Today's sobering thought comes courtesy of the Teafaerie - one of the good folks over at the Vaults of Erowid: Really stop and think about this:  it has been absolutely impossible to get elected president of the United States without at least professing to believe that intelligent demons are ou . . . (More)

Here is a rigorous analysis of the weighty matter of rock, paper, and scissors.   In a moment of weakness, I allowed myself to consider that perhaps it is ridiculous to break a long silence with something so pointless...  until we ask:  "Pointless" as opposed to what? For those who insist on . . . (More)

WARNING:  DON'T CLICK ANY LINKS IN THIS POST.  IN FACT, JUST DON'T CLICK ANY LINKS, EVER AGAIN.  IF YOU ARE OVER 18, IT'S PROBABLY LEGAL FOR YOU TO CLICK THESE (AND POSSIBLY OTHER) LINKS, BUT, LISTEN, JUST DON'T, OKAY? So, what is a troll, really?  And why are you dressed like a memb . . . (More)

 Far be it from me to advocate for child molestation - there are plenty of other forces in our culture doing that job already.  (Though, really, don't knock it until you've tried it.)  Nonetheless, I am amazed, given the relative prevalence of such crimes versus, say, murder, by how much of o . . . (More)

 It's not really my style, and it's sort of a cheap shot, I suppose, but what with the election becoming closer than it should be (except, perhaps, on Bizarro World), I think it bears mentioning that John McCain is on record for unapologetically referring to his Vietnamese captors . . . (More)