A Famous Person Has Died

Click for full size. Seems to pretty much cover the standard media response to any important death, and with a few modifications, pretty much any even regarded as major. Source.

T-Shirts

This was in the “Bob Levey’s Washington” column in the Washington Post.  Every year he compiles and prints the “Best T-shirts of the Summer”: 1) (around a picture of dandelions) I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won 2) So Few Men, So Few Who Can Afford Me 3) I Suffer Occasional Delusions of Adequacy [...]

Susan Boyle is a good singer

(I started this post many days ago, but never until now managed to finish it.) There’s something people easily forget, that the Susan Boyle saga reminds us. Let me illustrate with the example of Tiger Woods. There is absolutely no doubt, that of all the professional golfers today, he is the best. Zero. But Take [...]

2 out of 3 Sotomayor decisions overturned

Um, how on earth is a supreme court nominee supposed to be a good judge when her record shows that her decisions do not stack up? And we’re not talking about 10 or 20% here, or even a majority. Sotomayor’s “fail” rate is now a whopping 66%! That’s not someone who should be on an [...]

Political Spectrum Update

Well, it looks like we’re just short of the 50 blogger mark on the political spectrum grid. I found a couple of emails in my spam filter since I put up the last version of the chart, so that brings it up to 49. Still plenty that haven’t contributed, especially from the higher ranked left [...]

Why did the chicken cross the road

A few of these are showing their age… REV JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Isn’t it obvious? Can’t you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the “other side.” That’s what “they” call it: the “other side.” Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And, [...]

Saturday Night Video Humour

Cars. They can be dangerous. Oh, and don’t stand behind the door if a cow is trying to get it.

Take that Big Wednesday

Ha. I’ve just won 1 million pounds, and even better I didn’t even need to purchase a ticket! Who needs Big Wednesday? Organization <kevin_jones@rrohio.com> reply-to    britishtelecom51@gmail.com to    Iinfo@co.uk date    Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:45 PM subject    2009 Online British Winner 9:45 PM (1 hour ago) You have just been awarded,1,000,000.00 GBP in the 2009 [...]

Useful English System conversions/units

-  Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter:  Eskimo Pi -  2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital:  1 I.V. League -  2000 pounds of Chinese soup:  Won ton -  1 millionth mouthwash:  1 microscope -  Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier:  Mach Turtle -  Time it takes [...]

Practice what you preach

[cross posted from Yes Vote Fail Blog] This referendum isn’t, wasn’t and never will be about “hitting” children. It’s about smacking – which all will agree is a much more specific thing. Smacking generally is regarded as force applied to a hand or to the bottom in response to an offense by the child. The [...]