Sam Ballard – The Boy Who Ate a Slug and Paid for It Dearly

In 2010, an Australian boy named Sam Ballard, aged 19, was hanging out and drinking with his fellow rugby players at a local party.  A garden slug came crawling across the backyard patio, and as part of an alcohol fueled dare, Sam ate it.  Swallowed the poor creature whole.  After eating the slug, Sam developed … More Sam Ballard – The Boy Who Ate a Slug and Paid for It Dearly

The Miraculous Disappearance of Drug Addicts and Homeless in Downtown San Francisco

Certain areas of downtown San Francisco has long been plagued with drug addicts and homeless people, as well as the makeshift tent cities they live in.  Recently, they miraculously disappeared. A deeper look revealed that this is due to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which went from Nov. 15 to Nov. 17, where leaders … More The Miraculous Disappearance of Drug Addicts and Homeless in Downtown San Francisco

Dr. John Money and the Tragic Case of the Forced Transsexual Child

An old essay from the now defunct 8chan detailing the horrific case of a child forced to change sex in order for a psychiatrist to advance his career and theories on gender: John Money was born in Morrisville, New Zealand on July 8th 1921. He studied psychology at the universities of Wellington and Otago before … More Dr. John Money and the Tragic Case of the Forced Transsexual Child

Rooster Attacks Child, Gets Turned into Nuggets by Mom

An interesting story has been circulating on social media in the recent weeks.  A Mississippi woman, Megan Schmidt, kept what was described as a “Backyard Rooster”, a male chicken by the name of HeiHei, in their home.  In the recent days, HeiHei attacked the family’s young child.  In a now deleted post online, Schmidt wrote: … More Rooster Attacks Child, Gets Turned into Nuggets by Mom

Grade School Monsters

A grade school teacher in Melbourne, Australia asked her students (aged 5-6) to draw their “dream monsters”.  Weeks down the road, she presented the children with hand made stuffed toys of the monsters that the students drew as a Christmas present. Below are the drawings of some of these critters, and the final stuffed toys … More Grade School Monsters

Destroyed Houses

President Biden of the United States made a rather impassioned speech a few days ago, on the anniversary of the 1/06/21 protest that took place in Washington, D.C.  He went through great lengths to describe how it was a terrible deed and an attack on the nation and democracy itself. Below is a scene from … More Destroyed Houses

Letter from the Dog

A Japanese man came across a moving notice in the neighborhood.  Surprisingly, the letter is from a dog: The notice roughly translates to: “Dear grade schoolers, thank you for always calling out my name when you walk by.  I’ve moved.  Please continue to be gentle, animal loving people from now on! Take care Wendy (aged … More Letter from the Dog

Relativistic Bomb

Interesting musings on the implications of civilizations that manage to achieve light speed travel, and how they may interact with humanity: The great silence (ie. absence of SETI signals from alien civilizations) is perhaps the strongest indicator of all that high relativistic velocities are attainable and that everybody out there knows it. The sobering truth … More Relativistic Bomb