May 2009
43 posts
“The collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned the Church of...”
– Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs
Time to Cash Out: Why Paper Money Hurts the... →
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I don’t think we’re there yet…but very soon ;-)
Two years ago, Hasbro came out with an electronic version of Monopoly. Want to buy a house? Just put your debit card into the…
Six Flags, silenced by Katrina, creates uproar in... →
We used to go here for Shell picnics when I was a kid.
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“Even the pimps are polite over there”
– Bobby, re Tokyo
Right-wing talker Mancow gets waterboarded and... →
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Concave and convex
Lindsay: hey! Eyes on the road, buddy! You don't want to hit this Audi.
Tommy: then it'll become an Inny
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Bruce: You know, sometimes I find it so hard to have an original thought
Adam: yeah, me too.
Airman Spots Jetliner’s Fuel Leak At 35,000 Feet |... →
Study Concludes Intercessory Prayer Doesn’t Work;... →
I was reading an article in Christianity Today and one of the paragraphs made me do a double-take. I couldn’t believe anyone was actually writing it… it was incredible how much fact-twisting was…
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“I was just listening to that conversation…and it sounded like a train...”
– Lindsay
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“There’s probably a lot of meat on a giraffe. I bet a lot of people could...”
– Scott, re swahili cuisine
WatchInteresting video about how one newspaper decided to switch to delivery by the US Postal Service. This seems like it could potentially apply to lots of newspaper markets, not just this one.
Commentary: News can outlast newspapers →
Last week, Sen. John Kerry convened a discussion of the troubled state of journalism in America by way of a hearing by the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and…
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“If you’re looking at me and you’re not paying me anything,...”
– Todd, to Sumner
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“Look, I didn’t expect you to be so queer.”
– Scott, to Sam
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“It’s amazing. Just lately it seems you suddenly have the capacity to know...”
– Sam to Scott
12 things you didn't know about deodorant →
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An editor at CNN should be fired for letting this crap through to the public.
Although you probably use it every day, here’s some interesting trivia you may not know about…
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“I won’t feel moved in until I’ve got the confident gaze of a Ronald...”
– Bobby, on decorating his office
Opinion: Kindle DX won't save newspapers →
PC World’s Melissa J. Perenson doesn’t think the newly released Kindle DX will help reinvent newspapers for a modern age.
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“If Garrison Keeler cloned himself and you were the mother, would you abort the...”
– Bobby
Self-medication drives up flu deaths in Mexico →
A key factor in the number of swine flu deaths in Mexico is that victims have delayed checking into hospitals until their condition has deteriorated so much they cannot be saved, specialists…
Robot Programmed to Love Goes too Far - UPDATED →
The trouble all started when a young female intern began to spend several hours each day with Kenji, testing his systems and loading new software routines. When it came time to leave one evening, however, Kenji refused to let her out of his lab enclosure and used his bulky mechanical body to block her exit and hug her repeatedly. The intern was only able to escape after she had frantically phoned...
Corporate Tweets and the SEC: Sometimes It’s... →
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This is kind of a big deal
Last year, I covered the landmark SEC decision to recognize corporate blogs and potentially other forms of Social Media as a recognized form of…
Lawn Mower Saves Man's Life From Misplaced Hand... →
A 39-year-old man who was mowing the lawn ran over a hand grenade, which proceeded to blow up. The man was not injured, however, because his trusty mower took the brunt of the explosion. …
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“No, we don’t picket. That’s not in our blood. We buy elections.”
– Bobby, on republican vote influence.
Google Rents Goats To Replace Lawnmowers (I’m Not... →
In what absolutely reads like an April Fools joke, Google has a post on its blog today explaining how it has rented a herd of goats to replace the lawnmowers that normally cut the grass in…
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“Honking the horn isn’t road rage. Giving them a push THAT’s road...”
– Scott, explaining the intracacies of how to handle someone sitting at a green light.