He who prays fervently courts danger – neurological danger. [Click on the image to see video.] This stark fact has only recently been reported to the public, in a study published by five neurologists at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel in Germany. But fear not – the risk for any particular individual is low. In the […]
Month: November 2006
November mini-AIR
The November issue of mini-AIR just went out. It touches on Heckman’s Panache and each of the following topics: Hole, Cork, Fork, Spider, Gals, Enema, Bird, Head, and Thought that Impedes. (If you would like to have mini-AIR automatically sent to your email box every month, please subscribe to it. It?s free.)
Sausage illumination (also-ran) poets
These are some of the runners-up in the Sausage Illumination Limerick Competition. The goal was to write a limerick that elucidates this study: “The Relationship of Illumination to the Color and Acceptability of Fermented Sausage,” S. Barbut, Journal of Muscle Foods, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2002, pp. 13?23. (Thanks to Earle Spamer for bringing […]
Chess dope mystery
I would not know which drug could possibly help a chess player to improve his game. But, yes, there will be official monitors who may demand that players undergo a drugs test after the rounds. So says chess competition manager Yousuf Ahmad Ali, in a November 28, 2006 Reuters report headlined: “Chess players to face […]