Along with many in the blogosphere, philospeak is remembering the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings as well as other victims of violence worldwide. We will return with new postings on Tuesday, May 1.
I’ve run out of Monster Energy Drink today and am just too exhausted to write on a topic I’ve been wanting to cover: the discovery of the first potentially habitable Earth-like planet outside our solar system. European astronomers announced Tuesday that they’ve discovered a planet where conditions are such that oceans, and thus life, may [...]
Music affectionatos everywhere are rejoicing with the news today that retired megastars Spinal Tap will reunite to Save the World from Global Warming. Spinal Tap has confirmed it is scheduled to perform on July 7th at the Live Earth concert at London’s Wembley Stadium (Yahoo Story).
Spinal Tap members posing during their formative “Middle Ages” period.
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Which Paula do you prefer: the Go-Go sweetheart cheerleader, Protector of All who attempt to sing on “American Idol” or the crazy, loopy Paula so often exposed off the show? Perhaps this is a case where Opposites Attract — in the same person.
High-Resolution camera footage exposing the two sides of Paula.
According to an MSNBC story [...]
Many people in the US, as well as around the world, were in disbelief and abject dismay Thursday after universal folk hero — Sanjaya Malakar — was dismissed from Wednesday night’s “American Idol” results show. Given his absence from the show’s infamous “bottom three” performers for weeks, it was particularly surprising.
Artistic rendition of Sanjaya’s last [...]
A “milestone” shift in paleontology may have occurred recently when scientists were able to analyze traces of flesh from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone. The surprising outcome: the King of all Dinosaurs closest modern relative is…the chicken!?
In his study reported in the journal Science, geneticist John Asara of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston [...]
Having owned and lived among cats nearly my entire life I have learned one thing: you cannot fully trust a cat. In some ways they are as mysterious to me as women. In the case of the cat, or as I prefer to call them – Felis Catus – the unique disposition and personality of [...]
On Wednesday April 11, Kurt Vonnegut, one of our most creative and influential writers, past away after sustaining brain injuries from a recent fall at his Manhattan residence. He was 84.
Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, and studied chemistry at Cornell University before joining the Army. During his formative years he [...]
Becoming bald — at least by choice — has never created the rich comic vein that men dressing as women has produced, but at least Britney Spears has single-handedly brought the topic back in the limelight with her recent bizarre, late-night de-hairing. Now more than ever I wish late comedian Phil Hartman of Saturday Night [...]
The hallowed ground of Augusta, Georgia — where one of Golf’s crown jewels the Masters Tournament is played — once again proved a compelling drama. Even for the casual viewer like myself, the stage provided some interesting plotlines: Tiger Woods on the prowl with an impressive Eagle on the final day 13th hole, two-time [...]
