Monthly Archives: September 2008

Science – It Works

This is super cool and hopefully we can do this for humans some day: Bernese Mountain dog treated with stem cells in Santa Cruz back to leaping from pickup truck The first dog to be treated with stem cells at … Continue reading

Science

From Now On…

From now on I will no longer refer to the Republican Vice Presidential candidate as Sarah Palin.  From now on she’s: Caribou Barbie

Humor, Politics

The Friday Thingy

  “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!” – 1800s advertising campaign for Dom Perignon champagne and erroneously attributed to Dom Pierre Pérignon himself.

Food & Wine

Smoking Ban

We’re not even this militantly anti-smoking here in California: Ugandan killed for smoking in bar Ugandan officials have expressed shock after a mob killed a man who refused to stop smoking in a public bar.

Social, Religion

Absolutely Brilliant

This had me rolling on the floor. The part where he “proves” that the phrase “lipstick on a pig” is sexist is my absolute favorite line of reasoning ever. Thanks to Dispatches from the Culture Wars for the tip.

Humor, Politics