My Name is Roger, and I'm an alcoholic

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/my_name_is_roger_and_im_an_alc.html

The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals

Self-Enforcing Protocols

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/self-enforcing.html

Wizards Are Assholes

http://www.boatcrime.com/2009/07/19/wizards-are-assholes/

Risk Intuition

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/risk_intuition.html

Bear Shaving

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/bear-shaving.html

How To Find A Job When You're Unemployed

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-the-secret-to-finding-a-job-when-youre-unemployed-2009-8

Arguments Are Overrated

http://www.businessinsider.com/arguments-are-overrated-2009-7

At The Center Of The New Jersey Political Scandal: A One-Man, Walking Truth Serum

http://www.businessinsider.com/solomon-dwek-a-actually-one-man-truth-serum-2009-7

A Scanner To Detect Terrorists

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8153539.stm

Will taking drugs help your career? Maybe you need Adderall

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/07/23/will-taking-drugs-help-your-career-maybe-you-need-adderall/

SMBC 7/19/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1582

Software Engineering: Dead?

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001288.html

Bless me Father, for I have sinned

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/07/bless_me_father_for_i_have_sin.html

North Korean Cyber Attacks

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/north_korean_cy.html

The Seven Types Of Employees You Meet At Best Buy

http://gizmodo.com/5311140/the-seven-types-of-employees-you-meet-at-best-buy/gallery/

Wolfram Alpha and hubristic user interfaces

http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/07/wolfram-alpha-and-hubristic-user.html

The Confusion

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/07/the-confusion.html

Information Leakage from Keypads

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/information_lea_1.html

SMBC 7/2/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1565

The Lie Detector

THE LIE DETECTOR

John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmick. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change. One day John came home with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector.

It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son, returned home from school. Tommy was over 2 hours late. "Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?" asked John.

"Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project," said Tommy.

The robot walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of his chair. "Son," said John, "this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you really were after school."

"We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie." said Tommy.

"What did you watch?" asked Marsha."The Ten Commandments." answered Tommy.

The robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him off his chair. With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, "I am sorry I lied. We really watched a tape called Sex Queen."

"I am ashamed of you son," said John. "When I was your age, I never lied to my parents."

The robot walked around to John and delivered a whack that nearly knocked him out of his chair.

Marsha doubled over in laughter, almost in tears and said, "Boy, did you ever ask for that one! You can't be too mad with Tommy. After all, he is your son!"

The robot walked around to Marsha and knocked her out of her chair.

The Explainer - Signing away your rights

http://www.velonews.com/article/94079


This applies to a lot more than just bicycling.

Security, Group Size, and the Human Brain

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/security_group.html

Priced To Sell

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell

Why I Changed My Mind On The Community Reinvestment Act

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-changed-my-mind-on-the-community-reinvestment-act-2009-6

SMBC 6/17/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1550

This might just work.

Nabaztag, the multipurpose Internet-connected Rabbit

http://www.violet.net/landing/nabaztag_us_usd.html?gclid=CP_g_4-ukJsCFQubnAoduEafoA

I'm pretty sure I'm not interested.

Can I have 4 laps of your time, Mr Mosley?

http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/06/can-i-have-4-laps-of-your-time-mr.html

Meat Dress

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/06/meat_dress.html

Got Him!

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/image/5339560/?ref_id=5339554&img_list=5339560%2C5339559

It's a good thing they caught this guy.

Panasonic's limp remote concept is both cool and unsettling

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/06/panasonics-limp.php

Direct and Useful Project Feedback

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/direct-and-useful-project-feedback.html

Do you belong in NYC? Take the test

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/06/11/do-you-belong-in-nyc-take-the-test/

SMBC 6/10/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1543

Shall We Gather At The River?

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/shall_we_gather_at_the_river.html

Explosm 6/9/09

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1681/

40 Fantastic Sand Sculptures

http://abduzeedo.com/40-fantastic-sand-sculptures

Clever Combination Door Lock Design

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/06/clever_combinat.html

Social Skills

http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/06/05/social-skills/

I stand accused of being like this from time to time.

Vincent P. Falk and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coats

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/vincent_p_falk_and_his_amazing.html

Webcam Window Fail

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=372_1243563675

Epic Vom Bom

http://thisisphotobomb.com/2009/05/26/photobomb-that-guy-epic-vom-bom/

Jerry's is Moving

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/downtown/2009/06/jerrys-hotdogs-looking-to-expa.html

I hope they stay downtown, but move somewhere with close parking.  They definitely need the room.

Burning Martians

http://www.veryshortlist.com/science/daily.cfm/review/1250/Website/mars-robots-may-have-destroyed-evidence-of-life/

This is what would have happened if I'd designed the experiment.

What To Say To Negative People

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded, " Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. How are you getting there?"


"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"


"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. Where are you staying in Rome ?"


"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."


" Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it's gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."


"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."


"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. "You and a million other people are trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."


