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Complex Numbers
Complex Numbers
A complex number is expressed in the standard form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is defined by i^2 = -1 (that is, i is the square root of -1). For example, 3 + 2i is a complex number.
The bi term is often referred to as an imaginary number (though this may be misleading, as it is no more "imaginary" than the symbolic abstractions we know as the "real" numbers). Thus, every complex number has a real part, a, and an imaginary part, bi.
Complex numbers are often represented on a graph known as the "complex plane," where the horizontal axis represents the infinity of real numbers, and the vertical axis represents the infinity of imaginary numbers. Thus, each complex number has a unique representation on the complex plane: some closer to real; others, more imaginary. If a = b, the number is equal parts real and imaginary.
Very simple transformations applied to numbers in the complex plane can lead to fractal structures of enormous intricacy and astonishing beauty.
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It's been a while since I've actually, you know, created a Static Item here. But I finally finished the words to the song about Tesla, and Brandiwynš¶ v.2026  says she'll have the thing recorded soon. When she does, I'll link it, but until then, behold:
An actual new item from Me!
And another one on the way, possibly as soon as next month (or next year, the way I've been working). |
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"They" say that necessity is the mother of invention.
I say laziness is the milkman.
But I don't want to know from what unholy union these inventions sprung:
http://kez57.bravehost.com/everything.htm
("The Thing" is not quite the creepiest thing I've ever seen, but it's a close second or third.) |
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There are few news outlets I trust. Reuters is one of them.
But today, let's play that old SAT game, "Which one doesn't belong?"
Top 10 stories on Reuters, circa noon EST today:
1. Iran says courts will teach protesters a lesson | Video
2. Washington subway urged to upgrade before crash | Video
3. UPDATE 1-US reality TV stars Jon & Kate to split
4. Air France crash searchers say no black box found
5. Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons
6. UPDATE 3-Air France crash searchers say no black box found
7. Seven killed in Washington subway crash: mayor | Video
8. Iran starts airforce manoeuvres in Gulf
9. Birth defects show human price of coal | Video
10. Shot dog bites gunman
(see http://www.reuters.com/ to view the current list)
Okay, leaving aside for the moment that some of those are actually about the same thing: 2 and 7; 4 and 6; arguably, 1 and 8. That's still seven news items. But let's also scratch #10 - after all, it's a "dog bites man" story, and everyone knows that's never news. So... six basic items: Iran (war / current events), DC subway crash (death), Air France crash (death); Al-Qaida talking out its collective ass (OMG EVERYONE PANIC); birth defects (human interest) and...
Jon & Kate.
By all that's holy, MAKE IT STOP.
It's embarrassing enough that I know what J&K are. It's embarrassing enough that I've even HEARD of that train wreck. (Get it? Train wreck? DC Metro? Oh, nevermind...)
Now, to scream, "I DON'T CARE!" at the top of my lungs would be disingenuous, because I wouldn't be bitching about it if I didn't care, but the fact is, I DON'T CARE.
And you shouldn't, either.
Yes, really. I couldn't give two craps about some idiot couple who were stupid enough to pop out eight sprogs, yet lucky enough to get paid by some TV producer to act like they have some semblance of being normal human beings, when normal human begins a) have vaginas, not clown cars; b) keep their private lives private and c) don't get paid godzillions of dollars to violate a) and b) above.
Seriously, make it stop. The only way to make it stop would be if everyone just hollered, "I DON'T CARE" all at once, and turned off the goddam-noisy-box for however long that idiotic "reality" show is on, or, preferably, far longer. Isn't there a channel that shows grass growing or something else more interesting? Or how is the internet failing at its job of distracting us from idiotic TV shows?
Just stop. Then this "news" wouldn't be given a higher priority than FUCKING AL-QAEDA SAYING THEY WANT TO GODDAMN NUKE US. Stop watching. Stop clicking on news stories about it. Stop pretending this is in any way whatsoever OKAY.
