Not So Fast

I was going to mention something along these lines, but Ace said it better.

Personally, I like organic milk, I think it tastes better than inorganic milk, but mostly I think organic farming is a bit silly and I certainly wouldn’t force it on anyone. I couldn’t afford to eat that way myself.

Explosion on the moon cause by meteor? Riiiight. Battling aliens is more like it.

Google has burned me before doing things I thought it would never do, but a Google computer?

Dave Barry’s 2005 review.

The top viral videos of 2005. That gamer one still makes me laugh every time.

The banished word list.

So, my desk and office are clean, at the same time, for now. I give it a month before it reverts to it’s previous state. I think that’s plenty of change for the new year.

Okay, my real resolution is to go to the gym at least 4 days a week for 6 weeks straight. <princessbride>Think it’ll work? It’ll take a miracle.</princessbride>

Also, don’t forget about the Leap Second. Don’t spend it all in one place.

Putting Jesus back into nachos.

Looks more like a parasite from Halo to me.

For your pre-Christmas Friday fun.

Since it’s a Chesterton kind of week.

Everybody, calm down. Stop and smell the nutmeg. Christmas has staying power.

Of course, I think nutmeg is an abomination, but you get the idea.

Is it so hard for watchmakers to make a snappy women’s analog watch with an alarm? Preferably under $100?

Kill the Trees!

Indiana/Idaho same difference.

A few attendees heckled Sen. Larry Craig (R., Ind.), a member of the policy committee when he was talking about Social Security personal accounts.

Noooooooo!

Mod chips for your Xbox 360 will be out soon.

Some nice links about the New York City strike.

Don’t let them catch you at it though. And this is where the looking for Chesterton quote came in.

What has health to do with care? Health has to do with carelessness. In special and abnormal cases it is necessary to have care. When we are peculiarly unhealthy it may be necessary to be careful in order to be healthy. But even then we are only trying to be healthy in order to be careless….

For all the fundamental functions of a healthy man ought emphatically to be performed with pleasure and for pleasure; they emphatically ought not to be performed with precaution or for precaution. A man ought to eat because he has a good appetite to satisfy, and emphatically not because he has a body to sustain. A man ought to take exercise not because he is too fat, but because he loves foils or horses or high mountains, and loves them for their own sake.

Yeah, it all ties together in my mind.

I was looking for something else entirely and came across this:

This is certainly, I think, what makes a certain sort of anti-patriot irritating to healthy citizens. I do not speak (of course) of the anti-patriotism which only irritates feverish stockbrokers and gushing actresses; that is only patriotism speaking plainly. A man who says that no patriot should attack the Boer War until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it. But there is an anti-patriot who honestly angers honest men, and the explanation of him is, I think, what I have suggested: he is the uncandid candid friend; the man who says, “I am sorry to say we are ruined,” and is not sorry at all.

Carry on.

Hapland 2 for your amusement.

And the walkthrough, for when it’s not so amusing anymore.

Critics say this is a health and economic burden the US cannot sustain – and one that the country has been slow to wake up to.

Here’s the beauty of the situation; if we can’t sustain it, we’ll be back to a thin country again. Problem solved.

For now. Nothing like friends you bought.

Nothing to see here, move along. These aren’t the studies you’re looking for.

Maker of the hypocrite ichthyus worried about the consequences of his design.

via BOTW

Dry hacking cough, fever, sinusy trouble, general malaise, stabbing pain in my shoulder from sleeping on it wrong == zombie-like behavoir == little to no posting.

It just occured to me, I could take the little red happy pills in the medical cabinet. They’re for completely different symptoms, but they are fun. I’d have to walk downstairs though. Tough choice.

Dumb things people have wanted to name their kids. Complete with snarky comments.

Sesame Street isn’t edgy enough for the French. Apparently they are confused about the age group it’s aimed at.

Looks like the Iraq elections are going well.

US ranked 6th in the world in jailed journalists. I’m not feeling a lot of guilt or shame for my country about this.

Alaska has a lot of ‘splaining to do. The man is clearly not capable of logical thought, how did he get elected?

Yes, I realize there’s not a lot of correlation between intelligence and elected officials, but this guy is especially lame.

The Lileks roundup. I love these things.

via Inoperable Terran

Quanta to manufacture the $100 laptops.

