Aiming at Nothing

Allen’s ramblings, broken down… and left that way.

Archive for September, 2004

17 Sep

Queen for a day

I thought this was pretty darned funny.
Glaring into the camera, Rather leveled a stern denunciation of his skeptics, terming them “hateful” and “jealous.”
“I have told you again and again the tales of my ascension, my travels and adventures amongst the Cloud People, my ongoing struggle with Lord Gnarl and the Carved Army of the Fateful [...]

09 Sep

Negative. It didn’t go in

… it just impacted on the surface.
“Look sir, ‘droids.”

08 Sep

The Genesis Torpedo

According to this article at the Beeb, the Genesis probe will soon descend into the Earth’s atmosphere at 24,000 mph. Those of you who have seen Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock know that Dr. Carol Marcus’ Genesis probe brings “life from lifelessness.” It replaces the [...]

07 Sep

Sliding down the razor blade of life

Today is my birthday. Happy Birthday to me! I’m nine years past the point of being trusted. Also as of today TT and I have been married for 19 years. Is it old in here?

07 Sep

I smell a scholarship

Want to save a few bucks on your kids’ college education? Turn him or her into an athlete. Forget Football, Basketball, Baseball and Soccer (the other Football). Those are the sports of the past. The new thing seems to be Rock, Paper, Scissors.
“The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide,” by the brothers Douglas and Graham [...]

05 Sep

Muppet Scientists Rule

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his faithful assistant, Beaker, finally get some respect as serious scientists. The whole story here.

03 Sep

A little off the top

I have this long-lived fantasy of going back in time to kill (yes, KILL until dead) my first grade teacher. She’s probably dead by now (and turning very slowly on a spit, I hope) which is why the fantasy necessarily includes time travel. If she became even slightly unhappy with my classroom performance, she would [...]

02 Sep

Sleeper cell is just a bad dream

Remember: only the guilty have reason to fear. See this article in the Christian Science Monitor about the sleeper cell that apparently wasn’t either sleeping or a cell. I think the real problem here is that prosecutors chose to file charges. You see, it’s much less sticky to simply place people in jail indefinitely without [...]

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