Archive for December, 2009
ok, does it work on other brown people?
the new hp wonder computer is supposed to track human faces (i’m not clear why this is an important feature) but , it doesn’t work on black people because of the increased contrast (shouldn’t it make it work better?). the dude featured in this video actually bought one for christmas but it looks like he’ll [...]
no, it’s not an ekg
it’s a chart of the stock performance of the health insurance provide performance over the past year. the sunday morning news shows were abuzz talking about the healthcare bill but even more so, about the 52 year high that the nation’s big health insurance providers (cigna, aetna, wellpoint, united health) stock hit on friday. liberals [...]
kids do the darndest things
here’s a story to warm your holiday heart. a 4 year old in chattanooga, tennessee had quite the evening. hayden wright woke up in the middle of the night, grabbed a beer, had some swigs, broke into the neighbor’s house and stole some of the christmas presents under the tree. when he was found by [...]
it’s not 90210
as tom parker, the usa policy director of amnesty international, said “The only thing that President Obama is doing with this announcement is changing the zip code of Guantánamo.” parker, of course, is talking about obama’s plan to move the the prisoners currently housed in guantanamo bay. the feds are in the process of buying [...]
up up and away
yesterday was the maiden voyage of the new boeing 787 plane. the first commercial plane to be built from lightweight composite materials (they have been traditionally made from aluminum and titanium, the 787 will emit less carbon emission, use 20% less fuel, is able to carry more passengers and fly longer distances than the [...]
you really like me (sorta)
by now you’ve probably heard that fed head ben bernanke has been named time magazine’s person of the year. of course, dude has had a big year and is probably ready for a nap on the federal holiday coming up next week. what you probably haven’t learned about, though, is the list of folks that [...]
next time, try drunk dialing
28 year old mindy jones got loaded, stole and ambulance, and drove it 50 miles. apparently she did this because she wanted to see her ex-boyfriend. when the popo caught up with her, she was in the ambulance and still drunk. luckily, the news media was able to get her reaction. she had “a pretty [...]
