rock paper scissors championship bout ... 2006!
remember when just posting youtube clips was considered in bad taste for blogging ?
Nov 30, 2007
Nov 28, 2007
back with bats
this is a real long article ... but interesting (it's actually just one chapter in the book "Bats, Mosquitoes and Dollars" By Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell") ... it all derived from this image i found at shorpy of the municipal bat-roost of san antonio, 1916. but what purpose could this structure serve, except maybe as a sanctuary for dracula and his cohorts (why else would they put a cross on top!?) ...
Very many thoughts of this nature crossed the author's mind, long before this work had even a good theoretical basis. It was realized that the burning question, the great desideratum, would be (if the work were ever to be brought to a reasonable degree of perfection), "Can bats like bees be colonized and made to multiply where we want them?" If this could not be done, there would be little use in continuing a work that would represent only scientific value, when the fundamental idea was to accomplish the eradication of that world-wide disease, malaria, which Nature intended man, and man only, to carry.pretty strange way to deal with a pandemic ... but do whachu gotta do
Nov 27, 2007
SCIENCE!
Scientists find fossil of enormous bug
Human observation of dark energy may shorten the life span of the universe
A feat of Cuban science
12 Questions With... President of Creation Museum
Mad Science (a list of scientists gone wild)
Fungus having sex on your head
Underwater Lake
"British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever."
Human observation of dark energy may shorten the life span of the universe
"Dark energy, coupled with the fact that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, suggests that the Big Bang did not produce a zero-energy vacuum, but another metastable false vacuum. Using the analogy of a decaying radioactive atom where shifts in energy states occur at random, Professor Krauss says that "it is entirely possible [the energy state of the universe] could decay again, wiping the slate of our universe clean." In a nutshell, this would mean that we, and everything we know, would cease to exist."
A feat of Cuban science
10 years after the discovery and identification of the remains of Che and his comrades
12 Questions With... President of Creation Museum
But such death and disease (like cancer in dinosaur bones) could not be described by God as "very good" as He did when He finished the creation. Most of the fossil record is the graveyard of Noah's Flood.
Mad Science (a list of scientists gone wild)
What happens if you give an elephant LSD? Researchers solved this mystery on August 3, 1962, when Warren Thomas, director of Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City, fired a cartridge-syringe containing 297 milligrams of LSD into the rump of Tusko the elephant ... the researchers tried to revive him with a variety of antipsychotics, but about an hour later he was dead.
Fungus having sex on your head
Then they found out that not only does an icky fungus live on your head and cause dandruff - but it could be having sex. On your head. Right now.
Underwater Lake
As we descended from the south flank of the AC 601 mound, diving down into the central crater, an amazing scene slowly revealed itself below us. There at the bottom of this crater on the ocean floor, at a depth of approximately 2330 meters (7644 feet) was a “lake.” We were approaching the shoreline, the first feature to come into focus. It had a “swash zone and beach ridges” that mimicked features one could observe along the coastline of the northeastern Gulf’s Florida panhandle. more
Back from the Dead
Ok, I'm back. I can't promise a slew of posts, but you'll take what I give you and like it. Exams coming up, so unless you want to hear about the public policy reasons for and against the indemnification of punitive damages in civil cases . . . .
Check that out, cause I like monkeys
In 1977, educational psychologist Mary Joan Willard started training capuchins - small, dexterous tree monkeys commonly seen with people such as organ grinders and David Schwimmer
Check that out, cause I like monkeys
In 1977, educational psychologist Mary Joan Willard started training capuchins - small, dexterous tree monkeys commonly seen with people such as organ grinders and David Schwimmer
Nov 26, 2007
A Bulletted List of Interesting Links
- You better not be standing in the way when Nana needs to watch her stories!
- In older news, The media has no idea what to do with Stephen Colbert
- Darth Vader was a dick
- art rules
Nov 22, 2007
Nov 20, 2007
nice lil game
i don't know what this game is called, but the ol' lady hipped me to it ... it's pretty damn cool though, kinda like a simple version of "settlers of catan" or something ... it'll make sense after a couple of runs ... enjoy!
