8 Ways We Traumatize Our Offspring

While it is no surprise to me that the lyrics to many kiddie songs are both insipid and inane, I had not given a great deal of thought to very much of the content. Some of the sentiments and concepts expressed are extremely odd, and some are just plain scary to contemplate.
As such, I present [...]

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It’s official.

Just got a very welcome email, which began as follows:
Oliver, Congratulations and welcome to the Xerox family. I am pleased to confirm your start date of Tuesday, September 02, 2008.
So yeah, w00t, I can has job, and any other overused meme-age you care to put here.

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What do you know?

Throughout its history, Western science has had one major failing – its inability to ‘think outside the box’. Each passing day brings a new theory or discovery, most of which are ignored or derided by ‘orthodox’ scientists who cling to their safe, comfortable dogma. In the 1860s, chemists refused to acknowledge John Newland’s idea that [...]

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Legoslation

The legislative process in this country (and likely others) is positively out of wack.
(Note to self: find out where exactly wack is and look into living costs, because things seem to work pretty well in there)
Any bill passing through either House gets all kinds of crazy amendments, many of which have nothing to do with [...]

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