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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008DNA Collection Kit
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Our school is distributing DNA collection kids to elementary students.
My son’s will be promptly round-filed.
Like many a well-intentioned-but-flawed process, they’re doing this to protect the children. This kit will supposedly help the police locate your child should he be kidnapped, molested, or otherwise run afoul of some Great Evil.
Mm-hm. And [...]
It Will Swallow Your Head
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Nay, your very soul!
CNN has a video of a giant squid that, fortunately for the dude in the tank with it, is dead.
At least I hope it is, for his sake. “Not dead which eternal lie” and all that.
The Evil That Men Do
Monday, April 28th, 2008People sometimes ask me how I can write the things I do, or how I can come up with these ideas. I’ve been told I shouldn’t “wallow in darkness,” and people have told me they will pray for me so I don’t somehow get tainted or corrupted by evil. I’ve even been asked if I [...]
Gross Anatomy
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008From a distance, the human body is a thing of beauty. Get up close, though, and things start to break down.
And I’m about to tell you about one of the more intimate places things break down. If you’re at all squeamish or the type to scream “too much information!” at the merest hint of something [...]
They Just Don’t Get It
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008I’m really, really glad I only have one car to pump gas into.
Bush is headed out to Saudi Arabia to beg King Abdullah to reduce oil prices because the US economy is suffering. What makes him think Abdullah — or any of the sheiks or princes, for that matter — is going to give a [...]
Reminder: The Ocean STILL Hates You
Monday, November 19th, 2007Meet Promachoteuthis sulcus, what would be the most terrifying creature on the planet if it weren’t only 25mm wide or long or whatever ML means. And tiny or not, I wouldn’t want great swarms of them to surround me and nibble me to death.
If you click the picture, it says the teeth are actually folded [...]
The Insurance Scam
Friday, November 2nd, 2007I understand arguments on both sides of national health care, but when you see a lot of the instances of insurance companies abusing their own systems, it’s not hard to see why people are fed up with the current system and are pushing for the government to do something about it.
Check out this post on [...]
They Can’t Kill Halloween
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007I’ve been bummed for the last couple of weeks leading up to Halloween. While I’m not a big holiday guy, I think Halloween is the last truly fun holiday left. Plus I’m a horror writer, so I’m kinda obligated. It may be watered down some and I’m still disappointed more kids don’t dress up as [...]
Let Me Count the Ways
Monday, October 29th, 2007I’m not a fan of Windows Vista at all. The chief reason is because it’s a resource hog: even on a brand new machine with a fast processor and a gig of RAM, it just kind of pokes along, even without enabling the fancy Aero graphics. And that’s before running an app on it. User [...]
Scaring Them Senseless
Monday, October 22nd, 2007CNN has a timely Parenting article about what scares children and how to handle it. It’s not bad reading, and a lot of it rings true to my own experiences. But what they really need is a little more specific advice for dads.
Some examples:
A recycler I visit is right across the street from a cemetery. [...]
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