I love my university. It's true that it is a bit geeky, but things like THIS happen:
There's a lot to like in this video.
1) Check out how nice it is, and how kids are just laying around outside in the grass and on the steps on a Friday.
2) Look at that campanile - THAT'S a campus, folks. Its a giant park in the middle of campus, with all the main buildings around it. What's your campus like, Iowa? Oh yeah - there's a CITY in the middle of your campus. (Granted, I really like the city that's in the middle of your campus, and I still have a little love for your sports programs, but other than THAT!)
3) I like how the assoc. prof. playing it is totally figuring it out on the way. Its gets better and better.
4) How cool is technology that this event took place at noon TODAY. That's five hours ago. Someone taped it, posted it to youtube, someone else saw it, posted it to facebook, I see it in my own facebook feed, watch it, post it to MY fb feed.... Look at how quickly things like this can get spread these days!
Friday, August 27, 2010
"The Oatmeal" - Legos
I love Legos. I also like online comics. Graphs are also humorous. What if you combined all three?!?
Thursday, August 19, 2010
One in Five Americans Are Stupid.
Apparently, one in five Americans think Obama is a muslim. Do people not have brains of their own anymore? That any sound byte by any radical becomes household misinformation?
Monday, August 16, 2010
"ie." vs. "eg."
A fun grammar lesson on how to use "ie" vs. "eg." I wondered this exact question about two weeks ago, and here's my answer in the form of a humorous cartoon!
Friday, August 13, 2010
"Worst Governor Ever"
And while I'm bashing Sarah Palin, here's some MORE evidence on just how awful she is. As if you needed more.
Read this whole story. Its fantastic. Could this family BE more redneck, more police-state, or less professional? I don't think they could.
Read this whole story. Its fantastic. Could this family BE more redneck, more police-state, or less professional? I don't think they could.
Babies of Terror!!
Have you guys been watching the news this past week or so? Its been a crazy week for news. I think the public is getting over-news'd lately. Anyways, that's not my point.
Did you hear about the "Terror Babies" fiasco? Its pretty dang hilarious. Telling, even. So the story goes that this congressman, who is a republican from (where else?) Texas, used allegations that terrorists are coming into the country pregnant, have the kid (a US Citizen) then leave and take the kid, raise him/her as a terrorist, and then send them back to do terrorist stuff. "Terror Babies." He used this as a reason to end the 14th amendment, essentially to stop mexican immigrants from getting their US-born babies citizenship. But that's a harder pill for the public to swallow than "terror babies." Now - I'm not too mad at the congressman in question here. Obviously this theory is effing stupid. Even if it WAS true - you can't just stop giving citizenship to children born in this country. That's like taking away the right to freedom of worship or freedom of speech and then trying to say, "but its still America, people!" What I AM mad about is the AMERICAN PUBLIC as a whole. When did we get so fucking gullible and stupid? I realize there is always going to be a minority of people who are.... less intelligent. That's fine. But that segment seems to be getting bigger every DAY. I just don't understand how people can be duped into thinking that, for example, Sarah Palin is even remotely qualified to be President, or be blind enough to not see right through as transparent a red-herring argument as "terror babies."
Anyways, I thought people might enjoy this clip for several reasons. Anderson Cooper is doing what MORE people in the news should: Rather than bringing on the controversial party and having some hollow dialogue to get them to repeat their views, he brings on the controversial party and point out that they are... well... ridiculous and that people would be even more dumb if they believed something like that.
I think the fact that 'news' organization (most if not all) do too much pandering to try and stay 'centrist' or 'unbiased.' EVERY viewpoint or editorial comes off as fact anymore. "Its on the news, so its gotta be true." There needs to be more call-outs like AC does here, just for the sake of people realizing that every word reported in the news DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRUE.
I usually try and stay away from comments on news sites, but I thought I'd include one person's (pbmom) post because I agreed with the sentiment pretty strongly.
"I am really quite curious to see where our country goes in the next 2-10 years. These fear-mongers scare me to death. The lies they spew don't scare me, but the fact that some great percentage of our citizens believe this trash terrifies me.
Did you hear about the "Terror Babies" fiasco? Its pretty dang hilarious. Telling, even. So the story goes that this congressman, who is a republican from (where else?) Texas, used allegations that terrorists are coming into the country pregnant, have the kid (a US Citizen) then leave and take the kid, raise him/her as a terrorist, and then send them back to do terrorist stuff. "Terror Babies." He used this as a reason to end the 14th amendment, essentially to stop mexican immigrants from getting their US-born babies citizenship. But that's a harder pill for the public to swallow than "terror babies." Now - I'm not too mad at the congressman in question here. Obviously this theory is effing stupid. Even if it WAS true - you can't just stop giving citizenship to children born in this country. That's like taking away the right to freedom of worship or freedom of speech and then trying to say, "but its still America, people!" What I AM mad about is the AMERICAN PUBLIC as a whole. When did we get so fucking gullible and stupid? I realize there is always going to be a minority of people who are.... less intelligent. That's fine. But that segment seems to be getting bigger every DAY. I just don't understand how people can be duped into thinking that, for example, Sarah Palin is even remotely qualified to be President, or be blind enough to not see right through as transparent a red-herring argument as "terror babies."
