It really is striking that we have been subtlely conditioned that way. I recently rewatched 1982 The Thing and with maybe the exception of Kurt Russell, was shocked at how “average” the cast looked. I doubt they could get that movie made today with that cast, despite what good actors most of them where.

So, who is going to cc the fine people at North Face to get their cease and desist form letter ready?

Why do some bears have the Star Wars logo apparently tattooed over every facet of their bodies? Who could have possibly thought that was a good idea, or that it looked good???

I was hoping this would be about Kim deleting her account.

Hey, I read Peter Woit’s book too.

Pentaquarks provide evidence for the existence of quark stars?! Awesome!

A+ Princess Bride reference

*Please add PAID mandatory maternity leave.

“Nothing is more precious than life, especially an unborn child.” Wow, they’re getting less and less subtle about the fact that they think an adult woman’s life is less precious than the life of a fetus.

If the only thing keeping you in a city is a crappy basketball team, you really need to make some changes in your life.

I hate to be a buzzkill here, but with all the dogs that are adoptable and how overly many we have in shelters and overall flooding the country, I’m not sure why this dog hasn’t been put down. So much money and so many resources are going into an animal that is way, way, way behind the 8-ball when it comes to even…

That’s why you don’t let your eight-year-old name your village.

Not a good day for homophobic racists, but a pretty good day for everyone else.