I suffered in Nintendo Hell as a child, and never felt much satisfaction from playing that stupid Super Mario Brothers platform level game. So this amused me no end (via). Caution: plenty of swearing.

Ospreys don’t like to be cuckolded. Humans are quite vicious as a species, but at least two-timed men don’t practice infanticide. Or so I hope…

Overheard today: “There are far too many socialists in this lab celebrating this César Chavez holiday.” Said, I think, in response to half the workplace not turning up for work today. One hopes it was a bit tongue-in-cheek…

Compare and contrast Japan apology for blossom error Japan reiterates sex slave stance I like aspects of the Japanese culture and race; there is much to be admired about the way the Japanese people can be focused, the manner in which they preserve their cultural heritage, and have pride in their nation. But sometimes, I […]

What is the world coming to? Global warming, illegal wars, economic and polar icecap meltdown, road rage, the 405, and to top it all, Blue Peter fakes a phone-in! We’re doomed, I tell you. Doomed!!!

One of those weird papers that pop up in my PubCrawler searches: Effect of explosive noise on gastrointestinal transit and plasma levels of polypeptide hormones. Translation: Rats can get so scared they shit themselves. P.S. I’m not dead; just depressed.

I’ve always thought of Texas as a truly alien land, possibly biased from an early age from watching those odd “dream” episodes of Dallas. But this takes the biscuit. Something I’ve learned since arriving here is that the American male is always right. This seems to be a country built on the alpha male (not […]