definition of "evil"

andy asked me to “point out a couple of things, such as (1) the inconsistencies you have found in the bible, and (2) your definition of evil.” i will address the evil one now. i think that evil, kind of like obscenity, is hard to define, but we know it when we see it. a […]

death by fan

Fan death is an urban legend that was originally primarily confined to South Korea, but has spread to other countries in the Far East. The legend states that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can result in the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside. This belief also […]

most amazing thing god ever made: lyrebird

you seriously need to check this thing out. this bird, the lyrebird, can imitate apparently any sound. in the video, you hear camera shutters, chain saws, car alarms — all from the bird’s mouth. lyrebird video <– watch this now (via boing boing) Technorati Tags: amazing, animals, bird, boingboing, lyrebird, mimic, sounds

wanted: The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide

One of the most intriguing toys in history, the bricks gave children endless possibilities of what they could create. While we certainly aren’t masters by any means, we still have some Lego sets around the Uncrate office, and that’s why we were so pumped by The Unofficial Lego Builder’s Guide by Allan Bedford ($16). All […]

gnome-be-gone

GNOME-BE-GONE – UncommonGoods Watch with amusement as the one and only Gnome-Be-Gone frees your garden of a kitsch little Euro invader. Who does he think he is, wearing tiny red dunce caps and pushing inefficient wooden wheelbarrows? Tuck a few made-in-the-USA Gnome-Be-Gones into your flowerbeds and watch the demented yard goblins get toted away. Set […]

The Demon Fish of South Atlanta

So what about evolution? We did have a fierce drought for a number of years. Maybe some of our local fish evolved the ability to locomote between pools in search of better pickins, like a Chinese lungfish. I’ve been known to do that when the beer runs out. Anybody seen any goldfish waiting at a […]

get out, now

it is way past time for the US to leave iraq. how many innocent people are our troops going to kill before we start demanding that bush stop behaving like the terrorist he pretended he’s interested in “rooting out”? Technorati Tags: army, bush, death, george bush, iraq, kill, killers, killings, marines, murder, murderers, politics, president, […]

new mail

so this was odd, or at least new (to me): b00ty:~/Library/Mail chris$ sudo lasso8ctl restartPassword:Restarting Lasso Service: DoneYou have new mail in /var/mail/chrisb00ty:~/Library/Mail chris$ cd /var/mail/chris what does this mean? Technorati Tags: ctl, email, Lasso, lasso8ctl, lazyweb, linux, macosx, mail, unix