So I was outside letting Angel do her business. It's dark, but there's a light from the street that lights up a strip between the next door neighbors back yard and mine, and anyway it's a clear night with plenty of stars and a more than half-full moon,… more »

My modem ate itself On Friday, and I made myself call Charter for a new one. Unfortunately, Charter can't just take my word for it. We had to go through 5 minutes of "Try this" "I did that" until they were willing to agree that my modem was busted, bu… more »

What the Hell?? I thought this was a piece from The Onion, but then... The United Nations Human Rights Commission passed a similar resolution. Theirs would automatically publicly condemn (resolutions aren't enforceable) any "insult" to a religion. A… more »

Ad Astra's VX-200 Plasma rocket was tested at full power on July 2nd, and performed as expected and within the parameters needed for space travel. One of the biggest problems with space travel at present is the huge volume of fuel required for any sig… more »

This one appeals to the romantic side of our Bullshit detectors. It comes from a Russian scientist named Yuriy Lavbin. He claims that 100 years ago, an alien spacecraft was in the vicinity and its crew sacrificed themselves in order to save us from an… more »

BZZT! "It wasn't intended to be malicious, but educational," Schmidt said. "The big shock came when I got fired." While I am not unsympathetic towards the desire to have children tased, I do not believe you should do it while conducting a tour in a… more »