Lawmaker Sues God — God Responds
Maybe you heard about the recent flap over a lawsuit that Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers filed against God last week? Apparently God just answered.
Archive of posts filed under the Amusing/Interesting/Appalling category.
Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
“Model Trains Fetish Japanese DVD”
A “DVD series dedicated to model trains crush fetishists“? Seriously folks, how many people get off on seeing model trains getting crushed, even if it’s by good-looking semi-nude women? On second thought, don’t answer that. I don’t really want to know.
“Fake sunroof for car”
And I thought the fake cell-phone antennas were ridiculous.
Giant Helium-Filled Banana Over Texas
I know that everything grows bigger in Texas, but this is ridiculous. Or maybe the artist is making a comment about a particular former governor of the state, with the subject…
“US teen trades hacked iPhone for Nissan 350Z”
Despite my opinion of the iPhone, I think he got the better end of the deal.
“5 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do”
Computers can do a lot — some form of computer runs practically every piece of technology nowadays, up to and including your toaster. But they can’t quite do everything that Hollywood thinks they can. (Call me gullible, but I was able to suspend my disbelief for most of those, enough to enjoy the movies. Except …
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“Nepal fixes Boeing 757 with goat sacrifice”
I can’t tell whether this is true or someone’s idea of a joke at Reuters. If it’s true, maybe they should put shrines to Akash Bhairab in our airports, instead of continually adding more human security people.
Creepy Home Decor
I’d be a little concerned about going into a house with this doorknob, or these light fixtures.
“Flying robot to aid China Antarctic expedition”
Yes, folks, the Probe Droid from The Empire Strikes Back is now a reality.
“Physicists have ‘solved’ mystery of levitation”
Man, I love technology! Even if it’s decades before they can levitate anything bigger than a quarter, just the thought of things like this, or the “invisibility cloak” that the same people came up with the theory for a little while back, interests me to no end.