August 22, 2007
Aibohphobia
the fear of palindromes.
haha ahah, AAAAHHHHHH!
February 17, 2007
Oh, penis chopping humour
This is a great article from Salon on one family's decission to circumcise their son. I like to think I would have chosen otherwise but their family sounded horrid. Sometimes I think Italian guilt hedges Jews' but I just might be wrong.
A snippet,
"The foreskin, the article continued, is a natural part of the human anatomy, and there's no reason it should be removed. And then the kicker: "Parents should enjoy the arrival of a new child with as few worries as possible. The birth of a son in the US, however, is often fraught with anxiety and confusion. Most parents are pressured to hand their baby sons over to a stranger, who, behind closed doors, straps babies down and cuts their foreskins off..."
That was about enough. The article was actually shrill beyond measure. I knew there was a reason I hadn't taken women's studies classes in college."
Full article in more:
moreFebruary 15, 2007
Hum of earth generated in CANADA!
its true. well not really. but its AMAZING.
they located the hum of the earth!
its too low for human ears, 10 millihertz.
but it's detectable by seismometers. wouldnt it be lovely to have a seismometer?
so the hum is in fact a reflection of certain waves all along the ocean floor.
allarently, "the hum is caused by the combination of two waves of the same frequency travelling in opposite directions. The waves alternately cancel out and amplify each other so that the sea surface goes from wavy to flat to wavy. This creates a standing wave that "goes thump, thump, thump on the ocean floor at twice the frequency of the waves you started off with, driving the hum", says Webb."
also the hum is strongest on the coast of vancouver. which makes me feel special for some reason. also echart tolle lives in vancouver. i just learned that.
i shoudl mention that this is all from New Scientist.
February 14, 2007
Collasal Squid Beak!
3 years ago, in an "abyssal environment down in Antarctica," the Mesonychoteuthis hamiltonim was dregdged up by trawlers. it is bigger than the giant sqid and thus dubbed, "collassal." its the biggest sqid ever found and only a sub-adult. it's a viscious creature acording to bbc reporters with swivelling hooks on the clubs at the ends of its tentacles!
interestingly enough, the vast majority of the massive sqids found are in the bellies of sperm whales. easily one of the most amazing fights to ever go down.
happy valentines day!
January 29, 2007
What IS Food?
The latest from the incresing celebrity of Michael Pollen. It is very long and very good.
It boils down to this:
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
