Over at Patterico’s, he and his commenters are just having a good laugh at the expense of all those stupid liberals who worry about “endangered species” now that we’ve found 100,000 new Western Lowland gorillas, because even with 100,000 new gorillas, stupid scientists are saying they might still be endangered! Like, there’s 100,000 more of […]

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KIDS LOVE SODAS (This image of young all-American teens pointedly not thinking about sex – whilst walking arm in arm, no less – brought to you in Buzzy #60.)

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To pair off with that revelation in making solar cells more efficient by using glass panels to increase their capture ability (discussed here), guess what the folks at MIT did: they invented a cheap, efficient and stable fuel cell so that solar cells can store energy more efficiently for night-time use.

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The Hembeck Challenge (inspired by the fine folks at SeeBelow.) 1.) Brainiac Five 2.) “This is sick, man. We just smoked Flipper.” 3.) Phil Foglio when he isn’t drawing porn 4.) Uncle Scrooge’s Number One Dime 5.) superheroes who insist on fighting crime with a bow and arrow even though that makes precisely zero sense […]

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Comedies, as a rule, do not age well. Good comedies are plagarized endlessly until nobody laughs at the gags because they’ve already seen them on The Simpsons, and if not, simply become dated as senses of humour shift. Bad comedies are just bad and remain bad. It takes a truly timeless comedy to remain funny […]

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My weekly TV columnn is up at Torontoist.

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So, the San Diego Comic Con has been over for more than a week now, and I’ve been trying to keep track of all the major news and schmooze and suchlike, both the good (Neil Gaiman on Batman!) and the bad (Flash: Rebirth? Oh, god, just when I was enjoying Geoff Johns’ work again) and […]

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FLAPJACKS: I didn’t know Brendan Fraser competed at the Olympic level of killing mummies. Things you learn! ME: Killing mummy. He only killed one mummy. Didn’t you watch the trailer? FLAPJACKS: Yes, but he killed the same mummy twice. Like, once in 1928 in Amsterdam, and then he killed the mummy again in 1936 in […]

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George W. Bush and John McCain claim that offshore drilling will reduce oil prices because of a psychological benefit. If we think oil will get cheaper, then it will get cheaper. Even if this is true (which it probably isn’t, because commodities traders are not idiots), the problem with attempting to manage oil prices by […]

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All right; my connectivity issues have, for the most part, been sorted, so expect posting to the site to be back to what one normally expects here in these parts. My fine guest writers have been invited to continue as feature contributors, which is a nice way of saying “they’re allowed to post when they […]

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New York law requiring restaurants to publish calorie counts of all items come into effect – New Yorkers shocked by how many calories in their favorite foods.

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New from me at The Court: a dramatic expansion of the CRA’s power to impound financial records. It’s more important than it sounds!

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Since I missed last week, I just wish to briefly address the “Will was voted off so this show is bullshit because the best dancer never wins” whining that arose around the internets. (Okay, TWOP, but big shock there.) Firstly, the best dancer has at least won once (Benji in season two – yes, he […]

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102.) Bandits Are Shy

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