January 2009
11 posts
Google's Street View camera car hits a baby deer →
“Forget it, I quit, I can’t do this anymore, man. My head’s about to explode. My whole life sucks! I don’t know what I’m doing, I don’t know where I’m going. My dad just died, we just killed Bambi, I’m out here getting my ass kicked and every time I drive down the road I wanna jerk the wheel into a Goddamn bridge abutment!”
This American Life →
Amazing episode of a great show. Two of the three stories are particularly good, one about a comic duo and one about a bracha bee. A must listen, and you can listen for free to the whole show through the link. Ira Glass is my hero.
Obama has betrayed my trust! →
This is highly dissapointing, is it too late to change my vote?
Teleportation Is Real – But Don't Try It at Home -... →
Snuggie™ Blanket-Official Site-GetSnuggie.com →
Not that I am going to buy one, but this is a great invention. However, let it be known that I came up with this idea 10 years ago. Slightly modified because I was trying to solve the problem of sleeping and having your arms being too cold to keep outside of the blanket, but too confined to be kept inside. Thus sleeves attached to a blanket would provide warmth and mobility. This is slightly...
Thursday Trivia Challenge
This will be a weekly feature to take place on Thursdays (or occasionally Wednesdays) where I will post 5 of the best trivia questions from the night before at pub trivia at Mercury Bar/Joshua Tree. I will also post the final bonus question that has 10 possible correct answers. You get 1 point for each correct answer to the 5 questions and .5 points for each answer to the final, bonus question. ...
Why the NFL should replace the overtime coin toss... →
Our Local Correspondents: Up and Then Down:... →
A must read!
Electoral Compass IL →
This is kind of interesting…I was just about where I thought I would be on the spectrum. Maze thinks I might be a communist.
Here is my basic breakdown:
Labor You are 2% more economic left You are 8% more progressive You have a substantive agreement of 82% Security: 83% Socioeconomic: 82% Religion: 80% Kadima You are 22% more economic left You are 2% more progressive You have a...
Defined
Horsham - (Whore-Sham)
Noun
1. Rural city in the western part of Victoria, Australia. Prominent winner of Australia’s “tidiest town” award in 2001. Has great fireworks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_City_of_Horsham Usage: “Let’s go visit Horsham and watch the fireworks!”
Verb
1. To beat a player, in any type of competitive card playing game by one...
First!
Here is the obligatory “I am posting my first blog post” post. I am posting my first blog post.