At least this is my current favorite animal trick. You know, there are innumerable good dog tricks. There are lots of cat tricks. But there aren't many fish tricks. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ewPCADX4eA[/youtube]
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams (1952…
Congratulations to these kids.  They're absolutely justified. The military has no right to coerce high school students into taking tests that make it easier to recruit the students. The test the kids resisted, the ASVAB is a covert recruiting tool. If kids want to go to Iraq, let them go to…
Click here for a slide show of the works of Spencer Tunick.  Incredibly ambitious, delightful, fun, thoughtful. Certainly something you don't see every day. And how interesting that so many people are so willing to sign up to participate. What does that say?
A few months ago the English alternative rock band Radiohead released their long awaited album "In Rainbows" as a free download, leaving it up to the fans to decide what they would pay, if anything at all. As someone who has had the difficult and expensive experience of distributing physical…