The last thing I need to do is further anthropomorphize my Roomba.

Scrappleface on Bubble Boy.

Wrong, but a quality headline.

And so funny.

Political Correctness from the Right starting to become an issue on college campuses.

The sweet smell in Manhattan is making people nervous. I say they’re testing the delivery system for some airborne bioweapon.

Forget the wood burning stove, I’m going with corn.

The UN in action.

Headline: Scientists discover how cancer spreads They really should have been more specific.

Tim Blair lines it all up.

I have no idea what irony is anymore, obviously. I blame Alanis.

The Barney Christmas video is up, proving once again that the White House staff couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag. But, it did make me laugh.

What’s the rub, bub?

A Republican lawmaker yesterday proposed changing the U.S. Constitution to exclude noncitizens from the census for the purpose of drawing congressional districts, a move that effectively would deny them a voice in U.S. politics.

They aren’t citizens. Why do they need a voice in politics? If they want a “voice in politics”, shouldn’t they become citizens?

One step closer. Tea, Earl Grey, hot.

If they listened to you in the first place they wouldn’t have run off, now would they?

A whole article on the record-setting cold weather in America and no mention of global warming, Kyoto or Iraq. Good jorb.

Bush’s ratings are rebounding.

Regardless, I’m still not voting for him in 2008.

Oooo, they have invented the lightning gun. Unfortunately, I can’t use the lightning gun to save my life, I’m a flak cannon sort of girl.

Regarding this post of Pete’s, I’m having a hard time figuring out how being deaf is any sort of a liability in a written medium. And where’s the category for red-haired bloggers?

Sorry, no posting today. I’m playing technical director to a bunch of 5th graders. w00t!

And now I understand why teachers drink so much.

Walmart: possibly not as evil as Karl Rove.

AFP upset with Google. They’ve been saying we have to start paying for content for years now.

It won’t happen, but it’s funny.

I don’t quite understand Family Research Council’s dislike of the .xxx domain. I doubt that having its own domain will legitimize pr0n any more than having their own bookstores legitimizes them. And it will make them easier to block, should they migrate over there.

Tetris is 20 today. w00t!

I remember the happy days of Tetris on my Gameboy. Good times, good times.

Adobe is set to buy Macromedia.

More bad news for the SF Weekly.

Everybody is shocked, shocked to discover that Alito is a conservative judge. Okay, just the San Jose Mercury News is.

For all your zero-g ballon popping video needs.

I just don’t want to.

Netflix’s charm is that they have stuff that I can’t get locally, there are no late fees, and it requires minimal effort on my part. Or all that about choice in a post-scarcity world.

Lileks points out that not all American organizations have dropped Christmas for the holidays.

First cigarettes, now soda manufacturers. Next, candy, then sugar, then packaged meals, then fats, then flour.

Crescent of Embrace memorial for Flight 93 now the Bowl of Embrace. I guess I’ll drop my Cross of Embrace plans for Mecca then.

Cause you always have a spare USB port, right?

Cause you know how Haunakah and Kwanzaa have a tree decorated with lights and stuff as part of their celebration.

Washington DJ’s speech considered in-kind contribution thanks to McCain-Feingold. Free speech isn’t cheap, you know.

via Inoperable Terran

So, how long till these are widely available?

As you have that third helping of stuffing, stop to remember Ruth M. Siems who did so much to make Thanksgiving a better place.

Pandora.com. Have I mentioned recently that I love the internet?

We can harness the power of microwaves, bring microwave ovens into our houses, even make them ubiquitous and cheap, but we can’t make a microwave burrito that doesn’t explode when heated. It’s really starting to annoy me.

Almost real-time language translation. If it could make everyone’s lips move in sync with the translation, then we’d be on to something. I hope it works better than internet translators.

That’s cool. And sandy.

Comic Book Guy vs. Mary Mapes.

Sony’s unistaller of evilware is worse than the evilware itself.

People are bad for the environment. More people = more bad. No more people = good.

Yeah, there’s no happy medium or anything.

Handy for when you need an answer on your English Lit final.

So, they finally admit it. Google plans to take over the world.

Christopher Hitchens.

But this is clever.

I like (meaning: think it’s dumb) how they assume Judeo-Christianity is so far removed from rational, scientific thought.

