Another Project Completed
I’d been putting off finishing the blackboard. But The Wife lit a fire under me and the job got done. The final hurdle was figuring out how to get such a big thing — it’s four feet by four feet… Continue Reading
Month: July 2008
Update On The War On Drugs
Pot. Ganga. Weed. Chronic. Cannabis. The Sacrament. Hash. Skunk. Dope. Bud. Roach. Four-Twenty. Doobage. Reefer. Grass. Herb. Wacky Tobacci. Mary Jane. The list of euphemisms is thousands of entries long, but you know what I’m talking about — marijuana, that… Continue Reading
Straight Out Of The "What Are They Thinking?" Department
Let’s say you’re Ted Thompson, the General Manager of the Green Bay Packers. “Bus” Cook comes to you and says, “Brett wants to come back in 2008. He’s throwing fifty yards on a rope and he feels good. What do… Continue Reading
General Purpose Blogging
I’m not 100% sure I know what Nick at Cogitamus means by the phrase “general purpose blogging,” but I think I do. As I understand it, it means a blog that covers multiple areas of interest, on which one can… Continue Reading
I’m With The Christians On This One
A gay man in Michigan is suing publishers of Bibles because they published versions of the Bible that say homosexuality is a sin. Um. He alleges that the publication of Bibles characterizing homosexuality as sinful give him causes of action… Continue Reading
Fresh Nonsense For Your Contemplation
John Sidney McCain III, the presumptive Republican nominee for President in 2008, was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936, the son of two U.S. citizens. There is a way of interpreting case and statutory law to indicate that… Continue Reading
As And For An Affirmative Defense, Defendant Would Show That It’s God’s Fault
Oh, I’m all over this one. A Sevier County, Tennessee man is suing his church because he says the Holy Spirit knocked him over during a service, which resulted in him falling over and cracking his head open. He’s had… Continue Reading
Speculation About Equilibrium
I got this “open letter” in my e-mail today, from United Airlines. It would seem that the airlines are calling for regulation of the oil market in an effort to reduce the skyrocketing cost of their fuel. If I’ve uploaded… Continue Reading
The Cat’s Ass
“The Cat’s Ass.” Where did that phrase come from? It usually means “something that is very good” or “that’s worthy of approval.” But ask any cat owner. Like me. When one of our cats sits on my lap and I… Continue Reading
What You Can Do To Fight Unhinged Religious Hysteria
P.Z. Myers is a well-known biologist and outspoken critic of intelligent design theory. And a second-tier light in the godless blogosphere. Two days ago, he wrote about a number of Catholics becoming upset when a nutcase held a consecrated communion… Continue Reading