Chapel Perilous

Science Vs. Norse Mythology

"It’s always both cute and pathetic listening Fundamentalists try to use the language of empiricism to try to defend their wonky myths and superstitions, sort of like seeing chimpanzees wear little human clothes or very young children trying to use polite etiquette. They can approximate the form, but they just don’t get the content. They don’t understand what the word “theory” means; they confuse correlation with causality; they argue by analogy; they can’t keep a grip on logic."

I'm Norse, and I would say that Norse mythology is as believable as any other mythology.
That people, in this era, actually take ANY myth literally is beyond rational and sane. 
posted by Bsti @ 6:37 PM ¶ comments (4)

eBay item 5574519466 (Ends Apr-28-05 09:45:14 PDT) - REAL Time Machine - GUARANTEED to work No Scam/Mystery

Notice it does not say "guaranteed or your money back". 
posted by Bsti @ 10:15 PM ¶ comments (6)

Ah, it was a beautiful sunny warm day today, perfect for walking dogs after the work is done.
Just as we prepared to walk out the door, here comes a sudden storm with heavy wind, rain, and distant thunder approaching. The tree outside my window seems to be trying to escape, but forgot it isn't an Ent.

Anyway, here's Lola in her new harness we didn't get to try out today~ Xilia snapped them.




 
posted by Bsti @ 6:14 PM ¶ comments (7)

Amazing Ants Ambush Prey from Foxholes

"The ants, called Allomerus decemarticulatus, live in trees in the Amazon. Their trap is made of natural plant hairs, some regurgitated goo, and a binding fungus that the ants, amazingly, appear to farm. It allows the ants to snag a meal, such as a large flying insect, that they otherwise could not handle."

Ants are cool. 
posted by Bsti @ 6:00 PM ¶ comments (2)

Cartoon Fridge - Your Source For Toons

"We have collected the best cartoons available and put them on a server so you can watch them anytime you want..."
Put here so I can watch all the Venture Brothers I've mist. Plus...classic Ren and Stimpy.. 
posted by Bsti @ 1:35 PM ¶ comments (3)

The Battle of San Jacinto

"General Houston disposed his forces in battle order at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Over on the Mexican side all was quiet; many of the foemen were enjoying their customary siesta."

Two things a soldier should not do, especially right before an impending conflict in the afternoon:
Sleep.
Play music.
"Silently and tensely the Texas battle line swept across the prairie and swale that was No Man's land, the men bending low. A soldier's fife piped up with 'Will You Come to the Bower,' a popular tune of the day.

Do not play music while you are sneaking up on the enemy. These traditions were just impracticle.
 
posted by Bsti @ 2:04 AM ¶ comments (1)

Let's get this party started....

I'm declaring this weekend officially ON.

And to celebrate, I'm posting nothing but music blogs everywhere I go until Monday rolls around. Well, ok, I'll try to put a few other tidbits in between posting music blogs, but there are just so many cool music blogs, more and more all the time.

Here's one that I ran across earlier tonite that you folks might dig:

MUSIC IS A VIRUS

They've got some select mp3s there for your earholes. This week we find something from PIL and a few live tracks from one of my favorites, the Screamers.

Keep in mind, as with most mp3 blogs, these freebie songs are under heavy rotation (most mp3s stay up a couple days, tops.) Go there, indulge, turn it waaaaay up. Now get up off your chair, step away from that screen, shake your bones and rattle your flesh. 
posted by weirdpixie @ 1:43 AM ¶ comments (1)

Wanna know what a British chav is?

yummy wakame explains, and now you can find out if you are a Chav.
I was still confused about what exactly a chav was (until I read recent comments there), but assumed there were similar to the US' wiggers.
The test did not help. I have called a loo a "toilet" though.
 
posted by Bsti @ 1:32 AM ¶ comments (3)

Dont they just look like eachother?

