Mark Nickolas: After Lying About High-Speed Rail Line From Disneyland, Jindal Leaves For Disney World (Seriously)
a ‘magnetic levitation’ line from Las Vegas to Disneyland
Archive > February 2009
When Texting, Eligible Women Express Themselves Better
women push their messages closest to the character-count limit, who use more abbreviations and insertions, and who implement more emoticons (like smiling and frowning faces). [Better?]
Science News Examiner: UCLA team creates functional neurons from adult somatic cells
the first electrically active neurons from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Science News Examiner: UCLA team creates functional neurons from adult somatic cells
Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist – Telegraph
Soriano had been sent to jail for nine years but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town. He passed his victim’s mother and called out “How’s your daughter?” before heading into a bar. The woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out. [Justice]
Mother sets fire to her daughter’s gloating rapist – Telegraph
Playing pretend for grown-ups | MetaFilter
Want to play a swashbuckling pirate, space opera hero, or monster-fighting Victorian dandy? How about a supervillain fighting against alien invaders? Or a mutant snack cake? Welcome to Savage Worlds.
YouTube – Rat Staring Contest
The music is ‘Windowlicker’ by Aphex Twin.
Jewish Extremism | MetaFilter
Fifteen years ago today, a follower of Meir Kahane, named Baruch Goldstein, was beaten to death after he perpetrated the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
Passion for Christ Movement – P4CM.com
Where black men and women can get t-shirts reading “Ex-Masturbator” or “Ex-Atheist.”
Police – Ohio Man Held Woman Captive, Read Bible – NYTimes.com
A man held a woman captive in handcuffs and an adult diaper for three days while he read Bible passages to her, police said.
Police – Ohio Man Held Woman Captive, Read Bible – NYTimes.com
Mermaid dream comes true thanks to Weta – New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
Ms Vessey told a little boy: “I’m a little mermaid” when he asked what happened to her legs and the idea stuck.
Mermaid dream comes true thanks to Weta – New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
Mating That Causes Injuries
In both males and females in the animal world it is common – much more common that one might like to think – for one sex to evince characteristics and properties that are injurious to individuals of the other sex
BBC NEWS | Health | Child abuse 'alters stress gene'
chemical changes which reduced the activity of the gene for glucocorticoid receptor in those who suffered child abuse. [Behavior --> biology. Imagine a positive analog... ]
Inform – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. [Inform 7 is almost normal English]
Be careful what you wish for
How big an island you need for Hunt The Pig? [Why the Twister BBS won't be back, even though the tech is now better]
Phrase origin? My name is Puddintain, ask me again I'll tell…
The Puddin” Tain was someone of not royal status but someone who had pretentions and was deridded with the name high King of the Puddings. [Sure.]
Phrase origin? My name is Puddintain, ask me again I’ll tell…
Rat Park and Other Children's Stories | MetaFilter
Rat Park showed that a rat’s environment, not the availability of drugs, leads to dependence.
