Monthly Archives: December 2011

A Special Kind Of Hug?

British Airways was concerned about morale among cabin crews.  Rather than look at scheduling, pay, or working conditions, the airline developed a brilliant morale-boosting plan. Dubbed “Hug a Pilot”, the program urged cabin crew to mix more and socialize with pilots.  The Daily Mail reports that at least one stewardess decided a mere hug was…

Stop SOPA!

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] There has been much press about SOPA and the potentially chilling effect it will have on free expression.  There is no question that the law should not be passed, and we urge all to contact their elected officials and voice their opposition. Just as important, we need to…

Housebusters! Failed Mythbusters Test Sends Cannonball Through Houses, Car

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are accustomed to busting myths. But this week, the hosts of television’s “Mythbusters” busted two houses and a minivan.  A cannonball fired at tanks of water at bomb demolition range missed its target and careened for 700 yards through 2 houses and a car.  Fortunately, nobody was injured.  “Crazy, crazy,…

When It’s Not Enough To Merely Beat Your Dead Horse

For one 21 year old woman in Portland, Oregon, the question of what to do with a dead horse recently had a bizarre answer: strip naked and crawl inside. The 32 year old horse “was put down humanely, with a single shot to the brain from a high powered rifle.. When asked why she had…