Happy All Hollows Eve. On this date in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the cathedral door in Wittenburg, Germany. (Here’s a more modern translation.)
Also in 1926, Harry Houdini died from an infection resulting from appendicitis at the age of 52. Though he was punched in the stomach a week prior, most physicians [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Happy Halloween
Posted in misc on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Misc Musings
Posted in misc, tagged beer, government on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good news! Genetic Engineers have developed a beer that lowers the risk of heart disease. Now those sanctimonious wine-drinking elitists won’t be the only ones whose cardiovascular systems will benefit from imbibing. The secret’s in the yeast. Unfortunately, it’s not yet approved by the FDA. Which is all right with most of the scientists on [...]
Candy Bar Quiz Revisited
Posted in food, trivil pursuits, tagged candy, food, quizzes, seinfeld on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of you took the candy bar quiz from a previous post, and if you didn’t - why not? Now here’s another, inspired by George Constanza. Speaking of him, science shows that double-dipping really is bad manners. Finally, what goods things can we learn from the balding pessimist from Seinfeld? This blog explores nine answers to that [...]
