Is it me, or did the world just get a little less funny? Comedian George Carlin has died at the age of 71. A brilliant stand-up and satirist, he was famous for pushing the limits of language and exposing the hypocrisies at the heart of modern life. He was also prolific; over his career, he [...]
Boy is my face red. Just like those blokes with the arrows in the picture. A few weeks ago, I ran a post about a supposedly ‘undiscovered’ Amazonian tribe that had been photographed from the air. Turns out, the whole thing was one big publicity stunt by a concerned environmentalist. From the Guardian: The disclosures [...]
Hiya folks; There won’t be any blogging today, as I’m off in sunny (?) Nova Scotia enjoying Lobster season. Ah, lobster. The world’s ugliest and tastiest creature. Be sure to check back Monday morning for a fresh dose of Nunc Scio-y goodness. The Nunc.
I’ll let this do the talking: Only in America could something like this be presented without a trace of irony. Has John Cornyn not heard of the Internet? In case he was wondering, it runs on this kind of insanity.
It’s hard to be a good blogger- or a blogger who has readers- without a supportive community of like-minded scribes. And I am frequently remiss in recognizing some of the folks who help me out and send readers my way. So, I want to tell you about two awesome blogs: The Royal Word: This is [...]
Well, the Liberal plan to cut carbon emissions has been announced. And, with a few reservations, it seems pretty decent. It’s called the ‘Green Shift’, and you can read more about it here [link corrected...thanks to Angry in the Great White North]. The plan call for imposing an effective tax on carbon emissions- $10 per [...]
I’m saying there’s about a 50/50 chance that this is real. And if it is, this is the weirdest thing I’ve seen for a while. Sometime in 1966, a woman in Zagreb, Croatia sat down in front of the television with a cup of tea. Sadly, she died. And for some incomprehensible reason, her body [...]