Why quitting can be good for you

Are there times when it is better to simply give up?

In a deliciously ironic turn of events, it now seems that caring about cheating death in fact hurries its icy arrival...

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Comet in fight with Sun!!! (Guess who wins?)

SPACE.com -- Solar Storm Rips Tail Off Comet

Recently, i had the interesting task of explaining the difference between asteroids and comets. The class naturally revolved around, ah ha ha, a discussion of elliptical orbits and the ephemeral, gaseous nature of the comets tail... which is more interesting than you might think...

Ghostbuster Costume - How To....

Be a Ghostbuster for Halloween! - Instructables Cool How To & DIY [category: craft]

When I was 5, my friends jason had a ghostbusters costume, it shot bottle rockets instead of a plasma beam..
Later, as a grown man, my friend Colm was to use a Ghostbusters costume as a tool with which to blast away allegations of sexual impropriety...

But this, I am happy to say, beats the ass off both of them...

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Crude Awakening

So, while my friends cowered behind a variety of heavy vehicles, and wrapped themselves in shiny aluminium suits, my girl and I went right to the perimeter...

Crude Awakening