Tuesday, January 27, 2009

[old] humorous facebook "news"

i found out about this a couple weeks ago, but i really haven't had time to post anything new until today.
facebook whopper sacrifice application/promotion
http://news.cnet.com/delete-10-facebook-friends-get-a-free-whopper/
http://www.whoppersacrifice.com/

some of these are placed in various locations around Chicago. seems like a pretty nice/positive idea. i can agree with both sides' arguments written about in this article.
bigbelly waste compactor
http://www.primidi.com/2007/07/18.html
http://www.bigbellysolar.com/products/custom.html

free range chicken study http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/23/free-range-chickens.html

relation between adjusted monetary base of the united states and the rate
of inflation increase and purchasing power of the dollar
http://www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/archives/2009-01/001113.html

Monday, January 19, 2009

he is still alive

martin luther king, jr. is one of my personal heroes. he was assassinated after changing his focus to helping all poor, disenfranchised people, and to bringing about peace in the world, after concentrating on working for civil rights alone. here are some easily found links to info on one of the greatest of men:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/mlk_economic_equality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#Poor_People.27s_Campaign.2C_1968
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2269
http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featdyson_mlk.shtml

a speech given by dr. king one year before his death:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm

and here is an audio excerpt from it:

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

only four things

i'm trying to lay off the internet usage, so i haven't been reading as much.
hence, only 4 links:

it could go either way
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_he_me/goat_milk_drug

goofball
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris

chew on it
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Four-reasons-Americas-drive-longer/story.aspx?guid={1FE4B90E-4DDA-438F-92D1-D3B1FE0468C3}&siteid=yhoofront



i watched Dr. Strangelove last week and thought the ending was a little weak or poorly edited. This is why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove#Original_ending:_the_pie_fight_scene