Via
Boing Boing we have yet another volunteer journalism account of waterboarding from the Straight Dope message board:

It seems that there is a point that is hardwired in us. When we draw water into our respiratory tract to this point we are no longer in control. All hell breaks loose. Instinct tells us we are [...] Read more »

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Sorry about not getting the Christmas wishes out earlier. If I was a better blogger I would have written my Christmas post in July and scheduled it to run months ago, but I’m not a better blogger. Anyway, I hope you’ve had, or are having, a most excellent winter festival of your choice. I am [...] Read more »

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I’ve been thinking more and more about my personal media collection — books, movies, music, and video games — and at what point it’s appropriate to introduce our son to these. I imagine we’ll have to wing it. But here, like many other decisions we’ve made so far, we are probably going to end up [...] Read more »

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Before I start talking about the XBox 360’s features specifically, I want to talk about the interface itself — seen here in a click-to-enlarge screenshot. The XBox 360 and the Wii are the first video game systems I’ve owned that have a kind of operating system you’re expected to interact with. The PS2 had one, [...] Read more »

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Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice. Today, I give you ten lyrics and you try to guess the artist and song. This time they’re kinda hard…
Update: Answers are up. No one got this one:

Kate Bush, “Big Stripey Lie” [
Glen ]Your name is being called by sacred things that are not addressed nor listened to. Sometimes [...] Read more »

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