You fit in with: Scientology Your ideals mostly resemble those of the Scientology faith. You strive to find the truth in all matters, but you also have a lot of faith in people and things. You are very logical, smart and charismatic and you value the truth above all else. 40% scientific. 20% faith-oriented.

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

For all your virtual brisket needs, the internet is there for you.

VDH does Europe.

When Robert Mugabe is speaking for your side, that’s not a good thing.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe spoke for the more radical opposition to U.S. control, saying Washington and its allies cannot continue to “insist on being world policemen on the management of the Internet.”

Kofi Annan shows some wisdom.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who would open the forum’s first meeting perhaps early next year in Athens, denied the United Nations wanted to assume ICANN’s day-to-day duties.

“Let me be absolutely clear: the United Nations does not want to take over, police or otherwise control the Internet,” he said. “Day-to-day running of the Internet must be left to technical institutions, not least to shield it from the heat of day-to-day politics.”

If you live in the deep, dark wilds or California and you need power, and could use a little exercise, there’s a solution for you.

Open Source Media, formerly known as Pajama Media is now open for business.

Oil’s not that expensive compared to, say, dogs.

via Tim Blair

The US is frustrated with the UN. I know I’m shocked.

But cool nonetheless.

This just in, Google is going to take over the world.

Clearly Jones Soda is trying to corner the market on really nasty soda flavors that no one would ever want. Go Jones.

/really likes fufuberry.

While Google can tell you how to do everything, there are some things it’s not smart to ask it. Especially if you proceed to commit a felony. Allegedly, of course.

How many protestors does it take to change a light bulb?

None, protestors can’t change anything.

Instapundit with the links and several wise comments.

Bird flu still around in China and Thailand.

Tests on four people suspected to have contracted bird flu are still being carried out, one in Liaoning and three in Hunan province. But the Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that 121 people from the area in Liaoning who had suspicious symptoms have now been declared not to have the disease by the local health ministry.

The hat has the wrong effect. Dang it!

It’s a rocket scientist that’s a girl! Apparently that’s news.

Is Intelligent Design science?

Sony is trying to spy on you.

Sony offers a website where users can obtain a program that uninstalls its software. He said both efforts should prove that Computer Associates and Russinovich’s complaints are unfounded.

”In theory there should be no concern,” Gilliat-Smith said.

Yeah, in theory.

To be mayor at 18, no thanks. I’m sure it’ll look great on his college application though.

Aren’t oil prices set essentially by the commodities market?

Phaser set to stun is now available. It’s a bit clunky still.

Apparently the British have never lived in major metropolitian areas where flaunting wealth is a bad idea. Luckily the government is there to warn them.

And nothing makes something more unfunny than thinking about it.

“It doesn’t take a lot of analytical machinery to think someone getting poked in the eye is funny,” he commented when asked about humor like the Three Stooges.

So, if you look disapprovingly at the Stooges, at least you can claim to be a thinker.

Scott is teh funnay today. Not that he normally isn’t, of course, just extra funny today.

LaShawn has been at it for 2 whole years now.

I have a comment from her before she became rich and famous. And I know a guy that talked to Sean Austin in Tidyman’s one day. Yeah, I’m surrounded by almost greatness.

VDH with some Greek history. Learn from, doomed to repeat, etc.

I don’t ride motorcycles, but that looks cool.

The Weasel Poll explained.

I really like this idea.

John Kerry’s been reading church growth stuff. I feel I need a 42″ DLP HDTV.

I was just sitting there, minding my own business, reading a book. I heard it start to rain. Ah, I thought, it’s raining. I’m quick like that. Later I noticed the noise had stopped. I thought nothing of it. Then an hour or so later my attention was drawn outside, the noise stopped because it’s been freaking snowing. A slushy, icy sort of snow. Now I have waited too long to buy new tires. Now I have to find my shovel. Now I can only hope Christmas does actually come.

So, the rioting is spreading.

When Alan Greenspan is puzzled, I find that worrying.

CBS is getting into the downloading content game. Call me when Food Network and Cartoon Network are available.

Bugs Bunny has ruined Mozart’s operas for me. I listen and see Elmer Fudd as the lead.

Now, if only they made it for adults.

Google Printjust got a major upgrade.