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Miscellaneous

The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Cthulhu, and a Trampoline

by RichJuly 29, 2010

With an eye-catching title like that, you may have been expecting some sort of metaphor or deep poetry at work here, but no, there’s just this awesome tea/coffee cup with the cutest picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Cthulhu jumping of a trampoline I’ve seen all week on it. As a skeptic, sci-fi nerd, [...]

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News for 4/28

by IanApril 28, 2009

A nod to an old CNN article from 2003, in which George Bush said the following: War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, “I was just following orders.” Ah, irony. Speaking of ironic, apparently there are a good number of conservatives who think Colbert [...]

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Bravo, Facepuncher

by IanApril 16, 2009

I don’t think we’ve ever done this before, but I’d like to draw your attention to a post on Reddit.com that I read this afternoon and, literally, nearly sprayed my monitor with the Mountain Dew I was attempting to drink. The post, in my opinion, is perfect. Short, to the point, funny, and true. Here [...]

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And We Shall Call It: Colbert

by IanMarch 24, 2009

Via: MSNBC NASA made a big mistake when they allowed write-in votes for their contest to name the new room at the international space station. Why is this a mistake? Because of one man – Stephen Colbert. With his word, more than 200,000 people took to the NASA site, and wrote in “Colbert” as their [...]

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Brits Feeling the Self-Esteem Pressure

by IanMarch 16, 2009

It looks as though the American approach to kissing your child’s ass, and demanding that their teacher does the same has already been exported to Britain, and some are none too thrilled. Via: BBC News Dr Carol Craig said children were being over-praised and were developing an “all about me” mentality. She said teachers increasingly [...]

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More Awesome Cops

by IanFebruary 26, 2009

Via Yahoo News: DENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly women cross [...]

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