So, I'm assuming the flying building in the last picture might have been the shed where the farmer first constructed his anti-gravity device while trying to construct the slow-cooker for lamb-stew?

The Soviets did have a major effort to reach the moon, and had we in the US not done it first they no doubt would have made it to the lunar surface. The most important legacy of their lunar program is the Soyuz system, which was their version of our Apollo capsule. Sadly enough, NASA is now renting space on their…

Truely, "attractive" is in the mind of the beholder. I've known guys who are gay, and are into the "Bear" subculture who are so very turned on by the huskiest hairiest men they can find. Some straight men would take a less than classically beautiful redheaded women over any beautiful brunette, or blonde. It is so very…

True, it could also mean a positive reaction to the gift-givers personality traits, or social/economic status. "He makes me laugh." etc.

Given that Valentine's Day approaches, this article made me consider that cut-flower arraingments are an example of the costly but essentially valueless types of gifts the authors discuss. Sure they are pretty and all, but they have no lasting benefit. However, if they get one laid, they have essentially served thier…

You should be able to download the MP3 via iTunes. I subscribe to "Geeks Guide" that way. Just search for the podcast title. Having said that, I'm glad I read this article before listening. Since I am completely opposed to OSC's political activism, I'll be deleting it unheard.

Oddly enough, where I grew up coyote-dog hybrids were called coydogs. These were almost always feral, and were regarded as more dangerous than either feral dogs or wild coyotes. Traditional wisdom was that they gained the wildness and cunning of the coyote, but had larger size and aggressiveness of the feral dog. Saw…

The "Dogs Decoded" NOVA episode that Acrobaticrabbit suggested also should be available for streaming on the PBS and NOVA websites. It's a pretty good episode!

I've never had an experience with a semi-domestic fox, but when I was a teenager, I did know a guy who had bottle-reared a coyote pup. It's mother and a sibling had been run-over by a car, and it was staying on the road by their bodies. He rescued it and treated it like any other puppy. It was a kind of odd animal,…

It's called "Repression" and it's your mind's way of blocking out painful or upsetting memories so they can't disturb your consciousness.

@Post-Apocalyptic iPod: I became interested in the gender of things that presumably shouldn't have gender through my limited exposure to Cajun French. French is one of those languages where everything is referred to in either male or female tense. Boats, for example are female. Why, I have no idea . . .

@Post-Apocalyptic iPod: You might want to tag that post with #corrections

@Krakenstein MK-II: Lycanthropy? Or is that the name of the condition, rather than the disease?

@In The Flesh: Like most Latin, those are easy when you break them down. The "poly" in both words means many. "Amorous" means love(s), "andry" means male(s). So, it means the female whale has more than one male love(er). Latin: sounds cool; usually is descriptive.

@tomqvaxy: As one who has actually visited the DOE Savanna River Site, I can understand your point. A frozen glacier is better than building a lot of messy experimental reactors in a bottomland swamp, by a major river. However, eventually that glacier would dump the mess into the sea.

@Blue Funnies: I can relate with your position. Larry Niven was one of my favorite authors until I became aware of his political ideology. Fortunately, little of it makes it's way into his work. However, I can't read anything by him anymore without looking for those types of references. It sorta ruined it for me.

@MargaretMoony: Not just vanilla whale sex, but in fact this is polyamorous polyandry!

One hopes the reactor and its waste were removed from the glacier prior to the facility being abandoned.

@MonochromeMolly: Does seem safer than bringing back Terror Birds.

@bonghammer: I think it is, because the number on the T-Shirt appears to be 42.