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Muppets Offer Human Sacrifice!
Finally! I offer tangible proof that listening to the Beatles can drive one to evil. Prolonged, repetitious exposure to their music causes madness leading, in rare cases, to human sacrifice!…
Posted inStatistics
Geo-engineering The Climate: Durban Global Warming Conference
A group of scientists, funded generously by Big Green, which includes the Environmental Defense Fund, have released a report to coincide with the efforts of the Durban Global Warming Conference,…
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Count Zappula, Horror Host Par Excellence
Gaylord, Michigan, 1979, population 3000. It was 11:30pm, I was 15, in bed watching television with the house dark, parents asleep, a small B&W portable set perched on the blanket,…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Ten Politically Incorrect So-Called Truths About Human Nature: 6 – 10
See 1 - 5 here. 6. Beautiful people have more daughters And are thus more likely to divorce? And thus less likely to have fewer kids than the ugly people…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
We Are All Dogmatic
Huffington Post's Chris Stedman is convinced that dogmatism, which he opposes in all its "forms", is a bad thing, and that to criticize "dogmatic principles and practices is essentially important…
Polish Cheers And Pajamas
Statistics show---and as we know by now, these cannot be wrong---that Saturday is the least likely day that people like to ponder statistics. Traffic on this blog is at its…
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Oscar Predictions: Money, Men, & Maturity Make The Difference
Last year, my number two son1 and I created a model to predict the Oscar winning movie (the original post, and the follow up). We found the following characteristics most…
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Reading Lyrics by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball
First, thanks, Google. Aren't you all sweethearts. 10100 != F1 + F4 + F6 + F9. Reading Lyrics: More than a thousand of the finest lyrics from 1900 to 1975.…
