Archives – 2005 – October – 10  

strawmen in the wind
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strawmen in the wind
“The ass is back, after almost two decades of pop culture focusing on the bust line, this is significant”: Ignoring the um iconic weight this observer places on this trend, is it even (= ie empirically ) true? I have […]

Simon Singh’s Lyric Watch
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In which science journalist Simon Singh takes umbrage at the lyrics of Katie Melua’s Nine Million Bicycles and in particular the science contained within.
Me I would be more holistic and say the whole song is rubbidge. And where is her proof t[…]

Ig Nobles no longer poke fun at scientists
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Article and list of this years Ignoble Prize winners. I always remember this being a slightly churlish mickey take of obscure areas of scientific research. This time they seem to be rather proud of the areas of research. The alarm clock that runs and[…]

Glass To Go From Glasgow
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In a story that needs follow up from a Man with Chest Hair in Manchester, Glass is being banned from licensed premises in Glasgow. Its a three stage process, ending in pubs, who may be allowed to us shatterproof, toughened glass. But clubs have got t[…]

Pride & Prejudice & Plot Twists
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P&P goes BANG when it starts, posho is moving next door and we are in the ball. Whup, there is Mr D’Arcy all sideburned up and glowery. He glowers too much, and Keira Knightly is too giggly early doors but it doesn’t matter because t[…]

Guilty PAINS: a SECRET HISTORY of GREBO
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quotidian cliche misinforms us — PWEI and GBOA (not to mention NAD) were JABOF and thus NEVER TRUE GREBO. In the interests of the quest for a higher reality, all is now revealed:
Deep Grebo Level 1: It all makes sense when you think about it&#[…]

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