One Hell Of A Cold Front
Map says it all. Look, for exampl, at the difference between southwest Illinois (16 degrees), and Nashville (42 degrees) — only a couple hundred miles apart.
Transcripts And Audio Of 911 Calls
Actually, they are "999" calls, because "999" is what they have in Britain for "911". Courtesy of The Guardian. Dramatic stuff. All with the consent of the 999 callers. Here's a short segment from with 999 operator talking a young woman through childbirth (the whole thing is about 10 minutes long): The Birth Op Right, OK. Where are you now at the … Read More
The Perils of AutoComplete
Elizabeth (Lizzy) Frisinger, age 18, pictured on the right, lost her virginity during a school trip. She texted her friend, Darcy, about it, saying how "Gr8" it was. Well, she meant to txt Darcy. In truth, she txted "Dad" by mistake (since "Darcy" and "Dad" are beside each other in the her "contacts") Dad was not amused. True story. … Read More
Online Xmas Shopping This Year?
A handy-dandy list of deadlines for various online retailers — i.e., deadlines to ensure that your packages arrive on time….
Go And Get A Loaf Of My Bread
Joe Cocker's Woodstock performance of "A Little Help From My Friends, with subtitles so you can understand what's he's saying:
Sometimes The Headline Is All You Need To Read
Case in point: Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph Although, I will admit, the last line of the article amused me as well: A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a man. Good call.
BlahBlahfish
Blahblahfish takes some English, translates it to another language, and then back to English, so you can see what gets lost in translation. Earlier today, I wrote a post entitled "Vatican Forgives Lennon". Here's the same post, after a Blahblahfish translation from English to French to English: The Vatican forgives Lennon Nice, if not little one late. But in a … Read More
Palin Blabs On As Turkey Gets Murdered
She went there to pardon a turkey, and we can assume that one getting slaughtered behind wasn't supposed to be the one intended to be pardoned. Nevertheless, it's pretty grizzly (and consider that a warning) I don't think there's any thing meta-analysis-wise to be said, save for the fact that she does seem to "invite criticism" everytime she steps in front … Read More
“The Plan” by Jack Handey
The plan isn’t foolproof. For it to work, certain things must happen: —The door to the vault must have accidentally been left open by the cleaning woman. —The guard must bend over to tie his shoes and somehow he gets all the shoelaces tied together. He can’t get them apart, so he takes out his gun and shoots all his … Read More
Three Very Accurate Pie Charts
Accurate: Also accurate: File under "Can't get any more accurate that this":