Life in the Banana Patch

A collection of thoughts and asides about life. And if I think of anything that needs to be mocked, it will show up here.

"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way."
--Bertrand Russell

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Great Dragon scheduled to eat the sun today. Scientists say devout prayers and sacrifices of slightly used virgins to the FSM our only hope of survival. - FARK.com

The sun god, Ra, has to reboot his server today, and over parts of Africa the sun will be unavailable for a short time. This is a scheduled outage.

The Lord will snuff the flame of the sun for a brief period over parts of Africa to warn us to change our ways. It is a sign of the End Times™.

There will be a total eclipse of the sun today over parts of Africa. (If you are Born Again™, you might want to skip this part. It contains soul destroying science.) The rare events occur when the tilted orbits of the sun, moon and earth line up, and the moon obscures the sun completely. (The Born Again™ can now rejoin this post without fear for their immortal soul.)

The next eclipse will be in 2008.