It’s official: Nintendo has named their next-generation console (formerly known as the “Revolution”) the Nintendo Wii – prounounced “We”. Good decision guys. That certainly sounds forward-looking and tough. “Hey Jim, wanna come over and play my new Weeee? I just…
Amazon will occasionally send me email with recommendations for me to check out. Apparently, I have been confusing the heck out of their suggestions system, as the above email is the result. Yes, they simultaneously recommended War Against the Weak:…
White House sources are reporting that Fox News anchor/syndicated radio host Tony Snow is in the final stages of talks to become the new Press Secretary for the Bush Administration. President Bush has missed a real opportunity here to practice…
You’ll slap yourself over this one, as you too could have traded your disdain for OPEC in for a phat book deal. Looks like your anti-OPEC arguments are represented fairly substantially in Learsy’s Over a Barrell. *grin*
Remember the Mystery Stealth Boat of Doom Iran “tested” a couple of weeks ago, as well as the Magical Radar-Evading ICBMs of Ill Portent and the Super-Cavitating Super Rocket Torpedo of Super Islamic Doom? Well, it turns out that all…
I’ve actually been fairly amused over the media hyperventilating precipitated by the “recent” “revelation” of the Gospel of Judas, a Gnostic text long thought lost to the vagaries of time, unearthed in 1978 and recently released for translation by the…
Author Dan Simmons has penned a riveting short story posited on a time traveler from the future showing up in Simmons’ study offering cautionary tales of the future. A pull quote from the middle of the piece: I tried to…
I sometimes find myself wondering whether any elected official in the city of Philadelphia is still in full posession of their mental faculties, as their actions are virtually indistinguishable from those of certifiable crazy persons. Take, for instance, two recent…
I watched the trailer for United 93, the upcoming film that attempts to portray the events aboard United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001. For those that don’t remember, Flight 93 was the plane intended for the White House…
Charles Krauthammer has written a piece that, to my mind, accurately encapsulates the set of conservative objections and views on the ongoing immigration debate. From First a Wall — Then Amnesty: Forget employer sanctions. Build a barrier. It is simply…
