Archive for February, 2007

Lookie! Lookie! I’m a Writer!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Perhaps I should use that term more loosely… However, I’m pretty happy. A while ago, Bart at Blender Nation (the main Blender news portal) asked me if I would be a writer for them, since he was pretty busy and needed to spread the load a bit more. I gladly accepted and today, […]

Ghostrider

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

It was fun. Not the best comic-based movie, though. However, I never really got much into the Ghostrider character in the comics either, and this had that same general feel. My guess is that if you liked the comic then the movie might hold some appeal to you. Otherwise, it’s enjoyable, but only merely okay… […]

Lie of the Day #113

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

According to ancient Greek legend, the 100-meter dash in the track & field events at the Olympics originally involved cadavers and maple syrup. Unfortunately, details are sketchy, since the only documented proof of this was etched into a half-eaten cookie that was preserved in tar.

Lie of the Day #112

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

The concept of the recursive acronym was first devised as a means of distracting elementary school students long enough to escape their evil clutches and warn others.
As evidenced by the Great Teacher Disappearance of 1864, it was unsuccessful at that.

Lie of the Day #111

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Excessive usage of palindromes has been proven to cause people to have an unnecessary ambivalence to their lives.

Lie of the Day #110

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

In Greenland, during the summer of 1962, there was a study to compare the verbal articulation of humans at 4:00 AM with that of ferrets at the same time of day. Ferrets were found to be superior in that regard.

Lie of the Day #109

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Compact Discs, or CDs, were originally created as military weapons. However, contrary to the common view, they weren’t intended to be launchable discs. Rather, they were designed to capture the enemy’s soul and trap it in a shimmering rainbow hell.

Lie of the Day #108

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

The word “supplemental” is statistically the most difficult to spell word in the English language… followed second by “statistically.”

Lie of the Day #107

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

If you run around in a circle with a 3-foot radius fast enough, you will quickly begin levitating. Unfortunately, the second that you realize that this is happening, you will come crashing back down to the ground. Many a person and dog have tragically perished due to this strange quirk in the laws of physics.

Lie of the Day #106

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Filing cabinets were first designed as a prison cell for renegade badgers.