I came away from reading Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt's recent book, Freakonomics, with a Republican-esque disdain for the (illegal) drug industry. The crack boom helped knock blacks a few decades backward in catching up to white America's socioeconomic status, fuel a crime wave that lasted until the early 1990s, and basically fuck us up [...]
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I've always been introverted, and above average in the smarts department, but until now I only had years of As and high standardized test scores to back me up in my claim of intellectual superiority. I knew someday, some scientists would cook up something else for me to fuel my claims, and that day has [...]
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Don't you love the holidays? All the festivities, the quality time spent with the fam, the food, the decorations, the crazed shoppers stepping over each other to get the best deals on Black Friday…. Well, I was asleep at 5 AM when most of the Black Friday sales started, and I'm not so sure I [...]
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As my comrade David brought to my attention, a few recent Penny Arcade comics have done perfectly accurate job telling the experiences of many Xbox Fanboys over the past week while attempting to procure a copy of the elusive Xbox 360 gaming console. I couldn't have said it better myself, so I'll just post the [...]
Filed under: gaming, humor on November 26th, 2005 | No Comments »
Ready to get into the holiday spirit, and whatnot, yadda yadda?
Well, prepare to bow before these folks, because they have constructed the most unbe-fucking-lievable Christmas light setup on the planet.
Via Engadget
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technorati tags: christmas, humor, lights, video
Filed under: humor on November 21st, 2005 | No Comments »
Alright, this is hillarious. Click the link and watch the video and prepare to laugh. God, this would be the perfect office prank!
Katazukue - the tidy table
The page sums it up quite nicely. No, actually, this quote sums it up perfectly:
"Katazukue is a table which ensures it is always clear. The table has a powerful [...]
Filed under: humor on November 11th, 2005 | No Comments »
Let's recap. The Miers nomination finally fizzled out, Libby was indicted, and the rest of the White House clan (Rove, Cheney, Card) is still in danger. For the first time in five years, the Bush Administration hasn't gotten away with their antics. I said it before the 2004 election, reaffirmed it afterward, and I'll point [...]
Filed under: news on November 2nd, 2005 | No Comments »