Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Fava Beans anyone?

    German cannibal tells of fantasy Self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes tells his trial in Kassel of a lifelong obsession that led to him eating a fellow human. Story At 11:00 AM 12/3/2003, Bonnie saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it.Can you say sick and wrong?

  • XHTML 1.1

    All entries have been validated for compliance.  There are still some spacing errors from when I initially loaded the database, but at least the markup for the entries in the database complies

  • Satisfying Supergeeks

    "Did you realize," my daughter asked me one day, "that Dad has about 20 computer keyboards in the basement?  What’s up with that?"Great question, I thought.  Too bad I’ll never get a straight answer.  To my eternal chagrin, I’ve found that direct inquiries about technology purchases at my house always seem to end up in…

  • Create your own Engrish!

    Machine Translation isn’t what its cracked up to be.Try the Create your own Engrish! procedure posted at www.engrish.com.  They also have Christmas Cards with a picture of Santa Claus winking with the greeting, "Have you done a nice boy & girl?" for sale in the engrish store.  Very nice.

  • Holiday Christmas Party Memo

    The following is a slight rewrite of the the classic Christmas Party memo which I got from my friend Julie K. via email, Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:47:47 -0600.From:Patty Lewis, Human Resources DirectorTo:All EmployeesDate:October 01, 2003Re:Christmas PartyI’m happy to inform you that the company Christmas Party will take place on December 23, starting at noon…

  • Happiness

    Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.Abraham Lincoln

  • Upper Management Training

    An man walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand and a bucket of manure in the other.  He says to the waiter, "I would like a cup of coffee."  The waiter says, "Sure thing, coming right up."  He gets the man a tall mug of coffee, and the man drinks it down…