Sunday, October 31, 2010

Beware of car-eating rabbits

Greetings.

Jewish date:  23 Marḥeshwan 5771 (Parashath Toledhoth).

Today’s quasi-holiday:  Halloween.



I would like to apologize for having not posted anything for about three weeks.  This is has been due to two factors:  1) I have had a respiratory infection, which is not conducive to getting much of anything done.  2) I have been working on a review of Robert Graves’s The White Goddess, which is a decidedly nontrivial book.  Having reached a stage where the review is more or less presentable, I present it without further adieu on Divine Misconceptions and resume posting here, too.

Today’s news and commentary:
Denver International AirportImage which Zemanta thought was relevant via Wikipedia
Today’s weird thing is “Car-Eating Rabbits Invade Denver Airport”.  I cannot make up something like this.  Really.  Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron
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Monday, October 11, 2010

Beware of The Gong Show

Greetings.

Jewish date:  3 Marḥeshwan 5771 (Parashath Lekh-Lekha).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  Columbus Day (USA), Thanksgiving (Canada), Native American Day, Indigenous Peoples Day.

Today’s news and commentary:
Today’s weird thing is the Country Western Song Generator, which spouts out lyrics like:


I met her on probation all hunched over;
I can still recall that little hat she wore; 
She was chewin' on a hangnail in the twilight,
     and I knew I'd have to scrape her off the floor;
Her rabbi said I'd hate her dog forever;
She said to me she loved my one blue eye;
But who'd have thought she'd run off on 'The Gong Show';
I now can kiss my credit cards goodbye.

This utility should be useful for song writers who completely lack creativity.  Or perhaps for musicians looking to see if anyone is paying any attention to lyrics.  Enjoy (or feel horribly depressed or something) and share the weirdness.

Aaron
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Beware of horrific iPad hacks

Greetings.

Jewish date:  27 Tishri 5771 (Parashath Noaḥ).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  Long Walk Day, World Teachers’ Day.

Today’s news and commentary:
Today’s weird thing is “iPad runs Windows 95, universe stays intact”, a bizarre hacking stunt.  Included is this horrifying video:



Enjoy (or be afraid) and share the weirdness.

Aaron
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Monday, October 4, 2010

Beware of Asteroid spaceships

Greetings.

Jewish date:  26 Tishri 5771 (Parashath Noaḥ).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  Ten-Four Day, National Golf Day, World Animal Day.

Worthy cause of the day:  “Stop 'Corn Sugar' Now!”.

Today’s news and commentary:
Asteroids icoImage via Wikipedia
Today’s weird thing is “Hello, want to kill some time?”, which lets you install a JavaScript bookmarket in your browser which lets you shoot items in the current Web-page with an Asteroids-style spaceship..  Enjoy, share the weirdness, and please don’t shoot my blog.

Aaron
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