From the Depths of the Interweb!

Some pretty interesting stuff came from the depths of the interweb today. More interesting than anything that happened to me in the past 24 hours, so here you go:

Savage Love - I'm not reproducing it out of respect for taste (read: Susie's really grossed out), but totally worth a read this week for the Southern Reverend story.

In more serious news, it seems that David Pogue, the tech guru at the Paper of Record doesn't know everything. He's compiled a list of things he doesn't know on his blog. Among the highlights:

* What happens to software programs when their publishers go out of business?
* Who are the morons who respond to junk-mail offers, thereby keeping spammers in business?
* How come there are still no viruses for Mac OS X? If it has 6 percent of the market, shouldn’t it have 6 percent of the viruses?
* Why don’t all hotels have check-in kiosks like airlines do?
* Why aren’t there recycling bins for bottles and cans where they’re most obviously needed, like food courts and cafeterias?

But don't fear, faithful blogreaders. I have several substantive ideas in my head for some posts, including watching the Old Firm game (part the first) at The Celtic Cross on Saturday, thoughts on Richard Dawkins and a blog post I read at the St. Louis Archdiocese Youth Website (I was there to check out the musings of a good friend), and more.* Also, I'm going to try and get a Google Reader feed on the blog for some shared items, removing the excuse, "I'll just post a funny link and that counts."

* Unlike the Times, I am absolutely, unequivocally, and totally in favor of the serial comma. Without it, how would you explain the following sentence: I like steak, bacon and ham and eggs.

Knox Is On Wikipedia's Splash Page!

Today's Featured Article: Truthiness

Truthiness means Presidential Candidate Stephen Colbert

And Stephen Colbert's picture on Wikipedia was taken at... Knox College.

Truthiness, meet breaded mushrooms.

You can see the Gizmo in the background. I can almost smell the chicken strips.

Also, note that yesterday's featured article was Donkey Kong.

Pickle Victory, Secrete Success, and Score With Hot Babes

If you like Harry Potter, you'll love this - The Potter Puppet Pals (from the same guy that brought us Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny - hi res here)



Also, check out The Potter Puppet Pals in Snape's potions class.

"I can teach you to pickle victory, secrete success, and even score with hot babes!"
-Severus Snape

Oh, The Humanity!

A team of experts examines the ruins of my Fantasy Football season.

What's the difference between the Wright Tackles and the St. Louis Rams? I at least have one win, while the Rams continue working towards that 0-16 mark. Unfortunately, that's little consolation, as the everything happened that needed to in order to transform my Fantasy Football season into the season from hell.

1) I lost. Again.
2) The 10th place team won, passing me on points scored.
3) Susie won, keeping her in 1st place amongst the Powder Puffers.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Susie. But I have to look at this while she cheerily gives me unsolicited Fantasy advice. Which I have taken. I am now officially accepting advice on fake sports from my wife. But hey, when your league looks like this, what would you do?

Ignominy.

The quarterback carousel continues. Vianney's own Trent Green and Chad Pennington are gone, replaced by Brian Griese and Jay Cutler (both Susie suggestions). Other than that, the suckitude continues on a massive scale.

But there's hope for the future. Marc Bulger returns this week, I'm actually somehow favored to win, and I'm technically not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. I'm just eliminated in that Tampa Bay Devil Rays in June sort of way. Here's hoping for the future.

Post Script: It seems the reason I'm favored by 15 has something to do with my opponent not yet subbing for the three players he has who have bye weeks this Sunday. I'm sure that by kickoff, I'll once again be the dog.

Other People's Words

I've been trying to avoid blog postings that are just Snappy Link To Exciting Article, but this is just something that I have to throw out there. I was reading my Google Reader* this morning, when I cam across a Salon article (by Bill Maher, no less) about the Barack-Obama-Pin-Thingy.

For those who haven't heard, Senator Obama doesn't wear an American Flag lapel pin on his suit coat, because he feels that in many cases, the pin is a substitute for real patriotism. The right (and to a lesser extent his Democratic rivals) responded with vitriol usually reserved for 12 year olds with brain injuries. So, Salon fought back.

Among the highlights:

"...people need to remember that lapels aren't for wearing pins to create the illusion that you're supporting the troops. They're for wearing ribbons to create the illusion that you're helping cure a disease."

" Last week we had the first genuine controversy of the presidential campaign: the shocking news that Barack Obama doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin, so apparently he and America are no longer going steady."

"...we do flag pins and bumper stickers. And not even bumper stickers. Bumper magnets. Because stickers are tough to get off, and we may change our mind about never forgetting."

I could just keep quoting, but you should really just go read the article.

BRAVO, BARACK OBAMA!: American Flag Pins Are For Idiots
-by Bill Maher, from Salon

*By the way, has anyone else found the experience of waking up in the morning and going through their RSS aggregator exciting in the way that other people find reading the morning paper enjoyable? It's like a newspaper, but I'm the editor-in-chief!

Conversation

Jake: Do you know why Alfred Nobel funded the Peace Prize?
Susie: No (in that Jake, I don't care so tell me and then shut up voice)
Jake: He wanted to be remembered as something other than the inventor of dynamite.
Susie: Oh. Is he still alive?
Jake No, he died in the 1800's.
Susie: I wish I hadn't asked that.

Congrats, Al

Jason Kottke may think you won the Nobel for "what is essentially a Power Point presentation," but I say you rule!

P.S. If you run for president, I'd vote for you, in case you're reading this.
P.P.S. Alfred Nobel, I know you invented dynamite, but this prize is DY-NO-MITE!