They call this “research”, part 2

Pregnant women who don’t eat well risk the long term health of  their unborn children. Who would’ve thought that this could be true?!?!? I wonder how much money this study cost.

Somebody needs to cut the baseball union down to size

Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon got into a fight with general manager (boss) Ed Wade, and was released (basically fired) on Monday. The players’ union is claiming that the Astros had no right to release him and that they are required to pay him the remaining $983,607 on his current contract.
In what non-sports profession can [...]

Obscenity get student 2 marks out of 27

A British student received 2 marks out of 27 for writing “F*ck off” (he used the entire F-word) on an exam. The examiner justified this by stating that it was better than leaving the question blank and demonstrated spelling ability.
As an aside,  I co-invented the “Wigwam2 Theorem” (my username on this blog and various social [...]

Question for people who use tea bags to make tea

Do you ever reuse tea bags? I realize that you will not get all the benefits as you do from a new bag, but is it worth it to reuse it immediately after finishing the first cup?

Teenager’s stupidity caused his own death

A 17-year old boy lost his hat while riding a roller coaster at Six Flags in Atlanta, so he jumped over two fences to retrieve it, and was decapitated by the roller coaster. This “death by idiocy” should be a strong nominee for a Darwin Award (though there are a lot of other strong nominees.)
This [...]

At least Al Bundy wears clothing when sticking his hand down his pants

I sure hope that this man’s wife didn’t come home with some friends to witness this scene. Is he even awake?  My guess is “yes.”
Speaking about “Married With Children“, I wonder if Ed O’Neill (who played Al Bundy) ever fell asleep while filming scenes when he had his hand down his pants.

My new Internet obsession

I recently joined Plurk, which is best described as Twitter on a timeline. The more frequently you use it (by making posts (plurking), inviting friends, etc.), the more “karma” you get, which can earn you various upgrades on the site. However, your karma can also go down for various reasons, including posting too infrequently or [...]

Stupid math question of the day

Be warned – this is for the “experts”: Write the fraction 66/116 in its simplest form.
The person who asked this question has the handle of “univ_miami.”  This guy is probably a football or basketball player…

D*&^ parking spaces

I hate parking spaces that are so narrow that you have to do contortions to get into the car. A few days ago, I was legally parked in a spot, and a SUV was legally parked in the spot next to me. Despite all my contortions, I couldn’t get into my car on the driver’s [...]

Hello, McFly!

Hmm… we have someone who claims to have been “using and writing about computers since about 1979″ who claims not to understand the concept of blogging. Let me make a few comments…
How on earth do you get the readers ? Why do blogs that seem to be nothing more than impenetrable verbal diarrhoea about absolutely [...]