By Fleeceman, on July 7th, 2009%
Itunes recently promoted some Library of Congress podcasts, one of which was about composing with the Devil.
Apparently, a musical interval called the tritone consists of starting on C then jumping up to F sharp, which is somehow tied to physics (and our brain). If you have a string for each note, the ratio of those strings . . . → Read More: Dangerous Music
By Fleeceman, on July 6th, 2009%
It has long been known in the scientific world that frogs are the harbingers of doom.
I watched a frogumentary the other night on Hulu, where one group of scientists were taking some of the remaining amphibians from one area and—by helicopter—relocating them in hopes that they’d propagate in the new area.
That’s one hell of an expensive . . . → Read More: Estrogen
By Fleeceman, on December 16th, 2008%
I recently attended a telethon, and there’s a reason that ends in a “thon.” All you have to do is replace “tele” with “mara” and you get an idea as to the fun to be had while attending a 12-hour telethon.
Who watches these things?
My point here is not to dis the impact of . . . → Read More: The Telethon
By Fleeceman, on November 9th, 2008%
I think this might be Julia Stiles. She can be frigid any time she wants.
Sheltered rich kids have such a dazed look about them: as if the real world is a little too bright for their delicate sensibilities.
They get their first job and they show up wearing slacks that are a tad too . . . → Read More: Rich Kids with Tight Pants
By Fleeceman, on October 25th, 2008%
The intelligence level of truck-ball owners is roughly equivalent to the ability of the collected carbonation in a can of Budweiser to do math.
I was working today, conversing with my coworker about many things that most likely changed the world in some corner of the universe.
One subject that continuously comes up when working with . . . → Read More: Stupider than Most