January 4, 2008

Until I get this comments issue figured out

Just email me if you have a comment, no matter insignificant the comment (or entry) may be.

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Huh?

Have you ever heard of someone taking a shit in a dressing room? Me neither.

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January 3, 2008

Rudy no more

Who watched The Cosby Show? I certainly did, as did millions of others. Remember Rudy?

This is what she looks like now:

And I doubt that Bill Cosby would approve of this:

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December 31, 2007

Women get away with it

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December 30, 2007

Literacy and political affiliation linked

According to this, Kerry supporters in the last American election were more literate than Bush boosters. I wonder if there is any kind of relationship between federalists and separatists in Quebec.

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December 29, 2007

Leaving comments

I know it's a pain, but I can't figure out how to leave a form to leave comments without having you register. It's not like the other blog. Sorry about this, but it only takes a second to register, then you can leave all the comments you wish.

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December 28, 2007

Superiority complex

I'd like to direct you to the comments sections here and here. What the hell am I supposed to say to this guy? This is how I responded:

I am not sure how I am supposed to respond to this. There are plenty of black people like me, not at all like me and everything else in between. Just like with white or Jewish people. By your tone it seems as though you believe yourself superior to black people, but that I am the exception. Almost as though I go against "human nature". Would that be accurate? What makes this so?

Does this sound like a bit of a racist to you? He's basically saying that black people are particularly inarticulate and somehow generally "less" than other people. I think that this is proof that racism is not over. I'd hate to think that some of the people around me see me as the exception rather than the rule. The "good one", he's "like us".

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December 27, 2007

Best Buy uses online pricing to get you in store

and then nails you with a different price once you are there. I wonder if Future Shop does the same thing.

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Real Guitar Hero

This kid is incredible. So why are there so many haters in the comments section?


9 Year Old Beats Hardest Guitar Hero Level - Watch more free videos

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December 20, 2007

Instant death

Imagine a world where instead of aging and dying the way we do, we age slowly, don't get the diseases associated with aging and then one day, without any explanation, we just drop dead. Imagine that there wasn't any warning time, any real decline, just off you go at age 106. This is what is happening to lab mice right now that are taking anti-aging drugs.

If that were to happen to us, would death be a lot more casual?

"Why isn't Bob at this meeting?"
"Well, he just died a couple of hours ago."
"Really, geez. I needed him to give us those results. Too bad. All right, next on the agenda. I'll notify HR about Bob."

Because this type of death would not be preceded by pain and suffering, or expectation. Just a long, healthy life and then, you're done. I wonder if that's the way I would like to go.

The odd thing about these mice is that you can almost never say exactly what it was that killed them. It's not obvious, as in regular mice. They just die. Has a book been written about this?

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