Reuben Sandwich Review

Keep your toes crossed!

2006-03-10T11:52:00.000-06:00

NASA is 2 of 4 in getting their machines into orbit around Mars. Today at 4pm the latest attempt will be made. Just merging into traffic on a freeway makes the reuben reviewer nervous. Yikes! Is Vegas taking bets on this event?

Lethal Injection

2005-09-12T16:35:00.000-05:00

This article reveals that there may be little medical evidence to suggest that lethal injection is a humane way to carry out executions. The author suggests many states and courts go out of their way to hide the evidence that current procedures are inhumane. Who knew the methods used to carry out executions are "state secrets"? Note that the drug combination Missouri uses to execute humans been banned (by Missouri law) from use on animals. Hmmmm...

"Johnston's attorneys, backed by a growing cadre of death-penalty experts, maintain that while advances in medical science have yielded an arsenal of more humane drugs, corrections departments continue to rely on an archaic method unchanged since lethal injection was introduced in 1977. The combination of barbiturates and Pavulon has been publicly condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association for euthanizing animals, and Johnston's attorneys argue that its use on humans "violates contemporary standards of decency." "

"Veterinarians, on the other hand, have been studying how to humanely euthanize animals for decades. In a report published in 2001, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) condemned the chemical combination of sodium pentothal and Pavulon for animal euthanasia. Similarly, Missouri veterinary regulations prohibit the barbiturate/Pavulon sequence."

Health Insurance for Pets

2005-08-02T14:57:00.000-05:00

This is not a joke. Another American company is offering health insurance for employees and their pets.

"Coverage for Pets Now Available — As part of the Flexible Benefit Choices program to help you meet your personal needs, COMPANY-X has contracted with MetLife to offer a new voluntary benefit — Health Insurance for Pets.
If your pet is sick or injured, MetLife’s health insurance for pets can help you pay for your pet’s diagnostic tests, office visits, prescriptions, lab fees, X-rays, surgeries, and routine care. Your pet will be covered for qualified services at any licensed veterinarian or animal hospital worldwide.
Premium rates will be based on your home state and on the type and age of your pet. Two coverage levels are available for dogs and cats; you can receive coverage for birds, rabbits, reptiles and other pets through the Avian and Exotic Pet Plan. More details will arrive soon in home mailings. You also can call 1-800-GET-MET8 or visit www.metlife.com/mybenefits.
A recent survey by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association found that 62 percent of U.S. households have pets — up 10 million from 1992."

Swiss Cheese

2005-07-20T12:15:00.000-05:00

By now most of you have heard of Google maps. You may not have noticed they are offering maps of the Apollo landing sites on the moon. Set the zoom to maximum to find the easter egg left by Google.

So much for Montana

2005-07-13T12:41:00.000-05:00

State troopers in Montana have been ordered to stop at least one motorist an hour, even if they have to choose a car at random. The reason? Catching drunk drivers. Enough said. Read all about it.

Prison wine

2005-07-11T17:16:00.000-05:00

Check out blog post about making prison wine. Complete with pictures.

A sample:

First we sampled the red prison wine. It was sour, but certainly not terrible. And the good news was it was definitely wine... like... ish. It was surprisingly dry. All the sugar was gone. Then again, if you were sugar, would you have stayed in that shitty-ass garbage bag?

We were all pleasantly surprised.

Regarding Red Prison Wine

Anthony: "I would drink this in prison."

Steve: "I would drink this in high school!"

Then there was the "white" wine. This one's aroma was slightly more earthy. Do you know that smell of grass right after it's cut? That's nice. I was just making chit-chat, because this smelled like rotten eggs tucked into the anus of a dead cat.

Falling bodies

2005-07-06T13:13:00.000-05:00

A cool simulation of a human body falling through space. If she gets stuck push the refresh button to start over.

Industrial Photos

2005-07-05T11:58:00.000-05:00

Some cool photos created by a guy at Stanford. Check out the ship breaking and quarry shots.

Spooky map

2005-07-01T17:57:00.000-05:00

Check out this interactive map of the US that shows each casualty of the war standing on his/her hometown. The map starts out bare(prewar) and is populated by clicking a button on the web page. After reaching 500 or so the map gets crowded and, well spookey.

Eminent Domain

2005-06-29T10:02:00.000-05:00

This is beautiful... The Lost Liberty Hotel

Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land.

superfluidity

2005-06-24T14:50:00.000-05:00

"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity. " ...

Waiter Rant

2005-06-24T14:37:00.000-05:00

Here is a link to a decent blog. If you have the time the guy posts some funny stuff.

Step aside Mr. Nixon

2005-06-15T12:39:00.000-05:00

Amazingly the 'liberal' media in the US is ignoring what could be the biggest story in generations.

UK memo on war plans & lies
"Ministers were told of need for Gulf war ‘excuse’ - Michael Smith

MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that
Britain was committed to taking part in an
American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no
choice but to find a way of making it legal.

The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing
paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back
military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a
summit at the Texas ranch of President George W
Bush three months earlier.

The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of
Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that
since regime change was illegal it was “necessary
to create the conditions” which would make it
legal. "

"AfterDowningStreet.org, another website set up
as a result of the memo, is calling for a
congressional committee to consider whether
Bush’s actions as depicted in the memo constitute
grounds for impeachment. "

All work and no play

2005-06-03T13:23:00.000-05:00

This site has some cool FLASH games. Try one at work, your boss will understand!

Newgrounds.com

Pot calls kettle black

2005-06-03T10:37:00.000-05:00

Residents of the Hilltop Mobile Home Court have blocked the construction of a new homeless shelter in their neighborhood. Their argument is the shelter would "diminish or impair property values" in the area. Hmmmm, do these people realize they are living in a trailer park?

Ironically, according to the Press Citizen...
"The shelter's arrest rate, however, is lower than that of nearby Hilltop Mobile Home Court"

Art / Science

2005-06-02T12:33:00.000-05:00

Check out this gallery of art created by Princeton University scientists.

Some goodies from "Reason Express".

2005-06-01T12:04:00.000-05:00

Check out Reason Magazine online.

"Highway Patrol, Pre-Crime Division (6/1)
Matthew Smith has worked as a motorcycle courier for 15 years, and he says he doesn't have a single speeding citation on his record. But London, England, police recently sent him a ticket for doing 39 mph in a 30 mph zone. He was allegedly clocked by an automatic camera. But Smith noted the date of the alleged offense was four days after the date the ticket was issued. This isn't the first time motorists have received tickets for future offenses from "speed cameras" in London. Police, at first, insisted these were isolated events. But after Smith pointed out the incorrect date, they dropped charges against him.

