The Smug Baldy Speaks

Over on StupidEvilBastard recently, someone (not naming names) forgot “That guy with the million dollar challenge” for psychics. That guy, if you don’t know, is the esteemed James Randi, of the James Randi Educational Foundation (or JREF). Mr. Randi has been debunking kooks and frauds for years, and the JREF recently announced that […]

Donny (Dane maybe?) really needs to take a vacation, but will he make it?.
Good demo of the Color Range selector tool, and no juice boxes were harmed in the filming of this episode.

They say that Truth is the first casualty in war. Not now. Not in this war.
A week ago, a hacker group calling themselves Anonymous posted their Declaration of War against the “Church” of Scientology, shortly after they were able to bring down one of the church’s websites. Then afterwards, Anonymous posted a […]

This comes from MyDamnChannel by way of LifeHacker - it’s a bit tongue in cheek while it takes you through a photoshop tutorial. Very funny indeed.

With every presidential candidate shifting into total balls-out (or labia-out, as the case may be) pander-or-perish mode, I think it’s important to cut through the inane hype where possible, and get at their positions on issues that matter to me. One such issue is education. While the uneducated and undereducated aren’t necessarily […]

This comes by way of Fark.com via Bad Astronomy, and should be required viewing for any STOS or Elton John/Bernie Taupin fan. Witness history, my friends:

This is a nice little video from loadingreadyrun.com about the future history of the world following Halo 3.

I recently posted some thoughts about the US recent decision to sell $20 Billion of advanced weaponry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I just saw this quote by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart on the subject. Enjoy:
“A few weeks ago the White House announced plans to sell $20 billion in weapons to […]

In part of one True Believer’s drive by on my Sylvia Browne piece, in which the commenter admitted that I amaze her, she said:
Of course, I’m one that doesn’t believe the human race ever had a tail or gills too.
Although she went on to say how she wasn’t, “so closed minded that I refuse […]

Let’s face it - spam is not going away, not ever. Spam’s resilience in the face of our contempt and outrage is simple to explain: It works. Every so often, there’s a perfect storm of sender and subject line that will entice some poor schmuck to go against his better judgment and open […]