§ Health
I’ve often referred to Tom’s Hardware when researching components and optimum configurations for PC’s. It’s a site that provides the news and reviews necessary to fuel the obsessive tweaking and overclocking techniques employed by frenzied hardware freaks. So it seems hardly surprising when a columinst at the site considers extending overclocking benchmarks to the human body: As IT professionals, we... more
§ Politics
Isn’t the world such a wonderfully pleasant place when America’s premier televangelist calls for the head of a South American President? BBC News reports: Mr Robertson, 75, said on Monday’s edition of the 700 Club: “You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought... more
§ Books
While it may be appalling to some, I have to admit that I would have once been very proud to author a book like How Animals Have Sex while I was in High School. Obviously, I have since matured…... more
§ Weird
Any seasoned college student should already know what hash butter is. But I wonder if anyone has considered the possibility of Hash Beef? According to The Scotsman that’s exactly what some Russian cows may become by the end of next winter: RUSSIA’S long winter will fly by for a herd of cows which is to be fed fodder containing confiscated... more
§ Politics
I’ve long advocated that Canada should arbitrarily declare war on France. After all, nobody really likes the French and it would help Canadians carve out a niche as the only Friendly Conquerors of the post-cold war era. But as the CBC reports, I can now suggest Denmark as a more plausible recipient of our aggression: Danish officials in a warship... more