Posts tagged “science”

• I think it’s safe to say that bluntcard.com is my new favorite ecard site.
• Ferris Club
• Few things are as cool as Batman riding a robotic unicorn over a rainbow full of dolphins.
• There was once a woman who had immortal cells.
• True fact.
• I live in Los Angeles, so I am almost always “near” the ocean. There’s nothing like being in Hawaii, though. I need to be near a big body of water on a regular basis. I need it to reset my psychic metronome.
• To promote his new novel, Doubles, author Nic Brown challenged pro tennis player Tripp Phillips to a tournament. The story of the match is terrific.
• Fantastic feline fun for the whole family!
• Is anything sadder than a sad bear?

• Starbucks To Begin Sinister ‘Phase Two’ Of Operation
• Is Schizophrenics Anonymous legitimate or some sort of sick joke?
• “You think I’m stupid. You think I’m immature. You think I’m a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font.”
• This week’s must-have hat is The Infidel.
• In prison Bernie Madoff doesn’t have to hide his lack of conscience.
• The Smithsonian has released a list of the ten most disturbing scientific discoveries. I only think that three of them are very disturbing. (The other seven are just kind of “meh”.)
• If you’re going to brew your own beer, you might as well have a nice label.
• The Button is probably the dumbest iPhone app ever.
• Greg Knauss knows what to do about the Gulf.
• Housewife Charged In Sex-For-Security Scam
• News flash for lottery winners: Money can’t buy happiness. (Note: I am already happy, so winning the lottery would not ruin my life. Also, I’m not a moron.)
• Are you as excited about the new iPhone as I am? (It’s not my fault that Steve keeps releasing them so close to my birthday!)

Okay, riddle me this, kids: The local NBC affiliate’s nightly news keeps running items about how Los Angeles residents are not returning their census forms. The anchorman reports hyper-specific percentages each evening of how many of us have not responded. On Thursday night he said that less than 72% of the city had completed the census.

HOW DO THEY KNOW?!?!

The comments on these amazing photos of the Large Hadron Collider are almost as awesome as the machine.