Bring the rain....Headless Fire Ants Can’t Bite |
ATHENS, GA - If you've ever been stung by a fire ant, you probably wished they'd all get sick and their heads would fall off. Agricultural scientists are working to do just that. Scientists at the Uni...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:47:00 PST |
She Was So Blond... |
she spent 20 minutes looking at the orange juice box because it said "concentrate". she put lipstick on her forehead because she wanted to make up her mind. she got stabbed in a shoot-out. she t...
Posted by Roger on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:41:00 PST |
Summers Here and the Time is Right for... |
Getting Busted Going to the Festival (If You're Not Careful)
If years past are any indicator, music lovers should be prepared to encounter everything from announced "Drug Checkpoints" that aren't -- t...
Posted by Roger on Fri, 30 May 2008 12:49:00 PST |
We are not what we think, or what we feel, or what we say, we are what we do |
1. If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong. We are given mental maps as children. Our parents and other adults tell us what is right and what is wrong sometimes they don't always ...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 27 May 2008 01:18:00 PST |
Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green |
WIRED MAGAZINE: 16.06
The environmental movement has never been short on noble goals. Preserving wild spaces, cleaning up the oceans, protecting watersheds, neutralizing acid rain, saving end...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:50:00 PST |
How to Drink Alone, But Not Here |
Where I live now, liquor by the drink is not available. My best experience getting liquored up solo would be London. The worst, Batman Turkey. ...
Posted by Roger on Mon, 26 May 2008 01:58:00 PST |
"Calling Shotgun" The Rules |
You Must Say The Word "Shotgun"You must say the word "Shotgun" to stake your claim on Shotgun. This must be done clearly and loud enough so that at least one other to-be occupant of the vehicle can he...
Posted by Roger on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:52:00 PST |
Do you want that money delivered electronically or by elves flying magic unicorns |
Greenpeace calls for deforestation fundGreenpeace urged industrialised nations Tuesday to set up an international fund to fight deforestation but warned it would require at least 30 billion dollars a ...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:10:00 PST |
Go Green -- Buy a Used Car. Its Better Than a Hybrid |
As Matt Power notes in this month's issue of Wired, hybrids get great gas mileage but it takes 113 million BTUs of energy to make a Toyota Prius. Because there are about 113,000 BTUs of energy...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 20 May 2008 01:17:00 PST |
"Left over right, right over left. What's so fucking hard about that?" |
A Man Should Be Able To: 1. Give advice that matters in one sentence. I got run out of a job I liked once, and while it was happening, a guy stopped me in the hall. Smart guy, but prone to saying too ...
Posted by Roger on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:59:00 PST |
