We’re not dead yet
Here watch this guy getting a botfly removed from his back!
Prop 8 the Musical
This appears to only have dropped 15 hours ago, so spread the word:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c0cf508ff8/prop-8-the-musical-starring-jack-black-john-c-reilly-and-many-more-from-fod-team-jack-black-craig-robinson-john-c-reilly-and-rashida-jones
Christmas on Mars, Tomorrow
We have only been waiting like 8 years for this, but tomorrow “Christmas on Mars” is finally coming out (on DVD/CD). This marks the end of some extreme waiting that I’ve been doing lately. Later on in the week, on Thursday, we will get to read the NTSB’s cover up about the 35W bridge collapse. What we wont read is about how the construction crew caused the bridge to fall down, but if you were driving over it that month it would be pretty clear that that was the problem… Here’s to waiting!
Endorsing Reform
On this historic day in America, a lot of folks will reflect on where we have come in the past seven years. They will ponder lost love ones and how we will leave the world to loved ones yet to be born. This is an election year, and folks will be wondering who the next President will be. Will it be Barack Obama? Will it be John McCain? In this election, experience is being discussed at great length. Who has it, who doesn’t. The problem is that folks are focusing on the wrong experiences.
In this election, it’s not about which candidate does or does not have the best suits, or the best contacts or job history. This election is not about candidate experience at all.
The person whose experience matters most is: YOU.
What has the last eight years brought you and your family?
Are you worried about fuel prices? Has your house dropped in value? Can you afford to pay your bills? Do you have any money left to do anything else? Before 9/11, were you at risk for a terrorist attack? Are you or your family at risk for a terrorist attack now? Is the Global War on Terror making your world more or less safe? Does it matter if people in other countries love or despise Americans? Does killing people in other countries really make you more safe?
In the last eight years has your employer started sending jobs to other countries? What happens if we bomb countries where your jobs are being sent? Do people in other countries care if the job they have has put an American out of work?
Do you purchase goods that are not made in America? Do you love your country? Will electing a Republican REALLY bring change to Washington, DC? Is a longtime Washington insider REALLY going to reform ANYTHING?
This historic election will guarantee one thing: white men will finally lose the stranglehold of power in our country that they have been holding for over two-hundred years.
I am endorsing and voting for Barack Obama. If you want real reform and real change that will bring good experiences for YOU AND your FAMILY and not for the exclusive Republican elites in Washington, then you will vote for Barack Obama.
I’d eat that.
As seen on my favorite blog for physics + everything, Cosmic Variance, check out this foodie-oriented list from Very Good Taste. Here’s my list and the instructions. For the record, I’m counting Brenna’s Jello shots for #38, and I’m pretty sure I’ve had Pocky (#83) or something very similar. Edit: Justin informs me that black pudding is another term for blood sausage, in which case I have eaten it, and it tasted like Christmas.
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
The Periodic Table of Awesome
In the 300 B.C., years before the birth of black Jesus, Aristole postulated that all good things were made of “win.” That was a pretty good guess, but he was drunk and probably also having an orgy. Modern day awesominers know there are actually 118 fundamental “awesoments” that compose all good things. The Periodic table of Awesoments can be a very useful tool. It’s designed to show the relationships between awesoments, and often one can even predict how awesoments interact simply by their positions on the table.
Gmail Users: New (Beta) ‘Experimental Features’ Available
I loves me my gmail. Now the goog is testing out some new features, and allowing all users to participate. TechCrunch has a detailed rundown here, but all you really need to know is there is now a new tab on the settings bar, “Labs.” From here you can enable new beta features that will possibly become fully functional gmail features in the future (largely based on user response). New ExFeats® â„¢ (my nonsensical-sounding invented name for this that I just created here and now, beware my wrath Google) are expected to be added somewhat regularly.
Threat level: Banana
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while.
Banana Mascot Scares People To Death
G-man Falls
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has resigned today. This being the second recent senior Bush Administration to submit walking papers in the past few weeks. The political wheels are finally coming off of the Bush war-wagon.
What does this indicate is happening to this Administration? Is the President finally accepting defeat? Are these resignations finally the Administrations way of saying, “Yep. We couldn’t do it ram it down everyone’s throats. We tried, we said 9-11 lot, and we showed a lot of gore on the TV, but the people still wouldn’t go for it.”
I am not sure if these resignations indicate a duck and cover strategy or if they are simply trying to put some distance between the most divisive of Bush’s cronies and the election in 2008. With Rumsfeld, Gonzalez and Rove all out of the public eye over a year before the next election, I suspect it will make people think the Republicons ain’t so bad. Especially if the cost of a gallon of gasoline starts to drop dramatically right before the next election.
I predict that gasoline will drop to about $1.45 to $1.55 per gallon right around Halloween of 2008.
Do any 8n5ers have any predictions or theories as to why Bush is throwing in the towel?
Cubicle Ninja Stealth Secrets
It’s a dog-eat-dog world. It’s a jungle out there. It’s now what you know, it’s who you know. It’s not who you know, it’s who you blow. All of these clichés are valid if you work in a cubicle farm. If your cubicle farm exists in a giant corporation with lots of subsidiaries, then these clichés ring truer than any sane person would ever want. If your giant corporation rewards profit generation over actual ethical and valid work performed, well, that is another post entirely.
This post is about cubicle ninjas.
I am a cubicle ninja. I didn’t used to be a cubicle ninja. Previously to honing my powers of observation and my stealth techniques, I was merely a white collar professional who rolled with the punches. One day, there was a punch I realized I could not roll with.
A person whose attention to detail includes how people arranged things on their desks relocated to our building. My desk is and has been organized and clutter-free, but other co-workers have gained the ire of this member of the management team due to their messy desks. Other negative comments and actions have been directed around to my peers from this member of the management team, and I have tried my best to avoid this individual at all costs. There was one problem:
My avenue of escape from the Cubicle Farm went right past this leader’s cubicle doorway – my cubicle hallway actually ended right at his doorway. I had a single angle of sightline blockage I could use to my advantage, but it would take all my skills of stealth to make sure I passed by soundlessly and invisibly.
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