Archive for December, 2006

News: Right-Wing Nutjobs think Soy makes you Gay

December 12th, 2006

From The WorldNetDaily:
A devil food is turning our kids into homosexuals
There’s a slow poison out there that’s severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it’s a “health food,” one of our most popular.
Now, I’m a health-food guy, a fanatic who seldom allows anything into his kitchen unless […]

Cool Stuff: INSELKAMPF

December 12th, 2006

A friend of mine recently introduced me to INSELKAMPF.   It’s a simple online game where each player controls a little island, you try to build up the island using 3 resources (Gold, Stone & Wood), and then eventually send out ships to colonize, and take the other players islands.
It’s a very simple game that only […]

Cool Stuff: Paris By Night

December 11th, 2006

 
A much more amazing 360 degree photo of the snippet above can be found here.
You see a picture like that and understand why Paris is considered one of the most beautiful cities on earth.   It’s been over 20 years since I’ve been there, I think I might be time for another visit.

News: Hitler’s Race Car for Sale

December 9th, 2006

From CNN.COM:
Hitler race car could fetch $12 million
Designed by Porsche, the 485-hp Auto Union D-type was revolutionary in its day.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A rare 1939 German race car commissioned by Adolf Hitler is expected to command the highest price ever paid for any automobile at auction, according to Christie’s, which will conduct the auction […]

News: Huge Solar Tsunami on the Sun

December 8th, 2006

From Space.COM:
Scientists Spot ‘Tsunami’ on the Sun
A major flare on the Sun earlier this week generated what scientists are calling a solar tsunami.
The tsunami-like shock wave, formally called a Moreton wave, rolled across the hot surface, destroying two visible filaments of cool gas on opposite sides of the visible face of the Sun.
Astronomers using a […]

News: Study Shows that Indian Men have Small Schlongs

December 8th, 2006

From The BBC: 
Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.
It has […]

Pretty Sunset, Can you Name the Location?

December 8th, 2006

I came across this pretty photo of a sunset.
Can you guess where this is?  First person to get it right wins a free years subscription to Goofyblog.
Note: You don’t need to tell me the EXACT location,  if you’re in the ballpark that’s good enough.

La Contessa Burns

December 7th, 2006

In 2002, a new Ship arose out of the desert at Burning Man, it was…

La Contessa!
Unfortunately it has succumbed to arson, I’m not sure where it was “parked” it looks like it might be the Burning Man ranch, or somewhere near Black rock in Northern Nevada.

I hope they catch the bastards, and then maybe…someday…
La Contessa […]

A Day that will live in Infamy

December 7th, 2006

Over at DailyKos there is a great photo history of America, captured in time, just prior to Pearl Harbor.   Pretty incredible pictures, go take a look.

Dance Monkey Dance

December 7th, 2006

A couple of months ago I posted this link to an awsome You-Tube video by Ernie Cline,  I just stumbled upon another version of it here.

Reproductive News

December 7th, 2006

 
By Restless 
Even though Democrats won control of Congress, the Bush Administration is extremely active in many areas, not the least of which is the Christian extremist bugaboo, sex and reproductive rights.
These whack jobs are in a distinct minority, but they still have the power and the influence and it’s like when will it end? The […]

News: “Doctor Who” fan Builds Dalek Robot to Scare College Kids

December 7th, 2006

From Metro.Co.UK: 
Build a Dalek to scare drinkers
A Doctor Who fan has made a Dalek he can sit inside, complete with voicebox, to scare away rowdy students from his street.
It rasps: ‘I don’t like students. You will be exter- min-ated!’ at passers-by.
Andrew Simpson, 22, who took eight months to make the Doctor Who creature at a […]

News: Solar Breakthrough! New Cells 40.7% efficient, over twice the efficiency of current cells.

December 7th, 2006

 
From The U.S. Dept of Energy:
New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology
New Solar Cell Breaks the “40 Percent Efficient” Sunlight-to-Electricity Barrier
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner today announced that with DOE funding, a concentrator solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved […]

News: In an Odd Twist of Karma, American Churches are Now Being Scammed by Nigerian Scammers.

December 6th, 2006

  
  American Scammer       Nigerian Scammer
Sometimes that whole Anti-Intellectual, Anti-”Book Learning”,  Anti-Living in Reality… ”trust the word of Jesus” thing really comes back to bite you in the ass.
From CNEWS.COM: 
Churches, Ministers Targeted By Nigerian E-mail Scammers
Nigerian e-mail scammers are successfully targeting American churches and ministers, cheating them out of millions of dollars under the guise of spreading […]