Obama pardons Bernie Madoff!

I wouldn't believe this if it were from any source less reputable than Forbes!

Yet one more reason to diet?

Wish I remember how I got this link to give an appropriate hat tip, but it looks genuine.

Funny in hindsight....

The sign is pretty good, but I like the commentary even better.

The perils of superstition....

I am sometimes concerned that some of my friends put too much faith into romantic little oddities such as astrology. But at least they don't usually perform human sacrifices in order to improve their product, although I suppose one should admire the dedication....

"Living with crazy buttocks"

In a previous year's "Oddest Book Title" contest, the winner was the title above. This year it is “Crocheting Adventures With Hyperbolic Planes”.

HT MR

Towards a richer vocabulary.....

Isn't that what they called it in the Readers' Digest? Anyway, I don't think they had
prostidude a male prostitute

If you follow the link to Language Log, you will also learn why you might enjoy "warmed spring salad greens with prostitutes".

Quote of the day

"Applying for my first job, I realized I had to be creative in listing my few qualifications. Asked about additional schooling and training, I answered truthfully that I had spent three years in computer programming classes. I got the job. I had neglected to mention that I took the same course for three years before I passed."
- Chi Flat Iron

Linked by the captivating Penelope Trunk...

... who was herself linked by the legendary MR.

Although her link is about pig sex, so what with that and bouncing nude, it is probably a very good thing I am not actively trying to shape a personal "brand".

Best idea EVER.....

Marginal Revolution points out the service every man should have...appropriately enough called Manpacks.

Yes, you too can have socks and underwear delivered to you on a regular schedule now, to avoid that all-too-familiar nothing-in-the-drawer-without-holes-in-it syndrome.

The question is: now that this is available, will men continue to get married?

Quote of the Day

"That's a husband's FUNCTION!"

-- me, responding to a protest about mussing my wife's lipstick

Credited for bouncing nude.....

Pointed out an interesting case where a spellchecker caused some confusing to some linguistics professors whose blog I enjoy (and whose books I have bought), and got credited for the pointer. Thrilled!

Church-based pornography

As though Africa didn't have enough problems, there is a movement to make homosexuality a capital crime with previous convictions (also for offenses involving minors or being HIV positive).

What makes this especially newsworthy is that a minister promoting this bill actually tried to persuade people by showing gay porn in his church.

Apparently, g-d indeed works in mysterious ways.

Quote of the Day

"My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone."
— Leonard Cohen

Quote of the day

"I'm a miracle of thermodynamics! I'm both extremely hot and extremely cool at the same time!"
- Overheard in New York

Health R&D

Interesting graph suggesting our non-military government research spending is VERY heavy on health compared to that of other countries.

Quote of the day

"When we show a friend a city one has already visited, we feel the same pride as when we point out a woman whose lover we have been."
- Alexandre Dumas, pere (from "The Count of Monte Cristo")

"...he couldn't stop thinking about one day resuming his daily regimen of sexual intercourse with random women who look vaguely like his wife, only skankier."
---

The Onion

Quote of the day

"Mammograms are very uncomfortable, and of course, you don't want to shoot any more radiation into yourself than necessary, so women should have been excited by the news that you probably don't need one until you're fifty. Instead they were outraged. Since this was about spending other peoples' money, naturally we want the right to spend as much of it as possible, even if it's not very useful."
- Megan McArdle

Hagging in the Marriage Market

This post modeling how a small change in sex ratios (20:20 -> 19:20) can have large effects on what people might do to hook up is interesting, even though I'm pretty sure lifetime companion decisions aren't actually made that way.

Although I'm not sure the way we do it actually gives better results.

Webinar on Twitter on Vokle

...was given by Penelope Trunk of Brazen Careerist.

From my point of view it was a bit chaotic, but then I pretty much
only use Twitter to update my Facebook status - so maybe a good bit
was over my head.

I got a clue about "@", which I'd seen before but didn't understand.

Also a pointer to a couple of services, such as Buzzom, not that I'm
likely to use it.

Best advice: don't be boring. But I already knew that.