Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
He’s got a point, and a darned good one. The people in charge seldom seem to think about proper security. Their usual thinking seems to go: “this is important, it should be protected., so get some security guards!” Then they fail to consider what purpose those security guards should serve, other than annoying the people …
Wow. The Happy Meal is so good that even mold will turn up its nose at it. Do we really eat this stuff? And pay for the “privilege”? If you have doubts that this could be real, put them to rest — it’s got a big brother that’s approaching puberty. Or has already hit it, …
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That’s one heck of a taxi ride. I hope they gave him an in-drive meal. 😉
Sounds like a good idea to me. Finally, when someone says “that’s a hella-big number,” I’ll know exactly what they’re talking about. 😉 I don’t know whether it will go through or not, but it’s likely to get adopted colloquially regardless. It’s already pretty much there.
As a chess player and an observer of Massively-Multiplayer Online Games, I found this very humorous.
Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy) had an interesting post the other day, on restructuring the government as an insurance agency. He makes a compelling case of it, too. He admits that it could never happen, but as he says at the end, it’s “interesting to think about.”
I used to have a problem similar to this guy: I am the kind of person who takes 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep, most nights. Falling asleep is an ordeal for me (unless I’m completely exhausted). […] Because of this, I always thought that power napping was not for me. After all, …
(It was apparently 29, not the 27 cited in the story.) My favorite comment: “Probably just not a fan of America’s funniest home videos….“
Beautiful. I want one!
Poor Microsoft… they’ve lost yet another crown. 😉 (And yet another good reason to avoid the PDF format entirely.)