Simpsons writer creates absurd Sci-Fi detective novels.

One of the commenters points out that the writer is a lot like Ron Swanson.

Sort of a follow up to this post from Bean. -hendred

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Physics of the Hulk's jump. These Wired columns are pretty entertaining - he does a lot with Angry Birds and eXtreme Sports. Pretty much what I'd use to teach physics. Pa Hendred sent this in. -hendred

You can pick up the whole flick for like $15. Totally worth it. -hendred

Peter King pointed out Aaron Sorkin's Syracuse commencement address. The whole thing's worth quoting. -hendred

Today is May 13th and today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and one of them is this: Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character. You're too good for schadenfreude, you're too good for gossip and snark, you're too good for intolerance—and since you're walking into the middle of a presidential election, it's worth mentioning that you're too good to think people who disagree with you are your enemy. Unless they went to Georgetown, in which case, they can go to hell. (Laughter)

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.

Stephen King: Tax Me, for Fuck’s Sake!

Pa Hendred sent this in and it also popped up on Metafilter. He really doesn't like Chris Christie (King, that is).

The first post on Metafilter pulled the money quote:

I don’t want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share. That our civics classes never taught us that being American means that—sorry, kiddies—you’re on your own. That those who have received much must be obligated to pay—not to give, not to “cut a check and shut up,” in Governor Christie’s words, but to pay—in the same proportion. That’s called stepping up and not whining about it. That’s called patriotism, a word the Tea Partiers love to throw around as long as it doesn’t cost their beloved rich folks any money.

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Firefox just enable smooth scrolling again by default.

If you hate it, type in 'about:config' in your address bar, search for 'smooth', then double click the first result - general.smoothScroll. It should read 'false' in the fourth column.

One handed motorcycle racing at 80mph. This happened in the race yesterday. No need to understand who these guys are or what the situation was, but just know that there's a guy at near-full lean going 80+mph in a really tight pack of riders with one hand on the bars. Unbelievable. -hendred

XKCD on Ayn Rand -hendred

I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at "therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone".

Big Hy, 92 year old movie pirate for the troops -hendred via boing boing

“Big Hy” — his handle among many loyal customers — would almost certainly be cast as Hollywood Enemy No. 1 but for a few details. He is actually Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his wife. And he has sent every one of his copied DVDs, almost 4,000 boxes of them to date, free to American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After Mr. Strachman’s wife of more than half a century, Harriet, died in 2003, he discovered a Web site that collected soldiers’ requests for care packages. He noted a consistent plea for movie DVDs and wound up passing his sleepless nights replicating not only the films, but also a feeling of military comradeship that he had not experienced since his own service in the Pacific during World War II.

Check out this stylish bear falling from a tree. If someone told me it was a dude in a suit, I'd believe it. I laugh a little more every time I look at it. The story. -hendred

Sterling Archer Draper Pryce Archer quotes on Mad Men pics. If you aren't familiar with both, don't bother. If you are, chop chop. -hendred