February 2009
83 posts
The Linguists →
WatchHARD TICKET TO HAWAII: THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
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Rep John Culberson, R-Houston: "ZOMG Mr. President, can I have your autograph?!"
Seriously. Did I just watching a crowd of elected representitives begging Obama for an autograph like a hoard of schoolgirls? I think I did.
Were those congressmen begging Obama for autographs?
“He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive...”
– Douglas Adams (via simko)
“I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital...”
– J. Edgar Hoover
(via dailycow)
(via bigfun)
Oscar night predictions
Best Supporting Actress - Who will win? Someone from Doubt. Who should win? Dear god, anyone else.
Best Supporting Actor - Who will win? Heath Ledger. Who should win? Without a doubt Heath Ledger. A lot of people say we’re viewing his performance through the prism of his death. And that a win would be more for what we’ve lost rather than what he left on the screen. Potential...
GOP Gov. Jindal rejects $98 million in stimulus... →
If you don’t want it, I’ll take it.
Amare Stoudemire out for the year →
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“If you watch the movie `Jaws’ backwards, it’s a movie about a shark...”
– unknown
Evolution, Facebook, and the 25 things meme →
Then something curious happened: It mutated. Since everyone who participates is supposed to paste the original instructions into her own note, it’s easy to tinker with the rules. Soon enough, 16 things (and 16 tagged friends) morphed into 15—and 17 and 22 and 35 and even 100. As the structure crumbled, more users toyed with the boundaries. Like any disease, “Random Things” was...
Economic Recession Means Fewer Shark Attacks →
Miami Vice (2006)
Aryan Brother: [Holding detonator] Shoot me, she dies. Shoot me, go ahead. Fuck it, we can all go. That's cool.
Gina: That's not what happens. What will happen is I will put a round at twenty-seven hundred feet per second into the medulla at the base of your brain. And you will be dead from the neck down before your body knows it. Your finger won't even twitch... do you believe that?
Aryan Brother: Hey, fu--BANG
Will you perceive the event that kills you? →
One way to appreciate the slowness of your perception is to compare it to the speed of mechanical devices.
What happens when a stationary Ford Falcon XT sedan is struck in the driver’s door by another vehicle traveling at 50 kilometers per hour?
0 milliseconds - An external object touches the driver’s door.
1 ms - The car’s door pressure sensor detects a pressure wave.
2 ms - An...
Dispelling the myth of 'The Wild West' →
In Abilene, Ellsworth, Wichita, Dodge City, and Caldwell, for the years from 1870 to 1885, there were only 45 total homicides. This equates to a rate of approximately 1 murder per 100,000 residents per year.
Statistics for 2007
DC – 183 Murders (31 per 100,000 residents)
New York – 494 Murders (6 per 100,000 residents)
Baltimore – 281 Murders (45 per 100,000 residents)
This post is really...
Secure Website Authentification Questions. →
What is your mother’s maiden name?
Why did you choose a liberal-arts degree when your entire family urged you to go into finance?
In what year did you begin working on your novel?
Where were you sitting when your girlfriend told you she was pregnant?
Where did you never end up going for your honeymoon?
In what year did you begin working for the post office?
How many hours did...