Another striking comparison betweenP. Bennie 16 and Palpatine. 
posted by Bsti @ 8:44 PM ¶ comments (1)

Oops I Did It Again: The Original

I Did Not Know That, nor has it ever been indicated anywhere that I know of until now. I wonder if Satchmo actually gets credit on her album. Let me check:
"Music Expert" claims it was composed by Rami and Max Martin - c2000.
I do not see it listed on Louis Armstrong.net, either. 
posted by Bsti @ 7:42 PM ¶ comments (6)

Great American Bigfoot Research Organization

 
posted by Bsti @ 6:52 PM ¶ comments

The Hand of God?

I call Pshop. 
posted by Bsti @ 6:49 PM ¶ comments (1)

Only Regret

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow: April 17, 2005 - April 23, 2005 Archives: "'My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.'

--Ann Coulter as quoted in the New York Observer, Aug. 20, 2002

'RE: McVeigh quote. Of course I regret it. I should have added, 'after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.''"

Everyone had a problem with her saying that, but no one seemed to care that it was her only regret.

More visual evidence of a Tx/Tv/Tg.

 
posted by Bsti @ 5:38 PM ¶ comments (1)

Worship The Stain

CNN.com - Some see Virgin Mary in underpass stain
"We believe it's a miracle," said Elbia Tello, 42. "We have faith, and we can see her face." 
posted by Bsti @ 5:28 PM ¶ comments (6)

Dear Wife O' Mine

Here is the image of Pope Smeagol you once saw but couldn't find again....


And Sauceruney, I could not find any references to Ratzinger resembling Gollum, so perhaps Tolkein is the precognitive one.... 
posted by Bsti @ 4:56 PM ¶ comments (9)

Happy 4/20!!!

 
posted by niqkita @ 3:33 PM ¶ comments (15)

Turning the tables...

...

[From Veronica]

 
posted by ben @ 2:05 PM ¶ comments (1)

"Hi, I'm ah...hello?"

found at Pixie's. 
posted by Bsti @ 1:37 PM ¶ comments (9)

And the token Catholic speaks up

...Pissed off. Very much. I'm hoping the dudes in the red capes know things I don't, because from my perspective this outcome is basically a suck-up to conservatives.

One thing I do have to respect, though, is that he's intent on keeping up the Church's open fight against relativism - that is to say, the idea that morally dubious actions taken in the face of ignorance or adversity are excusable.

It's turning more and more into a love-it-or-leave-it Church, not the "catholic and apostolic" church of the Nicene Creed, and I don't see how the incumbent has the moves to do anything but amplify that trend.

Bah.

 
posted by ben @ 12:32 AM ¶ comments (4)

Penultima

In the twelfth century, St. Malachy is said to have prophesied the complete future of the Catholic Church (and the world). He predicted a total of 266 Popes before the final judgment. Newly annointed Benedict XVI is Pope 265. Malachy called him "The Glory of the Olive".

From the prophecies:

The Glory of the Olive. The Order of St. Benedict has said this Pope will come from their order. It is interesting that Jesus gave his apocalyptic prophecy about the end of time from the Mount of Olives. This Pope will reign during the beginning of the tribulation Jesus spoke of. The 111th prophesy is "Gloria Olivae" (The Glory of the Olive). The Order of Saint Benedict has claimed that this pope will come from their ranks. Saint Benedict himself prophesied that before the end of the world his Order, known also as the Olivetans, will triumphantly lead the Catholic Church in its fight against evil.

Quite a coincidental choice of name... 
posted by justis @ 11:22 AM ¶ comments (5)

I want to Put this fuck in a human-sized blender, with assorted fruits. I want to serve him to other fucks who think this sort of thing is humorous.
It's just a spider, you say.
To me, it was a beautiful creature destroyed for entertainment. You should be so lucky that your god doesn't have the same sick sense of humor.
Or Maybe It Does!
Maybe God crippled you with whatever you think you suffer from as a kick. 
posted by Bsti @ 4:00 AM ¶ comments (12)

Ojingogo

 
posted by weirdpixie @ 3:18 AM ¶ comments (2)

Vatican history reveals bloody, corrupt battles for church power

In other words, Old Dog, No New Tricks
Alot of people want the new pope to hold "the most literal interpretation of church doctrine" without budging in this new century. So Be It! I want to see some power-hungry papal brutality!
 
posted by Bsti @ 3:06 AM ¶ comments (2)

I'm watching in curiousity while a billion people are holding their breath~
Cardinal Who Warned of 'Antichrist' Rises in Betting Odds
"Biffi told a conference meeting in Bologna that the Antichrist was a prominent philanthropist who advocated causes like (gasp) human rights, the environment and ecumenicism.