A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.


"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "Not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28 year old steward who waited on me hand and foot.


The hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"


"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."


"Actually, we were quite lucky. As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."


"Oh, really! What'd he say?"


He said, "Who fucked up your hair?"

Who Cares What People Write?

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/05/31/who-cares-what-people-write/

Good points.

HASTILY MADE CLEVELAND TOURISM VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

Putting things in perspective is good!

The science behind the dishwasher

http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2009/05/26/the-science-behind-the-dishwasher/

Original article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/garden/21fix.html?_r=2

Yes, you're not supposed to pre-rinse dishes.  That's stupid, though, if you don't run the dishwasher every day.  It's just my wife and I, and it usually takes several days to get enough dishes dirty for a full load.  I'm not going to leave dirty dishes sitting in there for long periods of time.  That wouldn't smell good at all, and I can imagine what a feast it would be for the cockroaches and ants.

Barrel Racing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_lange/3566394491/

No horses were injured while taking this photograph.

The color purple?

http://www.veryshortlist.com/web/daily.cfm/review/1232/Website/munsell-hue-test/

This is pretty cool.  I got a 3.

The Case for Working With Your Hands

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&emc=eta1

I actually feel like I'm working with my hands when I program.

Bird Brains

http://www.veryshortlist.com/science/daily.cfm/review/1235/Website/universal-language-of-bird-song/

That's a really cool experiment.

Ahem: NYT Reporter Who Defaulted On Subprime Mortage Left Out Key Details

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-ahem-nyt-reporter-who-defaulted-on-subprime-mortage-left-out-key-details-2009-5

How Science History Works

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1523

This makes me laugh.

Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html

I didn't know.

A clean sheet of paper

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/05/a-clean-sheet-of-paper.html

It's always easier to give people what they want when they know what they want.

Roommate Confessions

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1775923

Wow!  The last one is the worst.

Good grammar might derail your career

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/

Confessions of an Introverted Traveler

http://www.worldhum.com/features/speakers-corner/confessions-of-an-introverted-traveler-20090309/

This is how I like to travel.

How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs

http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_21/b4132026786379.htm

things overheard at work

http://cubewallsarentsoundproof.blogspot.com/2009/04/id-explain-it-further-but-i-ran-out-of.html

I've actually heard this one used.  Unfortunately the guy saying this ran out of crayons because he had eaten them all.  That was after he ate all his paste.

Bike Jump Fail

http://failblog.org/2009/05/14/bike-jump-fail/

I bet this bike came from Wal-Mart.

Interview well by knowing what's coming

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/14/interview-well-by-knowing-whats-coming/

Not that I know anyone who's looking for a job...

Attacking the Food Supply

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/05/attacking_the_f.html

SMBC 5/13/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1515

Hellen Keller

http://twitter.com/Helen_Keller

Someone's going to hell for this.  Probably me for linking it.

Secrets of the Deep

http://nymag.com/news/features/56609/

I can't imagine actually wanting to dive anywhere around there.

Ignore Sunk Costs

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/05/ignore-sunk-costs.html

So very true.

The 75% Answer

http://lbrandy.com/blog/2009/05/the-75-answer/

I usually think of it as 80%, but otherwise I agree.

Bunny Boiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_boiler

A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

If you understand this, then you're a computer geek.

BMW F800S Garage Door Opener

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-Bxifv2Pk

My openers left home years ago and won't come back.

eBay is saving archeology by killing the antiquities market

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/05/ebay-is-saving-archeology-by-killing-the-antiquities-market.ars

Today's Word Is...

http://www.veryshortlist.com/web/daily.cfm/review/1182/Website/my-first-dictionary/

Why Has the U.S.-Owned Auto Industry Failed in North America?

http://www.oftwominds.com/blogmay09/bigthree05-09.html

Very nicely said.  No one buys our cars because they're still pieces of shit.

Vegan Condoms

http://www.glydeamerica.com/

Finally!  I was getting so tired of my children having to sleep with only carnivores.

Art student's car vanishing act

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8030766.stm

I like illusions.

1999 World Superbike Nurburgring - The Oil Spill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08p-414uGY

Lehman's Amazing Lack Of Real Estate Sophistication

http://www.businessinsider.com/lehmans-amazing-lack-of-real-estate-sophistication-2009-5

When you make a living flipping things, you'll eventually get caught holding things you can't afford.

EuroDjangoConf2009 Keynote All Over Your Twitters

http://zedshaw.com/blog/2009-05-04.html

I'm not sure if I'd really classify him as "so fucking awesome," but this is a nice speech.

Famine, Fertilizer & World War 1

http://fearandloath.us/famine-fertilizer-world-war-1.html


Edwin Grubbs is the smartest Martian I've ever met. This is a good article he's recommending.

Change

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2009/05/03/change/

The banal brazenness of telescammers

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/05/the-brazen-banality-of-telescammers.html

I'd always suspected this, but it's nice to hear it confirmed.

