The bartender says, "We don't serve tachyons in here."
A tachyon walks into a bar.

Update: Looks like I'm (predictably) not the first person to think of it, though: several other versions appear here

I'm wondering if anyone has a spare Google Voice invite? I'm terrible at checking my voicemail, and something that transcribed it and emailed it to me would be truly a "killer app" for helping me keep in touch with people.

Hayelp!

Rethinking the physical underpinnings of thought.
Ancient beer recipes FTW.

Damn it, I want solutions, not just a clearer understanding of the problem.

How to raise happy, confident children.

Pet adoption service run by atheists for post-Rapture pets. Ethical business contract, or scamming the gullible? You decide. The debate is already going on in the comments.

Well, at least the first one's funny.

Going Rouge. The funniest part is how many of her fans are certain to buy it by mistake. And, yes, I'm making fun of their intellect.

Pro-life logic fail. Praise Crisis Pregnancy Centers, while condemning the social services to which they direct pregnant women.

A handy list of cognitive distortions. ( Read more... )

Good interview with Margaret Atwood.
Sustainable agriculture done right.

From a recent IM conversation:

( lj-cut for black humor about triggery topic )

My company is looking for a hella smart Java programmer to work with me in Boston for two months (November and December). Technically, you'd be working with me for three weeks in November and 2.5 weeks in December, and working the rest of the time on your own in Boston while I collaborated with you remotely from Seattle ( Read more... )