'Random Stuff' Category
Famous Atheist Rises From the Dead
Now this is funny if you can ignore the sacrilegiousness.
Richard Dawkins embarrassed after death and subsequent resurrectionConfirmed atheist Richard Dawkins was forced onto the defensive yesterday after he died but subsequently rose from the dead in a miraculous resurrection, much like that of the son of God Jesus Christ.
Maybe Monk is right!
Remind me not to shake hands with anyone outside of London next time I’m in Britian. A study done by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found that men in the north of Britian are disgusting pigs and make we want to vomit! Really!
A study done among commuters in Britian found 53% [...]Yom Kippur
Sundown today was the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is a day of fasting and prayer.
In 1965, the first game of the World Series fell on Yom Kippur so Sandy Koufax (one of the greatest pitchers of all time) who was Jewish couldn’t start [...]Leif Erikson Day
Hey everybody, it’s Leif Ericsson Day! Hinga dinga durgin!
Two points if you know where the above is from. But anyway, today really is Leif Erikson Day! It’s been a holiday in Wisconsin since 1930 and a US commemoration since 1964. There is no actual event associated with Leif Erikson that occurred on [...]Short Americans
In the debate the other night, John McCain stated an unusual statistic. He said that North Koreans are three inches shorter on average than South Koreans. He attributed the difference to the repressive North Korean regime and the better nutrition available to the South Koreans. Senator McCain was off a little bit… [...]
A Good Virus?
A lesson for all of us, perhaps?
Talk Like A Pirate Day
Avast there, and shiver me timbers! And bring me a noggin of rum, now, won’t you, matey? Cause today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!
Every year since 1995, Ol’ Chumbucket (John Baur) and Cap’n Slappy (Mark Summers) have been celebrating ITLAPD and thanks to the genius of Dave Barry, who thought it was [...]Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I can’t believe that I forgot all about the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. I had forgotten to check the winners back at the beginning of the summer.
For those who don’t know, Edward Bulwer-Lytton is famous for many phrases that we take for granted. “The great unwashed”, “pursuit of the almighty dollar”, “the pen is [...]Things not to do in public
The Netherlands’ Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima watch the swimming events at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 14, 2008. Perhaps this means something special in the Netherlands?
Next time he is out in public, the Crown Prince may want to take some advice from the party leaders of [...]Stanley Kamel
I watched Friday night’s episode of Monk last night (I had TiVo-ed it). It was a salute to Stanley Kamel, who played Mr. Monk’s psychiatrist since the show began in 2002. Kamel had died in April and this was the first episode since Kamel’s death. Stanley Kamel had a long and very [...]