Biffi said that this man – who he never identified – had a 'fascinating personality' and espoused causes like (horrors!) vegetarianism, pacifism, environmentalism and animal rights.

Biffi added that this Antichrist would be a Bible expert who would discard its truths to prosletyze for 'vague and fashionable spiritual values.'"

Remember, if there is to actually be an "anti-christ", we predict he (or she!) will be an evangelical christian, or even the next pope! At any rate, that person will be highly visible and identified as highly spiritual from a christian perspective.

According to this Biffi character, the Antichrist might not be such a bad person after all. The title implies that he/she will be the exact opposite of Christ, but follows roughly the same path Jesus did.

Perhaps the arrival of the Antichrist will bring about the end of christianity, maybe religion altogether, ushering in a world more concerned with caring about humans, animals, the environment, and global peace. 
posted by Bsti @ 2:43 AM ¶ comments (2)

The Decadent West

Quite a few laughs here, especially this bit.
 
posted by Bsti @ 2:06 AM ¶ comments (1)

Holy Cheeto! Legs of Jesus

Who was the more clever? The guy that thought this might actually mean something, or the guy who bought it for $100?
via DataWhat?
(keep scrolling) 
posted by Bsti @ 2:02 AM ¶ comments (3)

Lola's Serve

Hover.....

blastoff! 
posted by Bsti @ 1:23 AM ¶ comments (1)

Cool VW mod

 
posted by Bsti @ 10:12 PM ¶ comments (3)

Relic star poses cosmic puzzles

"Astronomers have identified what could be one of the earliest stars formed in the Universe, Nature magazine reports."

As it is known to all but creationists, our star is but a pre-teen. 
posted by Bsti @ 8:41 PM ¶ comments (1)

 
posted by Bsti @ 1:22 AM ¶ comments (5)

Squid Metal Sculpture

$3,500.00 
posted by Bsti @ 1:15 AM ¶ comments

Scientists Draw Portrait of Early Earth Using Tiny Zircons

Scientists are drawing a portrait of how Earth looked soon after it formed 4.56 billion years ago, based on clues within the oldest mineral grains ever found.

Know how creationists justify this number?
God intentionally created the earth with age already built in.
Seriously. 
posted by Bsti @ 10:51 PM ¶ comments (4)

Ahahahaha!
 
posted by Bsti @ 10:36 PM ¶ comments (7)

Chemtrails Overview

"This page is written by the person that invented the DOE's biggest project on remediation for the ozone hole. The inventions discussed here came from direct experience at the Oak Ridge National Lab and working the Q-cleared world of DOE's nuclear weapons. This piece is about the origin of the Ozone Hole and the methods in use and being designed to attempt to fix what Man's pollution has done to our weather and our environment." 
posted by Bsti @ 9:05 PM ¶ comments

GRAN FARO: --622 Music Video's - Various--, --From A Perfect Circle to Yeah, Yeah-

Some Good Stuff in there--Bjork, Tool, APC, OhGr, etc.
Even Diamanda Galas! And if you haven't seen the video for Rabbit In Your Headlights by U.N.K.L.E., now's your chance.
Found at Ultimate Insult. 
posted by Bsti @ 5:52 PM ¶ comments

FFRF Separation of Church and State Quiz

Congratulations! Better informed than most Americans 
posted by Bsti @ 2:01 AM ¶ comments (2)

"Cluster-trusting".

 
posted by Bsti @ 1:47 AM ¶ comments

Who said it?

Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a general moral instruction without religious foundation is built on air; consequently all character training and religion must be derived from faith. 
posted by Bsti @ 1:36 AM ¶ comments (3)