Nov 16, 2007
threatened by white reggae jackasses
we're gonna try an experiment today ... it's kinda like madlibs, but instead i write a story around the bizarre pictures i find hidden in the buried tubes of the interwebs ...
this is a story about the world's one and only protestant christian reggae band, Reformation Rockers. from left to right that's sleepy (bass), smirky (guitar, vocals), shirtless (lead vocals) and phil (drums). that photo was taken fresh off a successful concert/bombing at st. o'calahan's basillica in southern ireland. the band had actually started to think about calling it quits after shirtless started drinking with more and more disregard, and regularly waking up soaked in his own urine. rejuvenated by such a killer performance (pun intended), the band called up the russian kid they had been secretly been training to replace shirtless and told him they weren't gonna be needing his services after all. well, this didn't sit too well with the russian kid who had just quit his own one man band The Purpleists (artists rendering) in anticipation of being asked to come onto Reformation Rockers full time. The Purpleists was a sort of prog-latin band with heavy russian hair metal influence, their most popular album We're Not So Purple failed to break into the Western charts. Feeling extremely slighted by Reformation Rockers decision, in a flurry of anger, the russian kid dispatched his aquatic white tigers to destroy the Reformation Rockers. Expecting some kind of retaliation for their decision, the Rockers were ready to do battle with the combined forces of pissed off dirt girl and nikola tesla and his infamous balls of flame! The stage was set, both parties met on a plateau in the Scottish highlands READY FOR BATTLE! And what a battle it was, with the russian kid deploying his aquatic white tigers like a skilled chess player, while pissed off dirt girl and tesla flanked and drew them out into the open. A nice crowd had gathered to watch the event, and the Reformation Rockers were cheering their team on when suddenly phil began to look quite ill, then convulse and fall to the ground sweating, his eyes blinking incessantly where upon his body seemed to be grabbed by some spectre invisible to to rest of his band. You see, phil had been keeping a terrible secret, for the past 3 months he had been consistently seized, violently, by shocking images of the pope being compared to things! Not wishing to reveal these planted doubts to his bandmates, phil kept silent, but now the jig was up. (oh, and when i said scottish highland, i meant a huge soccer stadium in scotland) Meanwhile, the battle raged on the field. The pissed off dirt girl had just finished devouring her third aquatic white tiger, while tesla kept the heat up, toasting tigers as they leapt off cliffs. But then jesus came down, declared matt damon sexiest man, and everyone gave up.
oh, and AWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
and
people like this really exist, ie that was not made as a joke
but hey, that jesus picture is pretty amazing.
oh yeah, so half way through this i was (seriously) almost assaulted at my job by this joke-ass "musician" who hadn't yet been paid for playing the festival i work for. his check was (seriously) in the mail, but that didn't stop him from coming up with brass knuckles on (seriously) that were personalized with his last name (seriously) and screaming at me for about 15 minutes straight, STRAIGHT (seriously) ... he then laid into me personally cause he knows im a reggae musician as well, basically saying that it was cause of "pussies like me that REAL musicians can't afford to be musicians" ... what he was referring to, i couldn't say ... i kept trying to TALK with him but all he did was scream. i wish i could remember exact quotes cause there were some good ones, i was apologetic, tried to explain that IN HIS CONTRACT it states that we have 2 months to pay him (seriously, it does) but he didn't want to hear it, he accused me of working for a corporation (we're non-profit), that i work for babylon (huh? the small non-profit arts organization?), that i don't understand reggae music, etc etc ... he threw a bunch of great insults i had never heard before also ... the only one i can remember was something like "hooty pooty" (seriously, as in "this hooty pooty money") but i'm not sure cause he was screaming so loud it was kinda intelligible. i kept trying to explain him that sometimes people just do things because they feel passionately about them, to which his response was "man, FUCK THAT, I'M INTO GETTIN' PAID!" ... all about the music folks ... i shoulda asked him if he considered himself a rastafarian, and if so why he was acting so unlike a rasta, that'd shut him up (maybe) ... eventually i talked him down and defused the whole thing (cause I got skills like that), but i was (seriously) a hair away from calling 911, because it was that intense ... i wasnt worried about harm to myself, but he kept threatening to break shit, and working in a gallery, there's alot of shit on the walls that's easy to destroy that cost alot of money ... jeeez ... i was seriously shook up for about a half hour after he left, dude was out of his goddamn mind ... but hey, thats why i get paid the big bucks for (seri ... wait, no.)
