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It’s been almost six years(!) since the last time I linked to the blog of my American friend and colleague, Dr. J.  Gotta cross-link to your homies to keep our Google rankings up!  Anyway, Dr. J works for the US gov’t, so he may be obligated to write political tracts in support of the incoming Stalinist ( Read more... )

A horse walks into a bar.  The barman says "Why the long face?"  The horse says "As an anthropomorphic horse, I fit in neither with humans nor my own kind, and have thus lived a life of loneliness ( Read more... )

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C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors ( Read more... )

Dave Barry "retired" some time ago, but he's still writing, if you like that sort of thing.  For some reason, I find the second half of the year to be much funnier.

July: A tragic fatal drama plays out on the streets of New York City, where police officers fire 183 bullets into a man who, according to witnesses, was about to take a sip from a Big ( Read more... )

Note: One of my recurring nightmares is realizing that I've forgotten to write a Note for [these blog posts].  Why it always ends with me losing a Jell-O match to the Lorax on Tatooine remains a mystery.

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If people would just return to the 'two sleeps' pattern of their ancestors, that would save energy (we'd go to bed earlier), increase the birth rate (nothing else to do between the two sleeps), and increase environmentalism (by bringing us back into tune with Nature).  The reason why 'two sleeps' is never mentioned in the Bible is because the House ( Read more... )

"Some things have evolved many times on Earth such as hearts, eyes and jointed limbs, and the four 'F's - flight, fur, photosynthesis and sex," says Jack Cohen, a reproductive biologist who has helped science fiction authors design plausible aliens for their books.
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Tim Minchin's White Wine in the Sun:

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Besides the ridiculously large number of syllables attached to so few beats, one can also appreciate the bizarre fingering on some of the piano chords (Minchin gave up piano lessons after three years and is now mostly self-taught).

Further info: Wikipedia entry, lyrics.

Hat tip: Pharyngula.