Cloned Beef
Turns out, cloned beef tastes just like the beef it was cloned from. Same thing for the milk that is drawn from the cloned cows. Kind of obvious that it would be that way, when you think about it. You… Continue Reading
Month: December 2006
The Holiday For The Rest Of Us
Well, here it is. It’s finally arrived — the big holiday! Happy Festivus to all the Loyal Readers! May your aluminum pole be simple and unadorned. May your dinner be rich and delicious, and drink deeply of the Festivus Wine!… Continue Reading
News Choices
Turning to CNN.com this morning, I scanned the headlines to see what articles interested me. The lead story was “Rape charged dropped against three Duke lacrosse players“. Pass. Then the #2 story was “Denver blizzard snarls air traffic“. Certainly a… Continue Reading
Santa Sassy
Karma The Reindeer
Getting Hitched in Tennessee? Not So Much…
In order to protect the sanctity of marriage, Tennessee voters passed the Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment. That way, no same-sex couples will be able to be married in Tennessee. That way, the sacred and ancient institution of marriage will be… Continue Reading
Big Charity
An interesting observation in the New York Times: Of the top four charitable givers in United States history, three were or are nonbelievers (self-described atheists or agnostics): Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Andrew Carnegie. The fourth is John D. Rockefeller,… Continue Reading
Trial of the Century
Today, I finished a two-day unlawful detainer trial. Two days? You ask. How can an unlawful detainer trial possibly take two days? Well, I’ll tell you. The defendant has the right to propound discovery, which they did. They have the… Continue Reading
Shooting the Messengers
It’s puzzling to me why this isn’t getting more press in the U.S. media. A Palestinian doctor and five nurses from Bulgaria, on a mission in Libya, diagnosed an outbreak of pediatric AIDS in 1999. They were promptly charged with,… Continue Reading
Oh, You Think I’m Bitter?
Check this out. A friend said at lunch today, “You know, I can’t wait for the bird flu to hit. You know, thin out the herd a bit.” Then we talked about the effects felt by Western civilization as a… Continue Reading