Friday, April 4, 2008

Cartoons and Stuff

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/03/the_10_most_insane_childwarping_moments_of_80s_car.php

"Yet there.s at least one scene that gives us viewers pause: in the episode 'April Fool, April leaves behind her yellow jumpsuit for once and dons formal wear. For some reason, she treks down into the sewers to show off her gown to Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo and Michelangelo. At the 3:27 mark here, all of them are on the verge of howling like Tex Avery wolves, with even Splinter, the turtles' sanguine rat-man mentor, ogling a woman not of his species. And then the turtles follow April out of the room, clogging the door in one writhing mass of undisguised reptile lust. Horrifying."

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Nerds.

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_larping

"Until recently, LARPing was the little-known hobby of fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Renaissance faires and historical reenactments, but it has gained new notoriety thanks to popular YouTube videos of players battling with foam swords and imaginary lightning bolts."

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http://discovermagazine.com/2008/mar/21-the-extinct-human-species-that-was-smarter-than-us?utm_campaign=DISCOVER%20Magazine%20Human%20Origins%20Newsletter%203%2E24%2E2008&utm_content=tygerx9@gmail.com&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=The%20Extinct%20Human%20Species%20That%20Was%20Smarter%20Than%20Us

"Judging from fossil remains, scientists say the Boskops were similar to modern humans but had small, childlike faces and huge melon heads that held brains about 30 percent larger than our own.

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More insightful and self-reflective than modern humans, with fantastic memories and a penchant for dreaming, the Boskops may have had 'an internal mental life literally beyond anything we can imagine'."

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341574,00.html

"An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

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"The girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith," the police chief said.

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"The mother believes the girl could still be resurrected, the police chief said."

Religion kills. Always. It's as simple as that. We can't make stupidity a crime of course, unfortunately. But homicide certain is.

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