Ah, the wonders of a lack of a science education combined with Darwin's mercy.

A gold chain and crucifix melted around his neck when a lightning bolt struck Jason Crawford in the head while he and his brother were riding dirt bikes in Gunnison County.

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His brother, John, said it was a fluke that the lightning hit.

"What are the chances of being struck by lightning on a moving bike," John told the Sentinel. "You can't prepare for that."

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"That's 'I', as in 'Einstein'"

I weep.

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Investigators appointed by the Vatican have been instructed to review each of the 229 Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States for "evidence of homosexuality"

British people may soon be able to board ships anchored off the coast to obtain fertility treatment forbidden in the UK, such as anonymous donor sperm. This brings an entirely new meaning to "Heave to and prepare to be boarded!"

Today's Greatestses.

Greatest idea for a book ever: The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping With Chicks

Greatest idea for a computer ever:




Greatest reaction by a Fortune 500 company to their design software being hacked, ever: Approval of the improvements made! (The program itself can be gotten here)

Greatest description of a robot's size, ever: "about 200 hundred of them could line up and do the conga across a plain M&M."

Greatest just kind of thing, ever:

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Automatic Livejournal updating!

Current computer models suggest that the Arctic will be entirely ice-free during summer by the year 2070. This is assuming purely ice-melt, not including that thin ice breaks up mechanically in the ocean and floats south, possibly causing the melt to go faster than that.

New South Wales mathematician rewrites trigonometry. - I am made extremely skeptical by the title of his book, and the article has no details, but the idea is potentially interesting. PDF samples here. I haven't read 'em yet.

Mass hysteria!

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Citizens of Gretna, LA endorse their sheriff's decision to prevent evacuees from leaving New Orleans, blocking the bridge with armed men.

"This wasn't just one man's decision," Mayor Ronnie C. Harris said Thursday. "The whole community backs it."

They grow 'em big in the Congo.

berlinfire found something neat.

http://www.librarything.com/

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World's geekiest pastime + nudity patch = not just more geekiness, but music videos.

Music videos with orc singers throatily expounding "Oooh, touch my tra la la."

If you got this far and I have to tell you that this is a video, has sound, and is probably not work-safe, you are dead to me.