Monthly Archives: August 2009

Death Really Enjoying His Tour of the Stars’ Homes

By melindataub | Published: August 30, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Death, the Lord of Darkness and Destroyer of Worlds, is spending the summer touring the homes of his favorite celebrities. “I usually get out to Hollywood a few times a year,” the king of Hades told reporters from the top of a double decker tour bus. “And every time I come out here, it’s like, [...]
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The Adventures of Fetal Cat and Pupbryo!

By melindataub | Published: August 29, 2009
So I tend to doodle a lot while I’m writing. Since I didn’t write anything bloggish today, here are my doodles instead.
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Pioneering Hipster Doctors Open World’s First Ironic Hospital

By melindataub | Published: August 25, 2009
NEW YORK, NY – The neighborhood of Williamsburg is celebrating the opening of Douglas Ross Memorial Hospital, a new medical facility serving its community. The hospital, named for George Clooney’s character on ER, opened its doors today. “Oh yeah, it’s gonna be awesome. We’re totally going to treat people here,” said Chief of Medicine and founder James [...]
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Monotheistic religions

By melindataub | Published: August 10, 2009
SCENE: HEAVEN, THE DAWN OF CREATION. GOD Okay, monotheistic religions. On the count of three, everybody claim what your clergy will have to give up in My name. One–two– ISLAM Pork! JUDAISM Pork! ISLAM Jinx! Buy me a coke. ZOROASTRIANISM Viability in a post-industrial world! Judaism buys Islam a coke. ISLAM Ahh. Thanks. No hard feelings, right? GOD Okay, Judaism, your clergy will give up eating the flesh of a [...]
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An Open Letter from Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), Cambridge Chemist and Unsung Hero of the Discovery of DNA, to my Dad

By melindataub | Published: August 1, 2009
Dear Professor Taub, Greetings on this, the third occasion when you have made a gift of my biography, Rosalind Franklin: Dark lady of DNA, to your daughter. I am very flattered. However, I feel the time has come for me to inform you that the story of my groundbreaking x-ray crystallography, while it contributed invaluably to [...]
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