On this day in 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first men to enter a sealed tomb for 3,000 years, which any Steve Martin fan will tell you makes this INTERNATIONAL KING TUT DAY! The Pharaoh Tutankhamun died at about age 18 or 19 from some wacky disease that’s not around anymore, or …
Who says they don’t get any holidays? Hell, they even have their own logo, just like the crosses, stars and crescents symbolizing other religions. Today our most fervent preachers and avid seekers of converts get their only holiday all year, one that most of them will spend furiously not celebrating, NATIONAL ATHEIST DAY! Steadfast believers in …
Who says they don’t get any holidays? Hell, they even have their own logo! Today our most fervent preachers and avid seekers of converts get their only holiday all year, one that most of them will spend furiously not celebrating, NATIONAL ATHEIST DAY! They are steadfast believers in disbelief, adherents of non-adherence and practitioners of …
To say that we are living in a world gone batshit crazy is merely to state the glaringly obvious. If you need reasons why, or disagree with this assessment, odds are you’ve been living in the wilderness without access to telephones, computers, newspapers, TV, radio or other people. Either that or you’re simply batshit crazier …
Sammy Science back in the house, ready to talk science. I don’t know why I keep writing for this website, since so few of the people who write in believe in science. Either that, or they’re completely off the wall. Not that it matters much to scientists or to science itself who believes in it. …
You hear this a lot, never discuss religion or politics. And yet, that’s all we seem to do since these are two very juicy subjects. Besides, it’s Easter and Passover, and politics is always in season. People find it hard to avoid discussing the things that make them tick. Only trouble is, these little chats …
So, there’s lots of news involving Sweden lately. Not that actual Swedes are making news, that would be a little too much to ask of them above and beyond being Swedes, but the focus on Sweden gives one pause to wonder about the place. Has there ever been a famous Swedish woman that didn’t have …
