I. Love. Lighting storms! I only wish I had a house with a balcony/crow's nest so I could more fully appreciate this.

No wonder I've always loathed Steve Jobs and the companies he runs -- reflecting on Jobs' retirement, Apple...

No wonder I've always loathed Steve Jobs and the companies he runs -- reflecting on Jobs' retirement, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he believes Jobs is an "Ayn Rand-style objectivist" and is influenced by "Atlas Shrugged." Oh, what a shock, the most reprehensible figure in Silicon Valley was influenced by the most reprehensible figure of the 20th century. Yes, I just implied Ayn Rand was more despicable than Adolf Hitler. Yes, I really believe and stand by that.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/24/woz.chimes.in.on.jobs.resignation.from.ceo/

Are you watching Regular Show?

Are you watching Regular Show? You should be! It's the best show on Cartoon Network since the Dexter/Powerpuff days. Creator J.G. Quintel made this short five years ago while he was a student at CalArts. It's sort of a cross between Don Hertzfeldt's early work and the movie Clerks. Ever wonder why Mordecai's a bluejay and Benson's a gumball machine? Well, wonder no more! The answer: LSD. Yep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y894QNtX0VA

Oh look, they discovered how the pyramids were built, no ancient aliens involved.

Oh look, they discovered how the pyramids were built, no ancient aliens involved. The base was constructed using a ramp that was later dismantled & used to build a winding spiral ramp on the inside walls, about 6' wide with a grade of approx. 7%. Workers carried stones up these ramps, building more ramp as they went. When they finished, the ramp was sealed within the pyramid walls. The inside ramp's been detectable in microgravimetry images since the '80s.
http://www.archaeology.org/0705/etc/pyramid.html

Some biological functions, like lactose intolerance, are designed to force us to age & evolve.

Some biological functions, like lactose intolerance, are designed to force us to age & evolve. But sometimes animals stop aging but somehow start reproducing & a new species is born (see: lots of lizard & dog breeds). But! Scientists have discovered that injecting iodine into these species forces them to age, turning them into the OTHER species! Evolution's weird!
http://io9.com/5826750/scientists-show-that-peter-pan-grows-up-with-a-shot-of-iodine

On the other hand, here's a handful of provisions in the debt deal for us liberals to cling to.

On the other hand, here's a handful of provisions in the debt deal for us liberals to cling to. I still wouldn't call any of these big wins, however.
http://swampland.time.com/2011/08/01/five-things-for-liberals-to-like-in-the-debt-ceiling-deal/

My favorite economist, Nobel Prize-winning Paul Krugman, calls Obama's 'surrender' a 'catastrophe on multiple...

My favorite economist, Nobel Prize-winning Paul Krugman, calls Obama's 'surrender' a 'catastrophe on multiple levels' and says it "will take America a long way down the road to banana-republic status."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/opinion/the-president-surrenders-on-debt-ceiling.html