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Category Archives: Misc.

No full moon effects.

People like to cite “studies” to support the notion that hospital admissions increase whenever there’s a full moon. I’ve heard both nurses and doctors claim that this is true. I have a deep antipathy towards the mindless repetition of urban legends, and so I quite enjoyed reading “Trauma and the full moon: a waning theory“, …

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Posted byWaldo JaquithMay 26, 2004Posted inMisc.

How come aliens never abduct people from prison?

Posted byWaldo JaquithApril 19, 2004Posted inMisc.

4 pepper mills from Dennis.

Hollywood blogger runs into Quentin Tarantino at the mall, registers for wedding presents.

Posted byWaldo JaquithApril 19, 2004Posted inMisc.

Jigsaw NYC.

Ben Jones is opening an art store in the East Village/Alphabet City, Jigsaw. It opens on June 2nd. Go and buy some art.

Posted byWaldo JaquithApril 13, 2004Posted inMisc.

Those crazy Swedes.

Wipe with a damp cloth, indeed.

Posted byWaldo JaquithApril 7, 2004Posted inMisc.

Spring leaves.

Posted byWaldo JaquithApril 6, 2004December 6, 2004Posted inMisc., Photo

It’s not the fall that kills you.

I like would have liked this guy: An elderly man recently diagnosed with a brain tumor leaped to his death from a vintage airplane he rented to celebrate his 88th birthday, officials said Tuesday. […] “I think that was Dad’s idea, to go out in a flash of glory,” said Robert Frost, who had helped …

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Posted byWaldo JaquithMarch 31, 2004Posted inMisc.

100 rocketships.

Ben Jones drew 100 rocketships. I think #49 is invisible. #8 looks like it would float. #73…I don’t know what’s going on there. And I think ET came in #99.

Posted byWaldo JaquithMarch 23, 2004Posted inMisc.

Illustrated guide to Christian law.

Confused about Christian and Judaic law? It’s OK, everybody can be. Many people know that homosexuals should be put to death, but a lot of people don’t know about many of the other rules that we’re to follow. For example, people who wear clothing made of a blend (cotton and polyester, for example) must be …

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Posted byWaldo JaquithMarch 15, 2004Posted inMisc.

Just say no to “neat.”

I have devised a method of discriminating between meaningful, worthwhile purchases and the acquisition of useless crap. There are a variety of adjectives available to describe any number of things that one might purchase. A pair of pants could be described as “cool,” a handgun as “awesome,” a potted plant as “pretty,” or a puppy …

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Posted byWaldo JaquithMarch 2, 2004Posted inMisc.

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