Here’s a simple rule. If you like creating arguments, accuse someone of something. Better yet, accuse large groups of people. The larger the group, the more likely you are to get the argument-some might say the attention-that you seek.

On the way into work this morning, I drove through the railroad crossing as the arms were coming down to narrowly beat an oncoming train. When I saw how fast it was going after I crossed, I thought about how stupid a decision I had made, and wondered what it would mean and what it would change about the rest of my day ( Read more... )

Party ja?

A YouTube video playlist. Grab a Doppelbock, bite into a Weißwurſt and crank it up.

This amateurish attempt at a Deutſche-Video-Nacht inside your living room is just to tide you over to June 24 when a proper VJ returns to throw a proper video dance party in a proper dance club. Mark your calendars!


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USA managed to persuade Vincent D’Onofrio and Karthryn Erbe to do a tenth Law & Order: Criminal Intent season after Jeff Goldblum quit the show last year. I suspect it was because of the horrible scripts. I don’t know what happened to that show after the fifth or sixth season, but they can’t seem to find a good writer anywhere. With so much ( Read more... )

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There are few things less relaxing than being ordered to “relax.”

ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.0/

Very happy about this software.

Aaaaaaaaaaalalalalalala

In 1982 or 1983 there was a music video on Nickelodeon for a song with the following lyrics:

He’s a monkey monkey monkey modern man.
He’s a monkey monkey monkey modern man.
He came out of the jungle with a master plan.
Invented the umbrella and the garbage can.
He’s a monkey monkey monkey modern man.
That’s the only part I remember clearly. This song has ( Read more... )

Selected April 2011 FaceBook Burblings, for those of you who don’t have Facebook.
Many people own vehicles that can run on E85, and don’t even know it, because the dealer or seller never pointed it out. E85 is now cheaper than gasoline in some areas. You can visit the DOE for a list of models, and you can visit e85prices.com for a list of E85 ( Read more... )