http://www.globularbrain.org/ en-us sean.williford@gmail.com Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:52:48 -0800 http://www.globularbrain.org/2012/03/how-to-win-against-facts-1.html As we move forward into the new season, we embark yet again on another doomed voyage into the belly of the body politic, which will in due course and through vigorous peristaltic action of the Electoral College deliver forth a... http://www.globularbrain.org/2007/01/crimes-of-the-future-introduct.html The Editors and Syndics of Glob Press once again welcome the readership of the world to sip lightly at the Pierian spring that is this feature. We shall say nothing about the recent tempest that has wracked the vast commercial... http://www.globularbrain.org/2005/08/cut-bait-1.html Having returned from a salubrious vacation on the Continent, involving the most minimal of hospital stays (it is true what they say about Old Country hospitality), I am pleased to return to our series on words that sound much more... http://www.globularbrain.org/2005/05/false-pretentio.html Our regular word maven and arbiter of usage is currently vacationing on the Cote de Merde in Lower Normany. Instead of his usual finely-crafted column, we present the following transcript of one of his recent collect calls to the office.... http://www.globularbrain.org/2005/04/leased-from-bon.html Let it not be assumed that the prose stylings that grace this space are the work of one man, writing alone and unassisted. Whilst our proprietor and editor-in-chief has many talents, manifold views, and multifarious morals, he has but a... http://www.globularbrain.org/2005/03/permanent-wave.html The Permanent Committee to Recall the Governor has fallen on hard times over the past few months, as interest rates in their cause have declined. Many members abandoned the group after the last election for chairman, which was won in... http://www.globularbrain.org/2005/01/mourning-editio.html The proprietors of this feature strenuously deny all of the recent stories fabricated by the popular press to explain our recent hiatus in publication. If our principal editors were in fact serving time for contributing to the delinquency of the... http://www.globularbrain.org/2004/04/habeas-purpose.html Due to a recent appeal to our Standards Board, the publication history of the Glob has been redacted to remove all recent items that have caused offense to our older readers. These admittedly salacious and vicious articles, calculated to pander... http://www.globularbrain.org/2004/02/la-deluge.html The publisher regrets the recent hiatus in production of this feature. On the evening of January 4, one of the office print servers choked on an extensive article detailing the theory of recursion as applied to the year in fashion.... http://www.globularbrain.org/2004/01/happy-new-fear.html The film industry surprised many critics in 2003 with the rehabilitation and revitalization of swashbuckling genres that had been thought entirely played out. Peter Jackson's stunning conclusion to the Lord of the Rings trilogy gave proof that the cinematic epic... http://www.globularbrain.org/2003/11/naughty-bits.html Do you know where this data has been? In order to read this page, software acting on your behalf has innocently submitted a request across the channels of the Internet and patiently held a connection open in expectation of a... http://www.globularbrain.org/2003/11/senatus-populus.html Many citizens are puzzled by the current behavior of the U.S. Senate. Engaging in a 30-hour debate in order to discourage senators from filibustering sounds suspiciously like pouring drinks at an A.A. meeting in hopes that they'll get sick of... http://www.globularbrain.org/2003/11/solar-wind.html Recently, this correspondent had the opportunity to interview the reclusive cowboy astronomer Dr. Furianus 'Dusty' Fortiscue on his ranch in Oklahoma. Dr. Dusty, as he prefers to be called, is famous for several inventions that help astronomers work more effectively... http://www.globularbrain.org/2003/11/something-borro.html The Geek Chorus: Dood, what gives? Myself: Are you enjoying our new format? The Geek Chorus: Man, I think I prefer a dead site. Myself: But this is a de luxe presentation of famous Diary of the Polish author Witold... http://www.globularbrain.org/2003/11/thursday.html Me....