Entries from February 2007

February 28, 2007

“Internet… Is that the one with e-mail?”

Here’s something Kandice might be interested in!

February 27, 2007

Response to “An Evolutionary Discovering?”

This discovery is quite interesting! It baffles me that some people still do not believe in evolution and that humans and chimpanzees evolved from the same ancestor. Anyway, chimpanzees are incredible creatures, and anyone can clearly see how much in common humans and apes have.

As you can see in this video, the chimpanzee clearly [...]

February 26, 2007

If only it came with an alarm

Should, for some reason, you choose to sleep on public transportation, you’ll appreciate this weird jacket thing that recently won an industrial design competition. Dubbed the Excubo, the jacket has a what I can only describe as a really big popped collar that’s used to cushion and hold in place the wearer’s neck.
For pics, follow [...]

February 22, 2007

an evolutionary discovering?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6387611.stm
Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.

Researchers documented 22 cases of chimps fashioning tools to jab at smaller primates sheltering in cavities of hollow branches or tree trunks.
The report’s authors, Jill Pruetz and Paco Bertolani, said the finding [...]

February 19, 2007

The True Ugly Duckling!

LONDON - Webbed feet run in Stumpy’s family, but a rare mutation has left the eight-day-old duckling with two nearly full-sized legs behind the two he runs on.
Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, 95 miles southwest of London, unveiled the duckling to reporters on Saturday.
“It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking ‘he’s [...]

February 18, 2007

Will Somebody Please Think of the Children?!

Children’s Book Stirs Battle With Single Word
By JULIE BOSMAN
The New York Times
(Feb. 1 — The word “scrotum” does not often appear in polite conversation. Or children’s literature, for that matter.
Authors of children’s books sometimes sneak in a single touchy word or paragraph, leaving librarians to choose whether to ban an entire book over one [...]

February 15, 2007

WTF.

So Fox News has decided to make a ‘conservative alternative’ to the Daily Show. This is hypocritical on so many levels. Not the least of which is that the Daily Show airs on  COMEDY CENTRAL. At no point is it masquerading as real news. Also, anyone who watches the Daily Show knows, Democrats are in [...]

February 15, 2007

20 Comics That Can Change Your Life

http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/20comics/
Some great stuff on here, but why The Watchman snub? Just because everybody picks it doesn’t mean they have to leave it off. It’s picked for a reason. I definitely want to start reading Planetary, though. It’s a tidy little 26-issue series. Transmetroplitan has been on my list for awhile, and of course I need [...]

February 14, 2007

A New U.S. Government Website

http://www.safenow.org/
The pictures are real although the interpretations are silly.

February 13, 2007

Are you a Tree-Hugger?

Check out my Facebook profile. The pictures are too huge, and I can’t find the Delete Post button.