No, I don't care about the show. What I care about is that people care about the show, and that's what's gotta stop.
...(pant)
...(pant)
...(pant)
Okay, I'm calm now.
While you're at it, make Octopussy go away, too. |
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When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of education
Hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away...
Back in 1983, my mother bought me a Nikon SLR for a graduation present. I took that camera and ran with it, dabbling into amateur and professional photography.
I was never much good, and I wasn't about to get a job with National Geographic or Playboy (I'd have jumped at either one, though I read them both for the articles), but I did a stint with a newspaper and a bunch of gigs as a wedding / party photographer. Kept me in beer money in college, you know.
My attempts at "art" photography were hit or miss, but they focused (heh) on two styles: black and white, and Kodachrome.
The thing about Kodachrome was that it was slow. But the tradeoff for its slowness was rich, deep colors and no grain. I mean, NO grain. You could blow a Kodachrome slide up thousands of times, and it might show some blur, but no grain. No other film behaved like that, and even the most dense digital cameras of today can't claim the same thing.
Now, those days are over.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090622/BUSINESS/90622004/Kodak+to+...
The color film line that helped build Rochester-based Eastman Kodak Co. into an industrial powerhouse will be retired this year, Kodak announced today.
I like digital cameras. I'm probably going to get one soon - a Nikon digital SLR. It may even be able to take my old lenses; I don't know yet.
But I can't help but feel that something big is gone.
If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match
my sweet imagination
everything looks WORSE in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away... |
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So.
Today marks the official, astronomical beginning of summer (here in the only hemisphere that matters), as opposed to the marketing beginning of summer, which appears to be sometime in February.
Just watch - they'll be advertising for Christmas next month. Guaranteed.
Today is also Father's Day (appropriately enough), which makes this comic all the more amusing:
http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06192009.shtml
Being childfree, there's no special day for me. You got your Mother's Day, Father's Day, even Grandparent's Day. I suppose Boss's Day could work, but I don't technically have employees these days (damn the economy anyway), so that's right out.
On the other hand, I can celebrate being childfree every single day, especially when I see how other peoples' kids behave. So I guess I have it good. As I like to tell people, I have 0 children and wouldn't trade them for the world.
Hell, my wife and I even went out for brunch this morning - and didn't have to bring any kids.
Yep. I'm just glad it's summer. I hope I don't sleep through this one like I've done the past few summers. My back doesn't hurt, I'm getting stronger, and I'm ready to rock. Bring on the beach!
Oh, wait, I'm not doing that until September. D'oh. |
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So I haven't made a big deal out of it here, but I've been doing a great deal of exercising lately. Well, a great deal for me, which is probably not nearly as much as some do.
It started with my previously chronicled effort at a Body Pump class, that resulted in me being in constant, brutal agony for a week. But I'm used to being in constant, brutal agony due to persistent back problems (which, I'm glad to say, seem to be in abeyance and have been for some months), so I stuck it out and, the following week, I went... back to the body pump class that fucked me up in the first place.
It seems I probably have self-destructive tendencies - as if you haven't figured that out by now. Normally I express them through binge drinking and cigar smoking and alienating friends and family, and bitching about things over which I have no control. But suddenly I found that I could indulge them by exercising, which tricks my mind into thinking I'm doing something horribly bad for myself while doing the exact opposite.
So I went again, and then again not even a week later, and now I'm going three times a week.
Haven't ridden my new bike all that much, but that's mainly because today was the first time in a while that it wasn't raining, and I didn't feel like it today. Even though it would have pained up my knees, thus once again convincing me that I'm being self-destructive.
To make matters worse, I've been going to a yoga class. Twice, now.
What the hell is wrong with me? Have I been replaced by aliens? |
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...but a funny Cracked article about my favorite mad scientist:
http://www.cracked.com/funny-284-nikola-tesla/
Thomas Edison was a cranky American asshole who was sort of involved with the invention of the light bulb. Nikola Tesla was a crazy Serbian who was instrumental in harnessing electric power. Also, he blew shit up with lightning.
