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CONTEXT: I’ve been drinking since 8:30. It’s Tuesday. I don’t have to go back to work for another week. I’m slightly depressed (nothing another beer and some Lebowski can’t fix). And let’s just say if my self-worth were a stock, now would be the time to buy. Oh, and I have no internet until January [...]

A once-in-several-lifetime event is happening tonight- The full moon will pass into the shadow of the earth on the shortest day of the year, resulting in a total lunar eclipse  that will be visible to all of North America. The last time this particular arrangement occurred was 456 years ago, so tonight is a night to party [...]

In the last 100 years, our understanding of the universe has increased more than at any previous point in human history. Einstein gave us relativity, which describes the nature of the universe at its largest scales. He described precisely the way in which the universe warps and bends at high speeds or around lots of [...]

It’s pre-dawn, southern Florida. Distant spotlights reflect off a white craft over the water, and at once, the craft is lost in a supernatural light. Brighter than the sun, the ship silently rises up, faster and faster into the sunrise. A half minute later, you are pummeled with a wall of sound, louder than anything [...]

HOORAY! Chalk another one up for human rights in the world. After 17 ridiculous years, and after a theatrical performance from republican bigots like Jon ‘get off my lawn’ McCain so long it lasted for years, gay people can finally openly serve in the military. Never mind you were among the last NATO nations to [...]

It’s that time of year where I neglect the ol’ blog. Holidays and whatnot. I’m actually writing this on an 11-inch Macbook Air at the Aventura Apple Store, where a bunch of soccer moms and foreign dudes with pointy shoes look like they’d be willing to fight each other with knives and zip-guns over the [...]

Dear blog, It’s certainly been a while since we’ve last tangoed, isn’t it? Perhaps my four loyal readers are interested in an account of where exactly I’ve been the past month or so. So, here is my firsthand account of my month of hell. I’m a Civil Engineering student, and part of the civil engineering [...]

So, this happened… Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Thursday plans to picket Saturday’s funeral for Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina. And why, you may ask, are they protesting her funeral? Well, here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth (or perhaps “ass’ mouth,” would be more a propos): (click to embiggen if [...]

All this time I had believed there was no god… but then I saw this proof… god is a Steelers fan? As a Bills fan, though, at most it proves the existence of the devil (as classically dressed is it may be).

So I’ve been struggling with a bit of a cough lately. It’s very annoying, and it’s been interfering with my sleep. Luckily, we live in an age where brilliant humans have developed awesome drugs that can knock out the problem in a jiffy; an effect that before could only be achieved via the placebo effect [...]