Day: September 28, 2010

Eat My Sports: Quick hits

I’m running low on ideas in the creativity department. So, naturally, what is the best thing to do when you can’t focus on one central topic? Give a bunch of random thoughts on a bunch of topics!

San Francisco, we have a problem
In what was supposed to be the 49ers resurgence has quickly turned into a nightmare. Their current 0-3 hole includes road losses to such giants as the Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs. You know, the same two teams that went a combined 9-23 in 2009.

The root of the problem seems to be that Mike Singletary has run out of ways to have him pulling down his pants to motivate the team. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Quick hits

No god; know Jesus

If religion is a matter of faith and not fact, then the U.S. proved that to be the rule.

The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life quizzed 3400 Americans on basic religious knowledge. Only 2 percent of those polled could correctly answer 29 out of 32. And the highest scoring “religious” group? Atheists and agnostics.

So, next time your very Christian uncle claims to know “everything there is to know” about Islam, check if he even understands his own faith:

“Just 55% of all respondents knew the Golden Rule isn’t one of the Ten Commandments; 45% could name all four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John).”

UN wants you for Space Ambassador

At least, if you’re qualified, that is.

Yes, you’re reading that right. This is not a satirical website’s attempt at humor (or at least, some other satirical website’s attempt at humor), nor is it an April Fool’s-esque headline: this is the real deal.

The United Nations has appointed Malaysia’s first astrophysicist to be their ambassador to space. No one knows at the moment whether this will be a strike for our on-going war on aliens (established in June of 1947, maybe July) or blow against a much needed wartime effort, as the UN is often wont to do.