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Update: The End of the World

September 11, 2008 - 6:14am — sita-pati

Google.com.au today celebrated the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider with the above graphic.

Obviously the world didn't end last night, unless the black hole swallowed the Earth and we're now in another dimension, ala The Quiet Earth.

Oh, by the way, the world ends tonight

September 10, 2008 - 9:14am — sita-pati

The Large Hadron Collider is being powered up tonight.

Scientists have admitted that it may create a black hole that will swallow the Earth.

Negative People

September 6, 2008 - 5:06pm — Madhava Gosh

A woman was at her hairdresser’s getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:”Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It’s crowded and dirty. You’re crazy to go to Rome .. So, how are you getting there?”

“We’re taking Continental,” was the reply. “We got a great rate!”

Bear Warning

August 27, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

Beloit College Mindset List For Incoming Class of 2012

August 24, 2008 - 6:43pm — Madhava Gosh

Each August for the past 11 years, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college. It is the creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief. The List is shared with faculty and with thousands who request it each year as the school year begins, as a reminder of the rapidly changing frame of reference for this new generation.

Happy Janmastami

August 11, 2008 - 5:13pm — Madhava Gosh

A senior devotee in New Vrindaban calls his son in New York and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing.  Thirty-five years of misery is enough.”

“Pita, what are you talking about?” the son screams.

Irish University Entrance Exam - Answers

August 7, 2008 - 10:02am — sita-pati

How many did you get right?

Irish University Entrance Exam

August 6, 2008 - 10:01am — sita-pati

Answers tomorrow.

American Archaeology

July 25, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York archaeologists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Baptizing A Drunk

July 15, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

A man is stumbling through the woods totally drunk when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. The drunk walks into the water and subsequently bumps into the preacher.

The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of booze. He asks the drunk, ‘Are you ready to find Jesus?’

Motivated Gossip

July 8, 2008 - 3:48am — sita-pati

A Swami Goes Golfing

July 6, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

A swami was feeling bored one Sunday and decided to take the day off away from the temple program. He told his servant he wasn’t feeling well and drove away. He stopped at a golf course about forty miles away where no one would know him and decided to play a round of golf.

Internet Argument

June 28, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

http://xkcd.com/438/

Just laugh. It's good for you.

June 22, 2008 - 3:45am — ekendra

While it is normally only considered cliché that "laughter is the best medicine," specific medical theories attribute improved health, increased life expectancy, and overall improved well-being, to laughter.

[Video]

 

Meeting With the Board

June 19, 2008 - 5:15pm — Madhava Gosh

After delivering a extended philosophically intricate Bhagavatam lecture, the Temple President announced that he wished to meet with the temple board after the program, in his office. He returned to the office to find that the first person to arrive was an older Indian man, whom he didn’t recognize.

“Pardon me, Prabhuji,” the President said, “I think you misunderstood my announcement. This is a meeting of the board.”

“I know,” said the man. “If there is anyone here more bored than I am, I’d like to meet him.”

Supply Side Jesus Video

June 19, 2008 - 5:02pm — gauranga kishore

A while back I posted the original comic as it appeared in Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them. Since the topic came up in a discussion of Christianity with a couple of students yesterday I wanted to check it out again, and when I googled it this video came up. If you want to see the original post you can check it out here, but the video is even cooler.

Respecting Intolerance

May 19, 2008 - 11:35am — sita-pati

Part of being "inclusive", innit? :-)

Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?

May 8, 2008 - 5:25pm — Madhava Gosh

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, “why do airplanes fly?” on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: “Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof.”

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

Bless this house, O Lord we Pray

May 2, 2008 - 11:13pm — gauranga kishore

Bless this house, O Lord, we pray.
Make it safe by night and day.

Bless our humble vestibule,
Bless the TV, bless the pool.

Bless our silly little notions.
Bless our week’s supply of Trojans.

Bless, oh bless the internet.
Bless our liquor cabinet.

Bless our kitchen, for it features
Places where we roast Thy creatures,

Bake them, broil them, nuke them, fry them.
Blessed Lord, please sanctify them

While we’re scarfing down their wings,
livers, legs, and other things—

AWOL In the Sankirtan Army

April 18, 2008 - 12:01am — gauranga kishore

After two weeks of going AWOL my commanding officer General Vaisesika Prabhu court marshaled me and order me back to my post in San Jose to join the troops for our Monthly Sankirtana Festival, which begins Friday evening in downtown Palo Alto with nagar sankirtana, then book distribution on Saturday and Sunday.

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