From Sippican Cottage I wandered over to this piece decrying the pumpkin as a threadbare monarch. Enjoyable even if you have no particular malice against pumpkins.
Category Archives: Fun
Rant of the Week: 10/18/09-10/24/98
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How dangerous does your mug look?
Social Security will have no cost of living increase for 2010. Sadly, the way the dollar has been dropping lately, seniors might need a cost a living increase next year. But that is how the law is written.
Italians have been making the French look good since the Vandals wiped out what was left of the Roman empire in Italy. This just continues the trend.
Sometimes it is best to go it alone.
Interesting thoughts on the inflation/deflation debate from Macro Man.
The world gone mad part 2. This one will probably be overturned. Americans are ready to give up a lot of their rights. But not the right to own a big screen TV.
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Poem of The Week: 10/11/09-10/17/09
This week’s poem of the week is Variations of an Air.
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A French spy movie makes the Russians very mad. Who would have thought?
Three solvable problems put together produce an unsolvable problem.
Everything turned to blood. The video clip is all right, but the pictures further down in the article are really cool.
Another Step Closer to VR
If they work on this concept, it could go a long way towards providing a much more immersive virtual reality. You could walk however you please in order to control your avatar, and the robots would keep you from walking into things in real life.
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Link I found off of Neatorama
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Scandalous behavior by school children.
Everyone wants New York’s Governor to go. They should be careful about what they wish for.
This is why you can’t escape from black bears by climbing a tree.
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As a matter of policy, we don’t report on movie stars and the like. But rules were made to be broken.
Everyone is talking about this story, so you should read it just so you know what the fuss is about.
Edit: Forgot this one. Probably everyone knew that crayons were not vegetarian anyway.