SMBC 5/2/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1504

The real truth comes out.

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 hands-on

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/ubuntu-netbook-remix-904-hands

I installed UNR on my netbook and I'm really pleased with it.

There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690627522614525.html

This is interesting.

Amazing Superpowers 4/30/09

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/168-1.htm

Whatever works.

Stop motion with wolf and pig.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4

I keep seeing references to this video, so I guess I have to post it.  I watched it and it's pretty good.

TwitPic - Denton Police

http://twitpic.com/photos/DentonPolice

I keep looking for people I know.

Learning How to Count (Avoiding The Fencepost Problem)

http://betterexplained.com/articles/learning-how-to-count-avoiding-the-fencepost-problem/

Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4315103.html?page=1

What The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Brouhaha Teaches Us About Financial Regulation

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-the-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-brouhaha-teaches-us-about-financial-regulation-2009-4

Kevin Smith explains what happened to his Superman movie

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/27/kevin-smith-explains.html

This sounds eerily like a few software projects I've been on.

Here's Where Swine Flu Came From

http://imgur.com/27K39.jpg

Look At This Fucking Hipster

http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/

I keep looking for my step-kids, nieces, nephews, and cousins on here. I am definitely in the "old" camp now.

The Management Myth

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200606/stewart-business

A Leg Up

http://www.veryshortlist.com/science/daily.cfm/review/1170/Gadget/honda-robot-legs/

I know a couple of people who could use this.

Castrol EDGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqld7wqmlFs&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5ms9PJDNY

The "Grease Monkeys" is obvious.  "Thinking with your dipstick, Jimmy" is slightly less obvious.

Swine Flu on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&z=5

I think I'll ride northwest of town this week.

BASE Fatality List

http://www.splatula.com/bfl/

This isn't a list you want to be on.

4 Things to Consider Before You Try to Join the Amish

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/25/4-things-to-consider.html

5. Floyd Landis is/was mennonite.

Drug-Sub Culture

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26drugs-t.html?_r=1

I wish I had one of these.  I'm not sure what I'd do with it, but it's really cool.

Global Warming Delusions

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119258265537661384.html

Graffiti Archaeology

http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/flash/view.htm

This is really cool.

Fantastic Scrabble commercials

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/24/fantastic-scrabble-c.html

I enjoyed the commercial more than I enjoy the game.

Send In The Clowns

http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/1174/Web_video/philips-carousel-adam-berg/?vp

I'm glad I'm not in the middle of this one.

Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack: twisted comedy that makes you laugh and look away

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/24/perry-bible-fellowsh-1.html

I really like PBF.  I keep hoping there will be new strips sometime.

A Sight One Cannot Unsee

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U.S. Is Said to Prepare Filing for Chrysler Bankruptcy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/24chrysler.html?_r=4&hp

When big trees fall, it's best if you're not standing in their way.

Why Housing Is Not Coming Back

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-housing-is-not-coming-back-2009-4

Sorry.

The Butt Race, a 1965 stop-motion movie

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/22/the-butt-race-a-1965.html

I wish I had this idea in 1965... Unfortunately, I wasn't born yet.

Time for a barium smoothie - Yum!

http://www.economysizegeek.com/2009/04/22/time-for-a-barium-smoothie-yum/

I hope I don't need one of these any time soon.

What, What In the Butt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU&feature=PlayList&p=980FB20D1A3BBAA9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/165193

I like the Butters version better.

RIP Kurt

This seems to be a common theme lately:

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/155.htm
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/22/maybe-too-soon/

4/22/09 Explosm

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1632/

This is something I would say.

The Enicycle: A Self Balancing Electric UniCycle

http://hacknmod.com/hack/enicycle-a-self-balancing-motoized-unicycle/

This I would buy, for the right price.

Fuck the [Font] Foundries

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/04/21/fuck-the-foundries

No shit, fuck 'em!

Your Eyes Suck At Blue

http://nfg.2y.net/games/ntsc/visual.shtm

Mine certainly do.

This Is Broken

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/this-is-broken.html

It certainly is.

The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown

http://www.wired.com/print/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom

Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism

http://lesswrong.com/lw/c1/wellkept_gardens_die_by_pacifism/

Lately it was Digg, then Reddit, then...

Photo Manipulations by Erik Johansson

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/03/13/photo-manipulations-by-erik-johansson/

I don't have any interest in being a photographer, but it would be cool to be able to make pictures like these.

Why I Fired My Broker

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200905/goldberg-economy

I am so stupid when it comes to investing that it's scary.  I have not the time, inclination, or mental skills necessary to be good at it.  I have known this as long as I can remember, and I always will know this.  You are stupid too, I promise.  Do you know it?

The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-painful-truth-trainers-Are-expensive-running-shoes-waste-money.html

I think the best advice is to not run.  Bicycles are where it's at.

What if our tech is good enough?

