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Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A ‘Gay Bomb’

A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

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I got all excited last night after the Tony Awards because I calculated that I predicted 80% of the winners correctly! I normally come in at about 70%. Except this morning, I realize that 15 out of 25 is 60%, not 80%. Oh well, I didn’t expect Spring Awakening to sweep as much as it did. I really thought there was more love for Grey Gardens.

I did manage to figure out that The Coast of Utopia would sweep the legit categories though. But no award for Martha Plimpton, dang it. Well, I didn’t see it. I just like her and wanted to hear her accept.

How about that weird censored medley from Spring Awakening? I am surprised that they did “Totally F***ed” at all, but why did they censor the words “ass”, “breasts”, and stuff from “The Bitch of Living” when they still sang “bitch?” Weird.

Okay. The redesign is pretty complete! And comments are open. I hope you enjoy!

Hey there. Glad you found us. We finally decided to move to our own domain, justgiblets.com. Update your RSS feed if you haven’t already!

More fun to come when we redesign the blog…

Image courtesy of Hugh Ballantyne

To some, it may come as quite a surprise that I am quite enamored of the honeybee, or as it is sometimes called, Apis mellifera. Imagine my surprise as I was reading the June 2007 issue of Wired to find an article on the widespread demise of the honeybee! We’re talking some serious stuff here, that could have a pretty bad impact on anyone who eats, specifically anyone whose diet consists of fruits or vegetables. Apparently there is a well-respected entomologist named Jerry Bromenshenk from the University of Montana who has dubbed this potential catastrophe “colony collapse disorder.” Unfortunately, the cause of colony collapse disorder is proving a little tricky to discover. The current theory has to do with new chemicals being used as agricultural pesticides that could be having a long-term effect on bees that is yet to be discovered. It is documented that these pesticides cause disorientation in insects, and over time, it is possible that there could be an effect on the bees’ navigational abilities. It’s possible that the bees leave the hive to forage for pollen and simply can’t find their way back.

I’m worried about my little friend the honeybee! (I have been known to pat honeybees as they forage). And before you make fun of me, this situation is important enough to show up not only in Wired, but in the New York Times and CNN.

Kitty and Gertrudis are a little late jumping into the whole social networking scene. They’ve pooh-poohed My Space, Twitter, Flickr, and their ilk, but now they’re starting to see the appeal since they discovered Unitedcats.

Check out their new profiles over there. They have photos, blogs, and (hopefully soon) other kitty friends!

Kitty’s profile
Gertrudis’s profile