How defined are we on the cellular level?

It turns out that your mind is only partially conscious about some of the things your brain does. According to this Wired Magazine article, brain scanners can see your decisions before you consciously make them -- in accordance with patterns of brain activity.

However, scientists conceed that we are not completely moist robots. The scanner isn't correct 100% of the time, and the study is about predicting buttons to be pressed, not complex decision-making.

The idea of the inevitable mind control studies which will surely follow leave me with a rather unsavory taste in my mouth -- kind of in a casserole-of-evil-with-a-potato-chip-crust-of-despair flavor...

Introducing -- the sQuba --

REAL! The Swiss have invented an amphibious convertible, and it can dive up to 30 feet!

This is the James Bond-iest thing to come out in ... FOREVER!!!

The one thing that makes me "meh" about land-bound convertibles is that my hair is wavy/curly and tends to tangle massively when whipped into a frenzy by wind.

That literal snafu is now history! However, the amphibious convertible is not exactly an easy ride --

CNN says, "You’ll have to break out the wetsuit. The car has an open top, meaning that the two passengers are exposed to the elements. Passengers will be able to keep breathing underwater through an integrated tank of compressed air similar to what is used in scuba diving. The sQuba’s top speed on land is about 77 mph, but it slows down to 3 mph on the surface of the water, and 1.8 mph underwater."

Still -- I would so roll that phat ride!

The Burger King dude-bot makes me feel unsafe because:

(a) Corporate overlording plus a dead-behind-the-eyes gaze never means anything good.
(b) The mannequins have become sentient and want to feed us.
(c) Gah! God Save The Queen!
(d) Other __________________________________

Rock, Paper, Scissors? Bah. Try Earth, Bunnies, Cheney...

Earth Day is tomorrow -- Tuesday, April 22. Always a good idea to recycle and live green as much as possible on this day and every day! However, if you do something extra nice for our planet this Tuesday, I will send you three fluffy, little bunnies for free.*

*bunnies not included.

:-D Don't forget to click below to get your dose of scathing satire from The Onion...

Cheney Celebrates Earth Day By Breathing Oxygen

*+Interested in a place to express your creativity and speak your mind?*+

My friend is building a website, fakeplacestudios.com, which features online comics, art, and a free-thinking forum. It's currently under construction, but the forum is up and registration is as easy as it gets. I hope to see you there!

And now, I would like to provide evidence substantiating my new theorem attesting that "Everything's better with googly eyes." ;-D

Even chin people doing The Lord of the Rings. Sincerely.

Gusto

Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" reminded me about how important one's internal dialog is -- and how it it affects every cell in the body. On some level, how you think affects your ability to thrive. Because of the thoughts he has shared, I am inspired to think about what it is I want out of my time on this planet.

I want to live a wonderfully happy, extremely healthy, very long life. I want to thoroughly enjoy this amazing and wonderful gift of life and do as much as I can do for as long as possible. I want to bring positivity to others. I want to continuously learn, create, laugh, be blissed-out, contribute and celebrate life with my family and friends. I want to always be open-minded and non-prejudiced.

Finally -- I never want to become set in my ways -- I hope for the eternal feeling that I am one with an ever-expanding universe.

I am still contemplating if Ice Cucumber Pepsi is a good, bad, or indifferent sort of peculiarity.

It's an odd concept for sure, but not necessarily a gross one. Cucumber flavor isn't gross at all, it just sort of brings about ambivalence. Watery indistinguishableness. Slightly saline mediocrity.

Alas, what exactly is in this bottle of effervescent ennui? Cucumbers? Soylent green?

This Ice Cucumber Pepsi is only available (for now) in Japan; and for all I know -- cold, salty, bubble water is delightfully refreshing in an "I like to drink ocean" sort of way.

So what are these creatures, "superious delegatus" a.k.a. superdelegates?

They are not chosen based on the party primaries and caucuses. Most are selected because of their status as party leaders and elected officials. Others are chosen during the primary season for enigmatic reasons not disclosed to the unwashed masses. All the superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the nomination. With no prompting from shadowy puppet masters. Really.

Don't even pretend that you don't want to know the anatomy of a superdelegate. (Thx LA Times.) Click here for the larger version.

Totally real ad --

Soaking victory is best served cold! The AQUASHOCK ARCTIC BLAST blaster gives you more than one way to shock and surprise your opponents: soak ‘em in a stream or add ice to blast ‘em with an all-out burst of freezing cold water! Don't just soak 'em – Aqua Shock em'!

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This product intrigues me. It seems that its only purpose is making your friends hate you.

What wrongest wrong of all wrongs would a friend have to commit in order to deserve being gunned down with a spew of icy cold hate-water? Are there people out there purchasing the AquaShock as a solution for getting people to ostracize them this summer? Hmm... a compelling psychological study of of water torture in the guise of a bright, shiny, summer's day toy...