In 2006, it’ll be a whole lot harder to cheat on your taxes, even accidentally. In fact, you’ll also have to field calls from the government over odd deposits that you make, e.g. a deposit at an odd time of the month, or a cash deposit, or a deposit made from a foreign bank, etc. [...]
A new government study indicates that being moderately fat can actually be good for your health. Apparently, the cultural norms for normal weight are too low, and many more Americans die from being too thin (33.7K) than too fat (25.8K). Only problem is that in recent years, the government has spent millions of [...]
Unlikely most security systems, this one runs down criminals with uh, smoke and lights. And now it’s going to be used to patrol RFID-tagged Japanese school kids. There’s probably a witty comment I should add about hall monitors, cops patrolling U.S. schools and/or the influence of anime, but I can’t think of it [...]
This announcement comes from my forum:
Thanks to our Premium members, the forum now offers a blog feature that integrates with the forum. The software allows you to create your very own full-featured blog with its own URL and share your posts with the forum. You can also add your existing blog to the
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There should be no monotony
In studying your botany;
It helps to train
And spur the brain—
Unless you haven’t got any.
It teaches you, does Botany,
To know the plants and spot any,
And learn just why
They live or die—
In case you plant or pot any.
You learn, from reading Botany,
Of wooly plants and cottony
That grow on earth,
And what they’re worth,
And why [...]
London Telegraph:
When he was 9 years old, Carl Murphy, now 18, was trespassing at a warehouse near Liverpool, England,
There’s a thread on one of my favorite Heinlein stories, “The Door into Summer” at the 4aynrandfans forum. I’m currently reading Henlein’s first book, For Us, the Living – highly recommended for hardcore Henlein fans.
Closeness to nature, deep religious faith, a renewal of chastity and modesty, communal economies, and uncritical open-mindedness. No, I am not referring to popular ideas of our society, but to the middle ages, and the dominant influence that Christianity played therein. Its important to be aware of not just the advantages of living [...]
John at TexasBestGrok points out the hypocrisy of supporting the sanctity of marriage while denying Michael Schiavo the power to speak on behalf of his wife.
OK, ok, I really dont give a damn about the Schiavo charade, I just wanted to plug TexasBestGrok, whose author is a fellow Texan who shares my love of Heinlein, [...]