Locked, Loaded, and Untrimmed (5/31)
When soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team boarded a charter flight from Savannah to Kuwait, they carried all of their personal arms with them: rifles, shotguns, pistols. But they didn't carry any pocket knives, nose-hair clippers, or cigarette lighters. In keeping with FAA regulations, they had to give up all of those items before getting on the airplane, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporters embedded with the unit. "

Resistance is Futile!

2005-05-31T17:13:00.000-05:00

Geeez! Apparently the insurance industry decides which movies are produced and which actors get hired. http://slate.msn.com/id/2119328/

Open house at RSR

2005-05-27T14:16:00.000-05:00

This is funny. RSR mentioned the fan club for the Star Wars character Admiral Piett in a post on May 20. On that day traffic to RSR jumped from an average of 15 visitors to over 1100. This blog hasn't seen that much action since Micheal Jackson was mentioned.

Sharp Pointed Stick Control

2005-05-27T13:00:00.000-05:00

First they came for the gun owners...the drinkers...smokers...pot heads...cell phone users...

British Medical Experts Campaign for Long, Pointy Knife Control
'The authors of an editorial in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal have called for knife reform. The editorial, "Reducing knife crime: We need to ban the sale of long, pointed kitchen knives," notes that the knives are being used to stab people as well as roasts and the odd tin of Spam.' - Note: Does anyone know if this is a joke? It smells like Onion material. On the other hand, wearing a mask in public is now illegal in some states.

Bali Express

2005-05-27T12:45:00.000-05:00

This woman is singing the "witting drug mule" blues.

20 years for 9 pounds

"The case has galvanized public opinion in Australia, with a recent survey showing 90 percent thought Corby was innocent, believing her defense argument that the drugs found in her possession were planted by baggage handlers in Australia. Corby's defense team was buoyed by news Australian Federal Police and Qantas Airways were investigating the role of baggage handlers in a cocaine smuggling operation."

Mac Heads

2005-05-25T17:25:00.000-05:00

For all the Mac heads out there...click on this!

Starter Homes

2005-05-25T11:54:00.000-05:00

DOH! Anyone know the median income in San Fran? Who the heck can afford a house at $760 a sq ft?

"Another reason San Francisco's children are disappearing: Family housing in the city is especially scarce and expensive. A two-bedroom, 1,000-square-foot starter home is considered a bargain at $760,000."

Finally, a Admiral Piett fan club!

2005-05-20T12:38:00.000-05:00

Someone finally got around to creating an Admiral Piett fan club. Membership in the club is free. Everyone should join and show support for Piett because...

"It is a dark time for the Galactic Empire. The deaths of Darth Vader and the Emperor have left the Empire crushed, leaderless, and despondent... Into the vacuum of leadership steps ... [Piett] ... " ... blah, blah, blah. You get the point. Just join already. You know you want to, so do it now!

Speaking of girls & baseball

2005-05-19T11:21:00.000-05:00

Katie is lucky she doesn't live in Rochester, Minnesota.

"In a league of her own Girl, 11, throws perfect game against all-boys team"
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 18, 2005, 1:07 PM EDT
"OAKFIELD, N.Y. -- Katie Brownell is a shy 11-year-old girl of few words...Brownell is the only girl in the Oakfield-Alabama Little League baseball program in this community about halfway between Buffalo and Rochester. On Saturday, that didn't stop her from accomplishing something league officials can't remember anybody -- boy or girl -- ever doing...She threw a perfect game for the Dodgers in an 11-0 victory over the Yankees. How dominant was she? She struck out all 18 batters she faced in the six-inning victory. She never got to a three-ball count on any of them."

"Mine is in my hand and ready to use"

2005-05-18T16:40:00.000-05:00

"HA HA" funny quotes from Greg Gillespie's web site:
Wait...what is he talking about?...

"Mine is in my hand and ready to use"
"(bonus) accessible even when wearing chaps"
"How fast can you Whip yours out"
"Mine looks like this"
"In a real bad situation...I’d never let you touch yours"
"Wasted Motion is Wasted Time"
"So I just put every action on the planet to shame"
"Out and open with one handed operation"

"Big bulky thing on your belt...That thing [is] very slow compared to mine and also very predictable [. i know] what your next move is going to be. You have to pull it out. Your elbow leads the way across and away from your body. Also think about how hard it is to get that thing back in the holster... To me it looks like the world just slowed down . It’s so obvious that it is a big clumsy thing on your belt. Ridiculous."

Equally screwed

2005-05-18T16:12:00.000-05:00

It would have been cheaper to just cancel the boys' baseball program and give all of the equipment to the girls' teams...

Lights Out (5/18)
"When the sun goes down, baseball games at Rochester, Minnesota's Century, John Marshall, and Mayo high schools come to a halt. All the fields have lights, and the school district has paid its electricity bills. But it decided it can't turn the lights on because of Title IX, the federal law that requires equal treatment for male and female students in athletics. Following a complaint from a parent, the school asked the federal Office of Civil Rights to look at its athletic programs. The feds said girls' softball fields didn't measure up to the boys' baseball fields. The school system put in new press boxes, bleachers, batting cages and sound systems, but it didn't have to money for lights, too. So, to even things up, it said the baseball teams couldn't use their lights. School officials say they never had any complaints from softball players or coaches about the quality of their facilities. " ROCHESTER, Minn.

National Socialist Movement on campus

2005-05-16T14:39:00.000-05:00

WOW!
America's Nazi Party

From Wired News -
"TEANECK, N.J. (AP) -- Jordan Ingram always thought his history professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University was a little quirky. Jacques Pluss certainly had an unusual style, Ingram recalled. But Ingram, who is black, never thought his professor was a racist _ until after Pluss was fired.

Pluss said he was dismissed in March because university officials learned of his involvement in the National Socialist Movement, which bills itself "America's Nazi Party." School officials said he was let go for missing too many classes.
...
Just after dismissal, Pluss went on "White Viewpoint," a radio show on the National Socialist Movement Web site. He talked about FDU as a "Jewish plutocratic university" and
described the school's men's basketball team as "nigger to the core."

