“Vriesea fosteriana x gigantea” according to the Bromeliad Society International Genera Gallery.
Just for some nerdy grins, I took a stereo picture of the bromeliad – you will need your 3D red/cyan glasses for this (You can get a free pair from Rainbow Symphony). The rest of us nerds have a pair or two laying around.
With the closest approach until 2018 of the planet MARS this month, you might want to bone up on Martian lore and history (from an Earthbound perspective). This is a link to a very entertaining and informative site called Mars Madness!
Science finds a use for an abnormal brain . . .
After the transformation, the deranged brain wasn’t quite as scary as before. Look at Michelle Malkin’s article AL FRANKEN IS CRACKING UP to see just how scary he was.
UPDATE: 10 January 2006 – This article added to the list of Star Whores
From Damsel’s Garden . . .
It’s a shame she can’t send you the fragrance as well . . .
This is unbelievable. Microsoft Word‘s track changes feature derails a UN cover-up. The inmates of the looney bin known as the United Nations exposed their contempt for truth and used intentional deceit tactics in an attempt to cover Syria’s involvement in the assination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri. When editing a ‘report’ to the Security Council, the editors of the report forgot to click the accept changes option when finalizing the document. Any reader who has the track changes option and display changes option selected would see the strikeouts and revised edits on their screens. Here’s a screenshot of one of the changed areas in the document in question:
Read James Taranto‘s Best of the Web Today in OpinionJournal for the complete documentation and story.
How many of these cover-ups have gone undected? Oil-for-Food maybe? Folks, we need to get the hell out of the UN and stop funding these dangerous anti-American assholes and kick them the hell out of our country.
Every once in a while the people in the neighboring offices must think I’m crazy or delirious. This post triggered the laughter and tears. Rolling around on floor – well you know . . .
Read Flight Pundit’s “Southern Republican”.
Thanks to Damsel for letting me in on the fun.
Today’s Lobotomy Candidate of the Day is Ronnie Earle.
Now, isn’t that much better?
