Category Archives: News

Gary Larson was Right

    Dinosaurs did die of cancer. The Far Side comic in question

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Book Tour

    It’s Natural Disaster Day at work. Not only do we have a coronal flare hitting us in an hour and threatening our satellite broadcasts, but we just discovered one of our AC units is flooding underneath our floor … Continue reading

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Mind Power

    So what. Some monkey can move a mechanical arm just through thought impulses. Big deal. I have mysterious powers too, but no one’s writing news stories about me. For instance, I can make my stomach growl just by … Continue reading

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In the News

    Today’s top headlines.    • According to the AP, “Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won a surprise request Monday to represent himself at trial.” To make him feel more comfortable, the judge has allowed Muhammad to shout down … Continue reading

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Quadrupled

    Several news sources have already alerted us to how the number of morbidly obese Americans has quadrupled in the last twenty years. Bandwagon jumpers, I call these people. That is if there were a bandwagon sturdy enough to … Continue reading

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Headlines

    The Supreme Court has agreed to hear debate on whether the “one Nation under God” phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance should remain. This story could be big, although the ruling won’t be till next year. Personally, I … Continue reading

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Redempublicanocrat

    In the aftermath of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s election, I figured I’d take this category out again for a ride around the block. I know everybody loves Ahnuld, but, seriously, they couldn’t just wait till Terminator 3 comes out on … Continue reading

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Yesterday in Tech News

    Although they’re a day old, a couple tech stories have caught my eye. The first, from this C|net article, is that the latest copy-protection implemented by BMG on its new CDs can be defeated by simply holding the … Continue reading

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Bullwinkle’s Poetry Corner

    First Lady Laura Bush began the third National Book Festival by reciting a poem, written by none other than her husband, the President of the United States. To honor the “written word in an age of visual media”” … Continue reading

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Oh the Thinks You Can Think

    A University of Maryland study confirms most Americans have at least one of three misconceptions about the Iraq invasion (those being that Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 2001 attacks, that the US have found weapons of … Continue reading

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