Evolutionary Link Found Between Humans, Creationists

Thanks to a recent discovery by scientists at MIT’s biology laboratory, scientists now know that humans and creationists share a common evolutionary ancestor, and may even be the same species. Biologist and human Mary Jenner announced the findings at a press conference held in MIT’s biology research laboratory. The key to the discovery was the [...]

Baby Cucumber

Women in Film

Spot them all; Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren [...]

Create Your Own Deity

Just who IS your God and how likely is She to exist? The Philosopher’s magazine has just the quiz to help you find out. My results were; The metaphysical engineers are happy to report that, to the best of their knowledge, the God you conceive is internally consistent and could exist in our universe. But [...]

Vimrod and the Aliens

At the End of a Hard Week

It was a long hard week for the Boss here in the desert. The pressure rose and rose until finally he cracked. And he drove off into the sunset.

God and Mythology

Burgled from I Am your God

Photo Hunt; Surprise

I have travelled hundreds of thousands of kilometres on Western Australia’s outback roads yet this has been the only time I have seen one of these critters. I was surprised when this Echidna (Spiny Anteater) crossed the road in front of me. You will probably be surprised by the fact that this is not a [...]

Arriba! Arriba!

Speedy Gonzales was born this day, 1953. I know he is totally un PC but then so am I. Click the image for a bit of history.

Least Publishable Increment

An Analytic Study of the Least Publishable Increment. Archie Archive (PhB, NerdU), Daisyfae(LlB, TPU; BSc, VenU), Daisy mae (LabRat, GeekU) Abstract This paper presents an analytic study of the least publishable increment (LPI). The LPI is defined as the smallest acceptable difference between two publishable papers. Two metrics for the LPI are derived. The first [...]

BBC Quiz of the Week

Another quiet week. A little golfing practice on the salt lake. There are fewer slippery spots now. We are seriously considering setting up a nine hole course around the edge and then back across the middle of the lake. It could be fun although I know who will always come last in any competitions. Last [...]

Just for the Geeks

Prof: Some people have proposed using Krypton gas in scintillator detectors. Grad Student: Won’t that scare away the superstrings?

Sky Watch Friday

The skies here in the Great Sandy Desert continue to be discouragingly, boringly blue. Very few clouds and the sunsets, while vivid and always beautiful, are beginning to look like continual re-runs. So I thought I would go back twelve months and reshow one of my favourite sky shots. The first rays of a new [...]

Wolf Game

We have all enjoyed the occasional cow tipping night. Well, probably most of us. For those deprived people who have no idea what cow tipping is, here is a short explanation. Cows sleep standing up. If you give a sleeping cow a push on the side, it will fall over, still asleep. The joy this [...]

Just for the Kidlets

For far too long the archive has ignored the younger generation. It is time those brave young souls who venture here were rewarded. And here is that reward. Sleepless nights, fearing the arrival of the Evil Clown. Click on the clown to create your own nightmare.