The science of stupidity
Can you be so stupid you don’t know how stupid you are? According to scientists the answer is yes. Some people’s incompetence can actually protect them from an awareness of their own incompetence.There is even a name for it – the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Blank Mag’s favourite documentary maker Errol Morris writes in the New York [...]
Dancing Robots
Robots might not be ready to take over the world but they would have a good chance at winning America’s Got Talent. Fantastic display of synchronised robot dancing at the Shanghai Expo 2010 Dancing robots Tweet This Post
Birthing Pool Disaster (Twitter)
2.56 am Contractions have started. Right lets get the birthing pool up and running 3.07 am The meditation music is on and wifey is calm and doing her breathing exercises. 5.14am Everything was fine until the dog jumped in the birthing pool.Now it has a leak in it. There is water all over the living [...]
Obituary: World’s ugliest dog is dead
The World’s Ugliest Dog, Miss Ellie has sadly died, aged 17, just months before she was due to travel to California to defend her “Ugliest Dog” title. Miss Ellie, a Chinese Crested Hairless dog from Tennessee, entertained some of the world’s simplest humans in cable shows, commercials, and as part of a troupe of canines who [...]
Geri Halliwell (Spice Girls) spoof blog
My friend George pops round for tea. (I call him George you probably know him as George Michael.). He crashes the car into a statue by the gate house and falls asleep. Poor Sleepy he obviously needs the rest. He works SO hard. Today I am wearing a bandana. My look is inspired by Johnny [...]
