First there was TOTUS (which has had nothing to say about the tuchis-kicking remark), and now Barack’s oil spill has its own blog.
[Saturday afternoon update]
Who knew that the president was so talented?
Category Archives: Weird
Hayek
…versus Hayek. I like them both, actually, but obviously for different reasons.
The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine
Here’s the back story.
Bureaucratic Sabotage
…or how Dilbert won the war. Though actually, credit has to go to the pointy-haired boss.
I think this also explains a lot about why we haven’t made much progress in space.
The Five Stages
[Via Jonah’s weekly email, to which you should subscribe]
News You Can Use
How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. I’ve never trusted either of them, actually.
Seriously, don’t fool yourself. The only thing that keeps your cat from killing you is that you’re way too big. If you were mouse sized, you wouldn’t last a minute, no matter how affectionate they are to the normal-sized you.
It’s Always The Last Place You Look
An eighth grader has found Jesus in his thumbprint. The eighth grader’s thumbprint, that is. The other interpretation would be too recursive.
What A Weird Name
How could anyone go to the Senate with a name like “Rand”?
[Wednesday morning update]
I’ve had to shut down comments on this post. It was hit with two hundred spams overnight, for some reason.
An Amusing Facebook Page
Jim Treacher’s busted-up knee. Nice way to make material out of a hit’n’run. But if he sets up a Facebook page for any other body parts, I don’t want to hear about it.
An Interesting Head Case
Alcor just won a lawsuit to allow them to disinter a body that had been buried for two years, and cryonically suspend the rotted head.
Yes, it’s pointless, as far as that patient went (as far as I’m concerned, his family murdered him), but Alcor had to do this, to assure their other customers that it would do whatever was necessary to fight for them, and fulfill its contractual responsibilities. It was also a useful reminder to obstreperous relatives that they have to obey the wishes of the deceased. What’s particularly disgusting about this is that it appears they did it for the money. I thought it seemed like chutzpah to prevent Alcor from fulfilling the contract, then demanding the money back for it.