"They (the players) have absolutely no right to be in that classroom because they do not possess either the merit or the enhanced intelligence to be there," Pluss said on the show.
...
The group, whose members wear Nazi regalia at its meetings, sometimes has joint meetings with the Ku Klux Klan.

The party's 25-point platform includes limiting U.S. citizenship to non-Jewish, straight whites. Nonwhites should not be allowed to enter the country and those already here should be
"required to leave the nation forthwith and return to their land of origin: peacefully or by force," it states. "

Driving while pregnant? Enjoy being tortured?

2005-05-11T10:20:00.000-05:00

Has anyone noticed Tasers are routinly being used to coerce suspects into complying with commands from police officers? Isn't inflicting physical pain as a means of coercion considered torture? Isn't torture illegal? Is torture justified in some circumstances?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/223578_taser10.html The key sentence is "The officers testified that was meant as a final warning, as a way to demonstrate the device was painful and that Brooks should comply with their orders."

"Brooks testified she didn't even know what it was when Jones showed it to her and pulled the trigger, allowing her to hear the crackle of 50,000 volts of electricity. The officers testified that was meant as a final warning, as a way to demonstrate the device was painful and that Brooks should comply with their orders. When she still did not exit her car, Jones applied the Taser." Apparently the police applied the taser to the woman at least 3 times on different parts of her body.

Definitions from dictionary.com:

tor·ture
- Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

co·erce
- To force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; compel.
- To dominate, restrain, or control forcibly: coerced the strikers into compliance.
- To bring about by force or threat: efforts to coerce agreement.

Computer monitor cleaner

2005-04-29T11:48:00.000-05:00

The majority of computer users have figured out how to wipe the dust off the exterior of their monitor screen. However many are baffled as to how to get to the dust that collects on the inside of the screen. This web site offers a solution.

How big is Jesus?

2005-04-28T17:33:00.000-05:00

Another blogger calculates the mass of Jesus...

"I've been thinking about transubstantiation, the belief of many branches of Christianity that when you take communion, the bread and wine transform physically into the flesh and blood of Christ. According to the Catholic Church as late as 1965, this is literally true, not just symbolism: the flesh is present, the bread is gone. So let's run some numbers..." Jesus calculations

Dog with no legs

2005-04-27T11:36:00.000-05:00

- Where Do You Find a Dog With No Legs?
Right Where You Left Him.

- Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?
Because It Scares The Dog.

- What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work?
A Stick

- What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.

Some new jokes at RSR Humor

Helicopter Flying Game

2005-04-27T11:23:00.000-05:00

This online game is a nice diversion. It works through Internet Explorer so no install, etc. is required. Flying Game

Processing....Processing....

2005-04-21T13:30:00.000-05:00

Here is an online game you can use to test your typing skills.

Check out Processing, a programming language for the multimedia crowd.

slime-mold beetle

2005-04-15T11:22:00.000-05:00

Show some respect for the president...

"ITHACA, New York (AP) -- Not just
anybody can say he has a
slime-mold beetle named in his
honor. But George W. Bush, Dick
Cheney and Donald H. Rumsfeld
can.

Entomologists Quentin Wheeler and
Kelly B. Miller, who recently had the
task of naming 65 newly discovered
species of slime-mold beetles, named
three species after the president, vice
president and defense secretary.

The monikers: Agathidium bushi Miller
and Wheeler, Agathidium cheneyi Miller
and Wheeler, and Agathidium rumsfeldi
Miller and Wheeler."

"The end to all Disease"

2005-04-14T17:48:00.000-05:00

If their catalog of proven technology doesn't satisfy you the geniuses at Future Horizons have the temerity to title a web page "strange science". BTW the folks at FH have a new buddy at Radionics Magic.

A few gems from the Future Horizons web site:

"What if someone invented a machine that could cure virtually any disease and was affordable to buy and easy to use? ... Well this machine does exist and has been around for decades! " medicine machine
- Yeah, but can it cure a hangover?

The all time favorite Time Machine.
- You go first!

Oh, and they have a cool UFO detector too.
- xenophobe

And the ever popular "plasma sabers".
- "looks amazingly similar to the real thing"! Enough said.

Who Says Men Aren't Sensitive!

2005-04-08T11:21:00.000-05:00

A woman meets a gorgeous man in a bar.
They talk, they connect, they end up leaving together.
They go back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment, she notices that his bedroom is completely packed with sweet cuddly teddy bears. Hundreds of cute small bears on a shelf all the way along the floor. Cuddly medium sized ones on a shelf a little higher. Huge enormous bears on the top shelf along the wall.
The woman is surprised that this guy would have a collection of teddy bears, especially one that's so extensive, but she decides not to mention this to him, and actually is quite impressed by this evidence of his sensitive side! She turns to him, invitingly... they kiss... and then they rip each other's clothes off and make hot steamy love.
After she has this intense night of passion with this sensitive guy, and they are lying there together in the afterglow, the woman rolls over and asks, smiling, "Well, how was it for you?"
The guy yawns, "Help yourself to any prize from the bottom shelf."

High tech theives hit ATMs.

2005-04-01T10:21:00.000-06:00

See http://collisiondetection.net/

"Next time you use a bank machine, check closely to make sure it's the real thing. Cops in San Francisco report that thieves are now installing fake overlays on banking ATMs. The fakes swallow your card, record your PIN, and report that they're out of service; the thieves show up later to remove the fake overlay and harvest the cards and collected PINs."

outsource it all

2005-03-11T12:58:00.000-06:00

McDonald's is considering using remote call centers to take orders at drive through windows. Is this really necessary? A call center in India taking orders for freedom fries in PoDunk USA? There is something sinister and spooky about this concept.

Piss in the cup... or else!

2005-03-11T12:25:00.000-06:00

Apparently torture is legal in Florida. You don't want to provide a urine sample? No problem. Florida cops will tie you to a hospital bed and then shoot you with a Taser until you comply.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff, authorities said.

Antonio Wheeler, 18, was arrested Friday on a drug charge and taken to an emergency room after telling officers he had consumed cocaine, police said.

Because Wheeler said he had used the drugs, Florida Hospital officials wanted a urine sample. A police affidavit said Wheeler wouldn't provide a sample on his own, so workers tried to catheterize him to get one.

The police document said Wheeler was handcuffed to a hospital bed and then secured with leather straps after he refused to urinate in a cup. When medical staff tried to insert a catheter to get the sample, Wheeler refused and began thrashing around, the affidavit said.

