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I like Windturbines.
They are amazing engines of the imagination. When I am king, I shall have several. Windfarm over Buffalo, NY. Picture taken from Mercy Hospital, South Buffalo, NY. -
Futurama Movie Set For November 27
"TV Squad informs us that the new Futurama movie will be available on November 27. The show will return as a full-length, high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be … -
The Science of Swearing
A very easy-to-read and well-written article about the history, sociology, law and psychology of naughty words. Well worth a look-see. (From BoingBoing) -
Alphabetic Evolution
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Oh, Those Crazy Greeks...
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, but it leaves me feeling rather uncomfortable. -
Dismal World
The unhappiest pictures on the internet. Don't go here for anything positive or uplifting. (From Ultimate Stupidity) -
Daniel Ellis really, really doesn't to want to serve as a juror.
So he tells the judge that he's a racist, homophobic, liar. The judge isn't amused. (From CNN) -
Elegant Sufficiency
"Eat then only so much as to break thy hunger, have only so much upon thee as to be sheltered, and do not curiously deck thy flesh with clothing, lest thou ruin it. For thou wilt make it more delicate, and wilt do in… -
Health Advice
(recieved via email)1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.3. The Chinese drink very little red wi… -
Seven words I used this week that annoyed my boss:
surfeitsalubriousabnegatedoctothorpeinimicalbalkanizedswarthy(I don't understand why it is that every time I refer to someone as "swarthy" the response is laughter.) -
Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair
This guy takes a delightful journey. Just the thought of it makes me happy. (From CNN)EDIT: Sorry, forgot the link. It is now in place. -
Good News for East Coasters
The girl-guy ratio is looking pretty good. (From Strangemaps) -
On Serious Literature
Ursula Le Guin sends a cry from the heart: `Michael Chabon has spent considerable energy trying to drag the decaying corpse of genre fiction out of the shallow grave where writers of serious literature abandoned it.… -
Desktop Tower Defense
The best free game I've come across in a long time. When you enter your high score, list it under "Team Xanga" to compare it with myself and others! -
In Defense of the West
An interesting video of an Arab woman mounting a better defense of the West than I ever could: (From Al Jazeera.net via Ultimate Stupidity) -
The World Clock
A very clever count-down of a plethora of statistics.
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