‪ח׳ טבת תשס״ז * 26 December 2006: Kwanzaa

Greetings.

I’d like to apologize if you got an incomplete post already. My computer is feeling very stupid today.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Genetically Modified Pigs Glow in the Dark, Due to…Jellyfish”
  
• “Israel lets Egypt ship arms to Fatah” (Please fire whoever was stupid enough to let this happen.)
  
• “Arlen Specter 'would meet' Ahmadinejad” (Think twice before voting for anyone ignorant enough to think negotiations with Syria or Iran is a good idea.)

Today’s weird thing is Motivator: Create your own custom poster -- Inspire! Motivate! Mock!. Henry Hippo made use of it to create this:


Side note: Henry is not doing well in the polls.

Enjoy, share the weirdness, and Shabbath shalom.

Aaron

‪ז׳ טבת תשס״ז * 28 December 2006: Card Playing Day/Kwanzaa

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Never Say Never !”
  
• “Seeing Out the Old Year (1981)”
  
• “Livestock a major threat to environment”
  
• “Which secret government documents will be declassified on December 31?”
  
• “A Hunt for Energy Hogs”
  
• “Despite war, 2006 aliyah on the rise”
  
• “Hizbullah paying for Kassam attacks” (Would someone please tell me why the Lebanon War was ended?)
  
• “Sderot's shattered windows” (Would someone please tell me why Olmert is sitting around doing nothing?)
  
• “Australia's military asked to battle cane toads”
  
• “Want alternative energy? Try pond scum”
  
• “Right On!: Give American Jews a 'birthright honeymoon'” (’Amen! ’Amen!)
  
• “Macbook converted to Dvorak layout” (You too will become one with the Dvorak enthusiasts...)

Today’s weird thing is “Chemistry Exam”. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

‪ו׳ טבת תשס״ז * 27 December 2006: Kwanzaa/National Fruitcake Day

Greetings.

Relevant to today’s quasi-holiday: The Wikipedia “Fruitcake” article.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Why Jimmy Carter is not an anti-Semite”
  
• “The effectiveness of self-imposed deadlines on procrastination”
  
• “'The Truce Has Generally Held'” and “A 'Supposed' Cease-Fire”
  
• “Exclusive: Bethlehem fears terror” and “Bethlehem - Abusing the Christmas Story”
  
• “Ancient insects used advanced camouflage”
  
• “With Full Knowledge”

Today’s weird thing is JET-MAN.COM. Yes, the long-desired jet-pack is now a reality. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

‪ה׳ טבת תשס״ז * 26 December 2006 Boxing Day/Kwanzaa

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Bahais in Egypt”
  
• “Robot Deer Captures Poachers”
  
• “How To: Disable Your Passport's RFID Chip ”
  
• “Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island”
  
• “Old friends exchange old Christmas card” (Submitted by Barry, who got it from Nancy.)
  
• “MK Avital: Accelerate Falash Mura aliya”
  
• “Snake-like Robot And Steady-hand System Could Assist Surgeons”
  
• “Scrooge and intellectual property rights”
  
• “Analysis: It's about ideology, stupid”

Today’s weird thing is “Usability in the Movies -- Top 10 Bloopers”. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

‪ד׳ טבת תשס״ז * 24 December 2006: National Pumpkin Pie Day/Christmas

Greetings.

Sorry about the template post that went out before this one. My computer is in a bad mood today.

Relevant to today’s quasi-holiday: The Wikipedia “Pumpkin pie” article.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Wiccan lawsuit's goal: Acceptance” (Some people in the US still haven’t figured out that freedom of religion applies even when one doesn’t like someone else’s religion. Not to mention that sometimes people have no clue what other people’s religions are about in the first place.)
  
• “Cease-Fire Watch”
  
• “Science of Santa Claus: Jolly Old Elf Really Can Deliver Presents in One Night, Says NC State Engineer” (I could not make something like this up, even if I tried with both hands.)
  