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/what-if-our-tech-is-good-enough--589169?src=rss&attr=all

This why I have two 9 year old bicycles, a 10 year old car, a 13 year old truck, an 8 year old tv, and computers with last-generation components.  They all do everything I need them to do.  Believe me, I'm always looking for excuses to upgrade, but it's rare that I can actually justify it.

The Way It Is

http://www.pbandjelly.org/2009/04/the-way-it-is/

Ken Block Gymkhana Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms

Tools Explained by a Do-It-Yourselfer

http://www.dinosaursandrobots.com/2009/04/tools-explained-by-do-it-yourselfer.html

What Would Jesus NOT Do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOfjkl-3SNE

Engadget endorses Monster Cable? Uh, hell no.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/engadget-endorses-monster-cable-uh-hell-no/

How To Nail An Interview (22 Tips)

http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/

Santa Monica BMW's Checkmate

http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1675-santa-monica-bmws-checkmate

Teenage Virgins II

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/teenage-virgins-ii/

Schuster: If You're Planning Tea Bagging Across The Country, 'You're Going To Need A Dick Armey'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-OWDjOQfI&feature=player_embedded

Killer Spoons 149

http://www.killerspoons.com/spoon149.html

Lessons in Survival

http://www.newsweek.com/id/184156/output/print

Caring for your Introvert

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch

Harvard: the Inside Story of Its Finance Meltdown

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/080_harvard_finance_meltdown.html

Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-04/ff_perfectmemory?currentPage=1

Tweenbots

http://www.tweenbots.com/

I hate David Dellifield. The one from Ada, Ohio.

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/04/13/i-hate-david-dellifield-the-one-from-ada-ohio/

the "blog" of "unneccesary" quotation marks

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

How Ford Avoided the Meltdown that Hit GM, Chrysler

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30134908

Parrot asks, "What'd the frozen turkey want?"

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/04/parrot_says_what_did_the_froze.html

Johann Hari: How to spot a lame, lame argument

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-how-to-spot-a-lame-lame-argument-1667373.html

Have you ever legalized marijuana?

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html

That's Where He Went

http://www.economysizegeek.com/2009/04/09/thats-where-he-went/

Social Networking Identity Theft Scams

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/social_networki.html

How Can Mortgage Securities Be Worth So Little When Houses Aren't Going To Zero?

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-can-mortgage-securities-be-worth-so-little-when-houses-arent-going-to-zero-2009-4

Square Butts Burger King Music Video with SpongeBob Square Pants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X4TSbGreA

4/8/09 Achewood

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04082009

The Coffee Mug

http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/04/08/the-coffee-mug/

4/7/09 SMBC

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1479

What to Fear

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/what_to_fear.html

The Dark Side of Dubai

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

Why Newspaper and Music Comparisons are No Longer Relevant

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/04/07/why-newspaper-and-music-comparisons-are-no-longer-relevant-why-the-ap-is-right/

On Becoming Proactive

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/on-becoming-proactive.html

KILJ MOM

http://greglange.blogspot.com/2009/04/kilj-mom.html

Gronstal blocks amendment to reverse Iowa marriage equality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2s2R5qKhbo

Identifying People using Anonymous Social Networking Data

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/identifying_peo.html

4/6/09 Amazing Superpowers

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/161.htm

The War Nerd: This Is How the Carriers Will Die

http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carriers-will-die/

The Banker Who Said No

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/03/banking-andy-beal-business-wall-street-beal.html

Poisoning the well

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/poisoning-the-well.html

Behind The Scenes At NetFlix

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/08/23/netflix/

The real cause of the financial crisis

http://semyondukach.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-cause-of-financial-crisis.html

Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_depressed_distant_since

9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/frequent_er_patients_5

Pixar vs. Dreamworks

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3398960470_05527c04b1_b.jpg

Gall's Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%27s_law

Museum of Bad Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Of_Bad_Art

Lack of Motive

http://www.ubersoft.net/comic/hd/2009/04/lack-motive

Pregnancy Question Fail

http://failblog.org/2009/04/01/pregnancy-question-fail/

FedEx Funeral

http://greglange.blogspot.com/2009/03/fedex-funeral.html

GM's Problems are 50 Years in the Making

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/03/gms-problems-are-50-years-in-making.html

Three Mile Island Memories

http://www.cringely.com/2009/03/three-mile-island-memories/

Chicago Sun-Times files for bankruptcy

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/31/chicago-sun-times-files-for-bankruptcy/

My Manhattan Project: How I helped build the bomb that blew up Wall Street.

http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=My+Manhattan+Project&expire=&urlID=35003522&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2F55687%2F&partnerID=73272

10 Time-Tested Ways to Make Money

http://personalmba.com/10-ways-to-make-money/

Shanghai: The Extra Mile

http://slamxhype.com/blogs/shanghai-that-extra-mile/

Cezanne and BS

http://greglange.blogspot.com/2009/03/cezanne-and-bs.html

What They Used To Teach You At Stanford Business School

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2009/03/29/what-they-used-to-teach-you-at-stanford-business-school

