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The origin of life?

dietsch — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:45:51 +0000

A fun oopsie from the paper of record:

Leslie E. Orgel, a biochemist whose studies of early life on primitive Earth helped lead to the formation of a now widely accepted theory about the development of DNA, died Oct. 27 in San Diego. He was 80.

Dr. Orgel had also advanced a novel idea about lifeâ€™s possible arrival from outer space.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said a spokesman for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, where Dr. Orgel had been on the faculty since 1964.

Wait, what was that again?

Dr. Orgel had also advanced a novel idea about lifeâ€™s possible arrival from outer space.

The cause was pancreatic cancer…

Yup, that’s a novel idea, all right.

Subway angst

dietsch — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:11:18 +0000

Riding the train every day is starting to have an odd effect on me. I got on the elevator in my building this morning and had to stand in the center of the car. As the doors closed, I immediately got nervous that I wasn’t holding on to anything. I actually had to remind myself that I was in an elevator, not a train car.

Spam haiku

dietsch — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:38:10 +0000

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We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning.

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It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

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The pump don’t work cause the vandals took the handles.

Yup, I’m old.

dietsch — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:07:25 +0000

Wow:

http://www.centralhs1987.com/

20 freakin’ years.

I tend to think of myself as the guy who wasn’t listening to pop radio in 1987, but nevertheless, here are the top 20 songs of 1987 (after the jump):

1. “Faith”…..George Michael
2. “Alone”…..Heart
3. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” …..Whitney Houston
4. “C’est la Vie”…..Robbie Nevil
5. “Shake You Down”…..Gregory Abbott
6. “La Bamba”…..Los Lobos
7. “Livin’ On A Prayer”…..Bon Jovi
8. “Here I Go Again”…..Whitesnake
9. “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”…..Belinda Carlisle
10. “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”…..Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
11. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”…..Starship
12. “I Think We’re Alone Now”…..Tiffany
13. “With Or Without You”…..U2
14. “At This Moment”…..Billy Vera and the Beaters
15. “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”…..Georgia Satellites
16. “Heart And Soul”…..T’Pau
17. “Open Your Heart”…..Madonna
18. “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”…..Whitney Houston
19. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”…..U2
20. “Looking For A New Love”…..Jody Watley

Banana republic?

dietsch — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:27:32 +0000

Amused to see the number-two hit for “banana republic” in Google Search. The first, not surprisingly, is the chain of clothing stores. The second?

The Council of the European Union

Must be all those Euroskeptics and right-wing bloggers.

Intelligent design?

dietsch — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:24:58 +0000

This Chick, here, is proof positive that there’s no such thing as intelligent design (because either there’s no designer at all or he’s a flaming moron to have created her). Also, if I were Guy, I’d kick her ass to the curb. Even if she gave good head.

Chick: I know you’ll think I’m crazy, but I just don’t believe that dinosaurs ever existed.

Read the rest.

What would Jesus do?

dietsch — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:36:59 +0000

Why, he’d call in the hit squads, of course. See, what most people don’t know is that when Jesus said “love,” he really meant “hate.”

[Link: Televangelist Calls for Assassination of Chavez - New York Times]

It’s raining men

dietsch — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:38:13 +0000

Body Parts From Jet Hit a Long Island Home:

A man’s leg and part of his spine came crashing onto the roof of a woman’s home in Nassau County near Kennedy International Airport yesterday morning, and a short while later the man himself was found dead in the wheel well of a South African Airways jetliner that had just landed.

More phishing nonsense

dietsch — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:18:10 +0000

Washington Mutual phishers are still idiots:

We recently have determined that different computers have logged onto your Washington Mutual Online Banking account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed by 10 February, 2005, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.

Hey scammers!

dietsch — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:51:06 +0000

If you’re going to try phishing for IDs, try not picking a date IN THE FUTURE:

We are contacting you to inform you that on Mar. 15, 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

Morons.