Entries from June 2003

Which Is Sicker?

Posted 06/26/03

You decide. Is it…

A. From Japan or B. From the UK?


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Why I Love My High School

Posted 06/26/03

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/95470p-86440c.html


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Wait Wait Wait!

Posted 06/18/03

USA Today ran a headline (below) “Fast-food chains face warning — Must post addiction notices.”

A new law? Nope. Just aggressive reporting. Seems a law professor at George Washington University is sending out his own demand to McDonalds, Burger King, et al.

Maybe if you send some letters to Congress demanding that they show some intelligence, you can get a headline, “Congress Faces Warning: Smarten Up!”


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Sen. Hatch Isn’t An Idiot — He Just Plays One on TV

Posted 06/18/03

According to U.S. Senate resident genius Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the entertainment industry should find a way to destroy the computers of people who illegally download music.

Of course, first Congress would have to exempt the music industry from penalties — you know, in case they destroyed someone’s computer by mistake. But according to CNN

[Hatch] endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, “then destroy their computer.”

Brilliant.


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Not a Headline You Often See

Posted 06/17/03

There are just so many problems here…

ES+T Cover


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Of Course They’re Related

Posted 06/14/03

Surprise.com offers and odd suggestion for someone interested in the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team. (Click the picture for a full-size version.)


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Could Be Worse — Could Live Here

Posted 06/13/03


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You Gotta Get This Thing

Posted 06/13/03

And I thought the Bloomin’ Onion was cool. Comes now the OctoDog, which turns any frankfurter into a octopus. Behold:


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Maybe He Was Chewing Gum at the Same Time

Posted 06/13/03

President Bush yesteday became the first person to fall from a Segway — a vehicle designed to be inherantly stable and easy to control. “I didn’t think it was possible,” said Segway inventor Dean Kamen. “We’ve had trained monkeys riding these things for months without a problem.”

Oops!


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Off With Their Heads

Posted 06/12/03

According to the San Jose Mercury News, to control its fire-ant populations, South Florida officials are releasing, I kid you not, decapitating phorid flies that apparently exist specifically to decapitate fire ants.

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