Archive for July, 2007

Lie of the Day #266

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Fish droppings are the world most abundant source of good cholesterol.

Lie of the Day #265

Monday, July 30th, 2007

7:00 AM does not exist.

Lie of the Day #264

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

With judicious application of a boat oar, it is actually possible to shift some of the Earth’s tectonic plates.  In fact, this is exactly how 75% of all earthquakes occur.

Lie of the Day #263

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

In 15 seconds, a miniature giraffe will walk across a small table to explain Newtonian physics to you.

Lie of the Day #262

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Time actually can fly.  It was endowed with this power by a violent and narcissistic sea monster in a complicated bargain to postpone its own demise.  It failed and the monster’s entire species perished.  However, time managed  to retain the ability to fly.

Lie of the Day #261

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Toe jam comes from actual jam.  Tiny jam gnomes sneak into your shoes during the night and store miniature jars of jam in the toe area.  When you put on your shoes, you crush these jars (the gnome’s entire monthly food supply) and the jam covers your toes.

Lie of the Day #260

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

The comma is the most heavily misused form of punctuation in the English language.  People assume that it indicates a logical pause in a sentence, however, the true proper use of a comma is to indicate a momentary lapse in the space-time continuum.  The source of the confusion is that, generally speaking, logical pauses and [...]

Lie of the Day #259

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The U.S. Army has a special covert unit of bartenders and high school janitors, skilled in the art of reconnaissance.  Humorously, when the program started, none of the new recruits were capable of properly utilizing a mop or engaging in smalltalk.  After ten years of intense training and periodic three-legged races, they’ve become quite adept [...]

Character Design Sketches

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

I had some time during (and a touch after) Red Hat High to do a bit of drawing, so I sketched out a handful of characters. Some are better than others, but I think most of them would be fun to bring to life in animation. As with other ones before these, click [...]

Lie of the Day #258

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

With the proper amount of dedication and a length of rubber band, you can actually harness a lightening bolt and use it to travel large distances.  Unfortunately, steering is still an issue.  Lightening is fast and typically does not go in a direction a person would like to travel (into the ground or across the [...]