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District 9

By Ben • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
District 9

If you want to call it a new genre, I wouldn’t blame you. District 9 is probably the strangest movie of the year, and it’s great that such a new formula can be put into an imaginative summer blockbuster and not be released in fewer than 100 theaters. If you want an original, gritty, and [...]



Mammoth Opportunity

By Nate • Dec 2nd, 2008 • Category: General Sod, Sod that is bad
Mammoth Opportunity

Scientists are apparently getting closer every day to being able to recreate the DNA of the wooly mammoth. For those of you who didn’t see Jurassic Park, this means that these scientists could make themselves a real, live wolly mammoth.
Neat, huh?
Not so fast, my friend.
Sure, you think mammoth and get the image of a big, [...]



Growing Up Nate: Gimmie Stitches

By Nate • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: General Sod, Wistful Nostalgia
Growing Up Nate: Gimmie Stitches

Mr. Hoff was my 8th grade science teacher. He was also my junior high football coach. He played football in college and made a point of reminding us of this at every opportunity. He was a mountain of a man. A large, notably out of shape mountain, but still a mountain. From the word “go,” [...]



Science Sez: 100% of rape accusations made by women are false

By idyllicmollusk • May 14th, 2008 • Category: General Sod
Science Sez: 100% of rape accusations made by women are false

Trigger alert.
Did you know that 100% of rape accusations made by women are false? Fact. Researchers working at the nonpartisan Women Always Lie Institute (WALI) came up with this percentage by taking the number of rape allegations made by U.S. women in 2007 and applying the well-established “Women Are Never to Be Trusted” [...]