Archive for May, 2006

X-men 3 and a song

X-men 3 is quite possibly one of the coolest movies ever. The script writers continue to diverge from the comic book plots, while keeping just a thread of the same story tied throughout. The special effects were absolutely awesome. The only thing I noticed that was a bit funny was a spider crawling on Logan’s [...]

Milk the food chain

Milk does your body good–as long as it is real milk! Fat-free milk is just water with food coloring. I’ve seen liquid that looked like fat-free milk come out of faucets at baseball fields. Everyone who drank it agreed it was just funny-tasting water and said it tasted the same as the food at the [...]

Mankind is progressing toward the most perfect form of lazy possible. Not long ago having water come out of a faucet inside your house just by twisting a knob would have been amazing. Having light at the flick of a switch would have appeared to be magic. Cooking food in minutes inside a box with [...]

How to read car ads

What the ad says… What the ad really means rough condition… too bad to lie about parts car… beyond repair immaculate… recently washed concours… recently waxed engine quiet… if you use 90-weight oil needs minor overhaul… needs engine needs major overhaul… Phone the junkyard burns no oil… (it all leaks out) rebuilt engine… Cleaned the [...]

I have returned

After a quick trip to South Carolina, I have returned to the crisp, clean air of Washington. Humorously enough, it was actually warmer in Bellingham (which is practically touching that frigid iceland known as Canada) this past Monday and Tuesday (over eighty degrees fahrenheit!) than it was down there (70-ish). The temperature appears to have [...]