Wind-powered car breaks record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7968860.stm

Scientists film HIV spreading for first time

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/5058131/Scientists-film-HIV-spreading-for-first-time.html

The Monster Inside My Son

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/26/bauer_autism/print.html

But Enough About You …

http://www.slate.com/id/2213740/pagenum/all/

The Real World Threw Up All Over Us

http://www.slate.com/id/2214712/

Costco

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2009/03/28/costco/

Why Marriages Fail

http://www.shrinktalk.net/archives/why_marriages_fail_1.phtml

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-snowball--warren-buffett-and-the-business-of-life-by-alice-schroeder-15093

Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/magazine/17-04/mf_settlers

Mythbusters Explosion Breaks Windows, Tosses Women Off Couches

http://i.gizmodo.com/5185629/mythbusters-explosion-breaks-windows-tosses-women-off-couches

The Quiet Coup

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice

Cat Shit One

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Meow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs

Stop pouring hot water down the drain!

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/1010/stop-pouring-hot-water-down-the-drain.html

How to Spot the "Uncoachables"

http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/goldsmith/2009/03/how_to_spot_the_uncoachables.html

Dear A.I.G., I Quit!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/opinion/25desantis.html

Trucks Fail

http://failblog.org/2009/03/24/trucks-fail/

How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke

http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Recession+or+no+recession%2C+many+NFL%2C+NBA+and+Major+League+-+03.23.09+-+SI+Vault&expire=&urlID=34789760&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1153364%2Findex.htm&partnerID=289881

Tips for the Sophisticated Fugitive

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/weekinreview/22powell.html?ref=weekinreview

Smart People Really Do Think Faster

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102169531

No user serviceable parts inside

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1348321

We Gon' Make Love (Until You Wake Up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFdBOKeWz5A

Yeah, but he really knows his stuff...

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/yeah-but-he-really-knows-his-stuff.html

Woman faces charge seldom used: Stalking

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Woman_faces_charge_seldom_used_Stalking.html

How to Drop Off an Unwanted Baby

http://www.wikihow.com/Drop-Off-an-Unwanted-Baby

Madoff Employee Breaks Silence

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-19/madoff-employee-breaks-silence/full/

How to Lose 30 Pounds in 24 Hours: The Definitive Guide to Cutting Weight

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/03/18/how-to-cut-weight/

Gmail Undo Send

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-in-labs-undo-send.html

Parrot Secrets/Bowling for Dollars

http://www.cringely.com/2009/03/parrot-secrets/

http://www.cringely.com/2009/03/bowling-for-dollars/

90% Tax? Now, We Really ARE Screwed

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-90-bonus-tax-now-we-really-are-screwed-2009-3

Personal Renewal

http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/sections/writings_speech_1.html

For Sale: the $100 House

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08barlow.html?_r=2

Why People Pick Stocks: Cause It's Freakin' Fun

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-people-pick-stocks-cause-its-freakin-fun-2009-3

Leaving Infants in the Car

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/03/leaving_infants.html

SR-71 Disintegrates Around Pilot During Flight Test

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/sr-71_break-up.htm

Bernard Madoff’s Courtroom Confession About His Ponzi Scheme

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&refer=special_report&sid=aPIRfDAqvRy8

Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/media/17paper.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

3/16/09 Amazing Super Powers

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/155-1.htm

3/16/09 Geek Hero

http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/03/16/love-at-first-chat/

You have to be a true computer geek to get this.

Parrot Secrets

http://www.cringely.com/2009/03/parrot-secrets/

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable

http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/

Where is the internet when we need it ?

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/03/13/where-is-the-internet-when-we-need-it/

Lithium Batteries Charge Ahead

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090311/full/news.2009.156.html

You Can't Soak The Rich

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121124460502305693.html

Duty Calls: Dinner With the Führer

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/weekinreview/08vinciguerra.html?_r=1

Gorillaz

There's a story I once heard of some people who had a friend that was very fond of LSD.  One night one of them dressed in a pink gorilla suit and hid in this guy's apartment.  When the acid-addled gentleman returned home, the friend jumped out of the closet in the gorilla suit and beat him with a large cucumber, then ran away.  This video has nothing to do with that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUqdlyDaYbo

Twitter Done Right

http://twitter.com/TheMime

Charlie

You can never have too much Charlie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCSXr6qnv4&feature=related

Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/08/big-music-will-surrender-but-not-until-at-least-2011/

Scalable vs. Non-Scalable Careers

http://ben.casnocha.com/2009/03/scalable-vs-non-scalable-careers.html

For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/sports/basketball/04freethrow.html?ref=sports&pagewanted=all

John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression.html

The Smart Execs Leave Before The Fall

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/smart-execs-leave-before-the-fall/

Wall Street on the Tundra

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/04/iceland200904?printable=true&currentPage=all

