Category: Humor
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The mysterious disappearance of colonies of honeybees across several nations has alarmed commercial beekeepers who rent their services to a variety of large farming operations, due to what has been termed the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Entomologists and apiologists have been proposing and testing hypotheses ranging from radiation from cell phones (‘Turn off your cell…
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On the heels of the US Supreme Court’s decision on upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion, it was the first time I actually read the controversial legislation, denounced by pro-choice advocates and hailed by anti-abortion activists ( or, denounced by anti-life activists and hailed by pro-life protesters…err, I give up trying to find the politically…
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This time it is not so much about the painting as it is about the story behind it. After a visit to a Southwestern art gallery in Tucson, Arizona featuring some fierce looking female nudes, I wanted to paint a similar woman with personality. I visualized a woman who was mature, confident and completely comfortable…
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Ruchira and I have been volleying e-mail messages behind the scenes regarding a cluster of recent articles dealing with "science and …"—fill in the blank with a miscellany of topics you might not have expected to find associated with science just a decade or two ago: mens rea and "neurolaw," laughter, the weather of the…
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I am happy to note that Leiter Reports, the influential philosophy / political blog is now also a "useful consumer" blog. Professor Bill Edmundson has a very funny post on Philosophy beauty products there. Philosophy has long been stigmatized as a dry matter of logic-chopping and wheezy speculation. A branding makeover was long overdue. Where…
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No Bounce Left: George W. Bush hosted the players and coach of the championship basketball team, the Miami Heat, at the White House yesterday. The players presented him with a team jersey and a basketball. Always more comfortable in the company of athletes than with other world leaders, Bush was his usual jovial self standing…
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When it comes to the disastrous Iraq war and its aftermath, Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps Australian P.M. John Howard remain the last two aggressively optimistic voices among world leaders. Even George Bush has admitted on a couple of occasions that things have not gone well in Iraq or that he is too well…
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A couple of days ago, headlines from the usual news websites surprisingly led with the accusation that the US government had hidden data on the levels of lead in vinyl backpacks, toys and other articles from the consumers. "In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five…
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As an unapologetic cat lover, I have so far heroically resisted temptations to turn this site into a “kitty blog.” For example, I have not bombarded readers with pictures of my cats (except the one painting) nor endlessly described their unfailing cuteness. I find cats quite fascinating even when they are doing nothing, which is…
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The right wing of the Republican Party is probably quite pleased with the line up of presidential hopefuls on the Democratic side. So far, they see front runners with obvious weaknesses that won’t play in Preoria in 2008. Here is how the Dems stack up: Hillary Clinton: Shadows of Bill Clinton, liberal, woman, feminist (read…
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Whatever she may have meant, should Hillary Clinton be saying this? I guess Bill Clinton ought to take note. It’s pay back time and I don’t blame her! I thought it was quite funny. During a question-and-answer session yesterday morning, a voter asked the Democratic presidential frontrunner how she’d deal with "evil, greedy, rotten, power-hungry…
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Grass is greener on the other side of the fence. For one Nepalese airline employee, the mountain is more majestic on the other side of the world. In a baffling (and embarrassing) move, the scenic country of Nepal which is located in the foothills of the spectacular Himalayas, publicly misrepresented its natural environments. In a…
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