Category Archives: left field
Fill’er up with AC or DC voltage, officer?
Every now and again, my local paper runs a headline that just cracks me up … like this wire service item from Tuesday’s newsobserver.com: “Sheriff wants Lindsay Lohan charged with battery” Can we safely presume this is because Ms. Lohan … Continue reading
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Art for psych majors
Presenting … the original Rorschach inkblots with popular interpretations, a la Wikipedia … Posted in honor of all those knuckleheaded psychologists of the world, who rank only slightly above their snake-oil-salesmen-of-mental-health-care brethren, the psychiatrists, insofar as their hourly rates are … Continue reading
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I’ll take “SPLIT HAIRS” for $400, Alex
Call me pedantic or just plain persnickety, but my exegetical geekiness kicked in today on reading a piece from The New York Times (reprinted by The News & Observer) about an IBM project to program a supercomputer contestant for the … Continue reading
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Google: It’s what it can’t find that’s funny
I’m not someone who gets addicted to much, but that doesn’t mean I’m immune to the occasional wiles of a novelty. For instance, the contemporary fascination with video games is totally lost on me; I can’t relate to it in … Continue reading
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