Archive for October, 2004

Johnny Burrito’s Ugly Money Collection

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

Believe it or not, Johnny Burrito has seen money that is uglier than his web site. Knowing that nobody would believe him, he saved it. Here is the proof: Johnny Burrito’s Ugly Money

Kurt Cobain went down to the Crossroads?

Friday, October 22nd, 2004

Ian just emailed this link:
Cobain’s involvement in witchcraft and Satanism is a fitting explanation as to the source of his inspiration and the uncanny ability he had for coming up with alluring and seductive hooks that so frantically enticed Nirvana’s fans. Cobain is described as “stumbling on melodies by means he himself didn’t fully [...]

Coming To America

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

A Fish Called Wanda

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Field of Dreams

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Are Voters Stupid?

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

From Electoral-Vote.com (a site that maps the current state of the electoral vote according to the latest polls):
Are the voters stupid? It is not considered politically correct to point out that an awful lot of voters don’t have a clue what they are talking about. A recent poll from Middle Tennessee State University sheds some [...]

Apprentice’s Broken Tests

Monday, October 18th, 2004

The last 2 episodes of the Apprentice were judged on a single factor: total sales. What kind of businessman would measure success on total sales? I’m not the greatest businessman ever but I know enough to realize that sales means nothing and that profit is everything. Unless some of the rules [...]

Aint Nuthin Like the Real Thing

Sunday, October 17th, 2004

According to this study, the idea of Coca Cola has more to do with how we think it tastes than the actual taste does.
…the researchers found that the Coke label stimulated a huge increase in activity in parts of the brain associated with cultural knowledge, memory and self-image – so much that the scientists could [...]

Average IQ by state and Who they voted for in 2000

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

This is interesting. If I wasn’t so damn lazy, I’d try to verify his numbers.
Average IQ by state and Who they voted for in 2000
UPDATE: According to various sources, the numbers IQ scores listed appear to be fake.

Jon Stewart is my hero

Saturday, October 16th, 2004

The Big Ticket: jon stewart rips crossfire a new one
The host of the emmy-winning Daily Show got awfully confrontational with Crossfire hosts Paul Begala & Tucker Carlson, referring to them as “partisan hacks” and calling them to task for neglecting their duties as journalists
Jon Stewart is my hero.