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Vouching Against Creationism
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Natural: A Rant
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Great drive-through prank
For the most part I hate most drive-through prank videos. Most of them are just plain mean to the innocent fast food worker, and just not funny. This one was quite clever, and all the workers seemed to get a kick out of it too.
via Richard Wiseman
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Why you’ll never see a green star (but an alien might!)
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Jason Taylor’s pain shows NFL’s world of hurt
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I’ve had to deal with my share of death in my life, and one message I get from every one of them, approached from any direction, is that the dead are dead. Expressing love for their memory, support for the person, doesn’t have much value, because they are not here to receive it. If you want to do something to honor a loved one’s memory, be loving and kind to people who are still alive. That’s the best thing you can do, always, every day.
~Dave Winer
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Clipping fingernails in space
via Reddit
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What I read in 2012
I’ve blogged about what I’ve read the past year in previous years, so I might as well do it this year. I managed to read twenty-four books this year. While I’m not a crazy reader, two books a month isn’t too bad. I hate reading book review, and hate writing them even worse. So no book reviews for you. I’ve just included my Goodreads ranking following each book in my list. So here’s what I read this past year:
Death from the Skies – Philip Plait *****
The Upside of Irrationality – Dan Ariely ***
Ancestor – Scott Sigler *****
The Disappearing Spoon – Sam Kean *****
The Poisoner’s Handbook – Deborah Blum ***
Idiot America – Charles Pierce **
Madoff with the Money – Jerry Oppenheimer **
Fallen Dragon – Peter F. Hamilton***
The Pluto Files – Neil deGrasse Tyson *****
Scam School Book 1 – Brian Brushwood ****
The Culture of Fear – Barry Glassner****
A Universe from Nothing – Lawrence Krauss****
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins *****
Helter Skelter – Vincent Bugliosi **
Suck it, Wonder Woman – Olivia Munn***
Bad Science – Ben Goldacre ***
Redshirts – John Scalzi ****
Bossypants – Tina Fey ***
A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson ***
I Sold My Soul on eBay – Hemant Mehta ***
Freedom (TM) – Daniel Swarez ***
The Magic of Reality – Richard Dawkins *****
Down Among the Dead Men – Michelle Williams **
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Seth Grahame-Smith**** -
Take a breath, Apophis won’t hit Earth in 2036
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Planned Parenthood Did Not Receive $1,622 in Government Funds for Each Abortion