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Discover Magazine has an article in which the existence of time is put into question. From the article

The trouble with time started a century ago, when Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity demolished the idea of time as a universal constant. One consequence is that the past, present, and future are not absolutes. Einstein’s theories also opened a rift in physics because the rules of general relativity (which describe gravity and the large-scale structure of the cosmos) seem incompatible with those of quantum physics (which govern the realm of the tiny). Some four decades ago, the renowned physicist John Wheeler, then at Princeton, and the late Bryce DeWitt, then at the University of North Carolina, developed an extraordinary equation that provides a possible framework for unifying relativity and quantum mechanics. But the Wheeler-­DeWitt equation has always been controversial, in part because it adds yet another, even more baffling twist to our understanding of time.

Followed by some more scientific mumbo-jumbo. My real interest is that it may be the best excuse ever. I can see it now.

“Eric, you’re late”

“Or am I…early?”

Awesome.

The cast of “The Princess Bride” 20 years later. Carey Elwes hasn’t been so lucky. Andre The Giant is doing slightly worse having been dead for the past 10 years or so.

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

When it comes to protesting, South Korea has got us beat. I can understand flag-eating or even the shit-throwing. Don’t ask me about the bees though. Must be a cultural thing.

A student corrects a factual error in a letter to the Duke University Chronicle.

Iron Maiden were put in the position of having to lip sync while playing “Wasted Years” on a German music program in 1986. Being the goofs they are, they decided to have a good time at it.

Al Gore was great when he just stuck to cameos on Futurama instead of staging large worldwide concerts so some bands bass player can make me aware of the issues of climate change. I’m aware of the effects of climate change. That’s why I’m not sure why very few people have chimed in about the staggering environmental impact of staging such an event is. From the Daily Mail:

The most conservative assessment of the flights being taken by its superstars is that they are flying an extraordinary 222,623.63 miles between them to get to the various concerts - nearly nine times the circumference of the world. The true environmental cost, as they transport their technicians, dancers and support staff, is likely to be far higher.

The total carbon footprint of the event, taking into account the artists’ and spectators’ travel to the concert, and the energy consumption on the day, is likely to be at least 31,500 tonnes of carbon emissions, according to John Buckley of Carbonfootprint.com, who specialises in such calculations.

Throw in the television audience and it comes to a staggering 74,500 tonnes. In comparison, the average Briton produces ten tonnes in a year.

The concert will also generate some 1,025 tonnes of waste at the concert stadiums - much of which will go directly into landfill sites.

Al Gore is claiming the event will be carbon neutral which is a way of deferring your environmental guilt by paying someone to plant trees somewhere else in the world. It’s the glitterati way of having one’s cake and eating it too.

How is this proactive? Oh shit! It isn’t. How about this? You not stage environmental-unfriendly events in the name of environmentalism and I’ll stop being a cranky asshole. Never mind, fuck the environment. Being a crank is much more fun.

Life just gets tougher, darling. There’s no need to cry.

They must have a big problem with crystal meth in Montana because the print and television ads put out by the Montana Meth Project are nothing short of fucked up. I guess I’ll just stick to the gin & tonics.

Chris Benoit apparently used the his signature finishing move, the Crippler Crossface, to finish off his son…..forever.

I had written a post a few weeks ago about the Hamas TV program “Tomorrows Pioneers” in which a Mickey Mouse knock-off incites Palestinian kids to violence against the Israelis. Well the good news is that the show is cancelled after getting negative press from the worldwide community. However, the last episode features Farfour the mouse getting killed by an Israeli.

The really, really bad part about it - other than the fact that this show is teaching another generation of Palestinians that suicide violence or rather “martyrdom” is a viable means of struggle - is that I found myself laughing throughout the whole fucking clip. Does that make me an asshole? Probably. But it’s really hard not to laugh when costumed characters get their ass handed to them.