Swine Flu
I’d been trying to find a way to describe my opinions on the hand-wavy-ness about the swine flu that’s been popping up everywhere on the web over the last twelve hours. XKCD got there first and did it better than I could have.
Portrait of the Artist With a Root Vegetable and a Magnificent Hat
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 28 No, I have no idea what this is about either. You have my apologies. On the other hand, I do love that wide-angle lens.
It gave me a little warm tingly chuckle
Seen on The Reverse Swing Manifesto: I like that we get to be the Mac guy. Although, to be fair, the Mac/PC ads annoy the hell out of me.
In case you were wondering.
Not dead, working. Will update at some point. In the meantime… The Daily Show writers explain the writers' strike (via BoingBoing):
“Skip to the end, Cap’n”
From BBC News (Link): Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg is poised to play Scotty in the new Star Trek movie. This could be interesting. Or it could simply Not Work. I'm not sure.
The Man Who Sued God
From Religion News Blog (link): Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to go straight to the top in an effort to stop natural disasters from befalling the world. … The suit asks for a “permanent injunction ordering Defendant to cease certain harmful activities and the making of terroristic threats.” … Chambers also cites [...]
Wakey wakey, rise and shine
Dead man wakes under autopsy knife (Reuters , via BoingBoing): "I woke up because the pain was unbearable," [he] said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal. Pretty high on the oops list, that one.
Brilliant!
BBC Picture set: Fantasy coffins. The godless heathen in me wants one shaped like this: But maybe that's just me.
