June 27th, 2008

A Shout out to PVP

I’ve been enjoying Scott Kurtz’s webcomic “PVP” for almost a year now (and wishing I’d discovered the strip years sooner!) but today’s might be my favorite ever.  Timing in cartooning is not the easiest thing, but this is masterful.

The joke might seem kind of obvious to those of you who are not fans, but it [...]

June 20th, 2008

Lightning to draft Stamkos first overall

The  Lightning are pretty open about their plans for that #1 draft pick – so open about it, in fact, they’re already advertising Steve Stamkos as if they owned his rights.

Smart move by the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Under the current NHL bargaining agreement, drafting a highly marketable “savior” player means the league and referees will, [...]

June 20th, 2008

Philly is becoming a scary place to live

It’s not bad enough we’re still the murder capital of the US, or that local children amuse themselves by scaring commuters to death; lately it’s looking more and more like we Philadelphians should fear our own police.

A little over a month ago the Philly cops pulled three shooting suspects (remember “innocent until proven guilty?“) out [...]

June 2nd, 2008

Monkey knife fights!

As I was googling for a photo to illustrate my last post, I came across this article from 2003 about two college students arrested for arranging monkey knife fights.

Yes, they were criminals, and yes, it is animal cruelty…  but nevertheless, don’t they deserve some kind of award for being awesome?

June 2nd, 2008

The marvel of modern science

This article about a computer performing prostate surgery on a dog without any human intervention came across my Google Desktop today.  It seemed absolutely mind-numbingly incredible until I got to this:

“Please note that even if the intervention was a success, the dog ultimately died. But the researchers are confident that their approach could lead to [...]