Great links compilation of Christopher Hitchens Essays
David Sessions has HERE put together a nice collection of things Christopher Hitchens wrote down before he donated his body to medical research.
Doomed Russian Mars probe seen from the ground
“In November 2011, the Russian space agency launched the much-anticipated Mars probe called Phobos-Grunt (which means “Phobos dirt” or “ground”), which would go to the Red Planet, soft-land a probe … Continue reading
Jan. 4, 1903: Tommy Edison Seeks out and fries Topsy the Elephant
Topsy belonged to the Forepaugh Circus and spent the last years of her life at Coney Island’s Luna Park. Because she had killed three men in as many years (including … Continue reading
40,000 new laws to take effect in the US in 2012
About 40,000 state laws taking effect at the start of the new year will change rules about getting abortions in New Hampshire, learning about gays and lesbians in California, getting … Continue reading
Corporate Executive Screening: filtering IN the psychopaths
In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies ways in which Corporations … Continue reading
Another language dying: Stamp arrangement code speak
The dying art of sending messages with hidden messages in the mail by unique stamp fixation. This a was a worldwide craze but most of the rules seem to … Continue reading
Pepsi defends Mountain Dew as a Jellifying agent
Ronald Ball found a dead mouse in a can of Mountain Dew after taking a swig from it. He is suing Pepsico, a store and its manager for about 325,000 … Continue reading
2012 is Post-Apocalyptic Awareness Year
SIX MOVIES THAT WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE END OF THE WORLD 2012 may bring meltdown. it may bring the mothership. it may just bring 2013 whatever comes, you ought … Continue reading
Incoming Meteor Shower, January 3-4
If the weather is right in the coming days, you may be able to see the Quadrantids coming around as many as 200 meteors per hour. Look north between the … Continue reading
depending on things you don’t understand
Being Dependent upon things we don’t understand is nothing new. It’s only what we are dependent upon that changes. We used to depend on gods to bring the meat and … Continue reading
Imagination and Creativity in Animals
Determining whether or not animals can be creative would require that we define what creativity means. In the meantime… in Thailand, elephants paint pictures and play improvisational fusion jazz. In … Continue reading
the rise of food trucks and the coming hipster turf wars
There is an obvious plethora of food on the move these days. Often this food arrives by tweet and is accompanied by a whole holodeck change in environment… people juggling, … Continue reading
Urban Molting: coping with the exoskeletal wasteland of a dying strip mall
With news that Kmart and Sears are shutting down a number of stores across the Merica, a legitamate question is what will become of the oversized, empty shells they leave … Continue reading
White Christmas (1954). A vistavision view of American Idealism
This film is an “in”credible series of intricate floor shows tied together with bright colors and an amazing fireplace. the cast of characters are a super human bunch able to … Continue reading
decision fatigue, paralysis and the depletion of ego
Introductory anecdote: How people are driven (part 1) In Israel, parole boards usually grant parole 30% of the time on average, except after meals and breaks when they grant parole … Continue reading
Stringing together Autonomous Automation
“When a problem occurs, ask ‘why’ five times to try to find the source of the problem, then put into place something to prevent the problem from recurring” -Sakichi Toyoda … Continue reading
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