Monthly Archives: October 2009
Friday Random 10: You can’t overestimate Gerry Callahan
Father Scott On my delicious nine-minute commute this morning, I got to hear the dulcet tones of Gerry Callahan say the following on EEI (paraphrased): “You can’t overestimate the importance of the return of Brett Favre to Green Bay.” Oh, … Continue reading
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Tuesday Tubby Tearfest: In which I straight up don’t believe NBC
Father Scott We all know that reality shows lie to our faces every episode. For instance, The Hills masquerades as non-fiction. Flavor of Love seems to suggest that Flavor Flav reads above a third-grade level. The Bachelor/Bachelorette series want you … Continue reading
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Friday Filler: Who You Gonna Call?
I’m out for the afternoon, and next week I’ll be in Las Vegas then Chicago for nerdiness and debauchery, respectively. In the meantime, please to enjoy this chubby guy — who one YouTube commenter likens to a lesbian from the … Continue reading
Friday Random 10: Whiplash Edition
What ever happened to whiplash? In my formative years of the 1980s and early 1990s, you couldn’t watch three consecutive episodes of any sitcom or TV drama without at least one character outfitted in one of those foam neck brace … Continue reading
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The giant seagull is suspicious
Police in Australia took a break from chasing down stoned wallabys this week to reopen a decades-old murder case. The Australian news media volunteered to help the effort by calling for information from the public. Here’s where it gets weird. … Continue reading
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Stop dribbling
The Grand Council of the Great and Serious Men of Science recently conducted a survey to determine which unanswered questions of science vexed us most. The results comprised the usual suspects, such as “What is the biological basis for consciousness?” … Continue reading
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Tuesday Tubby Tearfest: Please go home, Tracey
Father Scott Every so often, I have a dream that I am twisting one of my bottom teeth and it eventually pulls out of my mouth. It’s an extraordinary dream, because I feel like I experience something that I haven’t … Continue reading
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Your brain changes the game
It was a tough sports weekend for the house of Pax. Not only did the Giants get creamed by New Orleans, but the Yankees and Phillies took several steps closer to playing in the biggest asshole douchebag fuckface World Series … Continue reading
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Friday Random 10: Sexy ass fruit flies edition
Scientists in Canadia say they have discovered a way to genetically tweak fruit flies in such a way as to make them utterly irresistible. Not only do fruit flies of the opposite sex flock toward the modified flies, but many … Continue reading
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