June 2009
26 posts
Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright... →
Braveheart, if you didn’t know, is generally not a favorite of medievalists. It’s not exactly accurate. It’s one of those things where people work their asses off to figure out what did exactly go on in the 13th century, and then some dumbass makes a movie. Then, because you’re a medievalist, people feel free to tell you what’s “really true” based on their...
Editorial - Insurance Company Schemes →
Dirty rotten bastards. Insurance in this country needs a general bleaching.
If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: The Next... →
BWAHAHAHAHA
“Nothing livens up a social gathering like botulism.”
– Quote of the day: The Park Bench: Who wants to be a “Real Housewife of New Jersey?” Dear God, not me.
“How do we codify our moral structure without the Sky Bully looking down on us...”
– Joss Whedon, receiving the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at Harvard University’s Memorial Church (thanks, Kristina)
5 Eccentric Homes with Hidden Passageways" →
Today’s installment of random-yet-entertaining useless facts.
New Hampshire Passes Law Forcing Old People To... →
I like to call this Onion article “Live Gay or Die”
Google China ordered to block porn access →
Volunteers are being asked “to report ‘lewd’ content or find Internet users exhibiting ‘uncivilized behavior’” in addition to other censorship activities.
I hate being blocked from just a few dozen sites at work. I don’t think China would work out for me as a place to live.
Their internet isn’t nearly as interesting as mine.
“One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone...”
– BBC NEWS | Africa | South African rape survey shock
3.0 Hidden Features (100+ and still growing) - Mac... →
In case you have an iPhone, here’s a (rather overwhelming) list of new features people have found (since yesterday!) and growing.
Just so you can be an uber-iPhone nerd.
Don't like to take no shit off nobody
me: this is miriam-is-pissed-people-have-their-heads-up-their-asses day
Jeff: isn't that every day?
me: ... um :D
“Like many young girls in Zimbabwe, Hope was the victim of a widely held belief...”
– Child rape survivor saves ‘virgin myth’ victims - CNN.com
New Hampshire Approves Same-Sex Marriage →
Woo!
Texas Senate committee approves voter ID bill,... →
I don’t really see why anyone would think it’s a good idea to put up barriers to voting. What, we’re having trouble with turnouts that are too good? Or is it truly that it’s a barrier to certain votes?
I cannot see that voter fraud is really a reasonable excuse for such a bill. Is there truly evidence that voter fraud is such a significant problem in this state that we...
(mean and stupid) College Student arrested for... →
People like this make it hard for me to not want to send hate mail to the perpetrator expressing my opinion of her actions. People who are cruel to innocent creatures are really at the top of my shit list.
Seriously, who does things like this? What is wrong with her brain?