Or would I be busted as a poseur when I tried to buy them? If I hold one up to my ear, can I hear warmed-over Muzak mixed with surf sounds? Do I have to be running around in the woods wearing a loincloth and stinking of sandalwood to drink one? Do they come with … Read more
The protist Naegleria fowleri, aka “the brain-eating amoeba,” is making unfortunate headlines again. “Rare…but super-tragic,” says Jonathan Yoder at the CDC. Agreed. Apparently not nearly enough people share my aversion to video that starts on a web page without my explicit request, because it seems like it’s becoming more common. I think it’s obnoxious. Is … Read more
“Don’t stop, believin’…hold onto that feelin’…” Oh, wait. That’s Texas governor Rick Perry who has recently entered the presidential race. Of course, he’s a racist. Let’s get that out of the way. Just ask MSNBC’s Ed Schultz. So I guess we’re set with this field now, except for She Who Shall Not Be Named. Really, … Read more