Lee on May 30 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
(photo: Serguei Kovalev)
Christopher Hitchens once said that the trouble with biographers of Thomas Jefferson, is that there appears to be the collective assumption on their part that the great man was without a penis. I’m reminded of this truth in reading about the very hot water Mr. Al Franken –the all-but-certain Democratic nominee for US [...]
Lee on Feb 22 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
photo: Martin Dixon
Here’s a grim laugh for your Friday morning. A Muslim propaganda video which preposterously seeks to explain the death and burial of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 1st century, as the result of the wrath of Allah against the decadent Roman empire. The video marvels at how people were struck down with little [...]
Lee on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
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According to a new study from a McMaster University research group, female rats prefer the scent of sexually active males in choosing their own sexual partners.
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Lance on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
It seems the great economist, an obsessive tabulator of everything, tabulated his sex life in two very different diaries. The second in code complete with assigned numbers (grades?)
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Lance on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Lance's Page, Media
Alex Tabarrok compiles the data:
Number of people killed per minute in the Rambo series.
Rambo: First Blood (1982): 0.01
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985): 0.72
Rambo III (1988): 1.30
Rambo IV (2008): 2.59
His source, Peter Gordon, observes:
There is also a tabulation of “Number of sex scenes. ” All zeroes, no trend, not a chic flic.
So sex scenes [...]
Lee on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Society, social science
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Nigerian magazine editor Madam Adunni Adediran, is appalled by the decline of traditional moral conduct in her country. In particular she’s concerned about rampant promiscuity and abortions among young women. To combat the trends she’s helped organize a ceremonial celebration called “Nigerian Virgin Girls” this month in Lagos. Prizes for participation include certificates of [...]
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