“Despite my better judgment” is an interesting phrase. Its meant to imply that the person using it carefully weighed two choices in their mind and went ahead and chose the one that was doomed to failure anyway. Unfortunately its also one of those phrases that are used incorrectly more often than not.
That leaves [...]
Entries from May 2008
Reverse Etymology
May 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Inspirational
What happens to porn when you die?
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We’ve all heard this one before…
The scenario is simple: A friend is about to do something that could be portrayed as dangerous. Depending on the person’s attitude, they either brag about the upcoming event or they request encouragement.
Then someone pipes in with the tired old joke… “If you die [...]
Tags: philosophical
Pen Cures Cancer
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
For many years many of us have been devotees to SETI, the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. The SETI group was based out of Berkeley and would occasionally record raw data from radio telescope arrays and then would have their volunteers (people like us) process it. You can read the Wikipedia article on SETI [...]
Tags: Techie