A study described in Scientific American shows that low levels of alcohol consumption can improve some memory functions. At least in Rats. Its a good thing there are no Rat bars, or they may be an even bigger problem. Or maybe not, since the study also showed that excessive consumption hindered performance on a number […]

A Jedi Order Establishes a New Temple — in Lower Manhattan “In the Star Wars universe, a Jedi fashions a lightsaber by packing Adegan crystals into a handle with a power cell. In the New York Jedi galaxy, knights order them for $150 to $700 a pop from a guy upstate.” You can say what […]

As a follow up to Brother Greg’s post on the border security broohaha: globeandmail.com: Porous border offers terrorists easy route into U.S., Congress told “With the exception of the U.S., there are more international terrorist organizations active in Canada than anywhere else in the world,” Senator Ken Salazar, a Colorado Democrat, said after hearing how […]

Those wacky Americans are coming across our borders just to try to sneak back into their own country.According to the titans of journalism at CNN it’s very easy to sneak across the longest undefended border in the world. Apparently there are 6.3 Estados Unidos border gaurds/mile along the Mexican frontier (so how the hell do […]

Anyone interested in a new home? There is a Titan Missile Base available for the low low price of 1.5 million. There are 16 buildings, but the real treat is underground. The website advertises thousands of feet of connecting tunnels. Lots of space for you, your family, and the nearest town to ride out the […]

“The only terrorist most Americans will ever encounter is a policeman with a badge, nightstick, mace and Taser. “ – Paul Craig Roberts, “America’s Police Brutality Pandemic” Paul Craig Roberts is one cranky old conservative and that’s a good thing because when someone like him writes something like that it can’t be immediately dismissed by […]

I love the law of unintended consequences, and how it usually seems to work in my favor.Today it’s pointing out that over the last 40 years while the sharing of power has indeed become more equal (more equal, not equal) between men and women, men have become more happy and women have become less happy.Why? […]

Arthur Frommer wrote a good Q&A peice for yesterdays Freakonomics blog. Check it out.Q.What travel tips do you have that might help decrease costs, etc., so that we could accomplish this goal? A: Realize first that the less you spend, the more you’ll enjoy. Embark on a conscious effort to use low-cost facilities — rooms […]

Get ready for it, the economic restructuring of the so-called “third world” is about to hit those of us lucky to live in the “first world” harder than we’d ever imagined. Here’s a loooooong and in depth review of Naomi’s Klein’s new book The Shock Doctrine – which examines the ‘shock and awe’ strategy of […]

And TV blonds. Turns out Marsha and Jan Brady weren’t method actors at all. Nothing like a little behind the scenes lesbian affair to spice up a childhood favorite. Brady Bunch Lesbian Affair!