August 2008
8 posts
Angolans turn to Virgin Mary ahead of elections →
I wonder if this is what we Americans should do before November.
Bolt's gold down to yam power, father says →
“Usain Bolt streaked to 100 metres Olympic gold at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday thanks to yam power, his father said…. ‘It is definitely the Trelawny yam,’ Bolt senior told Reuters seconds after his son smashed the world record on the way to landing the biggest gold medal in sport.”
I pray for the day when the yam is finally outlawed in Olympic sports.
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Why 'Tropic Thunder' shouldn't be seen →
Incredible commentary on CNN by Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics. “Now, however,” he writes, “is the time to raise our voices against ‘Tropic Thunder’ and the harm it is sure to visit on people with intellectual disabilities.” The disabled face immediate doom! How can we help? “Ban the R-word. Ban the movie. Take a stand.” Yeah,...
Over at my stupid drug blog I wrote about “binaural beats.” This article is stupider than LOLcats could ever hope to be.
doree:
Um, I actually just got a PRESS RELEASE that began:
Doree: Yesterday, it was Bernie Mac. Today it was Isaac Hayes. Could Samuel Jackson be next?
I’m not even sure what the person who sent it to me is pushing. Besides the idea that bad things happen to black men in threes, maybe?
I got the same one. He described himself as “a former music reviewer” and his signature said...
How To: Win at Rock Paper Scissors →
Pathetic. A 3-part series on how to win at RPS is like reducing Machiavelli’s The Prince to a short paragraph. I expect more from you, Wired!