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Cold Metal Sandwich or the Cyborgs Are Here!

Remember when Morpheus went into the nothingness of the loading program in The Matrix to explain to Neo exactly how the machines managed to convert the human body into a source of energy? Surely, you must remember the rows upon rows of bubble like pods in which the humans were strapped to all sorts of wiring so that they could be extracted of their energy and used by the machines?

No?

Here, refresh your mind:



It turns out that this is not at all that far from the truth today. Except that humans are, of course, leading the way in the engineering of this cyborg method.  A report from Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science was just released in which it is explained how the knowledge obtained by one scientist who managed to extract energy from the cells of a grape served a bunch of other trekie borg-lover scientists to look into the possibility of extracting energy from other living creatures, including snails, cockroaches, beetles, rats, and lobsters!





And, it is not kinetic energy that they are extracting, (as if a snail could be put on a treadmill!) but the energy generated from the chemical de-composition of sugars and other substances in the body with the help of nanotechnology. By implanting a certain computer cell chip, this process is now a reality.

Could you imagine what it would be like if the cyborg cockroaches one day rebelled and tried to assimilate us?

In any case, the fact that this article is already suggesting the possibility of performing similar type of functions in humans is a bit chilling. Couple that with this other article explaining how certain internet companies are trying to transform the homeless population in Austin, Texas into 4G Wireless Hotspots and you have the new machine apocalypse right around the corner.

Just remember, next time you bite into that juicy lobster that the crunchy might be more than exoskeleton.

Comic Strip Censored

Today, a vast number of print newspapers managed to censor a classic comic strip because of its message. Some, like the L.A. Times repositioned this strip to the "opinion" section.

Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not quite get to it, the truth of the matter is that most newspaper chiefs, just like the commission on contraceptive health care, are male.

A Tale of Two Radicals or the Lorax is not the "L" in the "ELF"

B. Jones and I just watched two films about trees and the people who care about them. The first one we saw was the recently Oscar-nominated documentary If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (available on Netflix) and then we watched the newest adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax in the theater.

We were both left with a new sense of injustice.

In one part, we wondered how it was possible that such similar contexts in the films could have very different outcomes on the screen.

While the story of the ELF was a very good documentary tracing the radicalization of an individual that becomes an arsonist for the sake of the preservation of nature, the latter was a cartoon adapted from the story by a racist children's author, in which a child fights against an evil corporation vying to monopolize the ex-free market of oxygen (just so that he can win himself the heart of a pretty girl next door). In essence, they are the same story: except that the hero of the first gets 7 years in a high security prison for domestic terrorism.




The fact that the Dr. Seuss adaptation has this magical feeling of the happily-ever-after effect is, of course, expected. It is a children's story after all.

This is just the problem, however. How can you teach a child about the importance of the environment without acknowledging the fact that the evil corporation always seems to win in real life?

About Milkshakes and Milky Ways

About a month ago, I told my good friend B. Jones that space surely was made like a giant milkshake. "There are no solids", I told her, "just different states of liquids floating around. Some parts are more squishy than others." Of course, she thought that I was full of shit. In fact, she said: "you are full of shit".

Lo and behold, NASA came to the rescue.

Just a few weeks ago, NASA published an article talking about space bubbles, in which they acknowledge that:

 "The Milky Way's disk is like champagne with bubbles all over the place". 

When I told her, B. Jones called me a "genius", albeit in a somewhat sarcastic texting tone.

What is left for NASA to consider, in my opinion, is the possibility of having another "space", to which the bubbles surface, like they do in champagne, or a huge straw from which someone is sucking the clumps out of our milkshake.

In any case, whoever is doing the tasting is surely enjoying a clumpy yummyness.

How To Make a Pop Sandwich

Really, it is all pretty simple. You just need lots of time and a good balance of addiction to popular culture. In fact, popular culture is inescapable, it surrounds you and it squishes you into a sandwich without your approval every time that you look in the mirror when getting dressed. And for that matter, every time someone looks at your get-up and wonders if you had enough time to look at the mirror.

You know that song that you keep humming along to in your head? That's like the sauce.

Anyway, you will see that our sandwiches are made from 100% popular culture without many additives. They are always crisp and fresh.

If you would like us to hold the mayo, please let us know by making a comment, and do always ask for seconds if you like what we serve you.

Happy travels through our galaxy (you don't need a helmet, but it would be way cooler if you wore one while exploring this space).