God Awful Things

Why just last week we were talking about In-vitro Meats here. Well, some dutch folks have grown soggy pork. There is an article here, and another one here.

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This is just neat, I apologize to the original creator as I can’t give them credit but if anyone knows, please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due.  The premise here is that St. Elsewhere was a dream, and the chain reaction that causes across the Televisonscape, some of it’s [...]

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So, back in September we wondered “Hey! Are there lazy ants?” and we discovered.. “Yes, there are.” Today we find out via The Daily Yomiuri that they even play an important role. In a colony of ants, even “lazy” workers play an important role in providing stable labor power to maintain the colony, according to [...]

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Slow news week thanks to.. thanks to… something.. anyway, over at copybot they have (well, their list) of the 50 most interesting articles on wikipedia. 1. Marree Man 2. War Plan Red 3. Vela Incident 4. Tybee Bomb 5. United States Numbered Highways 6. Wow! Signal 7. Tube Bar Prank Calls 8. Kola Superdeep Borehole 9. Back to the Future Timeline 10. Year Without a [...]

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That’s right, today marks the official start of The Season™ as decided by the leading board of Seasonal Deciders.  The weekend before Thanksgiving, when I think of this magical time of year the Bugler’s Dream & Fanfare comes to mind.. So, get your Captains together around the table.. Place your bets and seal the deal [...]

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First let me quote something Garrison Keillor, “The best piece of pumpkin pie you’ll ever have is not that much better than the worst piece you’ll ever have.”  Pumpkin Pie is purely a nutmeg delivery system.. This also reminds me of a piece of advice one Sethly Seth, Manly Man gave me back in college [...]

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Well, Spanksgiving is nearly here, which means countless animals will be slaughtered and gobbled up. I’m not preaching, I myself enjoy meat as much as the next omnivore. In fact, I have a very exciting recipe for the next installment of Gourmet Shit [links to earlier entry]. Here is the plan, an annotte paste chicken [...]

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Alright, this is a list of 50 or so bands I have seen in my travels, I was recently informed that some people found it amusing, so I have revised it here with hot links and spelling errors fixed! The Iowa / Missouri / Minnesota Years _____________________________ 1. Wilco – Saw these guys in Ames, [...]

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The last time I tripped balls was an intense time.  I was out in Joshua Tree.. Yes, I know that sounds like something right out of Entourage. “Sure” you say, “We want evidence!”, well fine you grumpy little bastards… There you have it.  Anyway, here’s what happened….  I had bought some mushrooms from this person [...]

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As we discussed a couple weeks ago, those pesky Higgs particles being so abhorrent to nature, they are actually traveling back through time to prevent their discovery.  Well, further evidence to prove it’s really happening! From Popsci: The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in [...]

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