In honor of Halloween here’s a bit of science about blood.

If you have any basic biology under your belt then you know that it’s the hemoglobin in your blood that carries oxygen to where it’s needed and which removes the carbon dioxide, but have you ever wondered how it does that?

The folks at The Periodic Table of Videos have the answer. Plus an old . . . → Read More: In honor of Halloween here’s a bit of science about blood.

“This is Halloween” neighborhood light show.

Over years past I’ve posted video clips of houses decked out in Christmas lights set to music which has become an increasingly popular trend. I should’ve figured someone would apply it to Halloween as well.

This is from last year which means this has been happening for awhile and I’m only just now noticing it:

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I’m not voting Republican because I remember.

This pretty much says it all:

That’s a pretty powerful ad from the folks at the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and it’s a shame it’s not all over the airwaves. There’s a lot of people out there who could do with a good reminding right about now.

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Four-year-old boy given shotgun shell to play with shoots his mother.

Sometimes you have to wonder how we’ve survived this long as a species:

Four-Year-Old Boy Shoots Mother With Shotgun – Seattle News – The Daily Weekly.

A 23-year-old Kitsap woman was taken to the hospital yesterday with non-life-threatening injuries after her four-year-old son shot her in the side with a semiautomatic shotgun.

The woman told . . . → Read More: Four-year-old boy given shotgun shell to play with shoots his mother.

Mother shakes baby to death for interrupting FarmVille game.

Pic of Alexandra Tobias

Least likely to win Mother-Of-The-Year award.

A 22 year-old Jacksonville, Florida mother is facing second degree murder charges for killing her 3-month-old son. Seems his endless crying was interfering with her mad crop growing skillz in FarmVille and her creative solution was to shake the living shit out him:

Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was . . . → Read More: Mother shakes baby to death for interrupting FarmVille game.

Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Daddy is the Devil edition.

Behold the power of True Belief and the harm it can cause:

Baby killed as family jumps from Paris window after ‘devil sighting’ – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

A baby died when a family of 12 leapt from their second floor balcony in Paris claiming they were fleeing the devil.

Eight more were injured, some seriously, in the . . . → Read More: Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Daddy is the Devil edition.

Some dudes marry dudes. Get over it. – FCKH8

Lots of F-bombs in this video, but it’s a message worth hearing just the same. Definitely NSFW or the homophobic:

Don’t know too much about the group behind this yet, but I’m intrigued. You can check them out at their site:  FCKH8.

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Is that a giant dick or are you just forecasting the weather?

I’m sure this is totally innocent and not an attempt by someone at the news station involved pulling an on-air prank. I can totally see how no one would see how anyone could possibly construe it to be an image of a giant phallus.

Totally.

And, yes, it’s totally in-dick-ative that I . . . → Read More: Is that a giant dick or are you just forecasting the weather?

Sony kills off the Walkman.

Pic of a Sony Walkman

And another fond childhood memory bites the dust.

Sony just announced the other day that they have ceased production of the cassette tape playing Sony Walkman in Japan. The last shipment was sent out this past April and there will be no more. Well, no more from Sony. Apparently some Chinese company has the . . . → Read More: Sony kills off the Walkman.

Egads! Our Evil Atheist Plots have all been found out!

I should probably warn you there’s a fair amount of swearing in the following video clip. Only natural when you consider the subject matter, but still definitely NSFW:

And the worst part is: It’s all true!

Found over at The Friendly Atheist.