Hey, no contest, right? The blowing-shit-up-with-lightning guy wins, hands down.
I wonder if Tesla cursed every time he had to change a lightbulb?
Hm... how many mad scientists DOES it take to change a lightbulb? |
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A while back, Brandiwynš¶ v.2026 challenged me to come up with ten punny headlines. I'm still working on that.
But sometimes I don't need to. They write themselves.
From the Washington Post:
President Wades Into Gay Issues
Sticky subject, Barry. Takes balls to address it. Don't get in over your head. You may have to violate your religious convictions to adhere to the Constitution. Suck it up like a man. Oh, and watch out for the teabaggers.
(if anyone's interested, the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/17/AR2009061702578....) |
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I haven't linked the Daily Fail in a while.
'A bikini bug ate me alive': The horrifying story of what happened when this woman left her swimwear to dry in the sun
...The trip was a great success, and as I took the taxi to the airport I was pleased to see that I had only one mosquito bite. It was on the inside of my left upper arm, by the seam of my T-shirt. Never mind, I thought, it's not even itchy: it will be kept cool in the plane's air conditioning and will be almost gone by the time I'm back. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1193233/A-bikini-bug-ate-alive--The-ho...
Ew. Ew. Ew.
Two days later, I was no longer ill, but the bite was so uniquely painful that I was exhausted by it. It was relentless. It was now very raised, and very yellow. I was as repulsed as I was pained by it.
This is where Americans go to the doctor.
At about 4am, I had turned the light on and was staring at the bite. Suddenly, it seemed to be moving. I must be very, very tired, I reasoned.
This is beyond the point where Americans go to the doctor. This is the part of the horror movie when the ditzy blonde gets what she deserv... oh.
The next morning, I headed to a meeting in North London.
Note: NOT a medical meeting.
As the train passed the stop for Hampstead, very close to the Royal Free Hospital, I decided on the spur of the moment to have it dressed by a professional.
YA THINK??!
I'd had no sleep for three days and was in no state to meet the most devastatingly handsome doctor I had ever seen, but there he was. I was swooning with pain, but I swooned some more.
What the effing crap? Chick is about to hatch Alien and all she can think of is how hot the doctor is? Christ on a boat, I know Brits are raised to have a stiff upper lip, but this chick's is made of fucking cast iron.
Half a tub was slathered over the area, then a clear, airtight plastic dressing was fixed on top. 'Go shopping and come back in three hours,' I was told.
Ignoring for the moment the horrid use of passive voice, which is not excusable even in Tory tabloids, again: What is she, British or Spartan?
Now I understood why maggots were used to clean wounds in the past: it was immaculate.
Still are, actually. See #5 here:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17446_6-disgusting-ways-animals-can-improve-your-... |
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Some fan has created a "dream" trailer for the planned Green Lantern movie.
Before I link the trailer, here's some more information about the upcoming movie:
http://www.newsarama.com/film/090321-green-lantern-movie-news.html
Also, before I link the trailer, I want to make clear what a great idea this is. I've been wanting to see a GOOD Green Lantern film treatment ever since the original Superman came out in the 70s. They couldn't have done it justice (pun intended. Green Lantern. Justice. Justice League. Get it? Oh, hell, it IS Monday, isn't it?) back then, and I really don't think they could until post-Matrix.
(Note that I still think The Matrix blew donkey balls. It's just that the movie redefined state-of-the-art effects. I don't see movies for effects, but GL demands advanced CGI.)
Anyway, this fan-made trailer dreams of Nathan Fillion as the Ring Bearer.
Honestly, I can't think of a better Hal Jordan, but unfortunately, it ain't gonna happen. Not only could he do the Hal Jordan attitude perfectly; not only does he LOOK like gorram Hal Jordan; but using Fillion would pretty much double the audience, since chicks ain't going to be exactly flocking to see this movie... but they would to see Fillion.
