"The top quark is 40 times heavier than the next biggest quark, and is as heavy as an entire gold atom. It doesn't normally exist in the Universe. However, top quarks can be created by high energy collisions inside particle accelerators, where they are briefly impressive, but then become wildly unstable and disappear. In this respect, top quarks are the Crispin Glover of subatomic particles."
(Oct. 25, 2006, Drew Olbrich, Cool Science Facts)
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
The Muppet Babies of Christianity
"The thing I wonder as I read this is whether Stem Cell Jesus, Embryo Jesus, and Embryo God are interchangeable with Regular Jesus and Regular God, or if they’re sort of the Muppet Babies of Christianity."
(Feb. 9, 2010, danebrammage, Livejournal)
(Feb. 9, 2010, danebrammage, Livejournal)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The R2D2 of insipid anger
"AR-15? Is that some Republican talking points robot model number? Kind of like the R2D2 of insipid anger? Don't worry about Rocky B, I got this one."
(Oct. 9, 2010, The Hays County RoundUp)
(Oct. 9, 2010, The Hays County RoundUp)
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Omar Little of legal incense products
"In the wee hours of last Thursday, a young guy with a hammer smashed through the front door of the Mellow Mood head shop in Moorhead and stole the shop's inventory of synthetic marijuana....
The Omar Little of legal incense products."
(Oct. 4, 2010, Nick Pinto, City Pages)
The Omar Little of legal incense products."
(Oct. 4, 2010, Nick Pinto, City Pages)
Friday, April 1, 2011
The Miami Heat of Massachusetts health care
"Killingsworth is the Miami Heat of Massachusetts health care. It’s hard to believe someone that expensive could suck that bad."
(March 8, 2011, Michael Graham, Boston Herald)
(March 8, 2011, Michael Graham, Boston Herald)
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