Category: Science & Technologizzy
Arbor Day a Real Holiday, Many Celebrate (comic)
It makes sense. All you have to do to honor Arbor Day is plant some trees. It’s the day of trees, after all. Find a good spot with some sunshine, throw down a seedling, call it a day, right? It…
The BRAIN Initiative: Obama’s Announcement
Barack rubbed weakly at his temples, which were sore and rough to the touch. He breathed slowly, in and out, as he tried to focus his racing mind, burdened by the thoughts of millions. He noticed through the window the…
Tatooine Womp Rat Believed Extinct
Officials with the Tatooine Department of Wildlife announced today that the long imperiled womp rat is believed to be extinct in the wild. At not much bigger than two meters, womp rat numbers declined steadily since human settlement, mostly due…
Origin of Everything Is Not Magical (comic)
There’s a lot of magical thinking going on these days, especially in America… but what if I told you that there are some fairly natural, reasonably well understood mechanisms for just about everything that has brought life to where it…
Stop to Smell the Roses, Sunset, etc. (comic)
Sunsets are pretty, no two ways about it. You have to really stop and take them in. Watch the hues shift, take in the deep colors as they melt across the sky… but there’s more to it. They’re red aren’t…
Microsoft Office Assistant Finds New Life (comic)
Arguably one of the greatest inventions of software is the oft-forgotten fellow named “Clippy”. You remember him, he would constantly interrupt you when you were trying to do something productive. If you started a document with the word “dear”, that…
The Ultimate Modern Humor Article
Researchers at various humor think tanks and humor websites have been exhaustively searching for clues on how to adapt comic articles to our modern times. With the increased dumbing down of the intellect imposed on the public by our schools,…
Why is Spring so Dangerous for Dandelions (comic)
Obviously rain showers for spring flowers whatever, I’m sure there’s an axiom in there, but why are the common yard scourge the Dandelion so dangerous, especially in Spring, and why am I asking this is such elusive ways? Click on…
Johnny Appleseed’s True Legacy Revealed (comic)
We all learned the story of Johnny Appleseed as children, and for some reason we were taught that he was a great and noble man. He did charitable works, but that’s hardly the whole story. As this comic points out,…
Tornado Causes Widespread Improvement Across Central Indiana
ANDERSON – A violent tornado that ripped through the heartland of America yesterday has left thousands of damaged homes looking slightly better than they did before the catastrophe. A level-3 warning was issued on Monday ahead of projected storms and…