Archive for January, 2009

Acupuncture

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Today at work there is a Wellness Fair. I really don’t care about events like that, but since I had so much fun with the homeopath* last year, I figured I’d try it out.

It was pretty dull.  None of the tables looked very interesting except the acupuncture table.  I had this exchange with the lady working it:

Lady: There is nothing that acupuncture can’t cure.
Me:  Really? Nothing?
Lady: Yes.  Name something.
Me: Breast cancer.
Lady: Well…combined with herbs and Western Medicine….with something so aggressive..but we know it works.

It made me smile a lot.

*He’s not here today.  Did I scare him off?

Freshwater Shark Dream

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

I was standing in line at a grocery store, which was in a warehouse.  It was very dark.  My cashier left the register, and the store manager came up behind me, annoyed at me for not ringing up my own groceries, which I then tried to do.  I was having a hard time seeing what I was doing, because it was so dark.  I put my glasses on, but that didn’t help.

Meanwhile, the cashier who’d left my register received a phone call.  She had always been a good person, but she’d gotten into some trouble recently through no fault of her own.  The pressure was too much for her, and she was starting to overindulge in alcohol.  The phone conversation started to intensify.  She was standing near some sort of lake or reservoir, which had a sandy bottom dotted with some sort of sea grass.  As the conversation caused her to get more and more distressed, she accidentally threw two small sharks into the water.

The sharks appeared to be young lemon sharks.  No one knew exactly what they were eating.  Everyone had previously thought that there wasn’t much living in the lake, but there apparently was enough to sustain two lemon sharks into adulthood.

All I wanted to do was dive with them.  I saw one of the sharks with a crab in its mouth, probably a Dungeness crab.  The shark was still small, so the shark could not fit the whole crab in its mouth.

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Filler Content: Well Wishes

Monday, January 26th, 2009

With props to Kaitlin.

Well…

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Happy Inauguration Day.

James Randi Being Awesome

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Tonight I’m home alone, recording records to my laptop and watching YouTube, where I happened upon this video of James Randi talking to a reporter about a psychic who’d given the reporter a reading.  From what I can gather, the reporter was initially impressed by the psychic’s abilities.  But while they’re playing back the video clips and discussing them with Randi, you can actually see the reporter realizing that he was being played.  It’s really quite amazing and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud, not because it was funny, but because wow.

Mr. Foofy, who is a firm believer in psychics, disapproves.

Hey Nadia!

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

My website has been dumb lately, but here are some older things you might enjoy.  Sorry I’m such a disappointment!

This is Stupid

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Sell Out Lyrics

Happy Anniversary

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

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Phrases Jason Hates

Monday, January 12th, 2009

“…or should we say evolved…”

As in, “Look at how many times the theory of evolution has changed(or should we say evolved) over the years because of lack of evidence to support the original claims.” Thanks to Susan, a commenter over at Ray Comfort’s  blog.  Also, take a look at Dimensio’s response to Susan.

This Is Real And Not For Play

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

I’ma vote Obama way.