Archive for the 'whatnot' Category
Chaitén Volcano in Chile
I blame global warming.
Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations
The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing the last of thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.
A thick column of ash climbed into the stratosphere and blew […]
So you have a gun. So what?
New Favorite Website
If you thought zombo.com was good, then you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.*
don’t be the last of your friends to check out strictscrutiny.com, the brand new interactive website where you can do anything!
(I believe its been featured on E! News, the Wall Street Journal, Al-Jazeera, and even got a mention on Idol Gives Back last week)
Plane vs. Car
Thank You, Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
For once, someone is sensitive to the fact that I can never remember the difference between the mathematical terms mean, median, and mode. From this article, New Home Sales Fall for Fourth Straight Month; at 13-Year Low in February:
The median price of a home sold last month dropped to $244,100, 2.7 percent less than the […]
Sometimes…
Here is the oddest text message I’ve ever received:
Sometimes I have hash browns in the morning.
I don’t recognize the number that sent it to me. I have no idea who they are.
And I can’t even imagine what would prompt someone to text that to a friend.
Wow
Finally, honest lottery winners.
I am always amused when people who hit the jackpot claim that they won’t change thier lifestyle or that they will keep working until retirement age. (”What? Millions of dollars change how I spend money? That’s just crazy talk…”)
A Georgia couple won the multi-state lottery Mega Millions jackpot of $270 million last week. […]
Dallas: Presidential Bermuda Triangle
Seriously, does anyone else think this is odd?
First, security for Obama was lax (or wasn’t).
Then, a police officer dies while part of Hillary’s motorcade.
And, of course, there was JFK.
It should be obvious by now: stay away from Dallas.
Heroes was right!
Human evolution is speeding up. Watch for time-traveling cubicle jockeys and self-healing cheerleaders any day now.
Explosive population growth is driving human evolution to speed up around the world, according to a new study.
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And while humans are evolving quickly around the world, local cultural and environmental factors are shaping evolution differently on different continents.
“We’re evolving […]
The Lion Whisperer
Great video of the guy who became famous on the net a few months ago.
‘Lion whisperer’ at work
History of Thanksgiving, Part II
The first Thanksgiving was made possible because the Pilgrims ended their experiment with socialism and embraced private farming.
John Stossel explains:
When the Pilgrims first settled the Plymouth Colony, they organized their farm economy along communal lines. The goal was to share everything equally, work and produce.
They nearly all starved.
Why? When people can get the same return […]
“God is Brazilian,” says Brazilian Prez
Yeah, well, that would explain their freakishly good soccer team, too.
“This discovery… proves that God is Brazilian,” he said during a speech at his presidential palace in the capital Brasilia.
His theological assertion is not original: Brazilians have long claimed that God shares their nationality on the basis of the natural resources at their disposal.
Can you box the cat in?
