Month: May 2007

SAN FRANCISCO — Ed Rosenthal, the self-proclaimed “guru of ganja,” was convicted again Wednesday in federal court of illegally growing hundreds of marijuana plants that he said were meant to treat sick people, which state law allows.

GM, Chrysler and The Auto Alliance create websites to sway consumers to contact Congress – AutoblogGreen:

Poland to probe if Teletubbies are gay
(Reuters):

Reuters – Poland's conservative government took
its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the
small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other
Teletubbies.
Bend over Tinky Winky. Seems to me the only reason someone would want to know if you are gay is if that someone wants to fuck!-MC

Stephen Colbert, SubGenius or SuperGenius?:

Hal Robins points out that Stephen Colbert has a hilarious article about The Church of the SubGenius on Wikiality (The Truthiness Encyclopedia), his spoof of Wikipedia. It appears that Stephen, who bears a striking resemblance to J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, considers himself more of a “SuperGenius”, rather than a plain old “SubGenius”.

Anyway, when the Internets came along, the Church of the SubGenius moved right along with it. Today, the image of J.R. “Bob” Dobbs is considered one of the four great centers of Internets blasphemy, along with liberalism, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and those Godless, heathen atheists. Many atheists have embraced SubGenius philosophies, but the Church has found an especially rich vein of followers among the ranks of Linux geeks, role-playing afficionados, comic book fans, porn stars, and other stay-at-home no-lifers. Sadly, these same Internets-Americans often tend toward Internets addiction (especially online gaming). It is through their addiction and/or recovery efforts that the Church of the SubGenius has taken hold online.

Cool Dude-MC

Tales of Ordinary Heroes in New Orleans:
Tough-minded heroes in New Orleans became the stars of Jonathan Demme

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10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It

Every Friday is Happiness Friday on Zen Habits.

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – Ben Franklin, famously

“Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin …” – Mark Twain

Recently, reader Rob asked me about my habit of waking at 4:30 a.m. each day, and asked me to write about the health benefits of rising early, which I thought was an excellent question. Unfortunately, there are none, that I know of.

However, there are a ton of other great benefits.

Now, let me first say that if you are a night owl, and that works for you, I think that’s great. There’s no reason to change, especially if you’re happy with it. But for me, switching from being a night owl to an early riser (and yes, it is possible) has been a godsend. It has helped me in so many ways that I