At one point, police officer Peter Linnenkamp reported, he jumped on the bed with his knees on Wheeler's chest to restrain him. When Wheeler still refused to let the catheter be inserted, Linnenkamp said he twice used his Taser, which sends 50,000 volts into a target.

"After the second shock (Wheeler) stated he would urinate and calmed down enough to be given the portable urinal," Linnenkamp wrote.

Chicken Harvest

2005-03-07T15:01:00.000-06:00

Iowa farmers will be cluckin' about the new chicken harvester from Bright Coop, Inc.. The video of the machine in action is a must see.

RIP Jef Raskin

2005-02-28T13:35:00.000-06:00

From Wired Mag:
"Jef Raskin, a computer interface expert who conceived Apple Computer's groundbreaking Macintosh computer but left the company before it came to market, has died. He was 61...
Raskin joined Apple in 1978 — as its 31st employee...
'His role on the Macintosh was the initiator of the project, so it wouldn't be here if it weren't for him,' said Andy Hertzfeld, an early Mac team member."

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law...

2005-02-28T12:10:00.000-06:00

The Guardian:
"Undeterred, a couple of students from Cornwall are intent on making American criminal history by spending their summer breaking as many US laws as possible.
Starting in the liberal state of California, they hope to evade the attention of local police officers when they ride a bike in a swimming pool and curse on a crazy-golf course. In the far more conservative - and landlocked - state of Utah, they will risk the penitentiary when they hire a boat and attempt to go whale-hunting."

continue...

More dumb laws at dumblaw.com

Sorry I'm late honey, what's for dinner?

2005-02-25T12:57:00.000-06:00

From Ananova

"A Dutch tourist has finally returned home after five months stranded in a Brazilian airport.

Sheridan Gregorio was stuck at Fortaleza airport after he spent all his money on holiday.

He had a return ticket to get home but did not realise that he also had to pay airport tax.

After missing his flight, he was told he had also lost his ticket because it was non-refundable.

With no money, Mr Gregorio resorted to sleeping in the airport and cleaning restaurants in exchange for food and some money.

After he saved enough for the airport tax, Brazilian police negotiated with the airline to let him use his old ticket to go home.

Mr Gregorio told Jornal da Globo: 'The Brazilian people were really nice to me, they treated me well.'"

Go blow it out yer ear!

2005-02-25T12:50:00.000-06:00

"Wei Mingtang, 55, a factory worker from Guilin city, Guangxi province, discovered his ears leaked air over 30 years ago reports Nanguo Morning News. He then came up with the idea of using them to inflate balloons with the aid of a pipe."

Silly monk

2005-02-25T12:37:00.000-06:00

From Ananova:
"Phra Khru Prapatworakhun, a Buddhist monk, ... had gone to the temple's medicine cabinet looking for eye drops to soothe an itch. But mistakenly, he took a tube of superglue instead.'...I put four drops into each eye. In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed.'" Eyes Glued Shut

Similar to the real thing!

2005-02-22T15:57:00.000-06:00

RSR found the best'ist web site in the whole wide world! Where else can you get light sabers, time machines, free-energy machines, jet packs, etc.? Check out these quotes from Future Horizons Inc.(FHI)

(FHI): "This Hyper-Dimensional Resonator hooks up to the head of the user and by setting the dial, it will allow it's user to spontaneously astral project. And once your able to astral project, you can travel in space and time either to the future or the past. This is no joke!! Plugs into a normal 110 volt outlet."
(RSR): Ok, so you want me to attach this thing to my head and then plug it into a wall outlet. How many times have you guys done this?

(FHI): "The Plasma Saber looks amazingly similar to the real thing when activated."
(RSR): Really!? Similar to the "real thing"?

(FHI): "Time Machines... NOTE:This section of our site is considered highly experimental."
(RSR): Oh please, don't be so humble!

(FHI): "Wishing Machine (upgraded) Imagine if you had 3 wishes. Well with this device, you have as many as you want. The equivilant of an electronic genie, it amplifies users brain waves to make your wishes literally come true! Be careful what you wish for."
(RSR): Dude, you arn't kidding! I could like wish to spend the rest of my life inside a beautiful woman and end up being turned into a tampon! That would suck!

And finally, forget about the G-Spot...
(FHI): "G-Strain Amplifier The transistorized gravity-strain amplifier derives power from the gravitational field manipulation of positrons. One embodiment generates 21 volts from 15v input =162% efficiency!"

War On Fun

2005-02-22T12:52:00.000-06:00

From Reason:
"The New York Times notes that states are cracking down on Texas hold 'em tournaments in bars, even when there are no entry fees and no real stakes. In a Minnesota raid last summer, "20 officers, guns bared, burst into the bar," seizing the chips and cards. In Illinois bars have received $500 fines for holding hold 'em tournaments. Last December 83 people were arrested on misdemeanor charges for participating in a tournament at a Texas bar."

Head in the Sand

2005-02-22T12:10:00.000-06:00

Once again the liberal media is failing to misunderestimate GW. Ignoring the EPA and other egg heads is all a part of his strategery don't ya know. GW is the type of leader who puts book lernin' aside and lets the common sense of the American working man guide his decisions. Who do you trust more to protect your family, a man who sits in an office reading and writing books or a man who "clears brush" for fun?

Apparently when GW's dad said "line in the sand" GW heard "head in the sand".

First they came for the pot smokers...

2005-02-22T11:46:00.000-06:00

The Nanny state is starting to lock up fat people “in the interests of that person’s health or safety or to protect other people”...

From the Sun
"SOBBING 31-stone Chris Leppard was dragged off to a mental hospital against his will by meddling social workers and police. Chris, 23, has been forcibly detained for a month because he cannot stop eating. The authorities used powers normally used to detain mentally ill people who might harm themselves or others. They locked him up despite the fact neither he nor his family wanted him to go. Last night Chris’s furious mother Anne said he has no mental problems and was winning his fight against the rare illness that compels him to eat."

Lazy Americans Lose Title

2005-02-17T10:37:00.000-06:00

This story is a wake up call for Americans who have been sitting around on their fat asses secure in their belief that the US will indefinately remain the top consumer of useless crap. HELLLOOOO! China is catching up! Nobody remembers 2nd place!

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for sale?

