December 2008
Size Matters
maxistentialist:
Only 18 countries are larger than Alaska.
In related news, 159 countries have populations larger than Alaska.
From the Christmas Highlight Reel...
Mahm: (reading an "ice breaking" cardgame) What is the most important quality in a marriage?
Uncle Freddy: Length.
“The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you’re not...”
– Keith Olbermann…as seen on a Starbucks cup.
New year’s resolution: Do not do their work for them.
Happy Newton Day! →
hunsonisgroovy:
Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday is on the 25th of December. Next year I’ll be celebrating his REAL birthday rather than someone who I’m not sure really existed. But hey, thanks for starting the tradition Jesus.
Yessss…I love new traditions.
From the Christmas Highlight Reel...
Aunt: We should have a shed because our garage gets all cluttered with stuff and...
Cousin: But where would you put the shed?
Dad: In the garage.
“Alan Greenspan got me a present! (shake, shake) Is it a dying stock market?”
– My Republican brother, upon seeing that I labelled all of his presents with a Reagan administration theme.
Today, more than any other day, I wish I could go...
rackattack:
December 2007, I miss you.
The library
…is ten degrees warmer than my house and has wifi that I don’t have to thief from the neighbors.
Why have I been working at home for the past three days?
SPACE BEER. →
100% barley beer, made exclusively with grains grown in a lab orbiting the Earth.
Finally they found a way to get rid of that gravitational aftertaste.
“Two eggs. Finer, cool, a few spots of rain. One of the pigeons is dead – cause...”
– George Orwell, from his journal on this date 70 years ago (12/21/1938).
From The Orwell Diaries.
Madlibs with my parents.
Me: ...Ok, name a tool.
Mom: Your father.
Dad: I was going to say "your mother".
fuck you, facebook
rowr:
scout:
for showing me things i don’t want or need to see
But it is my own fault everytime.
Yeah. Most of the time.
If you're an NBA team, will firing the coach in... →
davidmunk:
If you made the playoffs the year before, the answer is yes. Otherwise, not a whole lot.
I have found that statistical analysis of things that matter (acreage grain yields, change in unemployment) is really boring, but analysis of things that are totally meaningless (on-base percentage, free-throw percentage against height) is fascinating.
That’s the way to make good use of...
Proposed 15% obesity tax applies to regular sodas →
davidmunk:
nique:
Milk, juice, bottled water, and diet soda are exempt. I don’t know how I feel about this one yet…
If we can tax cigarettes for being a health hazard, I don’t see why it’s not okay to tax sugary soda. Whether the subsequent reduction in soda consumption will result in meaningful health gains is another story. My guess = no. But hey, what do I know about health. In any case,...
Proposed 15% obesity tax applies to regular sodas →
Milk, juice, bottled water, and diet soda are exempt. I don’t know how I feel about this one yet…
“I didn’t know what the guy said, but I saw his sole.”
– George W Bush, being delightfully playful and poking fun at himself twofold. (as seen in this week’s Time magazine)
Ah, hahahaha! Chemists know EVERYTHING! →
Also, Shirley Corriher is awesome. As are cookies.
Women are better at assembling Swedish modular... →
Yeah, but do they all know how to use a lipstick tube as a level?
Me: I am dressed like I am ready to be attacked by a polar bear and she is going out in THAT?
Minette: NO ONE is ready to be attacked by a polar bear.
