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Pig ducts

shawn — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:46:30 +0000

Other than the draft, the big news this weekend is that the USA is about to have an infestation of pigs inhabiting our air ducts. That’s what people seem to be searching for on Google these days.

Luckily for me, my mother-in-law is a VIP in the hospital world so she let me know that it was actually swine flu I should be freaking out about.

One simple statement

shawn — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:23:41 +0000

I try not to get too involved in politics mostly because of the partisanship and incompetence at all levels but every now and then, someone says something that just rings true.

We are borrowing money from China, to buy oil from the Middle East, so we can burn it in ways that destroys our future.

– Al Gore

Life to legends

shawn — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:39:35 +0000

First, it was the Montauk Monster, a rodent/turtle/dog “discovered” a couple of weeks ago. A few days ago, it was the Chupacabra, a vampiric dog. Today, it’s Bigfoot, the elusive man-ape also known as Sasquatch. Not surprisingly, the Montauk Monster was apparently a hoax and the Chupacabra just looks like an odd dog or coyote. I guess I’m just a skeptic but I also expect the Bigfoot capture to be revealed as a fake. It’s disappointing though since it is quite fascinating when animals that were thought to be extinct or legendary turn out to be real. The oddest thing is that so many “sightings” have occurred in such a short span… I sort of expect the Loch Ness monster to be found working at a pub in Edinburgh next week.