this is a story about the world's one and only protestant christian reggae band, Reformation Rockers. from left to right that's sleepy (bass), smirky (guitar, vocals), shirtless (lead vocals) and phil (drums). that photo was taken fresh off a successful concert/bombing at st. o'calahan's basillica in southern ireland. the band had actually started to think about calling it quits after shirtless started drinking with more and more disregard, and regularly waking up soaked in his own urine. rejuvenated by such a killer performance (pun intended), the band called up the russian kid they had been secretly been training to replace shirtless and told him they weren't gonna be needing his services after all. well, this didn't sit too well with the russian kid who had just quit his own one man band The Purpleists (artists rendering) in anticipation of being asked to come onto Reformation Rockers full time. The Purpleists was a sort of prog-latin band with heavy russian hair metal influence, their most popular album We're Not So Purple failed to break into the Western charts. Feeling extremely slighted by Reformation Rockers decision, in a flurry of anger, the russian kid dispatched his aquatic white tigers to destroy the Reformation Rockers. Expecting some kind of retaliation for their decision, the Rockers were ready to do battle with the combined forces of pissed off dirt girl and nikola tesla and his infamous balls of flame! The stage was set, both parties met on a plateau in the Scottish highlands READY FOR BATTLE! And what a battle it was, with the russian kid deploying his aquatic white tigers like a skilled chess player, while pissed off dirt girl and tesla flanked and drew them out into the open. A nice crowd had gathered to watch the event, and the Reformation Rockers were cheering their team on when suddenly phil began to look quite ill, then convulse and fall to the ground sweating, his eyes blinking incessantly where upon his body seemed to be grabbed by some spectre invisible to to rest of his band. You see, phil had been keeping a terrible secret, for the past 3 months he had been consistently seized, violently, by shocking images of the pope being compared to things! Not wishing to reveal these planted doubts to his bandmates, phil kept silent, but now the jig was up. (oh, and when i said scottish highland, i meant a huge soccer stadium in scotland) Meanwhile, the battle raged on the field. The pissed off dirt girl had just finished devouring her third aquatic white tiger, while tesla kept the heat up, toasting tigers as they leapt off cliffs. But then jesus came down, declared matt damon sexiest man, and everyone gave up.
oh, and AWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
and
people like this really exist, ie that was not made as a joke
but hey, that jesus picture is pretty amazing.