Amazon's Kindle for iPhone hits the App Store

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/amazons-kindle-for-iphone-hits-the-app-store/

Quantifying the Nightmare Scenarios

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/quantifying-the-nightmare-scenarios/

The Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Letter

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/03/the-berkshire-hathaway-2008-annual-letter.html

Beware of trade guilds maintaining the status quo

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/beware-of-trade-guilds-maintaining-the-status-quo.html

AP IMPACT: Some nonprofits can't touch their money

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090301/ap_on_re_us/untouchable_endowments_2

Porn Flow Chart

http://cdn.holytaco.com/www/sites/default/files/images/Porn-FLow-chart.jpg

NextEngine's 3D Scanner

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=944641

Study Zeroes In on Calories, Not Diet, for Loss

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/health/nutrition/26diet.html?_r=1&ref=us

Achewood 2/26/09

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02262009

City tickets car seven times, no one spots dead guy in back seat

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/26/city-tickets-car-seven-times-no-one-spots-dead-guy-in-back-seat/

Hunt not the Snark but the Snarker

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/hunt_not_the_snark_but_the_sna.html

Achewood 2/24/09

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02242009

Dead Planet?

http://www.veryshortlist.com/science/daily.cfm/review/1021/Website/nasa-phoenix-mars-lander/?tp

Most awesome-est presentation at TED 2009

http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2009/02/23/most-awesome-est-presentation-at-ted-2009/

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant

At Work

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/02/at_work.html

Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491&page=1

Is Marketing Evil

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/is-marketing-evil.html

Was Madoff A Better Investment Than Your Mutual Fund?

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/02/21/was-madoff-a-better-investment-than-your-mutual-fund/

The Bad Apple: Group Poison

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001227.html

Chair Kills Boy by Anal Penetration

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Remembering Gene

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/i_remember_gene.html

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Slimed Online

http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2009/02/11/Two-Lawyers-Fight-Cyber-Bullying?print=true

Major cache of fossils unearthed in L.A.

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-fossils18-2009feb18,0,7775847.story

I Dream of Denver

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/opinion/17brooks.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

T-Shirt Hell

http://www.tshirthell.com/hell.shtml

I love these t-shirts.

Authenticity

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/authenticity.html

PHY NYA Aircraft carrier mishap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHUyWw17ihQ

PSA: Do NOT eat the World's Hottest Pepper

http://bingethink.blogspot.com/2009/02/psa-do-not-eat-worlds-hottest-pepper.html

SMBC 2/14/09

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1429

Achewood 2/13/09

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02132009

Darwin Survives as the Fittest

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/darwin_survives_as_the_fittest.html

Laid-Off Foreigners Flee as Dubai Spirals Down

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=3&hp

Kanjorski and the Money Market Funds: The Facts

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/market-movers/2009/02/11/kanjorski-and-the-money-market-funds-the-facts

Sony Product

http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2009/02/11/sony-product/

Beware of Stephen J. Gould

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/11/beware-of-gould.html

Debris From Satellites' Collision Said to Pose Small Risk to Space Station

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021103387.html

The Audacity of Doing Nothing

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/02/11/the-audacity-of-doing-nothing/

The Ferengi Programmer

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001225.html

Cougar Barbie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDmCEJokZs

Rural India Snaps Up Mobile Phones

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123413407376461353.html

The Sopranos Uncensored

http://www.vimeo.com/2998698

1709: The year that Europe froze

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126942.100-1709-the-year-that-europe-froze.html?full=true

In Defense of Bankers

http://www.newsweek.com/id/183680/output/print

Reading “Darwin’s Sacred Cause”

http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2009/02/Reading-Darwins-Sacred-Cause.html

What Things Cost In Ancient Rome

http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/edict/

SNL Fun While It Lasts

http://www.economysizegeek.com/2009/02/08/snl-fun-while-it-lasts/

Explosm 2/8/09

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1553/

Keep Your Identity Small

http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html

The Customer Is Always Wrong

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/the-customer-is-always-wrong.html

Temperature

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/temperature/

An Open Letter to my Two Mortgage Companies

http://blog.stealthmode.com/2009/02/06/an-open-letter-to-my-two-mortgage-companies/

F*** My Life

http://www.fmylife.com/top


It's hard to stop reading this.

Suspending Mark To Market Accounting: The Tale Of Two Cows

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/suspending-mark-to-market-accounting-the-tale-of-two-cows

Explosm 2/6/09

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1551/

We Will Rock You - EBN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDR9RckfEU

Unit Testing Is Not (Generally) Useful

http://prehacked.com/60388.html

Inside Programmable Road Signs

http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/274/48/

Well, Here's What I Think

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/let_me_tell_you_what_i_think.html

AIG Implodes: The Two Cows Version

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/aig-implodes-the-two-cows-version

Toxic Gases Caused World's Worst Extinction

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/04/volcano-mass-extinction.html

Confessions Corrupt Eye Witnesses

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/02/confessions_cor.html

Thor

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa190/12shark/thor.gif

Financial planning advice...

