Archive for December, 2006


Zombie Chickens

Most of the time we don’t think about where our food comes from, but recent sightings of zombie chickens has caused people to start thinking about where their eggs come from and how much cruelty is involved. Farmers used to send ‘spent hens’ to slaughter-houses to be rendered, but a recent collapse in the market […]

On God’s Wings

It seems that Benny Hinn, the controversial TV televangelist, has decided that he needs a $30 million private jet in order to do God’s work. He only need $6 million for the down payment, so he recently sent a letter to his ministry asking that 6,000 people allow the Holy Spirit to work through them […]

Wine to Go

Australia’s Hardy Wine company has introduced a one serving wine bottle with a detachable plastic wine glass. They call it the Shuttle and say that it will redefine the way people will drink their wine. You will be able to choose between Shiraz and Chardonnay packaged in a single serve acrylic wine bottle sealed by […]

What is the World Coming Too?

I hope that an article in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer is not indicative of how low humanity is sinking, but today’s reports of five women killed by a serial murderer in England this week doesn’t help. The Inquirer article is about the trial of Tyrone Spellman who ‘snapped’ and killed his 17 month old daughter when […]

The Trouble with DRM

Image that you bought an MP3 player a few years ago and excited by the new technology you started buying music from online stores. You know the music is copy protected, but it is ok, it is protected by PlaysForSure, a Microsoft standard and supported by several players. Then Microsoft comes out with a new […]