• “The Independent's "Palestinian Marys"”
  
• “New Research Could Lead To 'Invisible' Electronics” (Cool! I really would like to have a transparent desktop.)
  
• “Mideast Christians Feel the Heat”

Today’s weird things (I couldn’t chose just one) are “The Corporate Scrooge Contest Results” and “Protest or Celebrate?”, the latter which demonstrates that at least some Christians haven’t forgotten what their holiday is supposed to be about. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

‪ג׳ טבת תשס״ז * 24 December 2006: National Eggnog Day/4th Advent/Christmas Eve

Greetings.

Yes, I'm trying something new with the title.

Relevant to today’s quasi-holiday: The Wikipedia “Eggnog” article.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Sad Santa”
  
• “‘Ma Pitom?!’, and other inscrutable Israeli expressions”
  
• “The Next Sudanese Conflict”
  
• “Christians in crisis”
  
• “Understanding Islam: Feeling of humiliation because of Israel's very existence”
  
• “Robotic baby seal wins top award”

Today’s weird thing is the Sci-Fi Science Blunders Hall of Infamy. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

30 Kislew 5767 * 21 December 2006: Hanukkah (day 6)/Ro'sh Hodhesh

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “An American Holiday (1995)”
  
• “Iraqi Lost Cause?”
  
• “Two-headed reptile fossil found in China”
  
• “AFP, Abbas and The 'Radical Path'”
  
• “Haroon Siddiqui Strikes Again”
  
• “Reality check: 95 percent of Americans had premarital sex” (Submitted by Barry.)
  
• “Headline Of the Day”
  
• “Are you suffering from 'Mouse Rage Syndrome?”

Today’s weird thing is Wii Have A Problem..., which deals with various accidents associated with Wii game machines. Enjoy and share the weirdness..

Aaron

29 Kislew 5767 * 20 December: Hanukkah (day 5)/Games Day

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “The Blogosphere Revolution”
  
• “Palestinian Democracy: Warts and All”
  
• “Let them put on tefillin”
  
• “Jobless German spurns politician's work offers”
  
• “Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance”
  
• “Microbe Census Reveals Air Crawling with Bacteria”
  
• “Moderate Alcohol Shields Brain After Head Trauma”
  
• “Rotating tower to be solar-powered”
  
• “A Hunt for Energy Hogs”
  
• “NASA crushes lunar real estate industry”

Today’s weird thing is “THE MOON: A Propaganda Hoax”. Enjoy this stunning(?) expose and share the weirdness.

Aaron

Worthy cause of the day: "Climate Crisis"

Greetings.

Please sign MoveOn.org’s petition “Climate Crisis” and urge the new Congress to do something about global warming instead of denying the problem. Thank you.

Aaron

28 Kislew 5767 * 19 December 2006: Hanukkah (day 4)

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Hanukka (1996)”
  
• “Gratitude to God must echo”
  
• “Pharaoh hardens his heart”
  
• “Mirror gives Italian village its place in the sun”
  
• “Report: Rise in European 'Islamophobia'”
  
• “Offshore wind farms get go-ahead” (We need more of these.)
  
• “O, Muslim town of Bethlehem...”

Today’s weird thing is something Barry sent me which he got from Nancy, included below. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

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It was Hanukkah and the tiny village was in fear of not having any
latkes because they had run out of flour.

Rudi, the rabbi, was called upon to help solve the problem.

He said, "don't worry, you can substitute matzo meal for the flour
and the latkes will be just as delicious!"

Sheila looks to her husband and says, "Mortey...you think it'll
work?" and Mortey says,

"of course! Everybody knows.........................

Rudolph, the Rab, knows grain dear!"

27 Kislew 5767 * 18 December 2006: Hanukkah (day 3)/Bake Cookies Day

Greetings.

