Hello, and hello again. Thank you, Glen, for keeping my web site at least somewhere in the Google page-ranking by guest-hosting. The one thing I said to him before I left was “whatever you do, don’t talk about drugs.” I think we can all be proud of his restraint. We may hear more from Glen [...]

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In a recent news story, I read about how a modern linguist is studying the nature of humor. Part of the reason behind his research - in classic “because it’s there” mode - is that there is no “full and complete theory of humour.”
His work is being financed by Saturday Night Live, Mad Magazine, [...]

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The last thing I want is for John to return home from his honeymoon and discover that his cherished blog site has become a haven for those seeking drug information on a par with the famed Vaults of Erowid. But, at the risk of seeming swept up in drug culture, I present - another [...]

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I’ve written a couple of times before on the willingness of human beings to pay for the privilege of being guinea pigs. Given the fact that the United States has a health care system that’s about as far from socialized as it’s possible to get, I am always amazed at the haste with which [...]

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Before my brother left, he told me that the main step in maintaining Thudfactor was to look at the news and see what made you say, “Eeeww….”
So this morning, I found two stories about those wacky Californians defying federal law for the good of the people. Kind of a modern Boston Tea party kind [...]

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