2005-02-17T10:24:00.000-06:00

A link for those of you who can't get enough of Micheal Jackson. RSR thinks the charges against Micheal are a plot to keep the artist out of the recording studio.

What do California, Iowa and Florida have in common?

2005-02-17T09:46:00.000-06:00

Links to Iowa City triva onthis page. Look in the "Random" category.

Who knew there are cities in California, Iowa and Florida named Iowa City?

A web site dedicated to listing unimaginative city names. Iowa City, IA is mentioned.

"So as this story seems to suggest, Chauncey Swan and John Ronalds were so unimaginative because they were pressed for time and sleep-deprived. The fact that they were working under cover of darkness might also explain why they chose such an amazingly hilly site, a fact I curse each day while walking to work. Marne G., Imaginative Resident of Unimaginative Iowa City "

Brain Dead

2005-02-15T10:32:00.000-06:00

It turns out getting shot in the head will earn you a 'get out of jail free' card in California.

"An inmate who was left brain-dead after being shot by a prison guard last month was freed from custody"

This statement by a prison offical is telling...
"He's the family's responsibility now"

Apparently it is ok to spend tax dollars locking people up for drug possession, but not ok to spend tax dollars taking care of them when government agents shoot them in the head.

This sounds similar to the Pentagon policy of discharging wounded soldiers without making sure they have enough cash to get home.

Green Taxes

2005-02-15T10:19:00.000-06:00

States are getting worried about lost gas tax revenues due to people driving fuel efficient cars. The fix? Start taxing drivers by the mile. So much for rewarding people for thinking green.

"But tax-by-mile advocates say it may be the only way to ensure that fuel efficiency doesn't prevent smooth sailing down the road."

The story

Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither

2005-02-14T13:16:00.000-06:00

A scary story about cops torturing a "drug dealer" in Campbell County, Tennessee.

"They arrived in unmarked vehicles, dressed in plainclothes. But they were cloaked with the authority to serve Siler with a warrant for his arrest. Siler, the document alleged, had been breaking the rules set for him a year ago by a Campbell County judge. [...] With lawmen at her door, Jenny Siler turns on a tape recorder in her kitchen and sighs as she heads to the door to greet them. The recorder would continue to roll long after the lawmen send away Jenny Siler, 27, and her 8-year-old, leaving them alone with Eugene Siler. It would produce a recording that spanned 40 to 45 minutes of what authorities contend was a two-hour ordeal. The FBI transcript of the recording indicates that it not only captured what the officers said but what they did. It is replete with references to sounds of Siler being slapped and struck. It details Siler's moans, his pleas, his piercing screams."

It was a good day. Didn't get shot by an AK...

2005-02-11T13:19:00.000-06:00

"A few monkeys have stopped by my cage today. They made funny noises and strange hand gestures. Since I didn't understand what they were trying to communicate I just nodded and grunted at five second intervals. This seemed to make them happy and eventually each went away. Their absence makes me happy."

Shake it baby

2005-02-11T11:01:00.000-06:00

A moderate earthquake that rattled parts of Arkansas and Tennessee Thursday should serve as a wake-up call to the central United States about the potential for much stronger events, experts said.

The infamous series of three New Madrid(MO) quakes in 1811-1812 occurred a few weeks apart, from Dec. 16 to Feb. 7. They measured 8.1, 8.0 and 7.8 and represent three of the four strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the lower 48. ...continue

Driving while not impaired

2005-02-10T13:54:00.000-06:00

Bored with the same old "piss in cup" drug test? If so, good news! Lobbyists for the drug testing industry are busy these days. It won't be long before we can all enjoy road side hair cuts and saliva swabs on our way to the grocery! All for public saftey and health...of course??

"...For the past several years drug testing superhawk Michael Walsh, a former
Associate Director to the Drug Czar and current president of the drug testing and lobby organization the Walsh Group, has led the charge to apply workplace drug testing standards and regulations to all licensed U.S. drivers. In 2002, Walsh partnered with the White House to lobby state legislatures to amend their drugged driving laws, arguing that states should no longer require "impairment" as a necessary condition for prosecution. Instead, Walsh asserted that prosecutors simply charge all drivers who test positive for any level of drugs or drug metabolites as a criminal drugged driver—even if the motorist is neither under the influence nor impaired to drive! As a result of Walsh's lobbying efforts, eleven states—Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wisconsin—have now adopted such legislation, known as "zero tolerance per se" laws..." ...continue

Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods

2005-02-10T13:38:00.000-06:00

An interesting story for anyone interested in urban planning...

Burras Road was a pleasant cul-de-sac of 21 new homes in Bradford, England. Its residents were blissfully unaware that, just east of the site, approval for a proposed new shopping center required the breaching of their cul-de-sac by a bicycle-pedestrian path.

Planners favored this requirement because, they say, cul-de-sacs do not encourage movement and therefore are “auto-dependent” and “anti-urban.” Opening up the site would connect residents to local services, and the path would promote walking and cycling.

The path connecting the shopping center to the cul-de-sac opened in 2000. Although there is no evidence that the path has led residents to drive less, it did have a profound effect on their lives. During the next six months, a neighborhood that had been virtually crime-free saw its burglary rate rise to 14 times the national rate, with matching increases in overall crime, including arson, assault, and antisocial behavior.

...

Architects and urban planners who call themselves New Urbanists say their proposals, including developments that mix residential and commercial uses, have homes with tiny private yards and large common areas, and feature pedestrian paths, will solve all sorts of social problems, including crime. Yet the housing and neighborhood designs they want to substitute for the modern suburb almost invariably increase crime.

... continue

2004 home computer

2005-02-10T13:16:00.000-06:00

Has anyone bought the RAND corporation's home computer for 2004? It looks like it kicks ass! (see "Image of the day" above)

Only 3 jobs? You slacker!

2005-02-09T10:03:00.000-06:00

The President comforted Mornin on the security of social security stating that 'the promises made will be kept by the government.'

But without prompting Mornin began to elaborate on her life circumstances.

Begin transcript:

MS. MORNIN: That's good, because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute.

THE PRESIDENT: You work three jobs?

MS. MORNIN: Three jobs, yes.

THE PRESIDENT: Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.) Get any sleep? (Laughter.)

3 jobs...

