Back to the Future 4: Jesus Christ

In what year was Jesus born? Many would say somewhere around the year 0. It’s way more confusing than most people realize.
Well, there was no year 0, but the historical equivalent is AD 1. AD 1 immediately precedes 1 BC on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Got it? Okay.
Now, once Jesus was born, the world […]

Don’t be sexist–broads hate that

Chances are good that a modern feminist chosen at random would have you believe that certain words in the English language are a derivation from the male root, and make it seem like women are inferior. Words like female and woman seem to be based off of a male root word, with a prefix to indicate […]

The best April Fools’ joke ever

The bulk of yesterday was spent by me hating April Fools ‘ Day. I could hardly read the news on digg without suspecting every story to be a joke. I’m happy to say that I didn’t have any pranks pulled on me, and I didn’t pull any on anyone else. It continued like this until […]

Legislating astronomy

Since when was it the government’s responsibility to legislate astronomy? Yesterday, Wired posted an article about a Republican representative form New Mexico named Joni Marie Gutierrez who proposed a bill to make Pluto a planet “as [it] passes overhead through New Mexico’s excellent night skies”. The absurd notion that New Mexico has its own sky […]

Naked Sunday!

Yes, I know it’s Monday. Yesterday was the debut of a Dutch gym’s invitation to exercise in the nude. About a dozen middle-aged to elderly men showed up for the event of the hundred who signed up. The Netherlands are known for their comfortable standards on nether regions (get it?), but this may be a […]