Palestinians ready to exhume Arafat body after scientists find polonium on his toothbrush, clothes
Well, whatever killed Arafat… just so long as he’s dead. That he died horribly is a bonus.
Jul 042012
Jul 042012
A lot of silly weirdness comes from those professing Christianity (Creationism, televangelism, Obamacare, etc.) But if you want full-on whackjobbery, there’s really only one religion to go to. No, not the Raelians, nor that other space-alien-based pseudoreligion (Which Shall Not Be Named), but Ye Olde Religion of Peace:
Islamic Group Forbids Tomatoes ‘Because They Are Christian?’
It seems that if you cut a tomato just right, it forms a cross (sort of a Cross Formeé). And it seems some people just can’t handle that.
This of course raises several ideas.
1) Can you use tomatoes in certain situations like you’d use garlic against a vampire? Will tomatoes cause suicide bombers to retreat, say>
2) What other basic food staples can you get Certain People to abandon because of perceived religious imagery? Is there a way to convince them that wheat and corn and rice and potatoes are forbidden because they are Jewish or pagan or something? Is there a way to make a Wiccan like Fairuza Balk spring fully formed out of a bushel of corn?
If so, I’m gonna have to take up farming.
Jul 042012
What’s awesome? THIS is awesome:
Be sure to check out the artists page for more awesomeness, such as:
Ben Franklin vs. Zeus
Paul Revere the Midnight Rider (on a Tron: Legacy lightcycle)
The best Seal of the President of the US you’ll see all day
George Washington, Zombie Hunter
Teddy Roosevelt vs Bigfoot
Abe Lincoln riding a grizzly
Jul 032012
All to single mothers.
Galapagos’ new star tortoise a prolific dad
Tapia said it is impossible to know Diego’s age, but he is well over 100. He estimates Diego is the father of 40 to 45 percent of the 1,781 tortoises born in the breeding program and placed on Espanola island.
Jul 032012
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Poplar Island, Maryland, is a US Army Corps of Engineers, project to rebuild an island in the Chesapeake. It’s not a big project in the grand scheme of things, only a thousand acres or so, but it’s always neat to see islands rise from the sea.
Jul 022012
The full moon lighting up the clouds… and smoke from the fires south of here.
Jul 012012
We DON’T all see the same colours say scientists as they claim one person’s red is another’s blue
Perhaps one of the most-yammered about “deep thought” out there.
Jul 012012
So… now particles have mass. Or something.
Jul 012012
The sale on the four new Bell blueprints has ended.
If you were unaware of the sale, it’s probably because you were not signed up on the Up-Ship emailing list when the sale was announced earlier this week. If you want in on future sales and specials… sign up! Those on the mailing list get early announcements and access to specials and sales that those not on the list don’t.
Jul 012012
Now available: Bell Aircraft drawing 58-701-008, “General Arrangement Model 58D, ” dated 6-30-1948. This is the X-1D rocket powered supersonic aircraft.
This blueprint, measuring 12,943X5513 pixels (43.1X18.4 inches, printed off at 300dpi), was scanned in pieces and in full color from a blue-line original some years ago. The sheer size of it proved to be too much for my computers to bear in the reassembly phase, and had to await newer, more powerful systems. Now at last it’s available. This blueprint is presented as-is, with stains, tears, fold marks and all… these add character to the print that a pristine version would lack, while taking away none of the historical, technical or artistic value. Additionally, a cleaned-up grayscale version is included.
Also includes halfsize and quartersize versions of each for easier viewing and printing.
Air drawing 61 can be downloaded for $5.00.
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