Dec 2, 2009

News: SD group studies plan to sell wind power to MN

A) Doesn't MN have enough wind power already? I see the turbines everywhere. B) I realize that SD probably doesn't need it, but selling off green power to another state? How about selling it to your own residents first?

News: Annual PNC Christmas Index is out!

Every year, PNC puts out the PNC Christmas Index, which is based on the cost of buying all the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas song. Fun and funny stuff.

Dec 1, 2009

News: Annual PNC Christmas Index is out!

Every year, PNC puts out the PNC Christmas Index, which is based on the cost of buying all the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas song. Fun and funny stuff.

Nov 30, 2009

Yale report: 1 in 4 US Teen girls has a STD

Holy crap. Something has GOT to be wrong here. Sampling error? Something.

Op-Ed: The '00s: Goodbye to the Decade from Hell

From the submission - Bookended by 9/11 and a financial wipeout, the first 10 years of the century will likely go down as the most dispiriting decade Americans have lived through since World War II. Funny stuff.

Comic: Pearls Before Swine 11/27/09

This was so bad...I had to post it.

Comic: XKCD 11/30/09

Take that Physics people!!!

Nov 27, 2009

List: 20 (HORRIBLE) things Twilight teaches girls

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.

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!