Feed the meme, baby. Feed the meme.

Zoo celebrates virgin birth of Komodo dragons “The evolutionary breakthrough could have far-reaching consequences for endangered species.” Not sure how this is an “evolutionary” breakthrough.  Was the offspring a new variation on the species?  Able to breath methane or something?  Has wings? Parthenogenesis — where eggs become embryos without male fertilization — had only been [...]

Now, call me cynical…

…and maybe I’m a little too quick to jump onto the “bash-the-mainstream-media” bandwagon, but I find it interesting that in the MSNBC online article: Contractors shot execution style, officials say that the one of the accompanying graphics, though for an “unrelated” incident, turns out to be this one: A photo of four iraqi men, on [...]

Random Observations On Life, #83 in a series…

- You know what I hate?  You know what chafes me worse than a wool jock-strap on a hot summer’s day?  You know what gets under my skin worse than the alien implant I received during my last abduction?  ** Happy Meal Toys **.  Some amorphous blob of injection molded plastic, uncannily and unerringly tied [...]

I keep feeding him, he keeps growing.

So, last night we’re sitting around the dinner table for family dinner, talking about the work day, my upcoming TAD trip, and the Medium-sized child pipes up with this little nugget: “Just think, Dad.  In nine more years, I can join the Marine Corps!” Gyark! My wife and I both just stopped and looked at [...]

The new Master Race

A comment I made in my last post about a Master Race mentality has been brewing and stewing in my mind all weekend.  Mostly because I’ve realized that even that while the comment was made in passing, with even an air of flippancy about it, it still hit the nail right on the head. The militant, arrogant, [...]

Okay, so riddle me this…

Whizit that if some Muslim gets “offended” by the swirling design on top of a McDonalds ice cream cup, or screams bloody murder about DISCRIMINATION if an airline looks twice or doesn’t treat them like VIP china dolls, the collective “We” are supposed to grovel and accede to their every demand out of penance for our [...]

On the OTHER hand…

One just MIGHT get the impression that there is something, shall we say, “out of the ordinary” going on.. 25 dead as storm batters Europe Winter storms kill 66, chill Sun Belt states Freeze destroys California’s citrus crop  150,000 still powerless after Northwest storm Washington state braces for record flooding Things that make you go, [...]

Damn that global warming!

I’m pretty sure that the crushing snowfall and rampant ice storms are a clear sign of approaching global warming related catastrophes.  Things get any hotter around here and they’ll be ice skating in Florida. Oh, and that minimum wage increase thing?  Based on personal experience, I can assure you that forcing small businesses to pay more [...]

Random Thoughts, # 426 in a series

-  When a dog barks incenssantly at 3:00am, is it the fault of the dog, or is it the fault of the owner for not installing a shock collar and cranking the thing up to “Flambe’?”  A dog barks.  Dogs are stupid.  A stupid dog barking non-stop for an hour at 3:00am for no apparent reason [...]

The President’s Speech

First off, let me say that Chris Matthews is a festering puss boil on the scrotum of the journalistic community, and that Sen. Durbin is a prime candidate for a retroactive abortion.  Matthews is just an idiot, but Durbin is downright dangerous. Overall, I found the President’s speech to be like bubble gum that you’ve [...]