The dreaded velociraptor is looking less and less like a Spielbergian nightmare, and more like something you could safely serve with cranberries. New research into the fossilized forearm discovered in Mongolia in 1998 by The American Museum of Natural History … Continue reading →
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The Skwib: Ask General Kang: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving on your home world?
No, we have several holidays that are somewhat similar, but essentially we break your celebration into two components. And then we have one “thanksgiving” day which is totally alien to your world. In the late months of the harvest time on Planet Neecknaw, we have a holiday that is probably
Continue readingIt’s now unAmerican to eat Thanksgiving turkey
This turkey wants to kill your mama Why? Because Butterball turkeys are the victim of ‘Islamic slaughter’. Well not actually, it’s just that when one of Pam Geller’s readers wrote Butterball asking if its turkeys were halal, the firm replied in the affirmative. So what’s a wild-eyed Islamophobe to do?
Continue reading350 or bust: The Night is Dark, and We are Far From Home
On this Remembrance Day, here’s the choir of Wells Cathedral singing Lead Kindly Light: Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead thou me on! Keep thou my feet; I do not a…
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Poor turkey.
Continue readingEdwin Current: If You Feed Them, They’ll Never Leave
Happy Thanksgiving Canada!Since the election in Ontario is over, I’ve been paying some attention to the Occupy movements around the world. I’m not sure what my take on it is yet but I do know that the distribution of wealth is becoming less and l…
Continue readingEdwin Current: If You Feed Them, They’ll Never Leave
Happy Thanksgiving Canada! Since the election in Ontario is over, I’ve been paying some attention to the Occupy movements around the world. I’m not sure what my take on it is yet but I do know that the distribution of wealth is becoming less and less spread out and there’s
Continue readingEdwin Current: If You Feed Them, They’ll Never Leave
Happy Thanksgiving Canada! Since the election in Ontario is over, I’ve been paying some attention to the Occupy movements around the world. I’m not sure what my take on it is yet but I do know that the distribution of wealth is becoming less and less spread out and there’s
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