Bread and Circus
From a blog mentioning another blog mentioning another blog comes this incredible display from Cosmic Iguana. These are the front covers of 3 international editions of Newsweek (Europe, Latin America, and Asia) as well as the domestic version. Are we uninformed by choice or by design?
Yo ho ho and slice of cake!
I am always amazed each year when my calendar reminder pops up and I remember that Talk Like a Pirate Day and Steve’s birthday fall on the same day. The only thing better would be if it was Egyptian Ghost Pirate Day.
So, release your inner pirate and raise your bottle of rum to wish [...]
Oh Croc Hunter, I Hardly Knew Ye
When I awoke this morning, the first news I received was that Steve Irwin was dead. Although this certainly doesn’t affect me personally, and even in the face of all the people dying on a daily basis, this saddens me.
Steve and I loved watching the Crocodile Hunter and Croc Files. Steve Irwin was [...]
The Torture of the South Park
So tell me. Can torture be humane?
FORMER Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is being made to watch his appearance in cult cartoon South Park while he is behind bars, it emerged yesterday.
Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said US Marines guarding the former dictator during his [...]
Village Harvest
Talk about a great idea for a charity! I heard about this one on the California Report. Village Harvest operates right in Santa Clara. Volunteers pick fruit from people’s backyard fruit trees and give the fruit to local food banks. So many people have fruit trees that they never harvest. We get [...]