of the Statue of Liberty. Which was made in France ( Read more... )

You know, I'm almost certain that if better pre-construction investigation had been done, they could have found a better spot to build a hotel, a botique, and a swinging hotspot. A brownfield, or an area needing redevelopment. Both of which would have had better infrastructure and transit, which could have allowed for a smaller parking lot, or ( Read more... )

John Egbert is king of the trolls. He fools them all with his derpy innocence, then knocks over their whole worlds. All of them.

At least we know if the laws of physics were to suddenly change one day, we'd notice, because of the innumerable high school and college science classes replicating basic experiments every day.

So I was reading the comments on The Ferret's post about manilness and somebody linked to the website The Art of Manliness, and I clicked over because I was curious, and I was ready to make jokes about it, but then I saw the title bar ( Read more... )

They Might Be Giants' album Flood came out 20 years ago Tuesday.

I realized this when I re-listened to the album today and the intro was talking about "a brand new record for 1990.

Everybody who feels old now raise your hand.

Yay, research!

... Now I just need to figure out how to make the time work, and the money.

Also, I need to find time to build a trebuchet. A fairly little one, for practice.

A collection of WWII Political cartoons by Dr. Seuss

I'm sure you've all heard about the guy who sails around stalking and harassing whaling fleets by now.

10 important social psychology studies on why people do dumb stuff.

A professor bet that a transhuman AI in a box would be able to talk people into letting it out. He would play the AI. Two people so far have volunteered as "gatekeepers" and bet $10 on the experiment. Each time, he convinced them to let him out.