Category Archives: General Foolishness

I Usually Avoid Puerile Humor on this Blog, but…

Posted on December 29, 2010 | Comments Off on I Usually Avoid Puerile Humor on this Blog, but…

… this one was too good not to share.

Original version here.

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Wow. Just Wow.

Posted on December 8, 2010 | Comments Off on Wow. Just Wow.

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Posted in General Foolishness, International

Like, Totally

Posted on December 1, 2010 | Comments Off on Like, Totally

Overuse (and misuse) of the word “like” is an obstacle to clear speaking and clear thinking. It is also a signal to the rest of the world that one need not be taken seriously.

Christopher Hitchens has an amusing article on the history of “like,” pointing out that “in some cases the term has become simultaneously a crutch and a tic, driving out the rest of the vocabulary as candy expels vegetables. But it didn’t start off that way, and might possibly be worth saving in a modified form.”

I largely agree. Read the whole thing over at Vanity Fair.

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They Must Be Dog People

Posted on December 1, 2010 | Comments Off on They Must Be Dog People

Report: Kill the Feral Cats

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Tragic Irony

Posted on September 27, 2010 | Comments Off on Tragic Irony

CNN: Segway company owner dies in apparent Segway accident

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Unions Prefer to Hire Non-Union Protesters

Posted on September 21, 2010 | Comments Off on Unions Prefer to Hire Non-Union Protesters

This is priceless.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Working Stiffed
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Maybe they got the idea for this segment from a recent CEI video:

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Posted in Economics, General Foolishness

Megan McArdle on DC Drivers

Posted on September 9, 2010 | Comments Off on Megan McArdle on DC Drivers

Well worth a read:

I could not have imagined, before I moved to DC, that I would find driving through New York City traffic soothing. But this is exactly how I do feel, when I drive back to New York. New York City drivers are extremely aggressive and numerous, but they are rational and predictable. I never feel like I don’t know what a cab driver is about to do; of course, he’s about to try to cut me off at around 35 miles per hour. But he isn’t about to pull over into the left lane of a major thoroughfare at 35 miles per hour, slam on the brakes, and back up traffic for fifteen minutes while he waits for an opening in opposing traffic so that he can pull into the hotel driveway across the street. Because even a New York City cab driver can recognize that that would be insane.

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The First Rule of Driving in DC Is Don’t

Posted on September 3, 2010 | Comments Off on The First Rule of Driving in DC Is Don’t

One of the first things I noticed after moving to Washington was the sheer number of bad drivers. Lane markers are treated as mere suggestions. Use of turn signals is strictly optional. It doesn’t help that outside of the downtown area, the roads are a confusing jumble. That spells disaster in a city with a large transient population unfamiliar with the city’s nooks and crannies.

But that’s all anecdotal evidence. The hard data confirm that DC drivers are a sorry lot:

Washington had the most accident- prone drivers of any U.S. city for the third straight year, according to Allstate Corp., the biggest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer.

Washington’s drivers get in a collision every 5.1 years, meaning that they have a 96 percent higher chance of being in an accident than the average American driver…

The national average for the period between collisions has been about 10 years for the six years the company has conducted the study.

Read more here.

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Odd Google Searches

Posted on August 25, 2010 | Comments Off on Odd Google Searches

Last October, this blog switched over to WordPress software. One of the benefits of WordPress is that it shows me which search engine terms direct people to this site. This one from today caught my eye:

how does a 15 year old hores’ teeth look

I’m going to assume that our friendly Googler meant “horse,” not “whore.” The search probably led him or her to this post about horse teeth regulations.

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“All of My Motives Are Ulterior”

Posted on June 25, 2010 | Comments Off on “All of My Motives Are Ulterior”

This spot-on political ad parody has been making the rounds. Enjoy.

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Posted in Elections, General Foolishness, Political Animals