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Photo of World Record Breaker
A new world record has been set: The previous record for hanging spoons on a human face was 15. Joe Allison "smashed" the record with 16. He's only 16 years old. He thinks that when his forehead is a little...Posted on April 6, 2008 6:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Little Worrisome
This is a nice bit of Scandinavian design. But take another look. Notice the ST segment? HT: Neatorama....Posted on March 16, 2008 3:17 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Freud Was Wrong
Sigmund Freud was right about a lot of things, but he also was wrong about a lot of things. For example, he thought that there were only two fundamental motivations: sex and aggression. Bloggers know better, as this xkcd panel...Posted on February 23, 2008 9:43 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It Looks Like...
...You are trying to run a country. What would you like to do? This must be old, before Powell joined the torrent of acceptably competent persons leaving the Administration, and before MS Office 2007. It is still funny. HT: Dark...Posted on February 10, 2008 4:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
FSM Cookies
Bill O'Reilly has declared victory in the secular humanist's War on Christmas. "If I had not done the campaign, then the forces of darkness would have won" But O'Reilly did not do his homework. He did not know about...Posted on December 31, 2007 8:24 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Movie Generator
The Movie Generator just takes a database of various actors and ideas, and combines them at random: Hollywood's out of ideas. I'm just here to help out. Vin Diesel stars in the heart-warming role of President, Abraham Lincoln. With Kate...Posted on December 21, 2007 12:02 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bioethics at Starbucks
My colleagues, et alia, have been writing (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) about the ethical issues involved in the use of drugs to enhance cognition. This is all based upon an article in Nature, by...Posted on December 21, 2007 9:45 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Eulogy for a Mainframe
The University of Manitoba finally decomissioned its mainframe, Betelgeuse, after 47 years of faithful service. The IT folks were so touched, they held a New Orleans-style jazz funeral for the thing. Here's the eulogy: For forty-seven years you've...Posted on December 20, 2007 11:19 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The 2007 List: Ten Most Dangerous College Classes
Now, if only they would offer these online for free... 10. Collegiate Sexualities at Occidental College. 9. Body Politics: Power, Pain, and Pleasure at Williams College. 8. Issues Dividing America at Columbia University. 7. Whiteness and Multiculturalism at Ithaca College....Posted on December 19, 2007 11:25 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yale Open Courses
Yale University is following the trend, putting entire college courses on the Internet. As a member of the vast left-wing conspiracy, I object. I object, because now, conservatives will be able to see what methods we use to brainwash...Posted on December 13, 2007 11:31 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Teehuggers Gone Wild: Organic Water
The treehuggers at TreeHugger saw right through this one. Safeway is now selling "organic water." I find the last point especially amusing: "No Genetic Modification." Greenwashing to the extreme. HT: J-Walk Blog Beta...Posted on November 24, 2007 10:58 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Foreign Policy: A Suggestion
Turkey is considering adding the letters "Q," "W," and "X" to their alphabet. The idea is that it would appease the Kurds. Gov’t reform envisages including X, Q, W in Turkish alphabets Changing the Turkish alphabet to include the...Posted on November 23, 2007 4:35 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Freudian Slippers
The term "Freudian Slip" has been the subject of innumerable puns. This one is new to me: It's the perfect holiday gift for shrinks in cold climates. HT: Mental Floss...Posted on November 17, 2007 8:36 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Errors in Texas Textbooks
The San Antonio Express-News reports that "Reviewers have found 109,263 errors in sample copies of math textbooks to be used next fall in Texas." One second-grade math book, for example, has 4 plus 7 equaling 10. OK, anybody can make...Posted on November 16, 2007 5:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Unflattering Comparison
In his article about what is wrong with Windows Vista, PC Mag's John Dvorak unintentionally disrespects northern Michigan: Until now, Microsoft could sell code better than anyone, but it seems the company would rather sell services: software as a service,...Posted on November 13, 2007 8:27 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Shakespeare Quote Generator
O excellent! I love corpus callosum better than figs.Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?Get your own quotes:...Posted on November 9, 2007 10:17 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Deconstructing Hamlet and Designer Genes
This is a highly amusing podcast, for nerds anyway. Tweaking a few genes here and there will not alter our fundamental humanness. But is this what we really want? Go to the page and click on the Listen: MP3 format...Posted on November 9, 2007 9:48 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Demise of Open Access?