oh yeah, so half way through this i was (seriously) almost assaulted at my job by this joke-ass "musician" who hadn't yet been paid for playing the festival i work for. his check was (seriously) in the mail, but that didn't stop him from coming up with brass knuckles on (seriously) that were personalized with his last name (seriously) and screaming at me for about 15 minutes straight, STRAIGHT (seriously) ... he then laid into me personally cause he knows im a reggae musician as well, basically saying that it was cause of "pussies like me that REAL musicians can't afford to be musicians" ... what he was referring to, i couldn't say ... i kept trying to TALK with him but all he did was scream. i wish i could remember exact quotes cause there were some good ones, i was apologetic, tried to explain that IN HIS CONTRACT it states that we have 2 months to pay him (seriously, it does) but he didn't want to hear it, he accused me of working for a corporation (we're non-profit), that i work for babylon (huh? the small non-profit arts organization?), that i don't understand reggae music, etc etc ... he threw a bunch of great insults i had never heard before also ... the only one i can remember was something like "hooty pooty" (seriously, as in "this hooty pooty money") but i'm not sure cause he was screaming so loud it was kinda intelligible. i kept trying to explain him that sometimes people just do things because they feel passionately about them, to which his response was "man, FUCK THAT, I'M INTO GETTIN' PAID!" ... all about the music folks ... i shoulda asked him if he considered himself a rastafarian, and if so why he was acting so unlike a rasta, that'd shut him up (maybe) ... eventually i talked him down and defused the whole thing (cause I got skills like that), but i was (seriously) a hair away from calling 911, because it was that intense ... i wasnt worried about harm to myself, but he kept threatening to break shit, and working in a gallery, there's alot of shit on the walls that's easy to destroy that cost alot of money ... jeeez ... i was seriously shook up for about a half hour after he left, dude was out of his goddamn mind ... but hey, thats why i get paid the big bucks for (seri ... wait, no.)
weak entry
cause wonkette already carried it, i know, but this is too bizarre to pass up ... Ron Paul Supporter Bernard von NotHaus (REAL NAME!) Arrested for Counterfeiting Coins With Ron Paul's Head On Them
yes.
ill come back with something good today. promise.
yes.
ill come back with something good today. promise.
Nov 15, 2007
tonite ... AND BEYOND!
aight you soul and reggae junkies ...
come git yo fill this weekend and then some ...
TONITE, THURSDAY, 11.15
most of the drastics will be backing RALPH "SOUL" JACKSON and ADAM FITZ (no drastics set though, strikkly soul) ... followed by SHARON JONES and THE DAP-KINGS! ... DJs from "east of eden" soul dance party spin before and after ... at the PARK WEST, CHICAGO, 9pm
FRIDAY, 11.16
the drastics dub it inna cornfield stylee ... CONSTANT SPRING, GOSHEN, INDIANA ... the drastics with FADA DOUGOU on the mic! ... anthony will be spinnin' the ill cuts throughout the nite ...
SATURDAY, 11.17
once again, most of the drastics will be backing ADAM FITZ at THE HIDE OUT, CHICAGO ... as part of laurie's planet of sound's tenth anniversary ... if ya dont know, it's a nice record shop in lincoln square 'hood of chicago ...
REDEEM TICKET STUBS FROM ALL THREE SHOWS AND WIN A RIDE IN A SHOPPING CART DOWN I-94!!!!
FIRST FOUR TICKET HOLDERS WITH COMPLETED COPIES OF THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORDS FROM 1999-2003 WIN A SHOT OF MOLTEN GOLD!!!!!
come git yo fill this weekend and then some ...
TONITE, THURSDAY, 11.15
most of the drastics will be backing RALPH "SOUL" JACKSON and ADAM FITZ (no drastics set though, strikkly soul) ... followed by SHARON JONES and THE DAP-KINGS! ... DJs from "east of eden" soul dance party spin before and after ... at the PARK WEST, CHICAGO, 9pm
FRIDAY, 11.16
the drastics dub it inna cornfield stylee ... CONSTANT SPRING, GOSHEN, INDIANA ... the drastics with FADA DOUGOU on the mic! ... anthony will be spinnin' the ill cuts throughout the nite ...
SATURDAY, 11.17
once again, most of the drastics will be backing ADAM FITZ at THE HIDE OUT, CHICAGO ... as part of laurie's planet of sound's tenth anniversary ... if ya dont know, it's a nice record shop in lincoln square 'hood of chicago ...
REDEEM TICKET STUBS FROM ALL THREE SHOWS AND WIN A RIDE IN A SHOPPING CART DOWN I-94!!!!
FIRST FOUR TICKET HOLDERS WITH COMPLETED COPIES OF THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORDS FROM 1999-2003 WIN A SHOT OF MOLTEN GOLD!!!!!
