Author: Dr Wingnut

  • The Zen of Overclocking

    If you don’t floss your teeth, they won’t necessarily rot away.  The vast majority of car trips do not include any metal bending, so why wear seat belts?  And why not smoke?  Not all smokers get cancer.  Or you could adopt Oscar London’s compromise, "If you smoke, why bother wearing a seat belt?"  And some…

  • Vision

    It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.Winston Churchill

  • Recent Research

    A study conducted by the UCLA Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of male face a woman finds attractive can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle.  For instance, if she is ovulating she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features.  However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal,…

  • ~A good thing for Martha

    In the world of criminal defense, where the first three rules are shut up, shut up, shut up, she talked to federal investigators twice.  In the world of corporate public relations, where appearance is everything, she disappeared for too long.  At trial, the jury seemed to resent her celebrity cheering section—sorry, Rosie—and the fact that…

  • Defending the "sanctity" of marriage

    Oklahoma State Representative Mike O’Neal (author of that state’s Defense of Marriage Act) – just charged with felony charges of sexual batteryFormer Senator Bob Dole divorced the mother of his child, a woman who nursed him through a long recovery from war wounds.Newt "Family Values" Gingrich divorced his wife as she lay dying of cancer. …

  • Luck

    Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us.  But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.John Dewey

  • Know your State Motto?

    Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have ElectricityArkansas: Literacy Ain’t EverythingCalifornia: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your HondaConnecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It YetFlorida: Home of the headless driversHawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes … Well Okay, We’re Not,…