As a fan of Penn & Teller's Bullshit it is disappointing to find out the Vatican episode was not included in the 7th season DVD set. Both Showtime and Penn & Teller have been silent on the omission. Even after numerous inquiries, there is still no word on the reason.

The missing episode exposes some major flaws in the way the Catholic Church ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here at home going through a medium size mountain of receipts. The TV is on providing some background noise when an ad runs for a new show called "A Thousand Ways To Die."

From the Spike TV web site:
1000 Ways to Die combines the science of living and the randomness of death with a dash of Darwinism. What actually happens when a ( Read more... )

My name is uplinktruck and I am addicted to Cops.

That would be the reality television series Cops. I used to think it was missing my EMS days or even chasing local beat news with a camera. But a comedian on the XM Radio Comedy Channel (150) explained it to me. Allow me to paraphrase: "People like to watch cops. I like to watch cops. It makes me ( Read more... )

Okay, this was really funny. My sister turned me on to Star wars in ASCII. It runs on Telnet. On my XP computer running Firefox the link launches a Telnet window. My sister says that if that doesn't work, to launch it by clicking Start and Run then entering "telnet towell.blinkenlights.nl" at the prompt. To take add sister's advice you need to ( Read more... )

Daytona Beach, FL - You know, I've seen the billboard on the Florida Turnpike and thought it was a joke. But today while picking up some rental gear right down the street from the place, I found out it's for real.

The Holy Land ExperienceI'll be damned! The Christian God and His Son have a theme park. Apparently that concept did not die with Jim ( Read more... )

Video of the day: The Running Machine
The Running Machine - Alternate Link


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Chris, a really good friend of mine for many years, sent this too me. It is just too cool not to share.

Chris Bliss

The world cannot be governed without juggling.
- John Selden

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My sister posted these thoughts on last night's opening ceremonies. I got a chuckle out of it.

Mrs. Whack, are you ready to go yet?

Andrew Kantor is becoming one of my favorite writers and columnists. His latest column for USA Today deals with proposed legislation that would put the FCC in charge of just about anything with video or audio outputs.
If this was law a few years ago, the entire digital music movement would have been stopped in its tracks. See, the RIAA fought tooth ( Read more... )