Relevant to today’s quasi-holiday: Wikipedia’s “Cookie” article.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Chanukah”
  
• “Hanukka and the limits of pluralism”
  
• “The Neglected Tropical Diseases”
  
• “The World's First Neural Stem Cell Transplant”
  
• “ATM Theft” (Submitted by Harold.)
  
• “Research: Brainwaves move humanoid robot”
  
• “What Is a Planet?”
  
• “Humans can scent-track”
  
• “Meet Resistance Head-On”
  

Today’s weird thing is the Inauthentic Paper Detector. It correctly decided that my latest paper was authentic (probability = 0.953). Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

26 Kislew 5767 * 17 December 2006: Hanukkah (day 2)/3rd Advent

Greetings.

Personal weirdness: I am continuing my “stunt” of lighting outside using a wind-proof menorah this Hanukkah, and the weather has been great for that so far, thank HashShem.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Tis ths Season”
  
• “"Macaca" named most politically incorrect word”
  
• “The Baker Report and the Saudis”
  
• “Makeover brings man fame and job offers”

Today’s weird thing is “Hampsterdance.Com: Home of Hampton and the Hampsters!”. Yes, the classic torture device still lives! Enjoy, happy Hanukkah, and share the weirdness.

Aaron

24 Kislew 5767 * 15 December 2006: Esperanto Day/National Lemon Cupcake Day

Greetings.

Reminder: Hanukkah starts tonight!

Relevant to today’s quasi-holidays: The Wikipedia articles “Esperanto”, “Lemon” and “Cupcake”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “An Answer for Carter (1977)”
  
• “Occupied Territories (1977)”
  
• “1.2 million more US Jews: Hanukka gift or flawed study?” (Yes, you can lie with statistics.)

Today’s weird thing is “Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature”. Enjoy.

Aaron

23 Kislew 5767 * 14 December 2006: "Gutted Teddy Bear Reincarnated Inside Robosapien Body"

Greetings.

Worthy cause of the day: Democratic Senator Bill Nelson of Florida spends an hour with Asad, the first of a line of US senators to visit Damascus. As suggested by Barry, please E-mail him in protest. Feel free to explain to him why discussions with Syria and other Arab countries are a waste of time. Remember, politicians react to their public, so let them know what you want.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Quebec man given new kind of mechanical heart”
  
• “The gliding squirrel: an aerial master in the age of dinosaurs”
  
• “China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years”
  
• “Overworked "Scrubs" Are More Likely to Make Mistakes that Harm or Kill Their Patients” (All those who are surprised, stand on your heads.)
  
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Today’s weird thing, submitted by Barbara, is “Gutted Teddy Bear Reincarnated Inside Robosapien Body”. (WARNING: Not for the meek.) Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

22 Kislew 5767 *13 December 2006: Warning Label Generator

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Baker Explains”
  
• “Bill handcuffs Chabad tefillin campaign” (What the gezornenblat is Paz-Pines thinking?)
  
• “Crist cancels inaugural ball in protest” (Submitted by Barry.)

Today’s weird thing is the Warning Label Generator. An example of what it can do:


Enjoy, share the weirdness, and beware of giant radioactive lizards.

Aaron

22 Kislew 5767 (evening) * 12 December 2006

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Bush and Baker (1992)”
  
• “And Mel Makes Two.”
  
• “The Smoking Gun”
  
• “A religion of life”“ANTI-SEMITISM AT GERMAN SCHOOLS: Insults Against Jews on the Rise” (Submitted by Harold.)
  
• “African Adaptation to Digesting Milk Is "Strongest Signal of Selection Ever"” (Submitted by Dad.)
  
• “Israeli PM admits to nuclear weapons” (Fire Olmert, please.)

Today’s weird thing is “Fold n' Drop Page”, which deals with an experimental GUI feature. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

Worthy cause of the day: Congress must call for a re-vote in Florida

Greetings.

The voting machines in Florida have lost 18,000 votes! Please sign the MoveOn.org petition “Congress must call for a re-vote in Florida” and tell Congress to ensure that everyone’s vote is recorded and counted. Thank you.