I was thrilled to note that the Journal of Geoclimatic Studies offered open access to their papers. But as of today, the website is down, with no explanation. Whois shows that their site was created on 11/2/2007. Pity, it...Posted on November 9, 2007 4:25 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Balloon Neuroanatomy
From BoingBoing, an illustration of the neuroanatomy of balloon dogs: Original source: Pneumatic Anatomica....Posted on October 25, 2007 12:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Guy Calling Tech Support Faces Very Long Wait
Most people expect a wait when they call tech support. Knowledgeable users arrange to have something to do to kill some time: a book, magazine, something like that. This is the story of Timothy Scott Short, who is going to...Posted on October 24, 2007 7:27 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Emergency Beer Opener
Some people are amazingly creative...or thirsty. (Source)...Posted on September 22, 2007 2:42 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kids Will be Mateys
One of the essential skills a medical student has to learn is the ability to take a list of symptoms, exam findings, and lab results and determine which diagnosis is consistent with that data. For example, when seeing a...Posted on September 19, 2007 7:54 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Having a Bad Day?
Shows what can happen when you withhold cheezburgers. (The caption indicates that the lizard survived.) photo by Chickenboots....Posted on August 29, 2007 7:05 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
LOL Monkey-On-Goat
From Cellar Image of the Day......Posted on August 27, 2007 9:13 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Geology as Comedy
A neat little podcast, in which ordinary people express incredulity at the notion of a medical doctor buying into young-earth creationism, is at Quirky Nomads. ...Posted on August 25, 2007 12:46 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Don't Take This on a Plane
Made with Legos. This was dreamed up by their development team, but never merketed....Posted on August 22, 2007 12:26 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Military Intelligence Update
The US Army Crops of Engineers accidentally dumped hundreds of unexploded pieces of ordnance on the beach at Surf City. Now, they want the city to help pay for the cleanup. "If they're talking about getting any money out...Posted on August 7, 2007 8:07 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Microsoft Bob Redux
Microsoft (the company, not the cat) is planning to introduce a free, adware version of Microsoft Works. Works is their stripped-down version of Microsoft Office. Works already comes bundled with many newly-purchased Windows machines. Most people are not aware of...Posted on August 2, 2007 9:44 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What Is This World Coming To?
In general, the Corpus Callosum celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit. This may be the best example of Yankee ingenuity I've ever seen. This being a family-oriented site, it would be too risqué for me to show the photo uncropped. Plus, my...Posted on July 29, 2007 2:54 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cheney Gets Defibrilator; Bush In Power Briefly
President George W. Bush will have a brief opportunity to know what it is like to be in command, when VP Dick Cheney undergoes surgery to replace his automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters, "This...Posted on July 28, 2007 10:44 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While We're At It...
Satirical images can be fun....Posted on July 20, 2007 1:01 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What If?
A leading publication asks the question, "What if Dick Cheney became President?" (Courtesy of Superdickery.com)Posted on July 20, 2007 11:22 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cheney Mythology
It is a cheap shot, indeed, but an exceptionally good one. And given that Cheney is the only person in history to get an apology from someone after shooting him in the face with a shotgun, it is strangely appropriate......Posted on July 6, 2007 6:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What If You Can't Afford an Hypoallergenic Cat?
The Allerca hypoallergenic cat... is a hot commodity right now. The company claims a 15-month waiting list for the $4,000 pets. They supposedly have many virtues: An ALLERCA GD cat's personality is very sweet and affectionate, thanks in part to...Posted on July 5, 2007 11:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Free Evolution Tract
From ChristiaNet. They think it is clever, I guess. This is the first in a series of Free Evolution Tracts that can be sent as e-cards. What does it mean? Are they declaring war on Christmas?...Posted on June 17, 2007 10:20 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Political Correctness for Anatidae
How do you think it feels?...Posted on June 16, 2007 7:06 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This Graphic Cracks Me Up
Tax cuts for the Howells. No reproductive rights for Ginger and Mary Ann. Funding Cuts for the Professor....Posted on May 25, 2007 10:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
New Kind of Epilepsy?
Only in LA, they say, but these things could happen anywhere. A wanted man who wanted to make it to court really early May 22, 2007 For your Stupid Criminal Alibis file, consider the case of the guy stopped by...Posted on May 24, 2007 7:46 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What After Impeachmints?
What is the correct follow-up for an impeachmint? There is only one possible answer......Posted on May 15, 2007 7:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
They Should Do This in D.C.
Southwest BioEnergy has announced a plan to build a biomasss electrical generation facility in Vado, New Mexico. Vado is rather close to the middle of nowhere, but it also happens to be very close to a whole lotta cattle and...Posted on May 12, 2007 11:13 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Upgrade Now!