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.

One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.

"I may look like just an ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit $65 million."

Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.

Explosm 2/4/09

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1548/

Russian Kodachrome

http://www.veryshortlist.com/web/daily.cfm/review/975/Website/empire-that-was-russia/

I Was Trying To Avoid This

http://blog.layer8.net/2009/01/i-was-trying-to-avoid-this.html

Shit Parenting

http://www.magtoss.com/2009/02/shit-parenting.html

Skateboarding?

http://data.tumblr.com/THKiU9aet2eq2y1o8GFw2jxs_500.gif

Turning Japanese: The Audacity of Reality

http://seekingalpha.com/article/117618-turning-japanese-the-audacity-of-reality-part-1-of-3

Accidents Will Almost Happen

http://www.veryshortlist.com/web/daily.cfm/review/974/Web_video/la-chance-compilation/?vp

David After Dentist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

Life At Wal-Mart

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/01/life-at-walmart.html

Prank of the Year: Comcast Tucson Airs Graphic Porn During Super Bowl (NSFW)

http://i.gizmodo.com/5144199/prank-of-the-year-comcast-tucson-airs-graphic-porn-during-super-bowl-nsfw

Stop Saying "We Need To Get Bad Assets Off The Books of Banks"

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/stop-saying-this-we-need-to-get-bad-assets-off-the-books-of-banks

Achewood 2/2/09

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=02022009

Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCWo1qdTdE

Bitter Brew

http://www.slate.com/id/2132576

A Layoff in the Smith Family Ripples Through Town

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123319134864127065.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

Downloading Is A Packrat's Dream

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/03/72737

You Can Shave The Baby

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4787/shaveqj4.jpg

What Life Asks of Us

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/opinion/27brooks.html?_r=1&hp

Why bad taste rules in business endeavors, and why that's a problem for creative industries.

http://garry.posterous.com/why-bad-taste-rules-in-busines

Risk Management

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04risk-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

You're the Father of One of My Kids

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him. She says hello.

He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he says, "Do you know me?"

To which she replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and he says, "My God, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery?"

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, "No, I'm your son's teacher."

Levi Lavallee: First Snowmobile DOUBLE Backflip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0Irl_rY0Y

T-Shirt Hell Shuts Doors After One Too Many Hate Emails

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/26/t-shirt-hell-shuts-doors-after-one-too-many-hate-emails/

The Talented Mr. Madoff

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25bernie.html

Eminemmy Hill

http://www.likeitmedia.com/item/27871_eminemmy_hill.html

Collection of totally offensive jokes, not for the faint hearted

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7rxyh/collection_of_totally_offensive_jokes_not_for_the/

Ground Zero

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

The Five Pillars of Success

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/the-four-pillar.html

Nuns

There were two nuns...

One of them was known as Sister Mathematical (SM) and the other one was known as Sister Logical (SL).

It is getting dark and they are still far away from the convent.

SM: Have you noticed that a man has been following us for
the past thirty-eight and a half minutes? I wonder what he wants.

SL: It's logical. He wants to molest us.

SM: Oh, no! At this rate he will reach us in 15 minutes at the most! What can we do?

SL: The only logical thing to do of course is to walk faster.

SM: It's not working.

SL: Of course it's not working. The man did the only logical thing. He started to walk faster, too.

SM: So, what shall we do? At this rate he will reach us in one minute.

SL: The only logical thing we can do is split. You go that way and I'll go this way. He cannot follow us both.

So the man decided to follow Sister Logical.

Sister Mathematical arrives at the convent and is worried about what has happened to Sister Logical

SM: Sister Logical! Thank God you are here! Tell me what happened!

SL: The only logical thing happened. The man couldn't follow us both, so he followed me

SM: Yes, yes! But what happened then?

SL: The only logical thing happened. I started to run as fast as I could and he started to run as fast as he could.

SM: And?

SL: The only logical thing happened. He reached me

SM: Oh, dear! What did you do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. I lifted my dress up.

SM: Oh, Sister! What did the man do?

SL: The only logical thing to do. He pulled down his pants.

SM: Oh, no! What happened then?

SL: Isn't it logical, Sister? A nun with her dress up can run faster than man with his pants down.


And for those of you who thought it would be dirty, I'll pray for you

22-Year-Old Sells Virginity Online -- and Feds Can't Do a Thing to Stop Her

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480037,00.html

Best Smart Ass Answers of 2008

SMART ASS ANSWER #6

It was mealtime during an airline flight..

"Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked John, seated in front.

"What are my choices?" John asked.

"Yes or no," she replied.

SMART ASS ANSWER #5

A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat, she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub."

SMART ASS ANSWER #4

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"

The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

SMART ASS ANSWER #3

The police officer got out of his car as the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the officer said.

The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could."

