let’s get this season started

Here’s a music video to get you into the proper Christmas spirit.

Slumdog Millionaire

This movie is sheer entertainment (excepting, maybe, a few scenes of brutality). It’s got everything, and it’s got it all in non-stop wild colors. You get many on-the-edge-of-your-seat moments, you get romance, you get an eye-opening look into the life of children growing up in the slums around Mumbai, you get great music, you get [...]

ten tons of meteorite

The meteor featured in the last post is now thought to have weighed ten tons, which means some big chunks made it to the ground. Shooting at Canada is an amusing time-waster for the gods. By the way, I proudly note that I posted the link to the video below a day before Mr. Plait [...]

meanwhile, in outer space

I hate to use the word, but this is truly awesome. A police cruiser camera in Edmonton caught an incoming meteor over Alberta on the 20th.
The world’s largest digital camera will sit atop Mount Haleakala on Maui to watch for NEOs (near-earth objects) and asteroids in general. How long would it take to download one [...]

love the bigot, hate the bigotry

I heard the above quote around the time of the gay marriage rally. It’s become a favorite. There’s no end to the possible responses to “love the sinner, hate the sin.”
Love the religious fanatic, hate the religious fanaticism.
Love the hater, hate the hate.
Love the self-righteous blow-hard, hate the self-righteousness and blow-hardiness.
Love the deluded, hate the [...]

hunting tofurkey in the wild

Some of my readers have expressed an interest in hunting wild game, especially non-meat fowl. Here’s a primer on the most popular veggie game bird for the Thanksgiving season.
Hunting the Wild Tofurkey
Tofurkeys are found throughout the U.S. and Canada. Their typical habitat is on the fringes of grain and soybean fields, or more [...]

do not eat live beans

Maggie let me know about this special video.

signs of the times

Down at Westlake Center today I held my little sign that said, “Prop 8. WTF??” There were more pointed ones, such as this:

Many signs pointed out the ludicrous religious component of much of the anti-gay marriage sentiment.

Other religious-oriented signs said, “Keep your magic undies off my rights,” and “Brigham Young had 56 wives, I only [...]