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Damn, that’s a fucked up way to die. I’m sorry, raccoon. On the one hand, I’m glad you’re dead.  On the other, I wish it would have been more peaceful.

I can’t think of a better term to describe these people other than satanists (with a small “s”).  I don’t want to insult those friends of mine who are Satanists (with a capital “S”) because they’re good people, but I can’t think of a better term. A satanist (once again, note the small “s”) is someone…

What. The. Fuck.  Am I the only sane person on this planet?  Listening to the radio on the way home.  There’s a segment on the U.S. stating that it reserves the right to bomb sovereign countries, particularly the ISIL bases in Syria. Wait one second here.  The ISIL bases in Syria aren’t part of the…

I’m driving home when I see a turtle on its back in the middle of the road.  First thought: poor turtle.  Second thought: maybe it’s not dead.  Being on it’s back like that is unusual for turtle roadkill.  So I look for a good spot and turn around.  I go back and except for being…

“Physicists have some understanding of how magnets function. However, some phenomena that underlie magnetism continue to elude scientific explanation. Exactly how do magnets work?”  — livescience.com I love it.  First they say that physicists don’t know exactly how magnets work.  Physicists have some understanding but there are still phenomana that they don’t understand.  The very next…

I’m watching the movie Noah right now. It’s entertaining enough, but really? Judeo-Christian mythology is deus ex machina in its purest form. For the sake of argument, let’s leave the jews out of this.  They’re a tiny percentage of the world population. So what if their tribal god and the related mythology is a bit psychotic?…

Sulfur doesn’t repel snakes.  How do I know this?  Because when I went into the coop earlier today there was a rat snake resting in one of the nesting boxes, coiled up and all comfortable on a small pile of sulfur.