Archive for the 'News' Category

Summer of Fear: Bull

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Running very late for this year but you have to respect a bull that leaps from the bull ring into the stadium seating.

Why We Can’t Have Any Nice Science Around Here.

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Via BuzzFeed

Dangerous Sports to Watch

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Many sports are dangerous for fans, getting hit by a bat or a foul ball in baseball or a car at a Nascar race is pretty risky stuff, but it all pales compared to dangers of watching cricket.

Apple. Bringing Back America’s Puritan Ethic

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Apple computer is working hard to bring back the golden age of American puritanism.

An Exclusive Club

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

This is an exclusive club that I would rather not join, but I do respect the heck out of the members.

England Safe at Last!

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

England safe at last as the scourge or Dwile Flonking is finally over. I am told they were once a great Empire before the nannies got them. I bet Jeremy Clarkson was a rabid dwile flonker when he was young.

Give Me That Old Time Religion

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Some fundamentalists are more fundamental than others. Not sure this is a cultural revival I am fan of.

Potential Violence Warning

Friday, April 16th, 2010

The next person who tells me how counter cultural they are for using Apple products gets slapped.

Health and Safety and the Death of England

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

While I lived in the UK I fell in love with the many eccentric old English traditions and some modern ones as well. Bog snorkeling, cheese rolling, village to village ball games, conkers and many more fun things that make England England. The arch enemy of all these events are the sad old blue hairs [...]

Summer of Fear 2010: Wolves

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

A startling new entrant has entered this year’s summer of fear contest. After years of being compared to kittens, wolves have gotten sick of it and downed a jogger. This is only second time wolves have been accused of killing a person in modern history and a bear is suspected in the other attack. Not [...]