The most ironic week

One of they pointed out that in Texas, Monday is MLK Day — rightfully a national holiday. Friday, however, is Confederate Heroes Day. Perhaps not quite so honorable. Unless you count signing surrender papers to prevent more cities being burnt to the ground…

Howto…

TechEBlog has some fun videos on how to make some interesting stuff. They especially like the paper snack boxes…

Flashback!

So, with the Foley fallout, they are taken back to many years ago, when a vaguely popular bumper sticker said: Republicans eat their young

There is a new term for automotive stupidity!

It began as they were coming back from lunch. The conversation turned to “stupidly enhanced” vehicles, among which number both jacked-up trucks (and smaller vehicles), and cars whose rims are worth more than the car itself. The word that encapsulates all these travesties? Carwinism.

They have to ask: is it true?

Has Bin Laden died of typhoid? Things look promising now that the story is in english. They especially like the part about “partial paralysis of his internal organs” Wow — this story is spreading quickly…

What’s really missing from American culture…

…is “Fat, balding, hairy, ugly middle-aged guys gone wild.” You know, it’s reached # on the New York Times bestseller list… Oh, wait. We have the superbowl Funny aside: the spell checker suggested “superb owl” — how very Fawlty Towers of my spell checker.