Rugby fan cut off his own testicles

2005-02-08T11:55:00.000-06:00

8 February 2005
A Welsh rugby fan cut off his own testicles after his team beat England, police confirmed today.
...the man told his friends: "If Wales win I'll cut my own balls off." After the 11-9 victory in the Six Nations clash, the man is reported to have gone outside and severed his testicles before bringing them back into the club to show fellow drinkers. ThisIsLondon.com

Game Review from Somethingawful.com

2005-02-08T11:26:00.000-06:00

"Legacy Interactive has literally dozens of employees, many of whom are of legal age to work in the United States, so you’d think at least one of them would have realized that while it is fun to shoot and destroy things, it’s not fun to be the guy stuck cleaning up the mess afterward.
...
At the end of the day, I have to admit Combat Medic did teach me some valuable lessons about the medical industry, lessons that can only be learned through bitter experience. For example...I learned how many scalpel stabs it takes to kill a man (four) and how many it takes before he starts whining (one)....I learned that the “survival saw” should rarely, if ever, be used to decapitate a patient. And after suffering through several educational hours of Combat Medic, I have now returned from the front lines to give the Legacy Interactive team this message: the next time you hear a quiet nagging voice saying “is this really such a good idea for a game?” please listen to it. You could save everyone a whole lot of unnecessary suffering. "

Review of Combat Medic at Somethingawful.com

These arn't the droids you're looking for...

2005-02-08T09:50:00.000-06:00

Weapons?? What weapons? We asked for a toaster! Apparently the contractor thought we wanted a mega-watt laser.

"'This is not warfare in space. Our focus is how to best use our space-based assets to coordinate the joint terrestrial fight,' said Brig. Gen. Daniel Darnell, commander of the Space Warfare Center at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado."
...cnn.com

Glaciers hate global warming

2005-02-08T09:46:00.000-06:00

CNN says scientists discover glaciers dispise global warming...

"'Ample' evidence indicates that global warming is causing glaciers to retreat worldwide, reports the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N.-sponsored network of climate scientists led by Pachauri."

Another student dies from drinking

2005-02-04T13:49:00.000-06:00

Another hazing death from drinking. When will this insanity stop?

Police: Student died from 'water
intoxication'

CHICO, California (AP) -- A
California State University student
died of "water intoxication" during
hazing in the basement of a
fraternity, authorities said
Thursday.

Matthew Carrington, 21, died early
Wednesday while drinking water from a
five-gallon jug and doing exercises at
the Chi Tau house near the Chico
campus, said Chico Police Sgt. Dave
Barrow.

An autopsy showed death was triggered by hyponatremia, a condition in which excess water in the body causes sodium levels in the blood to drop. Water is then absorbed into the blood and fluid builds up in the brain. The case was still under investigation, and no decision had been made on whether to file charges. Carrington's is the second pledge death at Chico since 2000, when an 18-year-old died of alcohol poisoning. The university cut its ties to Chi Tau in 2002 because of "a series of increasing problems and complaints," including excessive alcohol use and loud parties, a campus spokesman said.

How Smart is Your Right Foot?

2005-02-04T13:33:00.000-06:00

This will boggle your mind. And you will keep trying at least 50 more times to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't.

1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

And there's nothing you can do about it!

How To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity

2005-02-04T13:19:00.000-06:00

More humor here

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses
on and point a hair dryer at passing cars.
See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something,
ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "in"

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks.
Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions,
switch to espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors".

7. Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy."

8. Dont use any punctuation marks

9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Ask people what sex they are.
Laugh hysterically after they answer.

11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go".

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14. Put mosquito netting around your work area. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party
because you're not in the mood.

16. Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard Kim.

17. When the money comes out the ATM,
scream "I won!", "I won!" "3rd time this week!!!!!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot,
yelling "run for your lives, they're loose!!"

19. Tell your children over dinner. "due to the economy,
we are going to have to let one of you go."

20. Send this list to everyone in your address book,
even if they sent it to you or asked you not to send them stuff like this.

Burned alive

2005-02-02T16:55:00.000-06:00

As a teenager in the West Bank, Soauad became pregnant by a local boy. He 'shamed' Palestinian family condemned her to death and she was set on fire by her brother-in-law. Every year, thousands of women in the Middle East die in 'honour killings'. Souad survived. This is her harrowing story
...
He came towards me and said, with a smile: "Hi. How goes it?" He was chewing a blade of grass. "I'm going to take care of you." I hadn't been expecting that. I smiled a little, to thank him, not daring to speak. Suddenly I felt a cold liquid running over my head; I was on fire. I slapped at my hair. I screamed. My dress billowed out behind me. Was it on fire, too? I smelt the petrol and ran, the hem of my dress getting in the way. Did he run after me? Was he waiting for me to fall so he could watch me go up in flames?...continue

In case you missed it...

2005-02-02T13:14:00.000-06:00

From Reason Mag Brickbats

Television Detectives (1/26)
Paul Oldham doesn't own a television and doesn't want one. But he can't seem to convince the British government of that fact. He keeps getting demands from the government that he pay his television license fee, which funds the BBC. And when he writes back that he doesn't have one, they tell him to expect a visit to his home. The government also requires retailers to report everyone who buys a television. Some 3 million Britons have their homes searched for a television each year. The government sent 20 people to jail for not paying the fee in 2003.

Speak No Evil (1/25)
Telling a mother-in-law joke or quoting parts of the Bible could earn a person prison time and a hefty fine in France. The nation has responded to rising reports of anti-gay crimes by banning insults against women and gays. Remarks "tending to denigrate homosexuals as a whole" when uttered in public or made in print will be met with fines of up to 45,000 euros and up to one year in prison. The law has been opposed by Reporters Without Borders, religious groups and even the national commission on human rights who say it is overbroad. Gay groups and feminists say the law will only be used to prosecute "genuinely scandalous" remarks. But some gay groups also say they consider any claim that homosexuality is abnormal to be a prosecutable offense.

Stuck On You (1/24)
Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro have banned shoe glue and some solvents because some children were sniffing them to get high. "Shoe glue serves a good purpose when used by shoemakers, but it also is an extremely strong narcotic and its free sale contributes to the moral degradation of youths and boosts crime levels," said the law's author.

Bad Ass

2005-01-23T09:35:00.000-06:00

Apparently a hunting party in Arizona was attacked by a mountain lion. The hunters, dogs and horses ran for their lives. The mule in the pic below stood its ground and proceeded to kick the crap out of the lion.

Who wants Bush?

