Apparently gamblers in Africa have come to believe that if you smoke a vulture brain you will get a glimpse at the future. The result of this superstition is the likely extinction of vultures in Africa. What a lovely world. What would be nice is if people thought you could see the future from smoking [...]

A brutal youth gang has been deprived of its weapons in the UK. I say it is about time time they tackled this vicious group that has for so long terrorized old ladies at street corners.

English Punt Wars flare up. Best quote:
We’ve had argy bargy, touts fighting over tourists, pushing and shoving, yes. But everyone is a bit shocked because it is not something we have known before.
That is the England I love, filled with argy bargy.

I don’t watch a lot of TV, haven’t in many years, but this is first TV show I think I will make time for in a loooong time. I loved the original Prisoner show, it was frustrating, challenging, confusing and brilliant. The world around us has become ever more frustrating, challenging confusing and brilliant in [...]

I was talking to some people yesterday about my preference for science based on science, rather than superstition or hunches. My two favorite sites on the topic are Bad Science and Science Based Medicine, but there are plenty of other good ones out there. Below the cut is a Youtube film about an emergency room [...]

A great article at Inc. about why Circuit City failed. It had nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with how they did business. When given the choice between a business that tries to sell using methods more akin to a used car sales lot and a business that treats you like [...]

Ana Marie Cox, the former Wonkette, notices the White House Press Pool Reporters are useless. I find it interesting how it takes the people who make their living off off light news, like Cox and Drew Pearson at Fark to point out how useless so much of the media has become. I love my light [...]

This was a very heartening story for me, but I almost didn’t post it as at first I suspected it was an April Fools hoax. Apparently ants that are taken as slaves when their hives are destroyed actively rebel. That is very heartening to me, it means that the urge to resist tyranny must run [...]

I don’t really give a crap about Britney Spears, Madonna, or anything to do with American Idol. I am always outraged when I see junk like that in the headlines. What I want from my news is information about what those who run my community are up to. I will happily pay for news if [...]

Apparently there are some in California who want to be put out if they should catch on fire. I feel the original judgment was very ill advised, but thought no one would do anything about until some judge or politician was left to die because no one wanted to take a chance on saving them. [...]