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A Fast Brick
As if we needed more proof that the world is batshit-insane, I present . . . the 500-hp drift-racing edition of the Honda Element!
One of the side-effects is that it makes you sound like a self-absorbed douchebag
It seems that some people in the military are not fans of the mandatory anthrax vaccine (AVA):
U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate Captain Kelli Donley developed Idiopathic Spinal Cerebellar Ataxia after receiving the AVA anthrax vaccine. The disease impaired her brain function and motor skills, a U.S. Air Force Medical Evaluation Board (“Board”) found. She retired in April of 2006 after the Board granted her a 100 percent disability because she could not practice law or perform tasks requiring high cognitive function or demanding speech.
“Before receiving the anthrax vaccine, I was perfectly healthy and in good shape. Now, I talk with slurred speech, I have trouble walking, and I stopped seeing those seeking legal assistance because their legal issues paled in comparison to mine,” said Donley.
Step off
Chuck Norris Fact
Whattaya havin’?
Just had a strange realization, while pouring myself some water just now: since I quit drinking soda two months ago, and stopped drinking juices a few years back (Atkins holdover; sue me), it occurs to me now that the only 3 things I drink are water, gin and black coffee.
I have milk in the morning with my cereal (can we get a ruling on that?), and a glass of wine with Amy once a week or so, but I think I’ve sheared down to some sorta essence of what liquids I actually consume.
So my question to you, dear readers, is: Is this weird? That is, do you have more variety in the things you drink, or do you also only consume a couple of types of fluids? (no sexytime responses, please)
Family album
My family is visiting from St. Louis today. They came out for a friend’s wedding, and are staying up in Tarrytown, NY. Amy & I went over to see them, as did my dad and his girlfriend, and our cousin Lewis from up in Connecticut.
Like you cared. It’s just another excuse for me to post pictures on flickr. Enjoy.
Don’t win Ben Stein’s money
Ben Stein on making money:
You make money by making money for people who already have money. This is another reason finance is such a well-paid field. One good day’s work for a man who has a $100 million account you are trading is worth far more than a lifetime’s work at the checkout counter at Wal-Mart. Yet, amazingly, managing wealthy people’s money is far less difficult and stressful than checking out customers at Wal-Mart. It’s not even close. As my smart sister Rachel says, you make money by making money. It’s tricky, but it’s right.
Oh, and don’t study African feminism in the 19th century.
Ricky Williams wants to play for the AFL
Evidently, one of the obstacles to finding Bin Laden in Afghanistan is the presence of impenetrable forests of 10-foot-tall marijuana plants.
And let’s not even get started with that big rock candy mountain. . .
(Hat tip to To the People)
F-books
“The market for downloadable books will grow by 400 percent in each of the next two years, to over $25 billion by 2008,†predicted the keynote speaker at the 2001 Women’s National Book Association meeting. “Within a few years after the end of this decade, e-books will be the preponderant delivery format for book content.â€Â
This NYTimes lede serves double duty: it sets up a review of Sony’s new e-book and provides more proof that women should never talk about technology.
(Sorry, Carly)