The Expatriate
Achtung! You are 15% brainwashworthy, 40% antitolerant, and 14% blindly patriotic>
Congratulations! You are not susceptible to brainwashing, your values and cares extend beyond the borders of your own country, and your Blind Patriotism does not reach unhealthy levels. If you had been German in the 30s, you would’ve left the country.
One bad […]
The Secret Life of Dust
The Secret Life of the Brain
The Secret Life of a Restaurant Critic
The Secret Life of Lobsters
The Secret Life of the CEO
The Secret Life of Maps
My Secret Life (the sex diary of a Victorian gentleman; extremely naughty and unsafe for work)
The Secret Life of a Squirrel
My Secret Life as a CIA Operative
The […]
My brother reminded me that today is Guy Fawkes Day, and as it turns out, it’s the 400th anniversary this year. So here’s a little roundup of Fawkes-related stuff.
The Gunpowder Plot Society (loads of info)
Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night (Bonefire.org)
Halloween v Guy Fawkes Day (BBC op-ed)
Guido Fawkes’ blog of parliamentary plots, rumours, and conspiracy!
Robots for antiterrorist use, water rescue or for playing the harp are on display at the Shanghai International Industry Fair that opens today.
Other technology exhibits include solar-powered residences and instant mobile traffic updaters.
“Many exhibits of this year’s fair are related to practical and residential use,” said Lu Xiaochun, deputy director of the Shanghai Science and […]
Fortunately for me, there is a particular breed of super-vocal mega-patriot whose enthusiasm for American death is, conveniently, directly proportionate to the number of soldier’s lives I squelch out.
For these model Republicans, it’s like Iraq is a big old slot machine, our soldiers are shiny silver dollars, and the only way to ever get that […]