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"It is the right hemisphere that understands the emotional or the humorous aspect of a narrative; it is also better able to appreciate irony and sarcasm – all that is not explicit but radically alters meaning. . . . There is a large literature showing that the right hemisphere is crucial for appreciation of cartoons, jokes and humour of every kind." Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things

Those Coke-Bottled Perverts!

According to a new study, erotic images do, indeed, make you go blind (a little): > According to a report in New Scientist, the research has added to road-safety campaigners' calls to ban sexy billboard-advertising near busy roads, in the hope of preventing accidents. > The new study by

Leno on the Epidemic

> California education officials said today that the state of California needs 52,000 more teachers. They say we are facing a huge teacher shortage. In fact, by the year 2007, they said many students will be forced to have sex with each other.

Brits Stealing Signs

It's a little off-color for this site, but it's too funny not to post: > The mayor of an Austrian town called 'F**king' has appealed to British tourists to stop stealing the road signs. > The Austrian town of 'F***ing'

Slow Drivers

Brad Edmonds at Lew Rockwell raises valid points about slow drivers. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/edmonds/edmonds257.html]. Excerpts: > [S]low drivers make things more dangerous for everyone else. When a fast driver moves along the interstate, he doesn't force anyone else to change lanes or

Redneck Montage

It's Saturday, so what the heck: This is one of the most entertaining videos we've seen. It consists of hundreds of photos set to the tune of Dueling Banjos. Warning: It's PG, borderline PG-13. Link [http://www.bpninc.com/evideo/video_mac_hi.mov]

Potential Characters . . .

. . . in a re-telling of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce? > A 43-year-old man was cited Tuesday for painting a sign that reads "Die you miserable bitch" on a house he owns, Pasco County sheriff's deputies said. > A neighbor dying of cancer, 73-year-old Carol

That's Nuts! . . .

. . . but understandable: > A man annoyed by a noisy car alarm fired at least three bullets into a Toyota Camry, silencing the alarm and bringing out police who hauled him away in handcuffs, authorities said. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ALARM_RAGE?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=STRANGE&

Fun in the Hood

This is one of the funniest things we've seen in the past couple of weeks: An application for a board game about fighting crack cocaine. Hours of fun for the entire family! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/patent/crackgame1.html We're not intellectual law attorneys, but we&

Is This Tolkien's Fault Somehow?

But Middle Earth didn't have years of power, though the elves lived forever and gained wisdom in their immortality. Hard to say what this fella was thinking, but there's gotta be a civil rights violation in here some place: > Meet Robert McClain. The Michigan man,

Our Money was on Martha Burk

> A New York radio station has agreed to pay $240,000 after sponsoring "smackfest" contests in which young women took turns slapping each other for a chance to win concert tickets and cash. > In a statement, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Athletic Commission