It’s a baby. Get a fucking grip!
The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad
24 February 2016 by Leave a Comment
This is about an overblown national security apparatus — one that has regularly played Snakes and Ladders with the Constitution, jeopardized all of the most important technology companies in America, spied on its own Government, lied about it all, and really only exists to protect us from something that kills about as many Americans each year as sharks — that is now throwing its toys out of the cot.
Source: The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad — Medium
F&*%ing spot on.
Science and Belief 2
18 February 2016 by Leave a Comment
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2016/02/18
Even better. I’ll just provide the Non Sequitur link as I don’t think it’s fair to display the cartoons two days in a row.
RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION: “I Came Into This Life With No Baggage” ☮
12 February 2016 by Leave a Comment
Don’t Throw Away Those Pennies
27 January 2016 by 1 Comment
This story appeared in the News app on my iPad: apparently, quite a few people would rather throw money away than carry “heavy” coins around. I first came across this behaviour when I was working on a project in Dublin years ago. I was waiting for a lift with a colleague (who shall rename anonymous) when he pulled out some coppers and threw the coins into the waste bin. This was pre-Euro, and the copper coins were much larger than they are now, but even so I was horrified at such decadent behaviour. I persuaded my colleague that we should have a charity mug—we shared adjoining desks—into which we put our pennies. When the mug was full, I’d take the money with me to Dublin Airport and slot the coins into the charity box inside.
I have continued this habit to this day: all coins of 10p or lower (and leftover foreign currency) go into my charity vase. When it’s full, I usually put the money in a bag and take it with me when I’m flying somewhere on BA and donate it to their Change for Good programme.
The survey on which the Mirror story is based was carried out by Mecca Bingo, who are trying to persuade people to gamble with those pennies, which seems like another way to throw money away. So why not do what I do?
How MSG Got A Bad Rap: Flawed Science And Xenophobia
8 January 2016 by Leave a Comment
That MSG isn’t the poison we’ve made it out to be has been well-established. News stories are written regularly about the lack of evidence tying MSG to negative health effects… Still, Yelp reviews of Chinese restaurants tell tales of racing hearts, sleepless nights and tingling limbs from dishes “laden with MSG.” Even when the science is clear, it takes a lot to overwrite a stigma, especially when that stigma is about more than just food.
Source: How MSG Got A Bad Rap: Flawed Science And Xenophobia | FiveThirtyEight
I did not know this.
Oysters and Wine for Breakfast
4 January 2016 by Leave a Comment
Today, écailleur Louis is multitasking, shucking knife in one hand, bottle of muscadet in the other.
He assembles a cluster of happiness. The huîtres spéciales are sweeter than the Fines with their hint of iodine; raised off the coast of Normandy with the flavors of the Channel filtering through their bodies. Naturally spawned in April, they are now beautifully fat.
I prod with a terrifyingly sharp, candy-pink plastic shucking knife, trying not to cut my tongue while scraping the oyster into my mouth, adductor muscles and all. They are masculine, metallic, sea sweet, with a taste of noisette on the tongue.
Source: A Historic International Agreement Demands Oysters and Wine for Breakfast – Roads & Kingdoms
Oh, my!
2015 in review
30 December 2015 by Leave a Comment
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 57 trips to carry that many people.
Click here to see the complete report.
What fun!
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