Mind Soup

Population Forecast up to 2050 1- The world currently has 6.9 billion people. It is projected to hit 10 billion people in the year 2050! (right) 2- Parents in Denmark must choose from a list of 7,000 pre-approved names for their babies! 3- The FDA allows an average of 30 insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter. 4- Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy  and that comics of him were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers. 5- In Moscow, weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting. 6- You can cure a stomach ache if you lie on your left side for 5 minutes. The stomach is on the left side, the oesophagus enters it on the right and therefore gas bubbles can rise and allow you to burp. 7- A sharon fruit  (Kharma in Arabic) is a persimmon that has been artificially ripened. No, I had no idea what a persimmon was either.

Today's comic is drawn by Sareen Akharjalian, a great cartoonist and comic artist. You can check out her blog Ink on the Side for more of her comics.

I found this picture posted here and it got me thinking. Ah, Disney, you always seem to spread the worst possible message to young girls out there. There's always a prince out there that must "save" us. If they really want to teach young children something new, they should make a "Beauty and the Beast" where the genders were switched. They have improved in more recent movies, but the above characters are "classic" characters and such movies will probably be viewed over and over for many years to come. *Sighs*

Actual concept work from James Cameron that demonstrates Avatar is really just Pocahontas with a few names changed. In 3D.

 

I've always like Dexter's lab as a kid and some of my friends say the I look like Dexter (not really!). So I came across on of my favorite episode on youtube and I thought I'd share it with you guys!