Archive for April, 2009
Remember What Your Mom Taught You About the Flu and You’ll Be Fine
Randall Munroe gets on the Swine Flu/Twitter humor train early and decisively. I posted the comic after the jump. It’s funny, trust me (and there’s another webcomic joke in there that you may or may not get). More seriously, let’s get real, folks. Swine Flu is not a screaming hot deal here in the United [...]
One Fractionally-Small Step for Man…
Stephen Green and Ed Driscoll are right. This is the coolest backyard project ever.
Biographies You’ll Want to Own
If you’re looking for good summer reading material, you could do worse than shopping your way through these biographies recommended by Stacy McCain. I like biographies, though I really couldn’t tell you exactly why. There is something very enjoyable about reading about how someone who achieved a certain amount of fame (or infamy) learned their [...]
Oddly Enough, the Most Severe Crime During the Rape of Nanking Wasn’t Waterboarding
One of thee days, Paul Begala will be right about something important. I don’t know when that will happen, but it’s bound to. Law of averages and all. At least he was polite when he was wrong. That’s by far the exception. Hemingway’s post is well worth your time, if for no other reason than [...]
That’s What You Said