Archive of entries posted on 20th September 2013
Why Didn’t We Listen to Al Gore?
Researchers report discovering living microbes in mud pulled from subglacial lake sediment in Antarctica.
The real threat from global warming – it could lead to a shortage of Purell.
Bacon Breakfast Taco!
[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]
Something to eat before the regular bacon taco you have for lunch.
Link of the Day: Satire – Syrian Electronic Army Hackers Stranded On Marine Online Login Page
[High Praise! to The Duffel Blog]
Syrian Electronic Army Hackers Stranded On Marine Online Login Page
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Wisdom of the Day: Immortal Olympic Nintendo GTA Pelosi Washington Gary Eminem Chocolate
"Daddy, am I going to die someday?" "No, you're the only immortal being in the entire world. Goodnight, stupid."
— sweaty five dollars (@iscoff) September 19, 2013
#TalkLikeAPirateDay is like the Olympic trials for unbearable coworkers
— Horton Atonto (@crushingbort) September 19, 2013
former nintendo president hiroshi yamauchi died today but someone should blow in him just to make sure
— rob whisman (@robwhisman) September 19, 2013
Hey do you want to come over and play GTA, or we can just talk about GTA
— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) September 19, 2013
Instead of Pelosi tweeting hypocritically about hunger she cld have donated the 10's thousands she spent on plastic surgery to soup kitchens
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) September 19, 2013
The only thing higher that the public's contempt for Washington is Washington's contempt for the public.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 19, 2013
Welcome to Indiana. The 19th State. The Diaper State. Home of a city called Gary that looks and smells exactly like you'd imagine.
— michael (@michaeljhudson) September 19, 2013
Every night I pray for a bat to fly into Eminem's face on a red carpet & cause him to run in circles screaming in a falsetto.
— Uncle Dynamite (@UncleDynamite) September 19, 2013
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is my favorite book where a bunch of kids get badly hurt in a factory and the owner runs away.
— Matt Roller (@rolldiggity) September 19, 2013
The Ol’ Donkey Trick
The National Institutes of Health is spending $379,500 on a study that sends texts to adolescents encouraging them to walk.
Want a teenager to walk? Tie his iPhone to a stick and dangle it in front of him.
Presidential Blind Date: Obama v. Putin
Obama Warned Us – Prosperity
I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves; that says government has no role in laying the foundation for our common prosperity. For history tells a different story. History reminds us that at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas. In the midst of civil war, we laid railroad tracks from one coast to another that spurred commerce and industry. From the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution came a system of public high schools that prepared our citizens for a new age. In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle-class in history. And a twilight struggle for freedom led to a nation of highways, an American on the moon, and an explosion of technology that still shapes our world. In each case, government didn’t supplant private enterprise; it catalyzed private enterprise. It created the conditions for thousands of entrepreneurs and new businesses to adapt and to thrive.
BARACK OBAMA, Address to Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009
“So I’m going to help America adapt and thrive by starting wars and creating depressions. Hooray for adversity!”
iOS 7 Review
So, like many people, I downloaded the new iOS 7 to my Apple device — the iPad 3 in my case. And again, like many people, my first impression of it is that it’s very simpler looking using just primary colors. And flat looking. Very flat looking. Actually, it’s just a white screen.
I called up customer support to make sure I had upgraded right, and they were all like, “Do you see a blank white screen?”
“Yes.”
“Congratulations, you have iOS 7.”
“Well… um… am I supposed to see anything else.”
“You’re supposed to see whatever your mind can come up with. It’s powered by your imagination.”
“Oh… okay.” And I hung up.
And I guess I get where they are going with this. I mean, if it were just a black screen, that would be bad. But with a white screen, you just stare it and imagine all the possibilities of the new iOS. And whatever they Apple people might come up with and represent in some sort of non-blank white screen would never match what I imagine they might do. Pretty cool.
I wish Steve Jobs weren’t dead.
You’ve Been Judged!
Anonymiss of Nuking Politics picked her favorite punchlines to “President Obama Said “Raising the Debt Ceiling Does Not Promote Profligacy”…”
Click here to see if you made the cut.
If you did, you should probably email Keln about becoming a guest blogger there.
If you didn’t, Anonymiss has got another straight line for you to practice on.
Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.
Straight Line of the Day: The Most Interesting Quote From Hillary Clinton’s First Interview Since Quitting As Secretary of State…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The most interesting quote from Hillary Clinton’s first interview since quitting as Secretary of State…
How to Shut Down the Government
So there’s a lot of talk about shutting down the government. Like either the Republicans are threatening to do it or Obama is threatening to do it — but the point is it could get shut down. Some people are wondering, though: How do you shut down the government?
Well, there’s a big lever that turns the power on and off for the government, and it’s in the subbasement of the Capitol. You can’t just waltz into the basement and pull the lever, though, because there is a security guard whose job it is to make sure no one does that. He has a 9mm handgun. I think it’s semi-automatic. And his name is Gary — the security guard, not the handgun. Gary is not the type of guy who names his handgun.
Well, here’s something you only know as a Washington insider: Gary takes a two hour lunch at noon. So if at noon you only take a one hour lunch, you’ll have an hour to sneak in and pull that lever without Gary and his 9mm there to stop you. And then — BOOM! — the government is shutdown.
So what happens then? Well, Gary will probably get fired. And he has a wife and three kids. So that’s pretty awful. So, you know, if you shut down the government, people are going to get hurt. Just a warning.
Would you Volunteer to go to The Swamp?
How about some good old-fashioned SEC football?
Oh, and there’s a girl included.
According to Fox Sports, University of Tennessee football fan Gary Yates has tickets to this weekend’s game in Gainesville, Florida, between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida Gators. Tickets for him, his wife Brenda, her daughter Jessica, and Jessica’s date. Only, Jessica’s date backed out.
So, he went to Craig’s List and put up an ad, trying to get Jessica a date.
He says his family, including his wife Brenda, is flying down for the game — and also using the trip to check on a retirement home they’re building in Punta Gorda. The “winner” of the ad will sit with him, Brenda and Jessica at the game.
Turns out, I’ve got other plans this weekend. It’s my grandmother’s birthday, so I’m heading to southeast Georgia. While there are some in the family that will skip an old lady’s birthday to go to a football game in Florida, I’m not one of them. So, I’m not going after it for that reason. And maybe a couple more.
But, hey, you might want to give it a shot. The worst that could happen is you see a college football game.
Okay, maybe something worse could happen. But, at least you get a football game out of it. Be thankful for the little things.
Random Thoughts: Breaking Bad, Government Shutdown, and Political Humor
I wouldn’t give yet up on Nintendo and their new game console, the Wii U. When is it coming out?
Will a government shutdown be as bad as the sequester?
If I had a good time not watching The Wire, will I have a similarly good time not watching Breaking Bad?
Actually, I’m really curious about that show, but I don’t see any time between now and retirement when I’ll be able to watch it.
If the GOP somehow defunds Obamacare, they should just go ahead and shut down the government anyway because crazy.
So how many episodes into Breaking Bad do you have to get before you stop saying, “That’s the dad from Malcolm in the Middle!”?
They should call the GOP the “Extreme-OP” because they’re extreme. #PoliticalHumor
The XOP walks into a bar. Bartender says, “Can I see your ID?” XOP says, “I should do this for voting to stop black people.” #PoliticalHumor
Sticker Price Slightly Less After Dealer Incentives and Rebates
A car that transformed into a submarine in the James Bond movie “The Spy Who Loved Me” has been sold at a London auction for $865,000.
About the same as it costs to build a Volt – the electric car that transforms into an inferno.