The news just keeps getting better 10 Jun 2009 After learning that we can fly if we just put our minds to it, now comes news that Futurama is back! Must have something to do with Fox realising that in order to get audience, you can’t just bash the single most popular president since Grover Cleveland. Late note: I can’t believe I forgot to start this with “Good news, everybody!” Humor
Australian stuff I’m so proud of Australia 15 Jun 2010 We’re best at car thefts. Beats those wussy Kiwis, who are only best at half shell mussels. [But, those who eat such things report, they are good.] The UK: CCTV. Germany, solar panels. France: Sugar beet[!] Guess what the US is best at… [Hat tip John Lynch, who is from… Read More
General Science Scientific bloopers 4 May 2008 On a newsgroup that shall remain Nameless, one of the regulars, Bill Reich, just heard on the History Channel: Smilodon is the ancestor of all the modern big cats. Oy! So this thread is for egregiously* wrong statements made on erstwhile factual television shows. Please state where you heard it,… Read More
Administrative I get email 25 Nov 2007 Unlike PZ Moorsch, I don’t get much abusive email, because I’m so much more mild mannered than he is. But I got this gem from an Australian using his cousin’s South African email account: your feedback on the one subject of macroevolution being observed is only grounded on consumptions and… Read More
Now if that could be the Serenity instead of Jet Blue I see coming in to land at LGB, it would be the best of all possible imaginary worlds.
Hooray! It is because of Futurama that one of my goals in life is to be in a situation where I can utter the words “Listen to me, you pompous frauds. If I’m going down, I’m taking you all with me.”
Matt; Well I assume I would have to become better established in academia before it could become a running theme.
It is never too early to utter that phrase, or the one I like from Girl Genius: “Fools! I will destroy you all! Ask me how.”
I don’t know Girl Genius, but based on the quote, I think I should. Point me in the right direction, please.