You all will be pleased to know that bug #177773 in cowsay has been fixed. The cow's tongue now will be rendered correctly. j7uy5@localhost ~ $ cowsay Corpus Callosum is weird! ___________________________ < Corpus Callosum is weird! > --------------------------- ...Posted on May 12, 2007 11:41 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
All You Browser Are Belong to Us
The spoof site is here. The spoof video: I know this is kind of old, but still worth a chuckle or two....Posted on May 8, 2007 11:49 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You Don't Either
I don't know & you don't either.Posted on April 23, 2007 7:50 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yet Another Quote of the Day
"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision -- if the job description were, what do you do -- it's decision-maker. And I make a lot of big ones, and I make a lot of little ones."...Posted on April 19, 2007 10:36 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
URGENT Product Recall
I thought this was kind of clever. Not sure why the Project for the Old American Century put it up -- it is not their usual fare -- but they deserve credit for being creative....Posted on April 11, 2007 6:52 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Weekend Coffee-Shop Reading
This was at Barnes and Noble, in Linux User & Developer. I learned that Peugot (the second-largest auto maker in Europe) plans to install Linux for their 2,500 servers. That is not particularly surprising. What is more, they plan to...Posted on April 8, 2007 7:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Apple's Newest: The iRack
glumbert.com - The Apple iRack A rather amusing video, sums things up nicely. ...Posted on April 4, 2007 10:56 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Science Spring Showdown Spoilsport
I must admit, I am pretty much a spoilsport when it comes to sports. Even though my colleagues have been stocking up and draining down PRBs all week, and chomping at their bits, and chafing at their straps, and frothing...Posted on March 16, 2007 10:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
World's Most Expensive Pizza
A while back, I posted a picture of this area's most expensive Pizza, from Pizza House in Ann Arbor. That one was only about $25. Now I see there is one that is a wee bit more than that: Meet...Posted on March 16, 2007 9:49 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Early Playoff Action: Advantage Pluto
The playoffs are not even underway in the 2007 Science Spring Showdown, yet already the teams are maneuvering for any advantage they can get. The match-ups are so even, that everyone knows it is the intangibles that will make a...Posted on March 14, 2007 6:01 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Happy Piday
Happy Pi-day!...Posted on March 14, 2007 7:24 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tux Transformed
What would happen if Tux went to a famous portrait artist to get a makeover? Modigliani Botticelli This was done using the method described previously....Posted on March 10, 2007 9:07 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yet Another Shrubism
It recognition of the lifetime achievements of Molly Ivins, I propose that the term "Bushism" be replaced with "Shrubism." But I'm not the decider when it comes to the popularity of colloquialisms. That aside, Shrubisms rarely make me laugh any...Posted on February 3, 2007 11:41 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Horse Thinks He's A Hound
From Reuters: Horse thinks he's a hound Jan 8 - A foal who was raised with dogs has become so attached he thinks his mother and father are labradors. Rather than cantering about meadows with the other horses, Shetland pony...Posted on January 9, 2007 8:26 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What Else For An Open-Source "X"-mas?
Posted on December 25, 2006 10:05 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dumbest CME Question Ever
This was one of those snap quizzes, where you read an article, answer a couple questions, and get 0.25 CME credits. It had to do with biomarkers for cardiac risk. After plowing through a ton of obscure information about CRP,...Posted on December 21, 2006 8:10 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Michael Crichton Gets His
PZ's post on Crichton reminded me to point this out. For those of you who don't know, Michael Crichton got kind of nasty, paying back a critic by making up a character in a book. The made-up character had just...Posted on December 20, 2006 10:08 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
WTF -- Texas Considers Allowing Blind to Hunt
From the Houston Chronicle: State Rep. Edmund Kuempel has authored a bill that would allow legally blind people to go hunting. They'd be allowed to use laser sights, which are prohibited for fully-sighted hunters. They also would have to have...Posted on December 15, 2006 8:16 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sorry Folks, But...
This picture just cracks me up. I spent a fair amount of time growing up in Ypsilanti, and still have a fondness for the place. Anything that promotes a positive image is welcome. Somewhere, I saw a list...Posted on December 12, 2006 11:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Don't Be Afraid...
HT: Liberal Street Fighter....Posted on December 5, 2006 8:03 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I can't hear you
Look for even more pedestrian and bicycle accidents because of this: I can't hear you: Sony's new Walkman blocks out noise BY DANIEL DUNAIEF DAILY NEWS BUSINESS EDITOR Sony's new Walkman wants to bring in 'da music an throw out...Posted on October 13, 2006 8:19 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
U.S. theater owner shuts down rather than screening 'drivel'
HOOPESTON, Illinois -- A small-town theater owner says he was not trying to send Hollywood a message when he shut down for two weeks rather than show box-office leader "Jackass 2" or other new releases that he calls "drivel." But...Posted on October 2, 2006 8:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Quote of the Day 10-01
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. -- Mark Twain HT: Ratboy's Anvil...Posted on October 1, 2006 10:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Toliet Paper Expert
The Detroit Free Press has a brief article on a book, Wierd Michigan, by Linda Godfrey. One choice selection: Bill Jarrett, 81, of Wyoming, a self-described authority on toilet paper who's out to solve a great debate: Should the loose...Posted on September 26, 2006 10:09 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Be Nice To America
...or we'll bring democracy to your country. HT: Saline...Posted on September 25, 2006 7:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks