If you ask someone why they support homeopathy, they will give you reasons. Maybe that it worked for a friend of a friend, or perhaps their naturalpath gives them a warm fuzzy feeling that they just don’t get from real doctors. Whatever it might be, they will give you a
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Dead Wild Roses: Autumn is here
Happy Autumn everyone. Have a giggle. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Autumn
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bonus Musical Interlude with ViHart
I saw this today and I had to put it up. Enjoy some history, some math, some copywrite commentary, and some wonderful music, all delightfully wrapped together by the fantastic ViHart. Enjoy! Filed under: Music Tagged: Happy Birthday, Math, Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, Vi Hart
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Kawaii Metal with Ladybaby
It’s quite rare for me to listen to death metal vocals and I listen to cutesy j-pop songs even less. I find it difficult to rock out to unintelligible growling and overly cute things just annoy me. But what magic could be uncovered if these two extremes were somehow combined?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice -You’ve Never Seen a Ghost (Holy or otherwise).
The universe is an amazing thing. While you are “sitting still” reading this post, you, me, and everyone else are hurdling through space at an unfathomable speed. This is almost as amazing as the fact that we, for the most part, don’t even notice that we’re doing it. The Earth rotates
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Fashion Will Sacrifice Your Body
As I’ve written previously, The Fashion and I don’t get along. The last time I focused on how The Fashion aims primarily to destroy your self-image in order to then save it in exchange for your money. Today let’s look at one of the many ways The Fashion is willing to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alas! The Problem Of Good Cannot Save Us!
I should have known! Sometimes I just bite off more than I can chew. It’s that damned hope…but I’m getting ahead of myself. For those of you still unaware, John Zande has just put out a new book. Further, in an unimaginable act of generosity, he has been gracious enough to share
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude And Special Disservice Friday Mass – Metallica
Sometimes, after a long, frustrating week, a soothing sonata to ease the built up tension just won’t do the trick. Sometimes a sublime symphony is wasted on a battered soul that just doesn’t have the fortitude to fully appreciate it. Sometimes you need something that will defibrillate your arrested senses, something
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: War On Drugs Still a Losing Battle
Why are drugs still illegal? I wrote a while ago about the success of Portugal, where all drugs were legalized, and the money previously used to enforce drug laws were instead used to fund social programs to help those with drug problems. Not only was Portugal’s drug abuse problem significantly reduced,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Eloquence
‘Nuff said. Filed under: Religion Tagged: Bible, Christianity, DWR Sunday Religious Disservice, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Thug Kitchen – Healthier Living for Everyone
The following post has a higher than usual amount of profanity (for DWR, anyway). You have been warned. Eating right is hard. Eating horribly wrong is so very easy. Are we all doomed to clogged arteries, pickled livers, and malnourished obese children? No! Thug Kitchen is here to save us
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadians – Say ‘No’ To Airstrikes in Iraq
Harper wants Canada to go on airstrikes on Iraq. That’s right. Canada. The nice ones, the peace keepers, the polite people, the bastion of warm-gooey-joy-joy feelings, the “we’re awesome because we can solve problems without bombing people” great white north. He wants us conducting air strikes. We have to tell
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Solar Floppin’ Roadways
I was excited. I was hopeful. I very much wanted it to be true. But I’m not at all surprised (a bit depressed though) that solar roadways are a bad idea. Three main categories of problems have been illustrated by many. One is cost. This one is tough as the
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An exciting update on my recent post on solar roadways. Scott and Julie have an Indiegogo campaign (like kickstarter, but not) and they were looking for $1 million to fund production of their solar roadway hexagons. They have made their goal with a few days left and are currently just
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Spring
Here in Sunny Alberta, our seasons don’t quite match what the calendar might have you believe. So while it may be that it has officially been spring for some time now, the threat of frost up until last week kind of detracted from any sense of rebirth or new life. But
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Solar Powered Roads – A Followup
A while ago I wrote a post, Roads: Why Are They Still Asphalt? In it I expressed my desire for the future of road materials. No more hours idling in construction zones as they pour more oil to patch another season’s worth of a billion or so potholes. Better drainage and more
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Solar Powered Roads – A Followup
A while ago I wrote a post, Roads: Why Are They Still Asphalt? In it I expressed my desire for the future of road materials. No more hours idling in construction zones as they pour more oil to patch another season’s worth of a billion or so potholes. Better drainage and more
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hero of the Day: Neil deGrasse Tyson
The source of many major problems in society is an overwhelming lack of science awareness. Climate change, evolution, vaccinations, homoeopathy – none of these should be creating any kind of controversy anywhere. The science on each of these issues is pretty damn clear. It is not the case that everyone need
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hero of the Day: Neil deGrasse Tyson
The source of many major problems in society is an overwhelming lack of science awareness. Climate change, evolution, vaccinations, homoeopathy – none of these should be creating any kind of controversy anywhere. The science on each of these issues is pretty damn clear. It is not the case that everyone need
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Confronting Oligarchy – Tesla Motors
Free markets make for a level playing field, ensuring the best products get to the consumers at the lowest price by rewarding hard working people who go the extra mile to bring the people what they want….except when someone other than the established upper class might take some of their
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