A real Amer… uh… Brussels? Seriously?

Guess who’s keeping us safe from all those Scottish arms dealers… (I’m talking to YOU, Connery.) It’s G.I Joe… at least that’s what these idiots over at Paramount Pictures would have you believe.

Read THIS to get a good perspective on the situation (clicky).

If this doesn’t set your blood to boiling then you’re no red-blooded American… or you just weren’t paying attention during the ’80s. I swear I hear the sound of Cobra Commander, Destro, and the Baroness… laughing their evil, ruthless, terrorist *sses off about this.

Stupid Hollywood. Another childhood love, crapped on. (At least The Transformers are safe from their… Dang, never mind.)

Holy atomic radius, Batman!

A student of mine chanced upon this web page (click) this morning.  I assigned my chemistry kids an optional activity: construct a scale model of a hydrogen atom and video themselves doing so.  The page itself gives some idea of the scale involved.

Holy cow.

Gay wizards. In related news… who #$%ing cares?

Apparently, fictional wizard Albus Dumbledore, from the Harry Potter book series, is gay.

See for yourself. (click)

Is it just me, or is this pretty much a pointless move for author J.K. Rowling to have made? Dumbledore’s sexuality never comes into play in the books. He’s a teacher, for cryin’ out loud, and they’re supposed to be pretty much asexual in the minds of their pupils to begin with.

Not everyone likes her work, Rowling said, likely referring to Christian groups that have alleged the books promote witchcraft. Her news about Dumbledore, she said, will give them one more reason.

Ya know, Jo, you’re sure not making it easy for me and my fellow Christian Harry Potter apologists… This feels like the tremendous dump that George Lucas took on my head with the “Only a Sith deals in absolutes” line from SW III.

So much for trusting your teachers…

I hate popular media. No more books and movies for me, thanks. Imma’ go play more Half-Life 2 now, kthxbb.