50 State Steretypes: Does Summer Matter?

Back in January, I posted this map:

and CCO [High Praise!] said:

Let’s see the map again in July or early August and see how many say “hot”.

Well, it’s been a pretty cool summer so far, but it’s August now, so let’s give it a shot.

Now, I’m far too lazy to do all 50 myself, so I’ll ask for help. Just do your home state & leave your results in the comments (you can do more than one state, if you want, but that’s your call).

I’ll start:

When I Google “Why is Wisconsin so”, my top autocomplete result is “cold”.

Your turn.

Should’ve Used Yakety Sax for the Background Music


[LEGO­­® The Hobbit™: The Aggravation of Smaug] (Viewer #55,464)

I thought it was just going to be a dull, shot for shot recreation of that horrid, dragged-out chase around the treasure room scene with Bilbo and Smaug.

Nope.

This is fun.

Unimaginable Horror!

A new US Geological Survey map shows that the risk of earthquakes has increased for half of the nation.

This isn’t good. We could be mere months away from Syfy making a movie called “Sharkquake!”

There’s Viral, and Then There’s Ebola

[High Praise! to Dinosaur Comics]

Link of the Day: You Weren’t Planning to Use That Free Time for Anything Productive, Were You?

[High Praise! to Neatorama]

Game About Squares

I apologize in advance for the frustration you are about to endure.

If it makes you feel better, go ahead & say what level you quit at in the comments.

I stopped at level 5, before the time-quicksand could get above my ankles.

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Wisdom of the Day: Football Facebook Pandora Cowboy Bacon

We’re Here to Help!

A new 80-page report from the US Department of Agriculture suggests creating “talking shopping carts” to help shoppers select healthy items.

Yes, because standing next to the guy in the store yelling into his cell asking his wife which soup to buy isn’t annoying enough.

Obama Warned Us – Helping Families

“Whenever I can go ahead and help families like yours and have the legal authority to do it, I’m going to do it.” —President Obama

@BarackObama

“Just kidding. I’d never lift a finger to help your family. Also kidding about letting a lack of legal authority stop me from doing something.”

Straight Line of the Day: For His Birthday Today, President Obama Should Be Given…

Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

For his birthday today, President Obama should be given…

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

Some of you may be too young to remember when Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in 1962. Heck, most of you are too young to remember it.

Well, today is the birthday of our 44th president. There is no Marilyn Monroe around to sing to him, but that doesn’t mean Barack Obama shouldn’t get a song. And that’s your task today. (Nobody told you there would be an assignment? You should always be ready for a surprise assignment!)

Who should sing to Barack Obama? And what should they sing?

Random Thoughts: NES, Hamas, and Equality

I grew up much tougher than kids these days. Ever seen how hard old NES games were?

Maybe the left could win the debate if they cried racism more.

Do you think anyone ever went to the Supreme Court and was disappointed a bunch judges came out to the bench instead of The Supremes?

So here’s the thing I don’t get about the Israel situation: Is it just unreasonable to expect Hamas to not mindlessly fire rockets?

People on Israel’s side expect adult behavior from both. People on Palestinian side seem to expect adult behavior from only one.

Is the pro-Palestinian side racist against the Palestinians and don’t think they can be held to the same standard as Israelis?

Don’t mindlessly fire rockets at people. And if someone near you is, put a stop to that. Is that too much to ask of fellow human beings?

So can we men explain to the female Justices what they don’t understand — like apparently the concept of rights?

I’m a man, and I’m up for some major splainin’!

Trailer for the latest Christopher Nolan movie doesn’t make it look very fun… but I thought that for last 3 of his movies which I loved.

The trailers always make his movies look so self-serious like they’re going to be really boring dramas.

TRAVEL GUIDE: “If going to the East, go to either the easternmost part of the East or the western part of the East. But stay out of middle.”

In the U.S., we’re used to the people who want to kill us living very far away. In Israel, they’re a stones throw away throwing stones.

Is equality a religious concept? Doesn’t seem to have rational basis as evolution has no interest in making everyone equal.

Equality seems to rely a lot on the concept of the soul – an eternal part of us that is equal despite outward, superficial differences.

Since the left believe in science, is there good example of them abandoning a belief and joining with the right because science said so?

It has to be tough for Obama being the first president ever to have to deal with an opposition party.

Did we check if Hamas even knows how to cease fire?

I hope when the next Game of Thrones book comes out it starts with a “previously on” section that reminds me what I read 20 years ago.

My computer caught eBola.

Happy Birthday, Barack!

(Submitted by Anonymiss of Nuking Politics [High Praise!])

Figure Obama could use one of these:

Nukers, please hold your birthday suggestions for the Straight Line post at noon.