Posted 11/28/2011 09:08:00 PM by Douglas

What a hilariously frank and honest piece about the Texas/A&M rivalry that was wrapped up this Thanksgiving. Lots of aggie hand wringing, but here's the money shot:

I walked away knowing that while the pastures of the SEC will not be greener initially, it sure beats spending another century trying to prove superiority against a single foe down south.

"Against a single foe down south?" Do they know what the "S" in SEC stands for? But how typical of the kool-aide drinking cult form College Station. You're tired of being compared to another in-state school that's consistently better than you, so you leave. Makes sense; 128 years of being the oldest public university in Texas, as opposed to the best, finally caught up with them. Hell, if you were always compared to your younger brother that was smarter, faster, and better lookin' than you, you'd want to hang out with your loser cousins from Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, too.

So have fun with that, aggies. The worst defensive line in the SEC is going to grind you into a fine paste next fall. As for the rest of the aggies that stick around, we'll give you a call when our dogs get sick.

Posted 11/27/2011 03:31:00 PM by Douglas

It's over, aggies. You lost the first one, you lost the last one, and most of them in between. Given another century, maybe someone in the SEC will care enough of your whining, cult-like antics to come close to the 3rd longest running rivalry in college football. But probably not.

But it does open up the potential to establish tradition-ending tantrums for more money another tradition in and of itself! Because anything an aggie does more than once is a tradition! I kinda liked this:

The Longhorn band spelled out 'Thanks A&M' while playing "Thanks for the Memories."

Thanks, indeed, for sawing your own noses off. Hey,that would sound great in a fight song!

Posted 11/27/2011 03:16:00 PM by Douglas

Pretty cool app that lets you simulate the settings on a digitial camera

Posted 11/23/2011 09:26:00 PM by Douglas

Chicago wants to be the 51st state:

A state Republican legislator has introduced a bill to the Illinois General Assembly to separate the Chicago's county from the state--effectively making the midwestern city the 51st state in the union.

Call Canada and see if they're interested in making you their 11th province and/or 4th territory and you got yourself a deal, Chicago.

Posted 11/23/2011 09:20:00 PM by Douglas

From the "you can't make this stuff up" department. Who'd a thunk a guy charged with criminally cutting someone's hair would be named mullet?

Authorities raided the group's compound in eastern Ohio earlier in the day and arrested seven men, including group leader Sam Mullet and three of his sons.

Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September, October and November by forcibly cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and then taking photos of them, authorities said.

Wow, if you really want to punish the Amish, force them to watch more than 9 seconds of Dancing with the Stars.

Posted 11/19/2011 03:12:00 PM by Douglas

For fans of Mad Magazine's classic back-cover "fold-ins", your wait for them to show up on the internet is over.

Posted 11/19/2011 03:08:00 PM by Douglas

Interesting piece on "distracted" driving. Sadly, the answer to these problems is never less regulatory hysteria; it's more. So instead of MADD dialing their crazy back, it just means MAT (Mother's Against Texting) is just now getting started.

Maybe we should just abolish drunk driving laws. “Several studies, such as a 2005 paper in the British Medical Journal, have found that talking on a cell phone, even with a hands-free device, causes more driver impairment than a 0.08 BAC. A 2001 American Automobile Association study found several other in-car distractions that also caused more impairment, including eating, adjusting a radio or CD player, and having kids in the backseat. . . . Doing away with the specific charge of drunk driving sounds radical at first blush, but it would put the focus back on behavior, where it belongs. The punishable act should be violating road rules or causing an accident, not the factors that led to those offenses.

What? Wait for someone to actually commit a crime before you throw them in jail and ruin their life? That's just insane.

Posted 11/18/2011 06:04:00 PM by Douglas

What a great map showing the coming and goings of a country. Interesting to note, people can't get out of Detroit fast enough. And as far as the nation's least poplated county is concerned, Loving County, Texas didn't report enough data to be noticed. Go figure.

Posted 11/11/2011 08:37:00 AM by Douglas

It's 11/11/11, or 63 if converted from binary. Celebrate accordingly.

Does anyone know why 11 isn't called "onety one?"

Also, does anyone know if today's date is d/m/y, or m/d/y? Hell, today it could be y/m/d or m/y/d and no one would be the wiser. It's total ANARCHY!!!!

Posted 11/01/2011 09:34:00 PM by Douglas

"We can't just do a big scatter shot protest with everyone's personal agenda." Or can we? I love it when life impersonates SNL. The real message of the "occupy" movement: