So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Well, it seems that this site has run its course. I put off starting my own blog for years because I never saw the point. Now I think that opinion has caught up with me finally.
I am actively browsing around for a good site to contribute to. It’s tough to find one that isn’t completely [...]

Lazy Sunday picture post: megamart edition

- shawn
[source: If you know where this came from let me know]

Fanatics are picturesque

What do Nietzsche, Mike Gravel, and myself all have in common? Besides the cranky old bastard angle, we probably all loathe the Family Circus comic. As a kid, that one little panel of unadulterated stupid in the daily newspaper comics always irritated me.
My point here is to show you The Nietzsche Family Circus. I friggin’ [...]

Got milk? … and pus, blood, shit and chemicals?

I personally find milk creepy. I guess it’s the texture and the source that does it. Apparently I am not the suck my beverage out of an animal type of guy. That’s why I use rice milk on my Peanut Butter Panda Puffs. Anyways, today’s point is very simple: milk sucks. That is the obvious [...]

From hell’s heart I stab at thee

Whales are awesome, and a whale themed post shall now ensue!
If you have never encountered a whale in it’s natural environment (read: outside seaworld) then you really should. If you ever want to get out on the water around Vancouver Island in a non-touristy kind of way and really learn about whales, then I recommend [...]

Random snippet: Lamb

The following is a random little slice from Lamb by Christopher Moore. Why? Because it makes me smile I guess.
“Eek, a tiger,” Rumi said, as we stumbled into a small clearing, a mere depression really, where a cat the size of Jerusalem was gleefully gnawing away on the skull of a deer.
Rumi had expressed my [...]

Lazy Sunday picture post: fierce edition

- shawn
[source: world wildlife foundation]

You can’t beat a fox made out of freakin’ fire!

Bust out your Kool and the Gang MP3s, because it’s time for a celebration!
Today, you all have done it once again. With your amazing efforts, Firefox has reached 400 million downloads and demonstrated that not even the world’s most powerful companies can keep people from a better, safer, and faster Web experience. You all, the [...]

Bush has a brrraaaiinnn…

It’s about time the man got his priorities in order. This is a cause I can get behind, and so can you!

- shawn

Boobies and buttsecks! Seriously, no lie.

I worry that a lot of people tune out instantly once they realize that a post is political in nature. Working on the assumption that these people tune out because it can be a lengthy and boring topic, I think I have a good little solution. The site I am going to link below here [...]