Still, the trailer's a lot of fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTiRnqnvDs
There, I got to it eventually, didn't I? |
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Stuck trying to meet a deadline tonight, so another phone-in, I'm afraid.
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1507
THIS REFUSE HAS BEEN CHECKED FOR ILLEGAL PRESENTATION.
What the hell, I hope you are asking yourself, is that about? You need to live in Edinburgh's New Town to figure it out instantly. For the rest of you, I will explain...
Interesting take on language and how it's used - and misused - in various contexts. Bonus: Lesson on many of the differences between British English and REAL English.  |
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Today, we went to the Virginia Renaissance Festival.
Yes, I willingly and purposefully ventured outdoors. The horror.
Now, I can deal with the overpriced merchandise, the starving actors, the pseudo-medieval shows, and the food. Some of it is actually quite amusing.
What I can't deal with are the silly fake accents.
They don't even try to fake a British accent, even though the theme of this one is supposedly set in England. No, they have to come up with their own accents, which I henceforth call Fairish.
Fairish is a lot like English, with a lot of milords and miladys thrown in, rounded second-syllable vowels, and with a rising tone at the end of each sentence as if they're asking perpetual questions.
The first time you hear one, it's amusing, the second time, it's quaint. The third and subsequent times, I want to punch someone.
Other than that, though, it was a good time. I might joust do it again next year |
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Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.
-Leon Bazile
It was 42 years ago today when the Supreme Court kicked my home state forcibly into the 20th century.
I didn't know it at the time. Neil Armstrong had not yet walked upon the moon, the sight of which is my first memory. I was only a year old and my parents lived in Baltimore, which was in, perhaps, a slightly more progressive state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v_virginia
Basically, in the late 50s, a white man married a woman of mixed race descent - said mix including African genes. They tied the knot in DC, which was apparently also slightly more progressive, then moved back to Virginia - not far at all from where I (arguably) grew up. Virginia, at the time (less than fifty years ago!) held marriage between a man and a woman illegal - unless they were of the same "race."
The above quote illustrates the legal basis of this law. I'm sure, at the time, it seemed perfectly reasonable. An argument, that is, based on a theology (which is not supposed to form the basis for laws in this country, but creeps in anyway) that is itself suspect. Hell, if that argument were any more circular we could use it as a frisbee.
People who claim to know what God did or did not intend scare the living crap out of me. If God had, for example, intended for us to fly, he would have given us the brains to develop airplanes. Oh... wait... yeah. Nevermind.
When said people are making or interpreting laws, they scare me so much that I feel like running into the relatively safe, comforting arms of a clown.
Anyway... Loving v. Virginia, like I said, kicked us into the 20th century. 67 years too late, perhaps, but it happened. It took even longer to shift public opinion to general agreement, but hell, I know damn well that there are still pockets of resistance to the radical idea that the human race is one race. One such pocket, in a racially-motivated rage, killed a security guard the other day, not far from where that case was decided.
According to that Wikipedia article, for whatever it's worth, the last miscegenation statute wasn't repealed until 2000, just missing overlapping into the 21st century (which actually began in 2001).
The idea that the government has no business regulating such things is, apparently, newer than I thought. But we seem to be getting there.
Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.
So... how're those gay marriage bans working out for y'all? |
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I gotta link a Cracked article again.
http://www.cracked.com/article_17445_6-best-2012-apocalypse-theories-are-all-bul...
The 6 Best 2012 Apocalypse Theories (Are All Bullshit)
You may have noticed a recent trend of trying to fit every hackneyed doomsday prophecy into the same red-letter year of 2012. The theories are obtuse, their connections are flimsy and the perceived consequences are completely unsubstantiated.
Unsurprisingly, these prophecies are enormously popular.
