Day 137: Bill Whatcott – Spreader Of Hate, Possibly Has A Tiny Penis

originally published May 16, 2012 You see this guy? I would never advocate violence toward another human being, but more than anyone else in Canada, this guy deserves to eat crap. I’m not using that as an expression either – I won’t encourage violence, but I will encourage any waiter / busboy / cook that […]

Day 134: Ephemera & The World Calendar Cult

originally published May 13, 2012 Today’s topic is ephemera. Defined as transitory written matter that is not intended to be saved or preserved, it is naturally something that folks in our society save and preserve to a ridiculous extent. People collect ephemera like they’ve found the lost written prophecies of King Jehoiachin. I’m sure somewhere […]

Day 112: Witches & Titans – The Staff At U-VA

originally published April 21, 2012 In lieu of doing factual research on a topic – school just ended, and I feel like giving my brain a rest – I will instead be presenting blatant, unchecked opinions. Those are always so much more fun than facts anyway. Ms. Wiki assigned today’s article to the University of […]

Day 103: Baize Is A Scratch, And I’m Still Hungry

originally published April 12, 2012 I have learned one thing today, and hope to learn a second. First, I learned that the green stuff that covers a pool table is not simply called ‘felt’. It’s called baize, and for whatever reason, it’s the subject Ms. Wiki has chosen to sink into my brain’s corner pocket […]

Day 98: Thought Experiments, And Other Ways To Hurt One’s Brain

originally published April 7, 2012 Any physicists reading today’s article (and I’ve been told that my site is tremendously popular among physicists, especially when I write about stacking chairs or old Andrew Dice Clay movies) should stop now. I’m about to make an ass of myself, trying to understand a handful of ‘thought experiments’ that […]

Day 66: The Big Six On Sixty-Six (Which Falls On The Sixth)

originally published March 6, 2012 In honor of the big six-six (Ms. Wiki must be an avid reader of this site – and really, why wouldn’t she be?), today’s hammer has thwacked the anvil of the Big Six. The Big Six refers to a number of things. Hopefully one or two of these will have […]

Day 34: Uncovering Unschooling

originally published February 3, 2012 When I was in school – the first time, back when it was an age-appropriate activity and not simply an opportunity to be the “creepy old guy” at the back of my University classes – I would have relished the opportunity to be unschooled. Unschooling is not about liberating kids […]

Day 29: Colt’s Revolving Rifle & Numerous Other Ways To Die

originally published January 29, 2012 Around 1838, the Colt Manufacturing Company came up with a brilliant design: they blended a rifle with a six-shooter pistol, creating the world’s first six-shooter revolving rifle. It was like when chocolate met peanut butter, when Caesar salad met croutons, when Hall chanced upon the sweet mustache of Oates. The […]

Day 27: A Non-Math Guy’s Take On The Golden Ratio

originally published January 27, 2012 If one is truly the loneliest number – and in my experience, you should believe anything you hear in a classic rock song – then without a doubt the least loneliest number would be 1.6180339887. This number is the golden mean, the medial section, the divine proportion, the mean of […]

Day 17: Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment and Man-Eating Space-Lizards

originally published January 17, 2012 Just outside the busy cities of Tacoma and Olympia in the great state of Washington, lies a tiny city called Yelm. Yelm has a population of less than 7000 people, and might well be a cozy small town, bursting with Americana and Mayberry-esque charm, if it wasn’t for the crazy […]