Forlorn Shipwrecks Of The Desert
When I was a boy learning geography, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. Even then its salinity was so high that it was … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
In Germany, The Fishermen Joust
In Bavaria, each Assumption day (August 15), The fishermen take to Lake Staffelsee to engage in the time honored sport of Fischerstechen, or Fishermen Joust. From Wikipedia: … Read more
Corn Syrup For The Mind
I went to see the film “Captain America” the other day. Several of my friends had been raving about it and the trailer looked promising. I was pleasantly … Read more
An Exercise in Absurdity
American politics seems to be an exercise in absurdity these days. The recent self-made crisis regarding the debt ceiling is a perfect example. With unemployment hovering officially around … Read more
B.F. Skinner & The Pigeon-Guided Missile
During World War II there was great interest in finding a way to reliably steer a missile to a target. However, the guided missile was still in the … Read more
Brother can you spare 2 million jobs? Emergency Jobs Bill
Excerpted from a post by jwjnational,on August 15th,2011 Responding to the continuing massive jobs deficit,Chicago Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky proposed to create 2 million jobs,introducing the “Emergency Jobs to … Read more
One Head, Slightly Used
This May the head of St. Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint of genital disease, was sold at auction for about $5,000 (3,500 Euro). This brings to … Read more
“Too Big to Jail?” Not if there’s any justice left in America…
Excerpted from an article by Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com, May 11, 2011: They weren’t murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive … Read more
Why I Don’t Laugh At PETA: Pt 3
The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself. … Read more
Shiny Happy Corporate People
Here’s the paradox in this whole concept of “corporate personhood.” When it comes to rights, Republicans say corporations are people. But when it comes to the responsibilities of … Read more