I'll be honest: I love conspiracy and eschatology theories. They're one of my primary forms of entertainment, behind baiting creationists and looking for sources of schadenfreude.
Entertainment. This means I don't take them seriously. I just like trying to force my mind into the pretzel logic that most conspiracy theories require.
Oh, one thing. Remember Cracked is a comedy site. Don't get scientific information from them. From the article:
As for the winter solstice thing, that's just when the Sun is at its greatest distance from Earth.
Actually, in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs near perihelion (closest approach to sun). The winter solstice is because the north pole points further from the sun, decreasing the angle of the sun's rays impacting Earth, and shortening the days. I'm sure you already know this, but just in case there are people who actually believe theories of eschatology out there, I thought I'd set the record straight. Axial tilt is the reason for the season!
Our poles shifting because the Sun is aligned with the center of the Milky Way makes about as much scientific sense as saying you shouldn't drive at sunset because your car might crash into the sun.
I did that once. Hot. |
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If you're here, you're smarter.
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/brain-gain
New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain
Bonus: "This is your brain / This is your brain on the internet" graphic
"The simple headline here is that Google is making us smarter," says Gary Small of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California at Los Angeles. Thank you, Dr. Small. And thank you, Internet, for not only helping me dig up this information but also juicing up my brain while I looked for it. Small recently published results showing that searching the Internet does for the brains of older folks what doing bench presses does for chest muscles.
Except - really, really major difference here - the internet has NEVER, EVER made my brain hurt so much that I couldn't think for a week. Bench presses, on the other hand...
Anyway, yeah, I know that the study is really inconclusive. Doesn't control for enough variables, sensationalizes, etc. But until I have definitive evidence otherwise, I'll go with "I'm smarter because I spend most of my time on the internet." I like that conclusion better than the other.
Now, go search for something, and Get Smart! |
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So sometimes the funniest things come from links. It's not like I'm getting paid for providing the public service of making y'all laugh.
Here's an article about genetically engineered mosquitoes. Mosquitoes that are engineered to be malaria carriers. Super malaria carriers. In an effort to STOP malaria.
http://www.askmen.com/money/money-news/31_the-upside-of-malaria.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Think your job's tedious? Try beheading 100 mosquitoes an hour.
Gently, no smushing allowed. Malaria parasites lurk in these mosquitoes' salivary glands, and a small company on the outskirts of the nation's capital needs them unharmed for a dramatic test -- attempting the first live vaccine to fight malaria.
Holy Shit, don't these people read science fiction? In what bizarro universe is it a good idea to genetically engineer malaria-carrying mosquitos?
There's only one solution: Stock up on tonic. And gin.
(Tonic water is supposed to protect against malaria, though the stuff sold on the shelves now probably doesn't have enough quinine to work properly. Still, you have to wonder about a drink that, in order to make it taste better, you have to add gin. Don't get me wrong; I love gin. But I'm almost alone in that.)
Now, here's the cool thing about the internet. Whatever question you have, someone somewhere has an answer to it. It's not always the right answer, and it helps to have a healthy dose of smarts and skepticism, but here's the answer to, "Gee, I wonder if it would be possible to drive from North America to South America?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_Gap
Basically: No. And not just because the part between the US and Brazil is infested with guerrillas, peach-sized spiders and tourists.
The DariƩn Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama (Central America) and Colombia (South America). It measures just over 160 km (99 mi) long and about 50 km (31 mi) wide. It is not possible to cross between South America and Central America by land without passing through the DariƩn Gap. Roadbuilding through this area is expensive, and the environmental toll is steep. Political consensus in favor of road construction has not emerged. There is no existing road connection through the DariƩn Gap connecting North/Central America with South America. It is therefore the missing link of the Pan-American Highway.