Anyways, I thought people might enjoy this clip for several reasons. Anderson Cooper is doing what MORE people in the news should: Rather than bringing on the controversial party and having some hollow dialogue to get them to repeat their views, he brings on the controversial party and point out that they are... well... ridiculous and that people would be even more dumb if they believed something like that.
I think the fact that 'news' organization (most if not all) do too much pandering to try and stay 'centrist' or 'unbiased.' EVERY viewpoint or editorial comes off as fact anymore. "Its on the news, so its gotta be true." There needs to be more call-outs like AC does here, just for the sake of people realizing that every word reported in the news DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRUE.
I usually try and stay away from comments on news sites, but I thought I'd include one person's (pbmom) post because I agreed with the sentiment pretty strongly.
"I am really quite curious to see where our country goes in the next 2-10 years. These fear-mongers scare me to death. The lies they spew don't scare me, but the fact that some great percentage of our citizens believe this trash terrifies me.
Celebrities can sue trash-mags for telling lies about their personal lives. Can we sue these idiots for essentially yelling "fire" in a theater?
Seriously, the dialogue (if you can really call it that) has gotten out of control"
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Solar Bear
Yeah, I just made that term up. But it sounds AWESOME, right? ...Solar bear. Its like a polar bear, but hotter. Anyways.
So I read in the news today that, apparently, the sun is pissed and shot a 'solar prominence' directly at Earth on Sunday night, which will be hitting us tonight. Satellites beware. The word is that even northern US states might be able to see an aurora tonight. Check out the website for some sweet pictures from NASA.
"What's your favorite planet? ...Mine's the Sun." -will ferrel as Harry Carey on SNL.
Its one of my favorite 'recent' SNL clips. It starts a little rocky and then picks up quickly... right at about 1:00 when the above quote happens... Will Ferrel's timing is hilarious.
So I read in the news today that, apparently, the sun is pissed and shot a 'solar prominence' directly at Earth on Sunday night, which will be hitting us tonight. Satellites beware. The word is that even northern US states might be able to see an aurora tonight. Check out the website for some sweet pictures from NASA.
"What's your favorite planet? ...Mine's the Sun." -will ferrel as Harry Carey on SNL.
Its one of my favorite 'recent' SNL clips. It starts a little rocky and then picks up quickly... right at about 1:00 when the above quote happens... Will Ferrel's timing is hilarious.
Monday, August 2, 2010
The Happiest Meat Night
This weekend marked the 8th annual "Happy Meat Night." It was lower on overall poundage from last year, but I felt that the quality and # of nominations for 'best in show' told a different story. I do think that less meat was ingested than prior years, but the food that was there was amazing. Roscommon's dish, Bacon Wrapped Scallops, won this year's 'Best in Show.' I'll leave the details of that to his post. My dish, Bacon-wrapped Sausage Fatty (aka: Bacon Explosion) was a close runner up or "Best Newcomer." 
Total for this year was 37 lbs of meat consumed. I tried to make note of everything that I ate this year, so here's the list as best as I can remember:
-Fried Chicken Gizzards
-Marinated and steamed octopus (an ENTIRE octopus. that's what you threw in your mouth.)
-Bacon Wrapped Scallops
-Pork Ribs
-Crab stuffed Salmon
-Venison steaks
-Iowa Pork Chops
-Pibil (slow roasted pork)
Qubidae (Persian kabobs)
-Bacon Wrapped Sausage Fatty
-Kefka Kabobs
-Meatballs
-Alaskan King Crab legs
Total for this year was 37 lbs of meat consumed. I tried to make note of everything that I ate this year, so here's the list as best as I can remember:-Fried Chicken Gizzards
-Marinated and steamed octopus (an ENTIRE octopus. that's what you threw in your mouth.)
-Bacon Wrapped Scallops
-Pork Ribs
-Crab stuffed Salmon
-Venison steaks
-Iowa Pork Chops
-Pibil (slow roasted pork)
Qubidae (Persian kabobs)
-Bacon Wrapped Sausage Fatty
-Kefka Kabobs
-Meatballs
-Alaskan King Crab legs
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