This was reprinted in this months issue of The Humanist magazine. Read the whole thing. Pass it out to your fundamentalist friends…lol cd Warning: Gravity is “Only a Theory”by Ellery Schempp All physics textbooks should include this warning label: “This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the…
Nurturing nonchalance about condoms in Andhra Pradesh
A public health intervention that makes sense?? Can hardly believe it. Right on. A truck driver’s assistant blows up a condom during an AIDS awareness campaign organised by a non-governmental organisation in Guragon in the northern Indian state of Haryana Just how embarrassing is a condom? Nurturing nonchalance about condoms seems to have been a…
Lil' Bush and Lil' Kim Jong Il
They are a bunch of rascals…but you gotta love Lil Kim Jong Il…. cd Lil Bush
Home theatre in your glasses
How is this for cool. Not too long ago this was the stuff of science fiction but now you can buy it for right around $300 (Ipod not included). This is cool technology. cd Welcome to Icuiti New from Icuiti: iWear. Designed exclusively for use with your Apple iPod, iWear includes revolutionary new features and…
As if I need another reason to love BMW's….
MUNICH (Reuters) – BMW will roll out the world’s first hydrogen-burning car in serial production early next year, the German premium automaker said on Tuesday, eager to put its stamp on cars with green credentials. The specially equipped 7-Series executive cars emit only water vapor when running on hydrogen. The car hits the market next…
10 stingrays killed since Irwin's death
I’ve always found Australians to be a little crazy. Revenge against stingrays?? SYDNEY, Australia — At least 10 stingrays have been killed since “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin was fatally injured by one of the fish, an official said Tuesday, prompting a spokesman for the late TV star’s animal charity to urge people not take revenge…
Letters from Iraq # 9 Living like a Bed-o-Ween
Its September 11th 2006, Camp Victory, Bagdad, Iraq , grid coordinates …secret…. at one point, I may not think its strange the outcome of events and how I find myself where I am right now. I will be at ease and unquestioning, like a rock at the foot of a statue of buddah. kick me…
Letters from Iraq #8 Top Secret Haiku
We have all these devices to connect us with our loved ones back home , internet, phone, dsn phone numbers, but sometimes the most comforting is looking up at the celestial bodies in space like the moon and stars. tonight, again I was burning top secret documents (which is already becoming tedious, but not so…
Letters from Iraq # 7
just writing… it is strange thinking I am representing a country, and than I think of the young men here, the ones on dismounted patrol, the ones who go outside the wire everyday. The stress of having your life at jeopardy and also being the first contact of what foreigners think of America. Just yesterday,…
Skateboard for a house update…Rubies for ……?
I know it’s been a while since my last trade. Some of you may have thought that I stalled out or quit. Here is a quick recap before I tell you the details of the rubies I have now… Back in July, I saw that a guy had used an old fundraising technique in which…