Back on the comedy, here's more proof that the customer is almost NEVER right.
http://notalwaysright.com/third-times-not-a-charm/2065
And finally, someone shows graphically what I've been thinking:
http://graphjam.com/2009/06/09/song-chart-memes-fear/
And really, 'nuff said. |
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Or does it just smell that way?
Since it's been a while since I directly addressed the topic of "writing" on this site, and I found this article, I'll take a break from the comedy to tackle something serious.
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/05/eighteen-challenges-in-contempora...
Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature
This list appears to exist without any sort of context.
Though I write, I'm not trained in liberal arts, so some of these items I just don't grok:
7. Media conglomerates have poor business model; economically rationalized “culture industry” is actively hostile to vital aspects of humane culture.
What exactly does this mean?
8. Long tail balkanizes audiences, disrupts means of canon-building and fragments literary reputation.
I understand the definition of every single word in that sentence, and yet, taken as a whole... huh?
10. Contemporary literature not confronting issues of general urgency; dominant best-sellers are in former niche genres such as fantasies, romances and teen books.
While this is a point I do understand, as a science fiction writer, I consider this to be not a bad thing.
11. Barriers to publication entry have crashed, enabling huge torrent of subliterary and/or nonliterary textual expression.
*whistles innocently*
14. Unstable computer and cellphone interfaces becoming world’s primary means of cultural access. Compositor systems remake media in their own hybrid creole image.
English, please.
16. Academic education system suffering severe bubble-inflation.
In what way?
17. Polarizing civil cold war is harmful to intellectual honesty.
I assume this means the ongoing battle between conservatives and liberals, which has gotten worse since the advent of the internet, which treats polarizing and extreme opinions with the same weight as moderate, rational ones. What happens is conservatives don't bother reading anything once they determine it has a "liberal bias" - and vice versa.
So. Am I pursuing a hobby in a dead field? |
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I have a lot to do today - exercise and then help ArtemisMad Scientist  move to a city an hour away ( ) so I'm just going to link a Cracked article:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17451_chimney-sweeps-scrotum-10-bizarre-job-relat...
Chimney Sweep's Scrotum: 10 Bizarre Job-Related Illnesses
...Needless to say the pipers end up breathing those bacteria in and falling prey to illnesses like pneumonia, respiratory infections and an undiagnosed mental disorder that makes them want to continue playing the bagpipes."
Good stuff. Gross, but good.
Oh, and I will never again complain about my nice, cushy desk job. |
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I used to say (before saying such things was guaranteed to get you on a List somewhere) that there are very few personal problems that cannot be solved with a suitable application of high explosives.
Well, some people might want to go the cheaper route:
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1037
Of course, using that product as directed might get one in some legal trouble. Could be worth it, though, especially for the door-to-door evangelists.
Speaking of legal trouble,
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2009/06/reasonable-consumer-would-know-crunchberri...
On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit. The plaintiff, Janine Sugawara, alleged that she had only recently learned to her dismay that said "berries" were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls, and that although the product did contain some strawberry fruit concentrate, it was not otherwise redeemed by fruit.
Wow, ya THINK?
Oh, and while we're on the subject of thinking, here's a guy who didn't quite think his cunning plan all the way through.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=7772961&page=1
Murray told the teller during that visit, the complaint stated, "We are 94 million miles from the sun, and are in-between the sun and moon, and the eagle that flies between them, and it's a giant step for mankind. ... I have traveled thousands of miles to be here and know things that are going to happen. ... The banking system will fail and people will die. ... There will be chaos in the world."
It's 93 million miles, idiot. Geeze, if you're going to go on a psychopathic rant and threat spree, at least get your scientific facts right.
But wait, here's the scary part:
"This is one of a gazillion cases, " the spokesman told ABC News. "It's not that out of the ordinary. We see this day in and day out."
A gazillion? How many bazillions is that?
And I just want to leave y'all today with this: A literal interpretation of Meat Loaf's "Anything For Love" video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTPko-aXvJM
Seriously. Crank up the speakers and watch.
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