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Tag Archives: Earth
Food Circulatory System
Once upon a time Earth had no @$$holes. Well of course that’s true before life began on Earth. But it’s also true after multi cellular life had started on Earth. That time has gone now (obviously). What was responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged @$$holes, aliens, anal probes, digestive system in a circle, discern poisonous foods, don't give us superior tech we'll just use it to kill, Earth, food circulatory system, golden age, multi cellular life, need taste buds, puking mechanism, spicy food that burns on the way in and out, we kill each other, we kill life, we stretch our biosphere to max
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Pluto Got Demoted – Could Neptune Be Next?
I’ve been wracking my mind, trying to figure out a way to demote Neptune from being a planet. Size doesn’t work because if we demote Neptune, we demote all the rocky planets, including Earth. Demoting Neptune for being gaseous doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science
Tagged demoting a planet, Earth, English pun, gas giants, Jupiter, mnemonic, Neptune, Pluto, rear end of the solar system, rocky planets, solar system, Sun, the Great Dark Spot, Uranus
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The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect is a chaos theory example of how small differences in initial conditions can cause a hugely different outcome much later in some systems. One influential paper is called: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Mathematics, Science
Tagged butterflies, Carrington Event, coronal mass ejection, Earth, exterminate butterflies and moths to stop all tornadoes, flap of wings, great red spot, Jupiter, Mike Brotherton, Mothra, Mothra has a wingspan of 250 meters, moths, Star Dragon, stars have weather, the butterfly effect, tornadoes, widespread blackouts
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Werewolves On the Moon
Werewolves are said to transform in the presence of a full Moon. Why is this? Well there must be something special about all that light coming from the sun and reflecting off the Moon and arriving at Earth. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Pseudo Science, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 1st quarter, cycle, Earth, full moon, human, human at night on Moon, if hate - vampires could kill werewolves at night, if hate - werewolf could destroy vampires by day, if love - vampires and werewolves could have a love affair at night, if love werewolf could guard coffins of beloved vampires, in orbit more than 3/4 of the time the werewolf would be a wolf, last quarter, Moon, new moon, on Moon wolf in daylight, on the Moon half the time the werewolf would be a wolf, super Moon might make a werewolf for five nights, total moonlight reaching the werewolf, transformation, trip to the Moon, vampire-werewolf progeny, vampires, werewolf astronaut, werewolves, when Moon is furthest from earth there might not be enough moonlight to transform a werewolf even with a full moon, wolf
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Strange as Fiction
Everyone who has seen the movie Alien or any of its sequels knows and remembers the chest bursting scenes. But did you know that this scene isn’t as original as it seems on the surface. That there were a few … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Sports, Stage and Screen
Tagged alien, baby kick, chest bursting, doctors, Earth, endopiercing, fetus, football kickers, horror, horses, jockeys, kickboxer, killed mothers kidneys, martial artists, pregnant women, ribbed walls, soft walls, stomach bursting, womb
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Water Roads
“Well,” the tour guide explained to the aliens aboard the gondola, “We humans accidentally had the city of Venice sink beneath the waves. But before that happened, for a long time it sank slowly and we were treated to some … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged arctic and antarctic, coastal cities, Earth, fossil fuels, global warming, gondola, industrial revolution, July 13, Manhattan, Manhattan henge, sunset, two thousand foot buildings. thousand foot buildings, Venice, water roads, we meant to do this, what do we tell the aliencs?
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The 6 Basic Characters and the 5 Basic Settings
If you have delved into writing for any large degree you must have come across the idea (or the book) that there are seven basic plots. Now I am not going to tell you what these seven are (some have … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Politics, Writing
Tagged 2 basic plots, 5 basic settings, 6 basic characters, 7 basic plots, alien, comedy, divine places, Earth, free fall, godlike or near godlike, hard surfaces with gravity, human, jading youth, lesser magical creatures, robot or computer, tragedy, weird science fiction settings, writing
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Be Careful Little Mars
Fragile is a classic album by the band Yes and illustrated by Roger Dean. The front of this cover has an idyllic looking miniature world with a “wooden” spaceship with jagged edges and curved wings flying above and is pictured … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Politics, Science Fiction
Tagged bomb, China, classic albums, Earth, Fragile, Mars, MAVEN, moorglade mover, NASA, rover, Russia, space probe, spaceship with jagged edges and curved wings, Star Trek : TNG, third eye death stare, USA, Viking, Viking landed in 1976, what if NASA sent an unsterilized probe to Mars, Yes
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