Pop up dinner

We celebrated my buddy Eric’s birthday with a fancy pop-up dinner here in Chicago.  Good fun with interesting people. via Facebook

ISIS Beheaded A Street Magician

The religion of peace keeps bringing the hits. A street magician in Syria beloved by children was beheaded by militants with the Islamic State group after his performances were deemed to be insulting to God, the Daily Mirror reported Wednesday. Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook

2014 Failed and Forgotten Psychic Predictions

Unsurprisingly, psychic predictions were approximately as accurate as usual in 2014, which is to say, not very. Another year has come and gone and so we have the opportunity to review how the world’s leading psychics fared in their predictions for the year 2014. Before we take a look at some of the predictions, let … Read more

Villagers in Kazakhstan Are Falling Asleep En Masse for No Apparent Reason | VICE | United States

“Rudolf Boyarinos cannot remember his visions, but four people had to calm and subdue him as he screamed ‘monsters!’” Classified as an encephalopathy of unclear origin—the highfalutin term for a weird brain disorder we can’t figure out—villagers who do not simply keel over while moving or working report feeling weakness, dizziness, and memory and motor … Read more

Ayn Rand Reviews Children’s Movies

“Babe” Another pig farmer fails to do his job. —No stars. “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” An excellent film. The obviously unfit individuals are winnowed out, and an enterprising young boy receives a… Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook

Fan Death • Tommy Nicholas

“This is one of my favorite phenomena because it underscores a basic human emotion: being 100% confident that something is not true, yet simultaneously unable to escape the feeling that is can’t be completely untrue. Fan death is such a beautiful illustration of this phenomenon, because unlike other popularly cited examples of this phenomenon (aliens, … Read more