Six Rules For Wearing Suits For Beginners
I was looking through the Fedora Lounge and somebody asked whether Details's "The Complete Guide to Suits: 57 Rules of Style" were of any use. I thought not. There were…
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Beer Goggles Not Real?
Perhaps the best reaction to a new study which says beer goggles are a "myth" is from MSN, which said: Contrary to literally everything we've ever heard (or experienced), "beer…
E-books Will Lead To A Decrease In Reading
I have a Kindle. (It was generously donated by a reader a few years ago.) I have, say, 200 books on it, nearly all free from Project Gutenberg and similar…
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Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich Asks, “Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?” Yes, Paul. Yes It Can
Paul Ehrlich in 1968 predicted that a devastating human Population Bomb would immanently wreak untold havoc upon the world. He was later derided, ridiculed, blasted, razzed, heckled, savaged, tweaked, tormented,…
Posted inPhilosophy
Academic Philosopher Finds New Way To Dehumanize People; Calls For Beetroot Liberation
Update Now with new and improved title! (Title writing is a talent which your humble author possesses not.) In the classic 1978 documentary Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! we watch…
Unleash The Giant Puppets!
Need a job? Fancy working with your hands? How about this? Looking for 3 puppetistas to man this giant creepy Romney puppet [pictured below] during the RNC (and beyond). No…
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Google’s Eric Schmidt & Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel Blaze Path Of Ugliness
This is a picture of Google's Eric Schmidt & Chicago's Rahm "Crisis" Emanuel from today's Wall Street Journal story Google Move Buoys Chicago Tech Hub. Chicago! The city of the…
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Drug Companies Tweaking Results To Produce Publishable P-values?
A person who Nature is calling a "whistle blower" has written a brief confessional in the British Medical Journal admitting to what might be termed statistical fiddling at a "major"…