Big Al (Zarqawi) Knows That Black is Slimming

I'm just glad that being a busy terrorist and guerrilla leader isn't causing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to miss too many meals.

Then: Svelte Sociopath	Now: Succulent Sadist
Source: CNN.com

All the News That's Fit To Ignore

It's easy to love a website's News section, because (almost without fail) these sections will only have a certain kind of news: good news.

If you visited Sally Anthony's singing career website, you'd think it's been a quiet couple of news months for this Nashville-based performer. Google News seems to think otherwise.

In January, Ms. Anthony (part-owner of the ABA's Nashville Rhythm) attempted to fire the Rhythm's Ashley McElhiney, the first female coach of any men's professional team. Rather than wait until the Rhythm's in-progress game was over, Ms. Anthony decided to fire McElhiney during the game, and ended up being restrained by security.

Yeah. That sounds like news to me, too.


Source: SallyAnthony.com & Google News

I think that Ms. Anthony should set an example for all of us and rename this section Good News.

Is an Asteroid Going to Hit the Earth? Win a Digital Camera!

Internet advertising is a marketing marvel, and three cheers for Google and Yahoo! in figuring out how to do it right.

That said, sometimes I just look at these ads and think What the Hell?

Source: World Tribune.com & Google AdSense

Heteronormative

Jada Pinkett Smith made some comments at Harvard University that some students found offensive. In their complaint regarding her remarks, the offended parties labeled Smith's speech heteronormative -- a choice of vocabulary that (IMHO) really sends their point home.

Ah, college, the place where you assail plain speech with a word that does not appear either in Merriam-Webster or at Dictionary.com.

Appease Your Inner Child While You Still Can

Remember the good old days, when it was unclear whether or not unlicensed music downloads were illegal, so you used Napster to your heart's content?

Well, the case law on this topic has become considerably less abiguous, but that hasn't stopped the people at EveryVideoGame.com from making hundreds of your favorite circa-1980's video games freely available in your browser. (Java required)

I recommend you play to your heart's content before the door comes crashing down on this site.

Source: EveryVideoGame.com

Thanks, Joe!

A Postal War on the Gullible

I'm starting to worry about the sanity of the people who send me junk mail.

This graphic designer simply had to be questioning his or her career choice as he or she assembled this much bogus information onto a single unsoliticited business loan offer.



It's not really signed.
It's not really stamped.
All the information in the upper left is meaningless.
The red highlighter is not really a red highlighter.
Heck, it's not even a manilla envelope. It's a fake manilla envelope.

It's Just a Theory

Hunter S. Thompson famously said that Richard Nixon "speaks for the werewolf in us."

Tangentally, I believe that Janet Jackson's bare breasts shoot invisible hypnosis beams that make social conservatives go completely batty.

Don't Need to be Freud to Analyze This One

Our society is fascinated by how bloggers infuse their reporting with emotion.

I'm amused when that emotion is pure, unfiltered jealousy.

Commercials Worth TiVoing

We've had a TiVo for almost 2 years now, and my commercial intake during that time is probably ~10% of what it could have been. I don't miss commercials for a second, but it's nice to see good ones. Framestore CFC seems to only make awesome spots, as examplified by Johnnie Walker's Tree and Fish bits.

Source: Framestore CFC

Around the World in a Single Engine Jet

Once again, Steve Fossett is trying to do something adventurous without killing himself. Cheer him on at the Global Flyer's main site.

Currently (8:30 am Pacific), it looks like he may have drifted a bit south of the original flight plan. After leaving Kansas last night, he's currently over Somalia.