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I was just trying to look up the latin word for “hanging” as in suspended, hanging in the balance, etc. and I discovered this word:
propexus -a -um [combed forwards , hanging down]
hahahaha!!! OK, yeah, no one is laughing but me. Yet.
Has anyone seen ads for Propecia? AKA finasteride, a male pattern hair [...]

The Ten Commandments of the Ethical Atheist

Thou SHALT NOT believe all thou art told.
Thou SHALT seek knowledge and truth constantly.
Thou SHALT educate thy fellow man in the Laws of Science.
Thou SHALT NOT forget the atrocities committed in the name of god.
Thou SHALT leave valuable contributions for future generations.
Thou SHALT live in peace with thy fellow [...]

a fragment of a longer unpublished report
Programming languages are all predicated on the notion creating an expressive form for humans to describe complex processes both to computers and to one another. Certainly it is possible to solve any problem in any Turing-complete language with sufficient access to required resources. One need only look [...]

The ability to pass through solid objects at will
The ability to instantly teleport anywhere in the world
Having a magic, wish-granting hat
Finding out that you can fly, and just never knew it
Hot sex with the love of your life, followed by hours of cuddling and pillow talk
Getting paid for doing what you love to do
Members of [...]

For your amusement, an icon I made for work that got rejected because it looks too much like a penis. Really? I mean, I thought so at first, but then after I walked away from it I didn’t think so anymore.
It’s droopy!