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I thought it never could be seriously said, but the greatest McSweeny’s article ever has found its way online.
Excerpt:
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, surely Oakland shall be as Sodom, and the children of Anaheim as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and dead arms, and perpetual desolation: [...]

Via Calpundit we learn about an Ohio risk assessor who claims to have proven that the probability for the existence of God stands at about 67%.
Dr. Stephen Unwin used Bayes’ Theorem to calculate the conditional probability of God’s existence. Bayes’ theorem adjusts a given probability in the face of observed evidence. Dr. Unwin [...]

An op-ed in the Los Angeles Times claims that the failure of Proposition 56, changing the requirements for passing a State budget to 55% rather than a 2/3’s majority, presages tough times for John Kerry in California.
The writer of the piece, a Venture Capitalist who worked to elect Schwarzenegger, makes a dubious claim about the [...]

Brad Delong proposes that rather than name warships after Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan we use Articles of the Constitution for our source.
He gives examples of the USS Freedom of Speech or USS Equal Protection.
I would enlist just to serve on the USS Unenumerated Powers. Imagine ourselves bearing down on the enemy. [...]

So it turns out water bottled by Coca Cola and Pepsi is little more than gussied up tap water.
Both companies use a process called Reverse Osmosis to purfiy the water. Coke adds a few minerals to their Dasani to make it taste more like actual spring water. Pepsi just puts filtered tap water [...]

Seriously sad news comes from Slashdot today. LucasArts has cancelled the sequel to legendary adventure game Sam and Max Hit the Road.
Commentators have been pronouncing the death of adventure games for years now. Indeed, fewer and fewer pure adventure games have been made, but I have always dismissed such doomsaying. Sure the [...]

My Bro, Matt, has posted loads of pictures from our family’s trip to India the Winter of 2002.
One of my fav’s is of Me, Matt, Tinaz and Pari at Jal and Dolly’s for Ice Cream:

A good shave would probably have been in order. Ah, well.