Monday, March 17th, 2008
Son Hires Stripper for Dads Funeral

The best son ever promised to hire a stripper for his dads funeral if he lived to be over 100. Apparently this guy was a big fan of the lovely ladies who dance naked, and would travel around Taiwan visiting clubs with his buddies. The old guy kicked it last week at the age of […]

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Seven New Sins for Catholics

Just when you were getting tired of those OLD seven deadly sins, there are seven new ones fresh from the Vatican to better define your path to damnation. Vatican Lists Seven Social Sins, Including Drug Abuse The seven social sins are: 1. “Bioethical’ violations such as birth control 2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem […]

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Rap Map from Ludacris’ Area Code Song

I was wondering when someone would get around to providing a detailed geographic analysis of Ludacris’ ho counts per area code. I am no longer waiting in suspense. An excellent use of cartography. Strange Maps: Ludacris’ Rap Map of US Area Codes

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
When Green Tech Poisons the Environment

There was an interesting article in the NY Times a couple of days ago about environmental problems in China due to Solar Panel production. One of the components, polysilicon, has an extremely toxic byproduct that is damaging to the environment if not properly handled. This situation of robbing Peter to pay Paul is definitely not […]