It could be a fun election

It could be a fun election

There was me loving the re-photoshopped Cameron poster but wondering where the equivalent piss-taking would on similar Labour missteps. And then Jonny tweeted this. “Smellderly” had me snorting my coffee.

Godawful science

Thanks to Ben for pointing to two travesties on “respectable” news sites.Ancient man had a satnav system (the science bit: you can get these patterns in any suitably large set of geographic coordinates). There was a brilliant equivalent in Moby Dick vs the...

Darwin awards

What better way to celebrate the new year than by reading about people who didn’t make it? I liked the double darwin priest from 2008, but the over-enthusiastic bank robbers were also excellent.

Godless carols

I’m not sure if there is anything Christmassy about the universe, but I guess the stars can sometimes look like tinsel or baubles floating in the inky depths of space. Following the excellent Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People (marred only by the...

Rubbish charts

The Most Ugly & Useless Infographic Competition is a shocking reminder at how effectively computers can stop sensible people thinking.