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The planet isn’t goin’ anywhere. We are.

By Gib ⋅ July 25, 2010 ⋅ One comment

For your amusement, here is George Carlin, at his best, making fun of those who strive to save the planet, when it is their own species whose demise is inevitable. Well, that last bit isn’t so humorous.

Paradise LOST

By Gib ⋅ June 19, 2010 ⋅ Leave a comment

It’s 2002, and JJ is pitching his concept of a TV show called “PARADISE LOST” to Lloyd, a big shot at ABC. JJ: So this NASA spaceship takes off to colonize Mars, but it flies through some sort of magnetic field and gets lost and crashes onto a planet a lot like Earth. LLOYD: Lost [...]

Infinite monkeys, finite resources

By Gib ⋅ January 24, 2010 ⋅ Leave a comment

Ever heard of The Infinite Monkey Theorem? It goes something like this: Given infinite time, a monkey banging randomly on typewriter keys would reproduce a given work, such as Hamlet. Variations of the theorem add more monkeys to reproduce more works, such as the complete plays of Shakespeare, or all the books in the British [...]

Live blogging TEOTWAWKI: This is a job for Superman

By Gib ⋅ January 28, 2009 ⋅ Leave a comment

“We will not apologize for our way of life,” said Barack Obama in his inauguration address. Many found this choice of words disturbing, reminiscent as it was of former VP Dick Cheney’s oft-quoted line, “The American way of life is non-negotiable.” That’s the sort of thinking that got us into this fix. But the American [...]

Decline in civilization: Photo essay

By Gib ⋅ December 17, 2008 ⋅ Leave a comment

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Monty Python’s Galaxy Song

By Gib ⋅ December 3, 2008 ⋅ Leave a comment

Oh all right, by popular demand, an encore performance of The Galaxy Song: Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown And things seem hard or tough And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft And you feel that you’ve had quite enu-hu-hu-huuuuff . . . Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving And [...]

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