Alright! Enough! I’m Officialy Creeped Out.
Meet the Little Girl Giant.
I’m looking for more info on this monstrosity that was displayed in the streets of London on May 7th. For now i’ll just say that it may be time to run from the hills.
My favorite comment on this: “FAKE!! its not really a giant, but rather a really big puppet, You can see the wires and people moving the “giant” if you look closely. Dont Be fooled!!, I repeat THIS IS NOT A REAL GIANT!!”
McCain is stumped on the stump
This blew me away. Taken from washingtonpost.com….
It’s not often that a reporter stumps John McCain. But it happened Friday, and it was a telling moment for the Republican presidential contender.
The bus had been rolling for a half-hour and McCain was holding court on everything from Iraq to college basketball. (”Who woulda thought? VCU,” he exclaimed upon boarding.) And then someone asked about public funding for contraception in Africa to prevent the spread of AIDS.
“I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it in the past,” he stammered as he looked to his communications director. “I’m sure I’m opposed to government funding.”
Sensing a vulnerable moment, reporters kept the questions coming. What about sex education in the schools? Should it mention contraceptives? Or only abstinence, like President Bush wants?
“I think I support the president’s present policy,” he said, tentatively.
More questions: Do condoms stop sexually transmitted disease?
A long pause.
A stern look.
Oh Tommy tommy tom….
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Oh The Things You Can Do With A Wii-mote…
TED Talks: Murray Gell-Mann
This just got posted on the TED site… If you’ve ever heard this man speak, you know you’re in for a treat…
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Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty and Truth In Physics
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Strengthen Your Mental Abilities
Cold meat and chocolate will get your mind fit … and sex is handy too, according to a new book.
Denis Campbell, health correspondent
The Observer, Sunday December 2 2007
Forget Sudoku, crossword puzzles and computer games. If you really want to train your brain, then eat dark chocolate, have plenty of sex and follow the Scandinavian example of having cold meat for breakfast.
The growing numbers of people who are trying to strengthen their mental ability through ‘brain training’ should also avoid cannabis, watching soap operas, hanging out with serial complainers or pursuing fat-free diets, according to a new book on getting ‘brain-fit’.
Global Climate Change…
This got posted to reddit.com with a title along the lines of “Pascal’s Wager Applied to Global Warming” which isn’t really what he is using (a grid which works with Pascal’s Wager, but God and Global Warming fall into vastly different “testability” categories), as he states in one of his videos (there are quite a few… check out this link and hit more under the “About This Video” to see the order to watch them in)…
Blake got me interested in finding out more about some of the specifics of Global Climate Change, and this was a very valuable resource for me.. Anyways, enjoy this intro to his series, and check out the rest if you like it… (Bit of a ZeFrank influence, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing…)
Giant sea scorpions were bigger than previously estimated
SCIENCE ALERT! The fossilized claw of a Jaekelopterus Rhenaniae (giant fucking scorpion) has been found in Germany and is now changing our previous estimates about how large these creatures actually were. These guys hung around in rivers and swamps and had nasty dispositions due to bad skin and lack of school friends. Their mothers were very concerned. More now from the BBC…
“The immense fossilised claw of a 2.5m-long (8ft) sea scorpion has been described by European researchers.
The 390-million-year-old specimen was found in a German quarry, the journal Biology Letters reports.
The creature, which has been named Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, would have paddled in a river or swamp.
The size of the beast suggests that spiders, insects, crabs and similar creatures were much larger in the past than previously thought, the team says.
The claw itself measures 46cm - indicating its owner would have been longer even than the average-sized human.”
via BBC
King Corn
Jar and I had discussed this concept a few times, lo and behold, someone made a documentary about it…