Nov 27, 2009

List: 20 (HORRIBLE) things Twilight teaches girls

Hypothesis: 'Twilight' is a horrible movie and is in the direct OPPOSITE service of progressing women as a gender in a equality-based world. Evidence cited: click link. Q.E.D.

News: Philippine policitian charged with 57 massacre murders

This politician ordered the killings of 57 people. Why? Because they were the wife and relatives of another Philippine politican running for governor or journalists and passers-by to cover up the murders. This second candidate has since officially filed for the election: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed

News: Shaq to pay for slain NC 5-year-old's funeral

Sad story all told, but this is at least a slight happy moment in it.

Nov 24, 2009

Update: Census worker w/ 'FED' written on chest committed suicide

Apparently it was a hoax? Worked pretty well, if it was, macarbe as that is.

Study: Adults fooled by visual illusion, but not kids

Odd. Adults are fooled by optical illusions, but kids aren't. This means that the ability to take visual context into account doesn't develop until later on in life (according to the authors anyway).

Nov 23, 2009

News: Man tries to crash car into FBI building - its a U building

Yeah. About that.

This guy thinks the FBI put a computer into his head. So he decides to run his car into the FBI building to destroy said computers. Seems reasonable enough.

Problem was, what he THOUGHT was the FBI building was actually the University of Minnesota Public Health building, causing $20K is damage.

The mistake was in the address. The FBI building is as 111 Washington Ave. He hit 1110 Washington Ave. Missed it by that much. And by 'that,' I mean a mile or so.