Caped buggies and drivers of course; the only alum participants will be the pushers, and the plan is for them all to be 45 and up. So take a deep breath, Jimmy Steel, one more year you avoid the call. This, along with Bordick's soft baritone on live radio, should be plenty reason to get out there plenty early Saturday morning of Carnival.
Consider, in particular, the position that Mr. Kyl has taken on a proposed bill that would extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless for the rest of the year. Republicans will block that bill, said Mr. Kyl, unless they get a “path forward fairly soon” on the estate tax.
Now, the House has already passed a bill that, by exempting the assets of couples up to $7 million, would leave 99.75 percent of estates tax-free. But that doesn’t seem to be enough for Mr. Kyl; he’s willing to hold up desperately needed aid to the unemployed on behalf of the remaining 0.25 percent.
Admittedly I haven't been paying much attention to the Buggy (what with the wife and the kids and all that), other than dreaming up Decade of Zeus t-shirt designs, but this comment from last fall from Carl made me laugh out loud. -hendred
Oh, and please guys, we're buggy people. We turned an innocent quasi-parade float contest into this ridiculousness. We can hack, jam or disable an onboard system. I'm convinced we could cure cancer if it meant that PiKA would never win again.
The transcripts imply that over a period of around five months in 2008, Ehiem procured for Balducci at least 10 contacts with, among others, "two black Cuban lads", a former male model from Naples, and a rugby player from Rome.
Seems like there probably lots of processing needed to get the data in a usable form, so I'm not sure how widespread this could become. And if you forgot Songsmith, here it is. -decker
In hindsight, it's all pretty obvious Mon Mar 8 2010
The "Brutal" Oscar campaign That's brutal as in "My feet hurt and I'm tired" not "I'm starving in Africa with HIV". It's a process piece on any political campaign from mayor to President with more attractive people and issues people can easily understand.
On a side note, writing more than a paragraph about Kathryn Bigelow and not mentioning that she directed Point Break is unforgivable. -hendred
Wholesale cable channel prices. It's hard to believe Comedy Central is .14 and SPEED is .20. Subsidizing Fox News makes me something-something. Maybe I could send ESPN a buck to watch the X games... all 20 minutes worth.
Limbaugh promises to move to Costa Rica if the health care bill passes. Costa Rica has... wait for it... universal health care. On the plus side, he could probably get free Oxy, rather than sending his maid out for it. Disclaimer: link is to Daily Kos, home of the America-hating, godless commie terror-supporters. -hendred, wishing a call to his Senator would help
Mitt Romney tells the Tea Baggers to suck it up if they lose a primary. He's worrying about them Naderining the election. It sounds like he might want to start advocating one of the runoff/preference election schemes. Anyway, the comments are pretty darn good. Look for names like "Time to Waterboard the Republicans" and "Obama=Romney". -hendred the amused
They should get Bill Campbell to demo itTue Mar 9 2010
I guess there's some news about this thing or they did a press release or something. We talked about it way back in 2008, but here it is, and it is awesome. -hendred
Examination of grading patterns as a function of major discipline area indicates that while grades tend to be lower across the board for science and engineering schools, part of the reason that students in these schools have relatively low grades is due simply to the fact that they take relatively more science courses (Figure 3) ... Contrary to conventional wisdom, engineering departments tend to grade significantly higher than science departments for the schools in our database.
Just in case you needed a reminder as to how awesome Journey's Separate Ways video is, here it is. Speaking of Journey, did you know that they replaced their lead singer with a guy they saw on youtube from the Philippines? -decker
When JFBM's kids are forcing freshman to watch quality movies, this will be one of the greatest scenes they've ever seen. From Black Dynamite, I give to you awesomeness. -jm
Is there a bigger daily time suck??? Wed Mar 17 2010
From ryan: I should have sent this out earlier, but if anyone wants in on my bracket challenge for $10 an entry, email me (ryanjackson23 at hotmail.com) and I'll send you the group name and password.
Review of Michael (Liar's Poker/ Moneyball) Lewis' new book I've seen Lewis on Sixty Minutes, heard him on NPR and watched him on the Daily Show. All this week. What I took away from all this: Finance is just like any other business - there are tons of idiots and few people who really know what's going on. Also, he's married to Tabitha Soren. Yes, that Tabitha Soren.
From ab: Do you know of any shops where I can get sheet styrene? I'm looking on line, and there are plenty, but I'm not quite sure of the thickness that I need and would like to see/touch the stuff. If you email me, I can give you specifics and perhaps you can help me select the right thickness. Thanks in advance. Could be worth a beer or two at Carnival.
Jalopnik salutes Air Force pilot Bob White. He went Mach 6.7 in a jet and managed to shatter his windshield. If this happened yesterday I'd be impressed as hell. It happened in 1961. I'm astonished. White died last week at 85. Be sure to check out the twolinks to the Air Force write-ups on the pics. -hendred, currently looking for a good maxillofacial surgeon
It was designed to fly at speeds up to Mach 6, and altitudes up to 250,000 ft. The aircraft went on to reach a maximum speed of Mach 6.7 and a maximum altitude of 354,200 ft. Looking at it another way, Mach 6 is about one mile per second, and flight above 264,000 ft. qualifies an Air Force pilot for astronaut wings.
Quick Update Check out the cutaway diagram. Talk about strapping yourself to a bomb... The the rest of the pics are worth a few minutes as well.
So e's are rights and d's are lefts?Tue Mar 23 2010
This is the multifaceted tale of Bill Caswell, a man who bought a $500 crapcan off Craigslist to run against the $400,000+ rally cars in the World Rally Championship's Rally Mexico race earlier this month. It is a tale of a guy who had a welder, a bunch of credit cards, and a lot of free time but no real backing or funds. It is a story of a dude who taught himself how to build an FIA-legal roll cage, with no prior experience, because he wanted to spend the fabrication fee on race tires instead. It's the story of an enthusiast who drove a rustbucket to a third place finish in a FIA-sanctioned race.
- All from Jalopnik and definitely worth the read - JT
Plane kills man jogging on beach. The plane was making an emergency landing after losing its propeller and was silently gliding. The man was taking a break from work, and listening to an iPod. This reminds me of something that's occurred to me before: does anyone else think it's strange that non-commercial and non-military pilots are allowed to fly around on their own? It seems like they get in more accidents than commercial flights, fly their planes into buildings (here and here too) or the ocean, and recklessly fake their own deaths. I know it isn't that dangerous, but I guess I'm surprised that in a world where coffee must come with "hot" warning labels that we allow amateur pilots to zip around above us.
Second, a fifteen year old girl was nearly beaten to death after text messaging some guy she barely knew - although to her discredit, she apparently said something about the guy's brother's suicide. This is the same middle school that a kid was doused in flamable liquid and then lit on fire last year. I hope the school's principal has prepared his Principal of the Year speech. -decker
So are the men who operate it. Recently, for instance, one asked me — by name, incidentally — for my security pass, which had just opened the tank trap that stops Osama Bin Laden getting into the car park, and stood for several moments comparing my picture and my face. Eventually, having determined that they were one and the same, he waved me through ... which is odd because at no point did he ask why I had two 12-bore shotguns slung over my shoulder and a pocketful of ammo.
From rcr: My buddy in the PhD program is doing some survey work and has a quick online poll that he needs people to fill out. I did it, it takes about 10 minutes, plus you get to find out how good you are at estimating distances. (Just one of the 6 questions). I think a few people who take it will get a small Amazon gift card as well.