When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

SMART ASS ANSWER #2

A truck driver was driving along on the freeway and noticed a sign that read: Low Bridge Ahead. Before he knows it, the bridge is right in front of him and his truck gets wedged under it.. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?"

The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and I ran out of gas."

SMART ASS ANSWER OF THE YEAR 2008!!

A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!"

A smart-ass student in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?"

The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shook her head and sweetly said, "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand."

A BONUS EXTRA

A woman is standing nude looking in the bedroom mirror. She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment."

The husband replies, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

The Discovery of Tempest

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/the_discovery_o.html

Hores

Amazing Super Powers 1/19/09

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/139.htm

Snorkeling in Edmunton

http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=Id11eea4bebeffebc6&type=latest&time=all

Wing Suits

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Breaking Down Bernie Madoff

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/01/18/breaking-down-bernie-madoff/

Nerdy Sunbathers

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=62831

My geek friends will understand this picture.

Typing Errors

http://www.reason.com/news/show/29944.html

Sorry, edmo.

Quick demo of the CubeCheater iPhone app

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJtkJOHpkk

I think it's faster to just solve it by hand.

Explainer: What Are Troubled Assets?

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/explainer-what-are-troubled-assets

Comment: Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16438-comment-why-we-cant-stop-birds-downing-aircraft.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Always check your child's homework

(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)

Dear Mrs. Jones,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith

Workflow Charts Finally Put to Good Use Show Fundamental Men vs Women Differences

http://i.gizmodo.com/5132786/workflow-charts-finally-put-to-good-use-show-fundamental-men-vs-women-differences

Best Durex Commercial Ever

http://antonolsen.com/2009/01/15/best-durex-commercial-ever/

Cleanliness Is Next To My Private Parts

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3191945235_f64fc1ea4e_o.jpg

Whitest Kids U' Know - Slow Jerk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgMbU-we1o

The Man Who Made Too Much

http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2009/01/07/John-Paulson-Profits-in-Downturn

Book Is Rallying Resistance to the Antivaccine Crusade

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13auti.html?_r=1

The $300 Million Button

http://www.uie.com/articles/three_hund_million_button

When newspapers are gone, what will you miss?

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/when-newspapers.html

Why Parents Drink

A Mother passing by her son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then she saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to 'Mom'. With the worst premonition she opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Mom,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice. But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it's not only the passion...... Mom she's pregnant. Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children. Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it. Don't worry Mom. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love,

Your Son Jon

P. S. Mom, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my center desk drawer. I love you. Call me when it's safe to come home

RealTouch: Break all the rules without breaking any promises

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/12/realtouch-break-all-the-rules-without-breaking-any-promises/

Scarlett: 'What's my motivation here?' Woody: 'Your salary'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/12/woody-allen-vicky-cristina-barcelona

How exactly will Obama get all his stuff into the White House?

http://slate.com/id/2208317/

“Follow Your Passion: Probably the Worst Advice”

http://blog.expandrive.com/2009/01/08/%E2%80%9Cfollow-your-passion-probably-the-worst-advice%E2%80%9D/

Why Was Arrested Development Cancelled?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeFV5GprfaQ

Metal Heart

http://vimeo.com/2317118

Tilt shift photography is cool.

A Gaza War Full Of Traps And Trickery

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11hamas.html?em=&pagewanted=all

The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire

http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-12/ff_ige?currentPage=1

Drunk Jeff Goldblum

http://videogum.com/archives/viral-video/the-8-best-drunk-jeff-goldblum_042351.html

The Assumption Song

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The Biggest Ponzi Scheme On Earth

http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3512061.html

Converting to Metric

http://xkcd.com/526/

How To Fight

http://www.crichton-official.com/essay-playboy-howtofight.html

The Optimal Way to Board Plane Passengers

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6562852

Explosm 1/4/09

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1516/

The Federal Deficit for Dummies

http://fearandloath.us/the-federal-deficit-for-dummies.html

Brilliant water-based eyeglasses for the masses: No optician required

http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/brilliant_waterbased_eyeglasses_for_the_masses_no_optician_required_12220.asp

The Dragon In My Garage

http://web.archive.org/web/20050105135620/http://spl.haxial.net/religion/misc/carl-sagan.html

Survival Tips for the Middle Ages

http://www.kottke.org/08/06/survival-tips-for-the-middle-ages

Do Ads Work?

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/do-ads-work.html

The Mortgage Crisis, Explained

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/the-mortgage-crisis-explained

Reading "For the Thrill of It"

http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2009/01/Reading-For-the-Thrill-of-It.html

travel x papirkugle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbWm54_3r0U

No Obstacle

http://www.veryshortlist.com/web/daily.cfm/review/900/Web_video/mouse-agility/?vp

Pleasing 15 Women For An Entire Day Really Would Be Exhausting

http://www.photobasement.com/pleasing-15-women-for-an-entire-day-really-would-be-exhausting/

Fond Farewells

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865297,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

Browser Users

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