Hypothesis: 'Twilight' is a horrible movie and is in the direct OPPOSITE service of progressing women as a gender in a equality-based world. Evidence cited: click link. Q.E.D.
Nov 27, 2009
News: Philippine policitian charged with 57 massacre murders
This politician ordered the killings of 57 people. Why? Because they were the wife and relatives of another Philippine politican running for governor or journalists and passers-by to cover up the murders. This second candidate has since officially filed for the election: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed
News: Shaq to pay for slain NC 5-year-old's funeral
Sad story all told, but this is at least a slight happy moment in it.
Nov 24, 2009
Update: Census worker w/ 'FED' written on chest committed suicide
Apparently it was a hoax? Worked pretty well, if it was, macarbe as that is.
Study: Adults fooled by visual illusion, but not kids
Odd. Adults are fooled by optical illusions, but kids aren't. This means that the ability to take visual context into account doesn't develop until later on in life (according to the authors anyway).
Nov 23, 2009
News: Man tries to crash car into FBI building - its a U building
Yeah. About that.
This guy thinks the FBI put a computer into his head. So he decides to run his car into the FBI building to destroy said computers. Seems reasonable enough.
Problem was, what he THOUGHT was the FBI building was actually the University of Minnesota Public Health building, causing $20K is damage.
The mistake was in the address. The FBI building is as 111 Washington Ave. He hit 1110 Washington Ave. Missed it by that much. And by 'that,' I mean a mile or so.
Nov 20, 2009
News: AOL offering VOLUNTARY resignation, trying to avoid layoffs
Wonder how good the package will be? What kind of 'severance' would it take for YOU to resign, in particular if you think that AOL won't survive on its own?
Deal: Firefly (Entire Series) BLU-RAY on Amazon GoldBox
Should be $40 or less. Yes, I have it on DVD. Yes, I'm thinking about buying it on BLU-RAY....even though I don't have a BLU-RAY player. HAHA!
Nov 18, 2009
News: Pirate Bay BitTorrent Tracker shuttered
Fear not, me hearties. A new technology is picking up where BitTorrent has been left off.
Nov 17, 2009
Deals: Some Walmart Black Friday deals leaked, confirmed
Of particular note: Sanyo 50-inch plasma 720p HDTV for $598, a Magnavox Blu-ray player for $78, a Tom Tom GPS for $59, an eMachine laptop with a 15.6-inch LCD display, 2GB memory and 160GB hard drive for $198; a Hewlett-Packard laptop with a 15.6-inch display, 3GB memory and 250GB hard drive for $298; and an Xbox 360 console with three games for $199.
News: AOL Time Warner to split back to original companies
Thank God. This was the worst merger in recent memory. Nothing good came from this, though it should have. Now, they are going their separate ways. Now, the question is this: what will/can AOL do to survive?
Nov 16, 2009
Update: SDSU nearly beats U of M Football
OK. About that. A few days ago, I posited that U of M should run up the score for the insult of SDSU actually playing the game, as opposed to the more honorable forfeit. What occured on Saturday, I would like to describe as a fluke. Not sure if that actually fits though. It is monumentally sad that the 16-13 game was as close as it was. If we're that bad at football, we should really stop playing. And focus on Hockey since we're actually good at that. Take all that scholarship money and give it to...oh, I don't know...IT students. There's some poetic justice for you.
Nov 13, 2009
Sports: U of M Gophers VS. SD State Jackrabbits - Saturday
OK. The reason I'm posting this is simple.
WTF.
That's pretty much it. I realize that they wanted to be all legit and Division I and all. But seriously? They are really making the trip to Minneapolis to get their @$$es handed to them by a REAL D-1 football team? Yikes. I hope they run up the score.
Is forfeit really more embarrassing than what's going to happen tomorrow?
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