I've seen a number of studies and surveys that show women having a preference for a man who makes them laugh. I've also read about a study or two that showed that women tend to have a more advanced sense of humor than men. Advanced being more word based and less physical based. This leads me to think that we are selecting for humor ( Read more... )

My previous experience with black friday is generally going to stores to watch people go crazy trying to buy stuff. This year I tried out the crazy. On Thanksgiving I saw some Fry's ads for amazing deals that would be happening on Friday so I considered going early, around 6AM. I was talking to Terry at the Thanksgiving dinner and he said that if I ( Read more... )

What's your honest reaction to this story from The Week:

Waco, Texas
Church tragedy: The pastor of a Texas church was electrocuted this week when he grabbed a microphone while standing in a baptismal pool. About 800 people watched helplessly as the Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, of University Baptist Church in Waco, began flailing after he stepped into the ( Read more... )

So soon after posting about Dirty Found, I was again in the book shop and discovered that Found #4 just came out. It's worth it for the Rod Serling letters alone. Also in it is their tour schedule; here's some relevant stops:

• Oct 26 - Seattle - University Books - 7:30PM
• Oct 30 - Santa Cruz - Bookshop Santa Cruz - 7:30PM
• Nov 1 - Berkeley - Cody's ( Read more... )

When I go to Bookshop Santa Cruz I make sure to check if there are any new issues of Found Magazine, usually to be met with disappointment. It isn't the most regular of publications. I was happy to find that they publish a "Dirty Found" magazine filled with all the things that people sent in that couldn't published normally. Some of it is indeed ( Read more... )

Not to hurt the good name of bugs by association, but I think this comparison really works. It was after watching and reading a lot about terrorists lately and then watching a documentary and reading an article on bug stings and bites that I realized the similarities ( Read more... )