all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
So apparently human foetuses expend more energy developing their brain than any other animal. This causes problems because the foetal placenta has to aggressively invade the maternal body, seeking nourishment. And this should trigger...
This is a magisterial review by the NY Review of Books of the historical process behind the divison of Palestine between Jewish immigrants and the (mostly) Muslim and Christian natives, and how these groups...
So I was looking at how much houses near where we live sell for… It’s not a pretty sight. The same nosy site also tells me that the “Median Household Income” in my area...
Shocking, I’m sure. I’d have held out for a PS2, at least. Rumours that Microsoft have promised to deliver three XBoxes for every baby are, of course, spurious.
So we went to see the Bond movie, with everyone’s favourite Irishman–In-Denial, Pierce Brosnan, doing his best Kris Kristoffersen impersonation. Lots of explosions, gadgets, bizarrly promiscuous people who quip as they fuck. But the...
A veritable classic. A definite Darwin candidate.
So I read about this huge security hole MS have found in basically all Windows machines prior to XP. Even if you apply the patch to these machines, they can be silently reinfected through...
Notorious child lover Michael Jackson and some reckless child endangerment. The public flaunting by this questionable man of his peculiar behaviour towards children never ceases to amaze me. It’s amazing what the rich get...
Also known as film accounting.
There were five girls and the makeup artist in the limo. The makeup artist got carsick and threw up all over the limo. We were all gagging, feeling sick. Some of the girls had...