Quick Hitts

Minnesota is really going overboard with their smoking restrictions. H/T to the always entertaining Fail Blog.

It’s difficult for the human brain to comprehend the extreme distances in astronomy.  Can you really envision a light year?  How about the difference between a hundred light years and fifty parsecs? This video, by George Hrab, should help clarify things, and make it easier for you to understand astronomical distances.

Sometimes it takes forever for someone to get the joke. Update: The site is down.  You can find the same thing here.

“Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel”  – Mark Twain (maybe) With the advent of the internet we all have barrels full of bits that are nearly free.  Any person annoyed with any company can easily air their grievances to thousands of people.  This should inspire companies to do whatever [...]

Math Tests Through the Decades, Copied verbatim from Chicken Hammer: 1950s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ? 1960s — A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, [...]

What does a rabbit or an egg have to do with Jesus?  I’d learned that they were hangovers from pagan fertility rites that were incorporated into Christianity to help make it easier for those filthy heathens to convert.  But recently I discovered the real story behind these Easter icons. Happy Easter!

Up until a few minutes ago my favorite headline of all time was the NY Posts “Headless Body In Topless Bar.”  But while catching up on blog posts in The Agitator, one of the comments on this post pointed out the best headline ever.