By Dave Hitt on Jun 8, 2010 in Nanny Nation | 5 Comments
Over on the Skeptics Guide To the Universe forums someone started a thread about Cigars, asking for advice on picking a nice cigar without spending too much. It didn’t take long for the Nicotine Nazi/Nannies to show up, whining about, well, everything. We asked them to take it elsewhere – we just wanted to have […]
By Dave Hitt on Jun 7, 2010 in Amusing | 4 Comments
If you get this joke in three seconds or less you are a Geek. If you get this joke in three seconds or less you are an Ãœber Geek. If you looked at the “Ãœ” character and thought “I know the alt/numpad combination to generate that without looking up an ASCII chart” you are a […]
By Dave Hitt on Jun 4, 2010 in Junk Science | 4 Comments
While sitting in the bathroom, reading one of those insipid Sunday paper magazines, I saw a text heavy ad about a cure for tinnitus, an incessant ringing or buzzing in the ear. I’ve never had it, (although I’ve experienced the symptoms temporarily after too-loud concerts or shooting off an excessive amount of fireworks) but for […]