Bailout Failout

"Without knowing all the details, would you say this is a good time to crack your neigbors' skulls open, and feast on the goo inside?"

"Yes. Yes I would, Kent."

The Video That Ruined Tolkien For Me

I loved the books. I loved the films.
Then I saw this. I wish I could take it back.
But I can't.
I'll never be the same.

see it here

X is Larger

He seems bigger when I get home at night than he was that morning.

I shouldn't laugh

My opinion of MSNBC has been raised, somewhat.

"Japan urn thief leaves mourners ashen-faced"

I suppose it's a cheap shot and not altogether the cleverest thing I've read today, but I tip my hat to a writer somewhere.

Red Flag

When somebody tells you that, instead of defining what something IS, they'd prefer to define what it ISN'T...

Run for the friggin hills. If the concept they're trying to convey is so complex that the set of what it is not is smaller than the set of it, well, either the concept is dumb or they are.

Counter-examples?

"Olympics! Add petrol! China! Add petrol!"

A rather strange cheer for the forthcoming Olympics. I might have to stick with "U. S. A." repeated ad nauseum.

The Next VP?

“I plan to stick with my current job until I get the hang of it.”

The Hill asks all but 3 of our Senators to reply to the question: ‘If you were asked, would you accept an offer to be the VP nominee?’

Kennedy's faux modesty is endearing. Or I suppose grating, depending on which side of the aisle you most closely identify with.

Miracle fruit - might make me eat fruit.

It turns beer into soda - and stout into a milkshake. Not to mention what Miracle fruit does to lemon wedges. I simply must try this someday. If only you could inject it into politics.

Good for you Will Bunch!!!!!

An open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos | Philadelphia Daily News | 04/17/2008

By so badly botching arguably the most critical debate of such an important election, in a time of both war and economic misery, you disgraced the American voters, and in fact even disgraced democracy itself.

KO Serves Up a Helping of the F-word.

Ahh, congress did the right thing. I'm sad that it surprises me so.

Lost

This is where our luggage should be it is not

What song is this?

Try and figure out before the half-way mark.

More "art"

Bathroom art

Happy birthday K

Sure it may look like the leftovers of a crimescene, but K assures us it will be art in less than 2 weeks. 

Text-Mine Extreme

This web-based game is in the popular "move your mouse to avoid the evil alien" category - with a twist. You can play it on any of the many annoying websites that use "in-text placement ads" or as I like to call them "Text-Mines". You may already have played the game and not even been aware of it. When you scroll down the page and move your mouse carefully - avoiding the mouse-over pop-up ads in order to locate a bona fide hyperlink - you've been playing "Text-Mine Extreme". 

See PC Magazine's High-Tech Thanksgiving article for a great example - try to click all the normal hyperlinks without mousing over any of the hard-to-see green Text-Mines. I guarantee you'll play it over and over again - whether you like it or not. 

23andMe - 580,000 Data Points of Your Genotype

$1000 is a lot of scratch. How much would YOU pay for this, or would you at all? I'd love to see what they can do and I'll keep an eye on the site for the price to fall as its popularity increases and they get some more competition. If the description is to be trusted, they update your account as new research uncovers more links between your DNA and your potential fate... pretty slick. Now if they could only determine the gene that makes you more likely to die in a fiery car crash - that would be something.
23andMe

Monkeys the Dune Cat

It is of course de rigueur that one not walk with rhythm for fear of attracting the worm. I can attest that one slip-up is all that is necessary to summon monkeys the legless cat to my side by tromping predictably through the house. I post this so that others may live.

Step 1: Cats and water. Step 2: ? Step 3: Profit!

In her spare time, Monkeys enjoys cricket, modern dance, and the rigorous study of fluid dynamics.

McSweeney's Kiddy Fun

It's frightening how erudite some toddlers are. McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Letters to the Editor of Babybug, a Magazine for Readers Age 6 Months to 2 Years.

As a noted scientist...

WAYS IN WHICH SHE COULD HAVE
BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE.
By Jules Lipoff

She exposed me to excessive ultraviolet radiation, which gave me terrible cataracts.

She removed all traces of vitamin A from my diet.

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