ZOMG—Far Sides reenacted as photographs. I’m so jealous that I didn’t think of this.
Category Archives: General
Christmas remixed.
Meet your Christmas music remix quotient by stocking up on DJ Rico’s annual Merry Mixmas collections and dj BC’s annual Santastic Four collections. Wondering where to start? I recommend the 2005 Merry Mixmas.
Incentives for G.M., not a bailout.
Instead of letting G.M. go bankrupt, why not give them a bailout with strings? Say, $1B for every additional MPG/year in CAFE standards. If they agree to hit the 32 MPG mark in 2011, they get $1B. 33 MPG, they get $2B. 34 MPG in 2012, they get $2B. Etc.
Candy bars I have eaten recently.
Further to my interest in candy, I have recently eaten: Twix Java. Eh. Compared to Kit Kat Coffee, it was a disappointment. Brian at Candy Addict loved it, but I thought it was weak. Junior Mints Inside Outs. Not a candy bar, but close enough. Not good. Rather than the standard peppermint, they’ve switched to …
Have a very Annie Christmas.
Ado Annie is going on Christmas cards. (Personally, I think this is a Christmasyier photo.) Today, by the way, is her seventh birthday. Frosty Paws for everybody!
Common misconceptions.
This Wikipedia entry was made for me: “List of common misconceptions.” It turns out that lots of stuff is visible from space, meteorites aren’t hot when they land, earthworms don’t duplicate when cut in half, Marie Antoinette probably never said “let them eat cake,” Mussolini didn’t make the trains run on time, Napoleon wasn’t short, …
“Filth and Wisdom” panned.
I usually ignore movie reviews, because I so seldom see new releases, but on day nine of being sick has left me sucking the marrow from The New Yorker. It’s a good thing, because Anthony Lane’s review of Madonna’a “Filth and Wisdom” is a hoot: What vexes me most about “Filth and Wisdom” is the …
Black and white dreams.
I’ve heard people talk about dreaming in black and white, but I’ve never experienced it. The few times that I’ve asked friends about this, they’d had the same (in)experience. It turns out that there’s a good reason: only people who grew up watching black and white TV have such dreams. None of this explains why …
“Tap Water’s Popularity Forces Pepsi to Cut Jobs.”
From the Hell Freezes Over department, the New York Times reports that tap water has become so popular that PepsiCo will have to close six plants and lay of 3,300 people. I really underestimated Americans on this front.
Berkshire Hathaway: An Owner’s Manual.
“Berkshire Hathaway: An Owner’s Manual,” written by Warren Buffett in 1996. It’s only five pages long, but a wonderfully candid, interesting read, especially for those of us accustomed to rather drier corporate manifestos. Given that BRK is trading for $122,000 / share, you’ve got to trust that the man knows what he’s talking about.