Category Archives: Humor

Duuuh Scientific Study of the Day

Posted on August 12, 2010 by dowbrigade

Excess weight gain during pregnancy linked to bigger babies Mothers who gain more weight than recommended during their pregnancies tend to have babies with higher birth weights than normal. But medical researchers haven’t known whether it’s the expectant mother’s weight … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Technology, Uncategorized, Weird Science | 4 Comments

DNA Determines Dork Destiny

Posted on May 12, 2010 by dowbrigade

For Crime, Is Anatomy Destiny? Poverty, greed, anger, jealousy, pride, revenge. These are the usual suspects when it comes to discussing the causes of crime. In recent years, however, economists have started to investigate a different explanation for criminal activity: … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Weird Science | 3 Comments

Birth Tourism

Posted on April 18, 2010 by dowbrigade

Birth tourism is the phenomena of babies convincing their mothers to travel to the US pre-partum so that they can be US citizens, as well as take advantage of our swell pay-if-you-want medical system. A recent ABC News article says: … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Media News, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

All the World’s aTwitter

Posted on June 23, 2009 by dowbrigade

Discussing logistical matters on Twitter is simply going to attract unnecessary attention of the government and other detractors. This is why most such discussions take place on secure private platforms like e-mail or instant-messaging….Thus, Iran’s regime is quite knowledgeable about … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Politics, Prose Screeds, Technology | 62 Comments

Last Word on the Millionth Word

Posted on June 14, 2009 by dowbrigade

On Wednesday, a Texas-based media consulting firm announced the birth of the millionth English word, which arrived on June 10, 2009, at 10:22 a.m., Stratford-on-Avon time. The lucky lexeme? “Web 2.0,” which edged out “slumdog,” “octomom” and “N00b,” a disparaging … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Humor, Language | 8 Comments

A Pitcher’s Worth a Million Words

Posted on June 10, 2009 by dowbrigade

Austin, Texas June 10, 2009 – The Global Language Monitor today announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase. added to the codex of fourteen hundred-year-old language. Web 2.0 is … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Language, Wacky News | 12 Comments

Multidimensional Preposition

Posted on March 20, 2009 by dowbrigade

WHAAAAAT? Bailed Out Bank Of America Paying Consumers To See Hollywood Film This is unbelievable. Though I suppose it was just a matter of time before the Hollywood moguls figured out a way to get their hands on some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Humor, video | 1 Comment

NYTimes reports 33-year orgasm!

Posted on March 14, 2009 by dowbrigade

An interesting article appeared in yesterday’s New York Times on life at the San Francisco sex commune One Taste Urban Retreat Center. Even the venerable Grey Lady is showing a little cleavege in these dark days for print journalism… MS. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Wacky News | 7 Comments

Robots can be mush-brained, too

Posted on August 14, 2008 by dowbrigade

Meet Gordon, probably the world’s first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue. Stitched together from cultured rat neurons, Gordon’s primitive grey matter was designed at the University of Reading by scientists who unveiled the neuron-powered machine on Wednesday. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in business, Humor, Photos | 5 Comments

Mercedes High-Bred Announced

Posted on July 2, 2008 by dowbrigade

The automotive world is abuzz over the latest entry into the hybrid auto market, the Mercedes Benz High-Bred. Available this fall in Sedan, Sportster and SUV version, the High-Bred reportedly gets over 75 miles per gallon of petrol on the … Continue reading →

Posted in business, Humor, Photos | 16 Comments

Boston Rules and Resistance is Futile

Posted on June 20, 2008 by dowbrigade

Yesterday the Dowbrigade and his son and cameraman Gabriel joined half a million other Boston sports fans to celebrate the latest World Championship by a local sports team. Yawn. Then we stopped for Brazilian Bar-B-Q on the way home. Ho … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, Celtics, Humor, Prose Screeds, Sports | 4 Comments

Mercy Killing

Posted on June 20, 2008 by dowbrigade

The call came in on Sunday morning, interrupting the time honored ritual of newspapers, coffee and pastries in bed. The unfamiliar female voice asked in halting, heavily accented English, “Is you Michol?” It turned out to be a friend of … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends and Family, Humor, Latin America | 1 Comment