Scientists Warn of Overuse of Miley Cyrus

Here's this. Another great Onion report. Pertinent because it helped me understand why someone posted on Sara's Facebook profile picture that she looked like Miley Cyrus. Also, in the final few seconds, as a preview to 'future content' (which are always fake) it says: "USA Today to phase out use of words." I win that one.

Casa 11 Mujeres

I want this fucking house. NOW!

Private SNAFU

From Metafilter. Sara and Stephanie should enjoy about 1:20 in, everyone should enjoy the non-hetero fairy (no, really).

Star Trek Camelot

Totally Rockin'.

Civil Disobedience in the Traffic Law

So Sara just told me about her traffic ticket, and I went out looking for resources to help her before she told me she wasn't going to fight it. Alright, that's fine, but it sounds to me like she really wasn't too at fault. There's a speed change down the street from me that goes from 45 to 25 as you approach a school (which was permanently closed about 5 years ago). I imagine that a lot of people don't see it immediately and take a bit of time to adjust especially since there isn't a 'reduced speed ahead' sign nearby on the approach.

At any rate, I went a looking and found a couple of sites that can help you get out of traffic fines. Remember, if you think that you weren't being unsafe, there's a good chance that you weren't. If you were being unsafe, I would say take it up the ass, douchebag, but there are always ways to weasel out.

Here are the sites:

1) The Ticket Assassin: says it concerns itself entirely with California traffic law, but I wager that most of the advice is relatively universal.

2) Bankrate: 8 Traffic Ticket Myths
: Pretty straightforward, some of them are more helpful than others...

3) DMV.org Traffic Guidelines: Believe it or not, the traffic code is pretty legible. Sometimes the government relies on your complacency, and being aware of your rights is the best defense you can have.

In summary, FIGHT THE MAN. Seriously though, if you ever get a ticket, do your research and it will probably work out in your favor.

Angie-la

since most of us know and love Angie of the rainbow hair

i just got a link to her blog, so yes as a matter of fact, im advertising for another blog here:

For Stephanie

Really Neat Ceilings. I think you could do this!

A Collection of Awesome Videos

1) The Website is Down

2) Stay to the end. The last guy talking in slow-mo is awesome.


3) Man versus Banner Ad - Amanda should like the first part...


4) last one. Since we're all liberal crackpots here, I trust everyone will get the sarcasm:

An Odd Question

So, today I had an interesting experience. This may be a bit too much information, but I'll tell you all anyway.

Okay, so I put a dollar in my sweater pocket to buy a drink from the vending machine that happens to be in the creepiest office basement ever. On my way down, I decide to make a pit stop. I go to the bathroom (details are irrelevant, but if you want to know how it went, note me sub rosa), and as I stand up, the dollar falls out of my pocket and into the toilet . . .

Predicament, right? Not really, it was just a dollar, but it was sad to watch it go, literally, down the shitter. A Coke didn't sound too good after that.

Needless to say, this event happened to spark the question: What is the lowest priced bill you would save from an unflushed toilet, using bare hands?

Your philosophies matter to me.

An 8th Grade test that puts the SAT to shame . . .

I was forwarded this email, and found it utterly fascinating.  Below is the final exam given to 8th graders in Salina, Kansas  in 1895. Students were given approximately  one hour to complete each section.  Some of the questions I can actually answer, others are  simply impossible,  and the rest just make absolutely no sense.  Could you pass? Even come close?  Do you even know what the hell orthography is? This is taken from the Smokey Valley Genealogical  Society and Library in Salina.  Enjoy. I don't have the answers .  .  . 8th Grade Final Exam:  Salina, KS - 1895     Grammar 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have  no modifications. 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph 4. What are the principal parts of a verb?  Give principal parts of "lie," "play," and "run." 5. Define case; illustrate each case. 6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks  of punctuation. 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein  that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. Arithmetic  1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide.  How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at  50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000.  What is the necessary levy to carry on  a school seven months at $50 per month,  and have  $104 for incidentals? 5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and  18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and  16 ft. Long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days  (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at  $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt U.S. History 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent  battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton,  Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates:  1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865. Orthography 1. What is meant by the following:  alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication. 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples  of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals. 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'  5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.'  Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and  use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi,  post, non, inter, mono, sup. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables  the following, and name the sign that indicates  the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir,  odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site,  sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced  and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical  marks and by syllabication. Geography 1 What is climate?  Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following:  Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla,  Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall, and Orinoco . 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe  and give the capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific  in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean  returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the  inclination of the earth.

 

Spore Creature Creator

Okay, so everyone knows I'm looking forward to Spore.  Yesterday, the Spore Creature Creator was released for Windows and Macintosh (links are to download the trial version).  Check it out!  Here are some of my designs.

question

Have any of you read Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse? I'm asking because I finished it today (a 27-hour-long power outage inspired me) and I was wondering if anyone else has come across it. It's got a bit of psychology and a lot of Nietzsche. Parts of it are beautifully written. I thought it very strange, and very interesting.

"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

for sara

i think i keep seeing weezer stuff everywhere, casue i know sara hates it, and not cause they have a new album.

but this should make you chuckle. 

Dumb.