Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Rest in Peace: Robert Anton Wilson
January 12th, 2007Via: Robert Anton Wilson Blog: Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep […]
Oil: For the Gamblers Out There
January 12th, 2007WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Back in July 2006, I wrote: “Oil? It could just as easily go to $45 before it goes to $200. I wouldn’t go near oil, long or short. It’s far too volatile.” Oil was trading around record highs back then. Oh, […]
On The Edge of Blade Runner
December 7th, 2006I couldn’t resist posting this. It’s a documentary that came out in 2000 about Blade Runner, probably my all time favorite film (along with Apocalypse Now, Jacob’s Ladder, Fight Club and Pi). Since Cryptogon probably has a higher percentage of Blade Runner freaks as readers than most other sites, I figured, why not!? On the […]
The Day The Earth Nearly Died
November 24th, 2006This is a fascinating read. Via BBC: 250 million years ago, long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the land and oceans teemed with life. This was the Permian, a golden era of biodiversity that was about to come to a crashing end. Within just a few thousand years, 95% of the lifeforms on the planet […]
