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Lunch Decisions
Madonna is the Michael Jackson of women
Lady GaGa is the Madonna for current adolescents
Ke$ha is the Courtney Love of pop
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5 Hour Energy
"Contains caffeine comparable to a cup of the leading premium coffee." --- This doesn't seem like a very useful measurement.
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People Must Be BEGGING
String theory must be calling out to the public in some unexpected fashion, because there's no other way anyone as boring as Greene could write a national best-seller with "The Elegant Universe."
Granted, packing quantum physics and relativity into two chapters must have felt like an insurmountable task.
Still.
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Just Like TV
A cop chased down some guy running behind my work. Looks like the perp thought he could escape them on the main street by ducking through some trees, only he discovered this swamp. Whoops. Cop caught up with him trudging pointlessly and aimlessly around.
As the officer approached, taser at the ready, he shouts, "Stop! ...Buddy, I will light you up ( Read more... ) -
<3 PLT
Another programming milestone passed.
We have an instrument at work, our most popular one, that requires some extensive testing. And then we're developing another one based on the same technology that also requires testing. Our one-one!-programmer simply cannot keep up with his demands and implement the changes I'd like to get some automated ( Read more... ) -
Charmed
I joined Netflix a while back, since streaming movies on the 360 is so convenient. Too bad not more of their collection is available that way. Back in my Law and Order days I ended up watching an untold number of Charmed reruns. Kind of got into it. Now Netflix let's me watch a show I don't care enough for to purchase the DVDs. Sweet ( Read more... ) -
The Role of Consciousness
Some years ago I read Consciousness Explained by Dennett. An interesting read, though the title is more than misleading. In that work, an experiment was mentioned which indicated that our minds decide actions prior to our awareness of them. I found the experiment quite fascinating ( Read more... )