2005-01-20T13:11:00.000-06:00

Forty-nine percent of 1,007 adult Americans said in phone interviews they believe Bush is a "uniter," according to the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Wednesday. Another 49 percent called him a "divider," and 2 percent had no opinion.

Space Camp

2005-01-14T13:13:00.000-06:00

SomethingAwful goes to space camp...
"Lunch was served promptly at noon and consisted of food tubes full of nutritional paste that the real astronauts eat! At first I thought they were handing out complementary tubes of toothpaste and ended up going to the bathroom and brushing my teeth with pork chops. Boy was my face red. After lunch we were led out to the grassy courtyard where there were free pony rides! I got to ride a pony and it was lots of fun. But then something happened that was really gross. An astronaut was riding a pony in front of me and the pony went to the bathroom and poo-poo fell out of its butt..."

Free beer

2005-01-11T13:18:00.000-06:00

Great, cows get free beer while soldiers back from a year+ of war still can't order a drink.

Cows in eastern Iowa prefer their feed spiked with beer. In fact, a dozen or so cattlemen say their cattle now hesitate to eat food prepared any other way.

Ban on children!

2005-01-11T11:59:00.000-06:00

Finally a law that makes sense!

Without Parental Approval (1/10)
The Philadelphia City Council is considering a bill that would ban children under six from movies that aren't rated G after 7 p.m. "I think anybody who went to see Spider-Man at 9 at night and had a screaming baby next to them can appreciate why this bill should be looked at," said a spokesman for one of the council members who introduced the bill. The bill calls for a fine of up to $50 for any adult who brings a child to a movie in violation of the law, and a fine of up to $300 for any theater that illegally admits a child. http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/

2004 game reviews

2004-12-21T13:50:00.000-06:00

More outstanding game reviews on Something Awful.

"Though I am loathe to admit it, Vin Diesel's game was better than John Carmack's. All the same, puking on your shirt is better than shitting your pants and I would not recommend either."

"Half Life 2 - ...the game approximated something fun. For that I award it the coveted Least Shitty Game of the Year Award. "

"Pokemon Coloseum - Another phoned-in installment of a marketing franchise consumed mostly these days by troubled teens and idiot man-children. Will they finally release the console RPG that these failed abortions have been clamoring for or will the franchise finally take its well-deserved place amid the mothballed relics of a past age? I think you know which one I'm hoping for."

Not a game review, but funny...
"Do you enjoy laughing at people who probably got kicked in the head by horses as children? You're in luck! If you would be so kind as to click on this hyperlink, you will find that a marvelous bounty of stupidity awaits you. "

Pizza? anyone?

2004-12-21T13:20:00.000-06:00

A funny review of what the world outside of Chicago and New York considers pizza. Below are a few choice quotes...

Worst pizza award...
"Japan is without a doubt the hive of unappetizing pizza choices. It is the yin to America's delicious pizza yang, the kryptonite to our deep dish Superman, and maybe even the salt to our delectable hand-tossed garden slug. Dear god. Tuna, mayonnaise, corn, mozzarella, and tomato sauce HAVE NO PLACE ON A PIZZA SIMULTANEOUSLY. It was all I could do not to throw up."

Kosher style...
"What I am about to say is so controversial, so racist and disgusting, that I fully expect to receive thousands of hate mails as well as a written threat from the JDL. Jews cannot make pizza. G-d bless them, they try pretty hard, and they do make things that look like pizza, but what they make is not pizza... Living in Chicago this was nothing short of a travesty. I have scraped better frozen pizza off the inside of a cadaver's intestine and that only cost whatever I paid for the taxi to the warehouse. While it is fun and relaxing to blame the Jews for everything, I have difficulty believing that they're really public enemy number one when it comes to pizza abortions."

California Style..
"Lastly, special shout-outs to the monsters perpetrating supposedly gourmet pizza on America's West Coast. You California Pizza Kitchen fucks wouldn't know good pizza if it lubed your prolapsed rectum with marinara and gave you a prison handshake. The next time you want to talk shit to NYC I'm letting you know that Chicago has got its back. That's right, I enjoy New York style pizza from time to time, but I never find myself craving some new age crystal Ben & Jerry Patchouli-smelling tofu and artichoke heart disc of shit. Go back to Berkeley and take your extra-large Birkenstock and hacky-sack flavored abomination with you."

SomethingAwful.com

2004-12-16T13:16:00.000-06:00

The Alien posted something from "somethingawful.com". Some of the video game and movie reviews are very funny.

One of the best video game reviews on the net:
Sims2 review
"I decided to set up shop in Veronaville. My logic was that it's good fun to murder various generic Sims in Pleasantville so it should be a whole lot more fun to kill characters from Shakespeare. I entered the gingerbread hamlet of Veronaville and set about the task of creating the family that I would be wedging between the Capulet and Montague clans."

In reference to a "Beta" version of someone's software:
"Just because you call something beta doesn't excuse it for being a pile of shit."
"Pain Level: Having a child's swingset shoved up your rectum and then ultimately the child."

Lie by omission

2004-12-07T11:36:00.000-06:00

The story
"In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell laid some startling statistics on U.S. senators.
The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes.
What Powell did not reveal—apparently because he was unaware—was the source of the
complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003—99.8 percent—were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group. "

Define felony

2004-12-03T13:43:00.000-06:00

From Reason.com... proposal to make trash-timing violations a felony

Timing Is Everything (12/2)
The Pickerington Ohio City Council considered a measure that critics said would have led to jail time for people who put their garbage out early. The ordinance was designed to bar people with Friday trash pickups from putting their garbage out before Thursday night, and require them to take their cans in by Friday night. In response to controversy over the measure, the City Council narrowly defeated the proposal to make trash-timing violations a felony; instead, violators will be fined $150.

Damn Skippy!

2004-12-02T16:38:00.000-06:00

"Damn Skippy!" Ya got the boat!

Another definition from the Urban Dictionary...

1. coyote ugly

A situation encountered after a night of consuming alcohol whereby a person, usually male, wakes the next morning in a strange bed with a sexual partner from the previous evening who is completely physically undesirable (see ugly, nasty, two bagger) and sleeping on the man's arm. The hapless male would rather gnaw off his own arm than wake the woman and have to face the ills of his intoxicated choices the previous evening. Originating from a phenomena whereby a coyote captured in a jaw trap will chew off its own leg to escape certain death.

And another...
1. finding nemo

A male rite of passage; to locate the clitorus.

