The most valuable supply of worthlessness on the web
I haven’t made mention of this in a while, so the Worst Company in America 2007 discussion/competition over at Consumerist might be forgotten by some of you. Head over and get your vote and commentary in before it’s too late.
[tags]Consumerist, Consumerist’s worst company in America 2007 drawing to an end[/tags]
I read this bit about Gore possibly receiving an honorary doctorate in the near future. I saw this on Ten Jack Ten, which I just started reading, after seeing it linked by Bill at DubiousQuality.
Former Vice President Al Gore could pay a visit to the University in the near future to receive an honorary degree for his work in climatology.
. . .
“He’s in the news and is a legitimate expert on a pressing issue of global concern, climate change, so this level of interest is understandable,” Wolter said. “However, no plans have been set and it’s unlikely that would occur this spring.”
And the reaction from the Ten Jack Ten owner?
An “expert,” eh? If this is an expert, we’re going to need a new word that indicates someone has extensive personal knowledge of a subject area. Heaven forbid he starts running around demanding his “credentials” be cited everywhere like Bill Cosby did for a while.
And more. Read the original article at mndaily.com and the full reaction at Ten Jack Ten.
[tags]Gore might receive honorary doctorate[/tags]
A cow-orker shared this one with me:
A priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner. He was delayed, so the priest decided to say his own few words while they waited.
“I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a television set and, when questioned by the police, was able to lie his way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents, embezzled from his employer, had an affair with his boss’s wife, taken illegal drugs, and gave VD to his sister. I was appalled. But as the days went on I knew that my people were not all like that and I had, indeed, come to a fine parish full of good and loving people.”…..
This is over 8 minutes long, but if you want to see just how absorbing massively multiplayer games are to those of us who play them (and how pathetic we are for getting so into the games), check out this American Dad clip on Youtube.
[tags]MMOs and their affect on nerds[/tags]
Response by some who are tired of being told not to pirate movies every time they play a legit, store-bought original MPAA created/endorsed DVD.
I’ll state right up front here that I’m not even going to answer that question in regards to Gore’s high level of energy consumption. I’ll leave it for others to answer (as some have tried to do, in case you are wondering). Rather, I want to point out that as usual, pretty much everyone up in arms over this is asking the wrong question, and therefore coming up with meaningless answers and criticisms.
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
And already, the wrong metric is used to judge this consumption, generating a meaningless comparison to the rest of the country and making the punchline of the article off the mark.
Continue reading “Gore and global warming – is he a hypocrite?”
Folks, if you game a lot (like I sometimes do), make it a point to get up, move away from the computer, and do a little actual physical activity periodically. Look up DVT (Deep Venous Thrombosis) sometime – I recommend Google, but pick your favored search engine.
Now, armed with knowledge about how stupid it is to sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, and sit some more, you can learn how not to sit on your ass for the better part of a week and die from inactivity.
An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a “marathon” online gaming session over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said on Wednesday.
The 150-kilogram (330-pound) man from Jinzhou, in Liaoning province, collapsed on Saturday, the last day of the holiday, after spending “almost all” of the seven-day break playing online games, the China Daily said, citing his parents.
. . .
“There are only two options. TV or computer. What else can I do in the holiday as all markets, KTV and cafeterias are shut down?” the paper quoted Xu as saying.
I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m thinking exercise, walk in The Real World outside, visit friends, clean the house, work in the yard, and all kinds of other things count as options, even when all the markets are closed. And doing such crazy things, plus dropping just a few pounds (said as a man who games sometimes too much and is at least 60 pounds overweight, but working on dropping some of that), just might save your life some day. It’s really said to see this happen to people, when this particular form of death is extremely avoidable.
[tags]Overweight man sits gaming too long over holiday week – dies[/tags]
I’ll agree – this fellow did something that is stupid and uncalled for. I still laugh to think about it, though. I guess I’m just evil like that.
Police say a man sought revenge against his ex-girlfriend by leaving homemade DVDs of her performing sex acts on car windshields throughout the area.
The DVDs include the woman’s name, address and phone number.
Police said the woman never realized the acts had been recorded and has received several visits and phone calls from strangers seeking sex.
It’s funny, because, well, it’s funny. It was a stupid thing to do, however, because he now faces one felony and three misdemeanor charges.
[tags]Man seeks revenge via distributing homemade pr0n DVDs of ex, Funny stupidity[/tags]
I’m sure someone will get offended by this. But for everyone else, here is a list of rejected Christmas carol ideas for the disturbed, as sent to me by someone at work:
It seems that cashing a check from God can get you in to trouble
From a cow-orker.
[tags]As with the Force – duct tape keeps the world working, Duct-tape babysitting[/tags]
It turns out that most of us have been wrong in debating whether or not global warming or global climate change is a problem. Regardless of the fact or fiction behind these ideas, the simple fix if there is a problem is to use secret alien technologies that world governments are hiding from us.
A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday.
“I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation … that could be a way to save our planet,” Paul Hellyer, 83, told the Ottawa Citizen.
Alien spacecrafts would have traveled vast distances to reach Earth, and so must be equipped with advanced propulsion systems or used exceptional fuels, he told the newspaper.
I have an additional theory on global climate issues. If President Bush would stop using his secret weather control machine to cause such extreme weather changes, we would all live better lives. Stop secret weather control experiments Mr. Bush!!! Man, the HTML sarcasm tag doesn’t work right.
[tags]Former Canadian defense minister offers solution for global warming, Aliens (outer space – not other countries’ citizens) can provide climate change solution[/tags]