The Flying Spaghetti Monster Strikes Again!

Efforts were afoot recently on the Polk County School Board (in the Tampa, FL area) to begin teaching the “concept” of intelligent design in science classes as an alternative to evolution, at a time when new state standards mentioning evolution by name for the first time are under consideration. It appeared that this bonehead move had the support of a majority of the school board, but that was before the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster arrived and shamed the school board into backing down.  Click on the link below to read more…

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/26/72046/268/826/426324

50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007

From The BEAST - notice the O’Reilly nod at #23.

My favorites are numbers 43, 26, 14, 13 and (my absolute favorite) # 9.

Oh, a special nod to #24:  Deryk Schlessinger - who proves beyond any doubt that “Dr.” Laura is in no way worthy of dispensing the ridiculous “advice” she’s famous for. 

Just Wondering…

Whatever Happened to Jigglers? 

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I wish I could give proper credit – but I’ve been holding onto this one for awhile and I’ve completely forgotten where I found it.

My bad.

Dickheads of the Year

Bill Maher’s picks for the biggest assholes of 2007.

Can you think of any deserving recipients (other than Bill O’Reilly) he left off the list?

Guinness IS Good For You

Pregnant women and nursing mothers were once advised to drink Guinness. In England, post-operative patients and blood donors were once given Guinness, based on the belief that it was high in iron.   

More recently, researchers at the University of Wisconsin tested the health-giving properties of stout against lager by giving it to dogs who had narrowed arteries similar to those in heart disease.

They found that those given the Guinness had reduced clotting activity in their blood, but not those given lager. According to their research, a pint of Guinness a day may work as well as aspirin in preventing heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks.

The researchers told a meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida, that the most benefit they saw was from 24 fluid ounces of Guinness, taken at mealtimes. 

They believe that “antioxidant compounds” in the Guinness, similar to those found in certain fruits and vegetables, are responsible for the health benefits because they slow down the deposit of harmful cholesterol on the artery walls.

Here’s a link from ABC Action News: http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story.aspx?content_id=c012e409-a86e-413b-8a46-478c917c316d

And here’s a link from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3266819.stm

10 Awesome Alcoholics

I’m a bit busy today, so this is all you’re getting.

Click the picture for the link.

 

5 Drinking Stories That Put Yours To Shame

Here’s some history you didn’t learn in school:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10558

The Booze Test

So what do you really know about alcohol? Not much; I’m sure.

Oh, you think I’m wrong?

Take this easy test to figure out if you’ve even got a 5th grade education of booze: http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/booze

If you’ve managed to beat my score (98% on my first and only attempt)…then you obviously took the test multiple times.

Don’t feel too bad –  I’m sure you’re better than me at something…

 

 (knitting, tap dancing, World of Warcraft… maybe synchronized swimming. That’s about it, though – otherwise, I’m probably better).

Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC)

As I’m sure you already know, the Japanese know how to do gameshows.

Case in point:

 …and luckily for us, the folks over at Kontraband have compiled “the most painful MXC eliminations EVER”.

Check it out – you’ll enjoy it.

The Drunkest Cities

“We looked at annual death rates due to alcoholic liver disease, as well as who’s headed there by regularly downing five or more drinks in a sitting (CDC). Next, we factored in drunk-driving arrests (FBI) and the percentage of fatal accidents involving intoxicated motorists (U.S. Department of Transportation). Then, after tallying the MADD report card of state efforts to cut down on excessive drinking, we had our ranking…”

See where your city ranks