October 25th, 2006

New Jerseys Verdict? "Mehhh…"

In the conflict between gays and straights, the New Jersey supreme court has taken a page from the bisexuals, and chosen NOT to make up their minds.  The court has declared that gay couples are entitled to the same rights as straight couples, but instead of opening the doors to gay marriage, they have offered [...]

October 25th, 2006

Genesis warned us!

“Mighty hogweed is avenged / human bodies soon will know our anger
Kill them with your hogweed hairs / Heracleum mantegazzianum“

- The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971)

There’s not too many songs around that can use a plant’s scientific name as a lyric…

October 24th, 2006

What happened to paying your debt?

So Lima, Ohio wants to “round up” all of their convicted sex offenders–the ones who have been let out of prison and are trying to move on with their lives–and hold them in ’supervision’ for Halloween, so they don’t harm children.

Is it just me, or is this FUCKING RIDICULOUS?!

I have serious issues with the way [...]

October 19th, 2006

Smartest states / Conservatives are Dumber

Have you seen the 2006 rankings of smartest states? Pennsylvania ranked tenth smartest. We’re smarter than Nebraska, but dumber than Iowa. Even better, we got smarter, increasing by one rank over last year! Iowa, meanwhile, got a LOT smarter (going from #14 to #9) and Minnesota apparently suffered head trauma or [...]

October 19th, 2006

Ugh… One Year Old?!

I take some flack sometimes because I’ve been known to speak in defense of “child molesters” in rare cases; specifically, when the “child” involved was like 17 years and 11 months old, and there’s no indication that the age was what attracted the offender, but rather an obstacle to an otherwise naturally formed relationship.  I [...]