By CyberLizard on Jan 12, 2009 in cool shit, finances | 0 Comments
Have you ever tried to visualize the really big numbers that are being thrown around during the financial crisis? Most of us have seen $100. How about $1,000? Now try working with millions and billions. If you’re feeling a bit lost in the abstract, take a look at The MegaPenny Project. Now. Go look at [...]
By CyberLizard on Jan 12, 2009 in dumbfuckery, religion, scientology, whackaloons | 3 Comments
I’ll never understand how Scientology is still under the protective aura of the classification Religion. I mean, c’mon, it’s a cult founded by a science fiction writer claiming that we’re all infected with invisible alien beings killed by Xenu on Earth millions of years ago. L. Ron Hubbard actually wrote to friends describing how he’d [...]
By CyberLizard on Jan 12, 2009 in dumbfuckery, hospitals, medicine, proselytizing, religion | 4 Comments
My step-father-in-law (let’s call him Joe) was in the hospital recently; nasty bacterial pneumonia entirely obstructing his left lung, fun stuff. After he had been moved from ICU into a room, he was paid a visit. A friendly nurse came in to have a little chat. Nothing surprising about that. Nurses, doctors, interns had been [...]
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