And the TWINS!

Since ebay is being a bitch about half.com I am going to move most of my books to Amazon or this site.

Some of these are good. Thanks to Jason for the link.

It turns out that individuals tend to earn less money when they manage thier 401(k) accounts. The article tells me something I like to hear, since I am not big on financle things:

you will earn more by spending less time managing your 401(k).

Excellent. I will resist the urge to adjust my investments.

Ew! It somewhat reminds me of National Lampoon's Vacation.

It is bizzar how some people react to the death of a loved one.

Not an overly interesting story. I just liked the last line they put in:


He counts embattled pop star Michael Jackson, who is facing trial over child molestation charges, as a personal friend.


That addition just doesn't make any sense. Are they trying to say something about Geller with that? Are they saying that by association he is a child molester? I don't get it.

I know I have posted about this item before, but CNN has a new article on it.

I don't understand people's desire to shelter themselves and thier children so univarsily from violence. Seeing some one's ass isn't a big deal. And filtering out "hell" and "damn" doesn't seem worth it, when you hear those words on TV all the time.

What ever happened to parents just saying "No, you can't watch that," and kids watching it when they go to a friend's house. Now we are going to have a generation of kids who will rewatch movies when they are older and take away something completely different.

I also agree with the fact that they are fucking with the "art" of the movie. While I agree that Pulp Fiction may be a little hard on the ears and eyes, the movie was created with those lines and scenes in place and removing them will only harm the viewer's understanding of the movie as a whole. Even kids can appriciate that sort of thing to some extent.

This reminds me of when a frat was closed at MIT and a bunch of guys were living out of backpacks at the Student Center. It wasn't that odd, since anytime you walk around campus, there is some one sleeping in every library and on every reasonably comfortable surface.

If I had been in the position, I would have chosen Barker. Not only is it in the dome, but it has an awesome (and very quiet) reading room.

Very cool new interpretation of one of da Vinci's designs. It turns out he had designed a self propelled car that could move about 40 meters (~120 ft).

Wow! The complete Feynman Lectures on Physics in .pdf form! I still want them in audio or textbook format...hint hint.

Very interesting article on Slate about the kids at Columbine who open fired on their schoolmates. It turns out that this wasn't a "regular" school shooting. There wasway more to this.

This is really cool. I love how the artists were able to take the results of this man's hate and turn it into a wonderfully inspired collection of works.

Cool file management program. It looks like it would be more helpful to use than Explorer, because you get some sense of what is below the current level in your hierarchy without clogging your screan.

**LOL**

This:

"We knew it was a gay paper and we hold that even as a joke, the gay community is proud of their advancements into the safe schools program in the U.S."

is inquestion due to a statement from the president of The Onion:

Mills said the photo is fake, the Onion has nothing to do with STOP and isn't a gay paper.
"In some ways, if you're going to a satirical news source to prove a serious point . . . you're getting what you deserve."

I am surprised this didn't happen in Texas...

Heh. No surprise there.
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It is amazing what some people put on ebay. I found out about this from CNN.

It sounds cool...but too pricey for my checkbook.

Ah, yes. Wal-Mart is the becon of uptight people everywhere, and RCA looks to capitolize on it.

Interesting Explainer in Slate today. And this line seems to explain just why the Cadbury Bunny sounds like a chicken:

Eastre was a Teutonic goddess of the dawn who was able to change a bird into a rabbit

I guess when Eastre came to a certain bunny, the transformation wasn't complete.

I am not a big pet fan, but some people have absolutely crazy connections with their pets, dogs especially:

A recent Yankelovich study for American Demographics found that nearly a third of respondents and half of all single people said that of everyone in their lives, they relied most on pets for companionship and affection. Distressingly often, owners have confessed to me that they could survive the loss of a companion or spouse, but they're not sure how they could live without their dog.

I have to say, that I prefer a talking human as a companion than a dog. Yes, I really liked having a dog as a kid, but there is something to be said for being able to discuss and argue with some one who can respond, and has opposible thumbs.

This is an interesting article about how the country is becoming politically segregation:

The likelihood that you will ever argue politics with your neighbor is diminishing rapidly, because it's less and less likely that, politically, you and your neighbor will ever disagree.

And what this has done to change the party politics that were non-existant in the mid to late '70s.

This article includes the following about John Ashcroft:

Ashcroft, a religious man who does not drink alcohol or caffeine, smoke, gamble or dance...

My gosh, what does he do for fun? No dancing? Not even the Hokey-Pokey? No wonder he wants to ruin the fun for the rest of us.

Also, included in the same article is the following:

The ensuing years [following Clinton's election] saw an explosion of porn, so much so that critics say that Americans' tolerance for sexually explicit material rivals that of Europeans.

Oh, no! We can't be like those dirty Europeans, with thier languages other than English, and thier strange cuisenes and distaste for McDonald's. That's un-American!

When I saw One dead as 'City of New Orleans' derails as a headline this morning on CNN, I instantly thought of the Arlo Gutherie song. Popular culture has a tight hold on us all.

It appears that the department of Health and Human services is attempting to fight obeasity in America through this web site. HHS spent some big money on advertising; I got here from a CNN link.

This is absolutely crazy. Family Guy did a scene where Stewie did this. I think Stewie did a much better rendition than Shatner...

I think that this would qualify as irony.

This is very cool. I wonder what happens if you leave your cell phone in your car?

An interesting article about the decline in LSD in the US, though the demand has remained high:

...the decline in LSD use doesn't look like a demand-side phenomena: The cultural hunger for a substance that lets you hold affordable conversations with God, watch walls melt, breathe colors, and explore your psyche remains unsated.