I saw a story this morning about a killing on a bus that was in route to Winnipeg and it was so bizarre that I had to write about it. A man on the bus snapped for no apparent reason and killed the man sitting next to him. The events that took place on the [...]
I’m back to the “alternative energy for cars” bandwagon today. What prompted my bandwagon ride today is a video link I saw on reddit that showed a hydrogen-powered car plugged by Jack Nicholson of all people. What killed me is the video is from 1978. Thirty freakin’ years ago they were working on Hydrogen powered cars [...]
Sometimes I really wonder what fantasy world our politicians live in. It certainly doesn’t seem like they live in the same one I do. Or, perhaps my world view is so skewed and out-of-tune that it seems everyone else in charge are freakin’ morons.
Some of you may have noticed that I added a new widget to the side-bar. It’s a button that shows the state of the Global Consciousness. There’s a global consciousness, you say? That’s a very good question and some scientists are trying to find that out.
If you’ve been keeping up with my Grandfather’s story, at the end of the last chapter he had been summoned to the Battalion Commander to be offered a mission. In this chapter we’ll learn of the mission as well as exactly how stubborn and determined my Grandfather could be (in a good way, that is, [...]
I saw that Roger Ebert posted today about the end of his “At The Movies” show (although it hasn’t been called that for quite a while). Due to his poor health he hasn’t been on it for the past couple of years anyway, but he was still closely involved in the show’s production.
I read a post yesterday, over on Mental_Floss about how movie theaters work. I’d never given it much thought, really. I mean, I knew that they paid the studios money for showing the movie, but I never really gave much thought to exactly how that actually works out. How that money exchange comes to pass [...]
I saw in the news recently that William Shatner (and, by the way, it’s really hard not to type “WILLIAM F’ING SHATNER,” thanks, Wil [part 1 and part 2 of that story]) has been nominated for a 2008 Emmy for best supporting actor. I’ve really enjoyed him as Denny Crane in Boston Legal, he’s done a [...]
I’ve seen a couple stories lately that it has now become cheaper to ship your luggage to your destination rather than pay the airlines new “checked luggage” fees. The Wired.com story that caught my eye actually has a link in the article to a chart created by AirFareWatchdog that shows the fees charged for each checked bag [...]
Watching TV shows such as CSI you have come to believe that DNA evidence is the modern corner-stone of conviction. Unassailable and irrefutable evidence that your suspect was indeed the perpetrator of the crime. Now, research coming to light may be chipping away at that cornerstone, casting doubt on past and future convictions.