Aaron

20 Kislew 5767 * 11 December 2006: 404 error page

Greetings.



You have just been hit with a virtual snowball as part of Snowball Fight 2006.

Rules: Hit as many people as possible with virtual snowballs, including whoever threw them at you.

Snowball season ends on 2007-03-31, so don’t delay and get tossing.

Note 1: The snowball above is my own creation in Photoshop Elements. Go draw your own and demonstrate you have more skill at illustration.

Note 2: I blame Erin for all this. She threw a virtual snowball at me.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “2006 Dishonest Reporter of the Year Award”
  
• “Imagine the Headlines”
  
• “Life thrives at searing sea vent, under ice-report”

Today’s weird thing is an unusual 404 error (“page not found”) page. Enjoy.

Aaron

19 Kislew 5767 * 10 December 2006: Second Advent

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Lame ducks pass raft of legislation”
  
• “Alarms protest over Darfur rapes”
  
• “Crystal Balls… and Positive Predictive Values”
  
• “AJC offers clothing to Sudanese refugees in Israeli prisons” (Why the gezornenblat are Sudanese refugees being jailed in the first place?)
  
• “Special Report: The U.N. Human Rights Council”
  
• “Police arrest Sanhedrin rabbi” (“Yes, go ahead and further alienate a nice chunk of the voting population. That’s a great way to stay in power!”)
  
• “Having fun is becoming cheaper” (Woohoo!)
  
• “More Palestinians Flee Homelands” (Not only can the Stateless Arabs not get along with Israel, but they are also driving each other away.)

Today’s weird thing is commentary in the form of money art under the name of “The United States of Islam”. Enjoy or be scared or something, and share the weirdness.

Aaron

16 Kislew 5767 * 7 December 2006: Pearl Harbour Remembrance Day

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Opportunity Knocks”
  
• “Carter's Book: Presidential Pulp”
  
• “Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered” (Submitted by Dad.)

Today’s weird thing is something forwarded to me by Harold, included below. Enjoy.

Aaron

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A young Jewish mother walks her son to the school bus corner
on his first day of kindergarten.
“Behave, my bubaleh” she says.  “Take good care of yourself and think about your mother, tataleh!  And come right back
home on the bus, schein kindaleh.  Your Mommy loves you a lot, my ketsaleh!”
At the end of the school day the bus comes back and she runs to her son and hugs him.
“So what did my pupaleh learn on his first day of school?”
The boy answers, “I learned my name is David.”

15 Kislew 5767 * 6 December 2006: National Gazpacho Day/Mitten Tree Day

Greetings.

I’m still alive and OK in Cincinnati, home of Dr. Henry Heimlich of Heimlich maneuver fame.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “The French (1996)”
  
• “8 Point Plan” (We need more people working to make this world a better place and less disastrous politics.)
  
• “For Georgetown 'Apostles,' A Rowhouse Rebellion” (Do note that religion is not a well-defined term.)

Today’s weird thing is “Escher's "Relativity" in LEGO®”. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

13 Kislew 5767 * 4 December 2006: Wear Brown Shoes Day

Greetings.

Much to Bobby’s surprise, I am alive and well in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he is in trouble with his parents for posting to my blog without permission. He’s been grounded.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “An Iranian Lebanon”
  
• “Aleph=X, or contemporary Hebrew bad type” (Submitted by Barry. Be afraid.)

Today’s weird thing is the Virtual Air Guitar. Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron

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10 Kislew 5767 * 1 December 2006: Rosa Parks Day

Greetings.

There will probably be no weird things of the day next week, as I will be out of town.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Court: make currency recognizable to blind” (Never underestimate the extent of government rationalization.)
  
• “Sderot youth protest Kassam fire” (Olmert, do something to stop Islamic violence or get out of office and make way for someone who will.)

Today’s weird thing is “Roomba Cockfight”. Enjoy, share the weirdness, and Shabbath shalom.

Aaron