Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot. Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth. And remember, it’s not the people … Read More
Tuvan Throat Singing Rocks!
Tuvan throat singing is a style of singing (well, chanting really) where your voice creates flute-like overtones. That's what you need to listen to in this video — not the voice, but the melody of the overtones:
Dunder Mifflin Is Now An Actual Paper Company For Realz
Here's the ad: How did it come about? NBC worked out a deal with a real paper company called Quill.com. Here's the link.
Raw Deal for Paterno
I'm not a Penn State fan; I'm not even a follower of college football. But as I understand it, after 46 seasons, Penn State college football coach legend (he's a "legend" apparently, although I wouldn't know) Joe Paterno has been removed from his position because he supposedly exercised bad judgment back in 2002. What happened was, he was told by … Read More
It’s Official: We Haven’t Contacted Aliens Yet
In response to an actual petition, the White House was forced to disclose the following information today: The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden … Read More
Angry Birds Analyzed
Not going to quote from it, just point to it: an interesting schloarly article about why Angry Birds caught on. I love it when very unserious things are looked at seriously.
It’s Getting Crowded
When I was born, I was the 3,167,000,594th person. How do I know? This site told me. Even with people dying (e.g., Steve Jobs), there are now twice as many people on Earth as when I was born. More than twice. In fact, I was (roughly) the 3 billionth person born, and we're expecting the 7 billionth person any day now. … Read More
Harsh But True <> “Ad Hominem”
In a brilliant piece yesterday, Paul Krugman gives voice to a phenomenon that I, too have noticed lately, to wit, that rightwing commentators, pundits and bloggers (Patterico's Pontifications, I'm looking at you!) can't tell the difference between a valid, albiet brutializing, policy argument, and an "ad hominem" argument where you just call someone a name. Paul, you have the floor: … Read More
Food For Thought
Lawyers, journalists, investment bankers — they are liabilities, not leaders, in the zombie-infested world…. In the zombie apocalypse, your J.D. is worthless — which is actually not so different from the real world of recent years. – Torie Bosch, in a thought-provoking Slate article entitled First, Eat All the Lawyers, arguing that the boom in zombie-related entertainment reflects, and is fueled by, … Read More
25 Years Ago Today
The Wall Street Journal asks: "Where Were You On Buckner Day?" Billy seems to have taken it all in stride: …and most of New England has forgiven him.
Photo Of The Day
You don't see that roadsign very often in America. The story behind is even more bizarre than the sign itself. Before committing suicide, the owner of an exotic animal farm in Zanesville, Ohio, opened the doors and cut the wires to the cages of the wild animals. Some of the animals, including leopards managed to "feast" on the owner's dead … Read More