July 2009
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Operation #googlyfarts.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have never been big on internet trends. I see the internet chiefly as a tool by which I can annoy people (meaning keep in touch) from increasingly long distances as I travel through the real world. But the other day I was engaging in one of my favorite boredom-fighting activities, randomly googling phrases to find funny pictures, and I thought to myself: why not make a...
Jul 30th
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Flatulence in Antiquity
From Martin Luther’s 1545 “Depictions of the Papacy”, here we have German peasants expressing their distaste for the fire and brimstone preaching of Pope Paul III by farting directly into it. Now, that seems potentially dangerous, as brimstone is mostly sulfur and already quite noxious, and the flammability of German flatulence (often cabbage-based) is well documented. Despite...
Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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A True Hotel Hell
The Wall Street Journal’s website recently put up a photo set of a new hotel that opened in Sevelen, Switzerland which is being marketed as the world’s first zero-star accomodation. You might be asking yourself “Why on earth would they want zero stars, let alone market it that way?” Frankly I have no idea, but if you’ve ever wanted to go on the most depressing...
Jul 15th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 9th
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Reason To Fear Nature, 7/9/09.
It’s been a while since I’ve presented you, my potential short-suffering audience, with a good ol’ fashioned scary animal. But today, it is with clear conscience that I bring my non-human-life hating sights on… Herman, the 3 foot long German rabbit. What makes him so frightening? Well, let’s take a look at the potential side effects of his size. 1) Could...
Jul 9th
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Jul 8th
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“People who embrace the concept of allegory would argue that this passage...”
– Craig Ferguson, in his novel Between The Bridge And The River, discussing Mark 16:15-18, and America’s tendency towards literalism.
Jul 6th
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(Takin' A) Linkdump.
Cheeseburger Cupcakes Find out how it’s done, photo by photo. Remarkable level of detail, gluttony-inducing sesame seed usage, and a general confusion of the senses. I smell a summer blockbuster of a food. 6 Species We’ve Nearly Killed Off (For Retarded Reasons) Now, I’ve made my views clear. I am not a fan of nature. But, in all fairness, some animals (the noble gorilla, the...
Jul 6th
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Recent Changes.
So, in the spirit of blogging pointlessly about virtually nothing and occasionally making a witty observation, here goes. Last week I vacated my apartment in New York City and headed back to the somewhat more bucolic and boring snooze-scape that is New Haven CT. It’s not all that bad; cheaper than NY but without 24 hours bagel delis and such. I have prepared a brief statement culled from...
Jul 3rd