Hey check this out. It seems that lava flows indicate that the Earth’s magnetic fields occasionally reverse, which would have compasses worldwide pointing South. This is a geological ‘occasional’, though, which means the last time it happened was about 800,000 years ago (unless you’re Sarah Palin, in which case the last time it happened was when dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth together).

Of course you know what I immediately thought of when I read this news.

Ok, so actually I wouldn’t blame you at all if you had no idea what I thought of. Still, it gives me an excuse to link to an all-star Gambit from the past. The original site is lost to the mists of internets past (but you can still see it here, thanks to the magic of archive.org). I can only hope that the site creator takes some time out from playing D&D in his parents’ basement to reflect on the fact that he was kinda right. Ya know, if you leave out the mystery invisible planet and the worldwide destruction.

Vote for Zod. And then kneel before him.

I’ve been waiting for his comeback ever since he got forced out of the Imperial Senate a long time ago (and in a galaxy far, far away).

Hey, it was either that link or the one from the monkey researcher about how he knows McCain is afraid of Obama based on primate sociology. . . . Oh hell, let’s post that too.

“Would you like leftovers… or leftovers warmed up”… that’s who I view this year’s presidential choices put forth by the two major parties.

Here’s a nice comparison by the Star Tribune. While the candidates do differ on a couple of major issues, the difference isn’t all that stark, and the rest is a big bag of meh.

This is why much of America has become single issue voters… what’s the point on the rest of it?

Thoughts?

Well, you can’t argue with the results, but the path to the first Vikings victory of the year didn’t follow the script.
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