Nov 9, 2007
the most wonderful competition in the world
now pimpernel, you claim to be a mustache enthusiast ... and yet, i do not see you represented in ...
The World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007
nothing i love more then seeing grown men socializing over a mutual love of facial hair ... according to their site ... the goals of the organization are ...
UPDATE
holy crap! is that the pimpernel at the Berliner Bartclub Competition in 2005 !?
The World Beard & Moustache Championships 2007
nothing i love more then seeing grown men socializing over a mutual love of facial hair ... according to their site ... the goals of the organization are ...
- To promote good relationships between members of moustache and beard clubs throughout the world and to foster networks in the interests of friendship, conviviality and fun.
- To encourage and celebrate standards of excellence in the growth, design and presentation of facial hair.
- To raise the profile of beard and moustache clubs in order to attract new members and to bring to the general public a topic of interest and fun (put a smile on people’s faces).
UPDATE
holy crap! is that the pimpernel at the Berliner Bartclub Competition in 2005 !?
Nov 8, 2007
in russia, camera takes picture of you!
america circa 1972, or russia today ?
if you answered the latter, you would be correct
second row, 3 over from the left is my hero
if you answered the latter, you would be correct
second row, 3 over from the left is my hero
scotty beamed me twice last nite, it was wonderful
i'm guessin this has made the rounds and i just missed it ...
that is all for now
that is all for now
Nov 7, 2007
sex love and money
How Many Condoms Can You Wear at Once? ... might be nsfw, if you work at a church or somethin, nothin graphic ...
for the romantic in you ... awwwwws
got to get paid ... mo money
this is post 1100 ... hooray
for the romantic in you ... awwwwws
got to get paid ... mo money
this is post 1100 ... hooray
Too Much CNN.com
Ok, I have a problem. I'm a bit of a cnn.com addict. Here's the last one for awhile. I promise.
A lovely article about why the guy in the office who doesn't do anything doesn't get fired. Or as I like to think of it "How Not to Do Work and Still Keep Your Job"
A lovely article about why the guy in the office who doesn't do anything doesn't get fired. Or as I like to think of it "How Not to Do Work and Still Keep Your Job"
Nov 6, 2007
Some News in your Eye
I hate cops
Lawyers' Revolt!
(Actually, kind of scary)
Not funny in the least bit
And, for some reason, cnn.com still thinks Steve Irwin is news. He's dead. Get over it.
Lawyers' Revolt!
(Actually, kind of scary)
Not funny in the least bit
And, for some reason, cnn.com still thinks Steve Irwin is news. He's dead. Get over it.
Nov 3, 2007
watermelon jack-o-lanterns, narwhals, ancient bowling, et al ...
yall thought i was jokin' about gettin stuffed into a watermelon jack-o-lantern and gettin devoured ... the watermelon was hollowed out prior to carving, so the red you see in that image of some guy we crammed all up in there ... HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GOT TO THE SHOW LATE!!!!!! ENGHHHHH!!!!!!!!
narwhals are cool.
brave woman
fuck it imhotep. let's go bowling.
is this really necessary? ... it doesn't say it on their actual website, but the banner ad i saw for the site read "sugardaddie.com, dating for the elite, start interacting with wealthy men and attractive women" ... classy ... but seriously, isn't this kinda an oxymoron ? attractive women don't need dating services, and wealthy men just buy their women ... me smells a front ...
10 celebrities this guy has spent the night with
nice photo, another one, this one too
narwhals are cool.
brave woman
fuck it imhotep. let's go bowling.
is this really necessary? ... it doesn't say it on their actual website, but the banner ad i saw for the site read "sugardaddie.com, dating for the elite, start interacting with wealthy men and attractive women" ... classy ... but seriously, isn't this kinda an oxymoron ? attractive women don't need dating services, and wealthy men just buy their women ... me smells a front ...
10 celebrities this guy has spent the night with
nice photo, another one, this one too
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