Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 20th, 2006
Little known facts about the thong
I was talking to a woman tonight who said she’d seen a man on the Metro wearing a thong. It might have been a G-string, but she pegged it for a thong because of the tell-tale whale tail. This reminded me of the passage in Ariel Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of […]
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
That, And Space Junk
God, what weird problems late-stage humanity has developed:
More than 9,000 pieces of space debris are orbiting the Earth, a hazard that can only be expected to get worse in the next few years. And currently there’s no workable and economic way to clean up the mess….
Even if space launches were halted now — which will […]
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
First Fossil Fuels, Now This
Worldwide platinum stocks are likely to be depleted by the end of the century, according to a new study on the earth’s finite supply of metals, and it’s not just the wedding band industry that’s to blame. Catalytic converters and hydrogen fuel cells rely on the precious ore, but the earth only has so much […]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Site Policies
This site is still under construction, so consider this the “soft launch.” Until the hard launch, I reserve the right to alter anything about the site, including the published text and name, at whim. As on most blogs, which are something between the new op-ed pages and wire services for trivia, I will use anonymous […]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
They’re Bankrupt Because They’re Broke
Over at the department of the bleeding obvious, lawmakers are shocked to discover that debtors are continuing to fiile for bankruptcy with the courts because they are flat broke:
The law requires debtors to see credit counselors before they file for bankruptcy protection. It is a prerequisite that banks and credit card issuers hoped would steer […]