"Sally, my boyfriend's terrible in the sack."
"Betty, he's only 11- he's probably needs help finding nemo."

Marine eats grenade

2004-11-23T13:03:00.000-06:00

This Marine was so tough he ate a grenade to save his buddies...

"FALLUJAH, Iraq — Sgt. Rafael Peralta built a reputation as a man who always put his Marines' interests ahead of his own.
...
an insurgent rolled a fragmentation grenade into the area where a wounded Peralta and the other Marines were seeking cover. As Morrison and another Marine scrambled to escape the blast, pounding against a locked door, Peralta grabbed the grenade and cradled it into his body, Morrison said. While one Marine was badly wounded by shrapnel from the blast, the Marines said they believe more lives would have been lost if not for Peralta's selfless act. "He saved half my fire team," said Cpl. Brannon Dyer, 27, of Blairsville, Ga."

If we just passed another law...

2004-11-23T11:54:00.000-06:00

We better get busy and pass some more laws to prevent this sort of thing...

"A 13-year old Virginia Beach boy is being held at the Virginia Beach Detention Center after police say he abducted an exotic dancer last Tuesday night.
...
Authorities say when the woman eventually tried to leave the residence, she was stopped by the juvenile who pointed a shotgun at her and ordered her to dance."

The Story

On dolphins and laser printers

2004-11-23T11:48:00.000-06:00

Dolphins protect swimmers from shark...

Tracking codes embedded in documents produced by laser printers

Submit sounds too kinky

2004-11-15T14:26:00.000-06:00

A site full of choice comments made by "clients".

My fav...

Client: (After viewing a sample of a multiple choice question)
Please change the "SUBMIT" button to "DONE".
Submit sounds too kinky.

This one is good too...
"Double my salary"

And this one...
"The shark with the sunglasses is too jewish. make his nose smaller."

The Irony

2004-11-08T13:20:00.000-06:00

This web site offers some comfort for liberals still in shock over the reappointment of GW. Marriage as a way out of GOP USA. Young vixens, covered only by maple leaves, are waiting!

E-voting Fraud?

2004-11-05T17:26:00.000-06:00

Anyone have an opinion on this? Difficult to believe, but the thing about the exit polling being accurate in paper states and inaccuracte in electronic states is strange.

"The hot story in the Blogosphere is that the "erroneous" exit polls that showed Kerry carrying Florida and Ohio (among other states) weren't erroneous at all - it was the numbers produced by paperless voting machines that were wrong, and Kerry actually won.

bloggers and investigative reporters are discovering an odd discrepancy in exit polls being largely accurate in paper-ballot states and oddly inaccurate in touch-screen electronic voting states Even raw voter analyses are showing extreme oddities in touch-screen-run Florida, and eagle-eyed bloggers are finding that news organizations are retroactively altering their exit polls to coincide with what the machines ultimately said. "

The Story

Wow... is this a joke?

2004-11-05T17:02:00.000-06:00

"Men in part of India could face up to three years in jail if they are caught drinking without written permission from their wives."

Hunter S. Thompson

2004-11-05T16:25:00.000-06:00

Hunter S. Thompson on the recent election...

"I've got the worst possible news. Colorado has gone to hell like all the other states," Thompson said into the speakerphone. "They must have all voted the same way they prayed."

Every Vote Counts...

2004-11-05T16:21:00.000-06:00

Every Vote Counts... and in Ohio some count x10. Question is how many times this "mistake" was repeated across the country.

"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct."

For the music lovers

2004-11-01T13:31:00.000-06:00

Finally something on RSR for the music lovers.

Geeks Rule!

2004-11-01T13:25:00.000-06:00

"Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth." - Benjamin Peirce

Clive's comments on the world's most beautiful equation... "Euler's identity" equation...

Hobbits & their tiny tools

2004-10-27T16:22:00.000-05:00

No joke, according to Yahoo news Hobbits may be real, or were real...

"Scientists in Australia have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island"

D&D chicks

2004-10-21T17:58:00.000-05:00

Where were these chicks when I was playing D&D? The Alien provided this link to D&D chicks.

Carb cloud at center of Milky Way

2004-10-21T17:44:00.000-05:00

"Apparently astronomers have discovered that there's a huge cloud of frozen sugar near the center of the Milky Way....researchers also surmise that a sugary cloud like this could help seed life " - Clive Thomposon

Cetaceans have no standing

2004-10-21T17:38:00.000-05:00

A ninth circuit judge has ruled cetaceans have no standing in a court of law and thus cannot sue the U.S. government. Clive Thompson blogs about the decision here.

Did I read that sign right?

2004-10-13T13:42:00.000-05:00

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In an office:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER...... PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The Infinite Cat Project

2004-09-30T16:14:00.000-05:00

From Collison Detection...

"It began simply enough. Someone on an Apple forum posted a picture of their cat looking at a flower. Then someone else posted a picture of their cat looking at the picture of the first cat, on a computer monitor. Then someone else posted a picture of their cat looking at that picture -- i.e. a cat looking at a cat looking at a cat. And then ... well, you can see where this is headed. The Project just reached its 300th cat." Clive Thompson, Collision Detection .net

Infinite Cat Project

One sweet ride

2004-09-23T17:36:00.000-05:00

Des Moines Register story

Des Moines police got some help in stopping a stolen $50,000 car.

The car stopped itself.

"It was an Infiniti FX45, 315 horsepower V-8 with a real throaty sound," Detective Terry Mitchell said Friday. The driver "was blowing stop signs, driving fast; I don't even think he knew I was behind him."

The detective, in an unmarked vehicle, spotted the car Thursday night on the city's north side shortly before it was reported stolen.

Mitchell radioed for an officer in a squad car, who pulled in front of the Infiniti.

"The car just stopped," Mitchell said. "Apparently, it's got radar, and when it's on cruise control and detects an object in front of it, it will slow down.

"I don't know if it was on cruise or not, but it stopped right away."

Mitchell said that when suspected car thief Jeff Baugh, 37, was arrested, he offered some unsolicited comments about what happened.

"I didn't hurt the car," Baugh reportedly told officers.

Police said that after the owner, Dr. Philip Colletier, stopped to pick up his vehicle, Baugh - still handcuffed in the back of a squad car - shouted: "That's the fastest car I ever drove."

"The thief really liked that car," Mitchell said.

Baugh was listed on reports as homeless.