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It’s Thanksgiving; a holiday where obesity and over-eating are not only rationalized but encouraged! You’ve only had one helping of turkey and stuffing? Do you not like the meal I’ve been diligently preparing for over nine hours? There you go…load the plate until you can’t carry it. On a sad note, I’m yet again posting […]

I’d just like to say that despite all the stereotyping, girls are just as violent and disgusting as guys. For the first video: I knew a guy who was constantly practicing those same moves, but unfortunately he wasn’t as dexterous or as quick as the girl in the video. He shredded his hands to ribbons […]

On November 22 during a live speech by Dick Cheney CNN experienced a graphical malfunction. For just a moment viewers saw this image on their screen:Here’s the link to The Drudge Report that has some quotes from CNN explaining what happened, but I’ll save you the time and explain it here. On linear and non-linear […]

I waste so much time playing with stupid little games like this.

There are a handful of television shows and movies I will forever associate with what Douglas Coupland called “Generation X.” For example, “Slacker” and “Clerks” are two movies that completely capture the Gen-X attitude and experience. As for television shows, I’d be hard-pressed to propose a better example of the Gen-X zeitgeist than “Beavis and […]

Leigh and I are in Waco visiting my parents, which forces me to use their slow-as-molasses Internet connection. They have Starband satellite internet, but don’t let the coolness factor of the satellite fool you…I could just as quickly walk to the Blogger offices, where ever they’re located, and hand the receptionist a hard copy of […]

Mark Geigel has the coolest license plate ever. Check it out:The funniest thing about that license plate is that it is not a vanity plate; it was randomly selected by the Florida DMV. Read the Smoking Gun article for the fully story.

I think everyone’s pretty much heard about this by now, I know I’ve been following it on BoingBoing and other forums for several weeks, but if you have attempted to rip any audio CD made by Sony or BGM you may have unintentionally installed a particularly nasty spyware program. If you only read article about […]

While staring into space to avoid completing an annotated bibliography which is due tomorrow, I experienced a brief flash of genius followed immediately by the realization that I’m not a genius at all, but a procrastinating dummy who should finish his work. I’ll explain. I was staring at bibliographic citations on my computer screen hoping […]

Take this little quiz and find out what obsolete skill best represents you. Kind of fun, but some of the questions need better answer choices. I’m happy with my results, but I don’t think the author really understood what “stoic” means. Here’s my results: You are ‘Latin’. Even among obsolete skills, the tongue of the […]