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“, …
Category Archives: Misc.
How come aliens never abduct people from prison?
4 pepper mills from Dennis.
Hollywood blogger runs into Quentin Tarantino at the mall, registers for wedding presents.
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.
Those crazy Swedes.
Wipe with a damp cloth, indeed.
Spring leaves.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …