October 21, 2005

demotivatin’…

The folks at Despair.com do a really good job in counteracting all those cheesy screensaver/wallpaper/coffee mugs/posters that are passed around the workplace intending to make our day better or inspire us to loftier aspirations. Personally, I find cute pictures of cats almost as inspiring as watching the Metro Council debate ethics. I’m not [...]

October 21, 2005

What’s in your freezer?

According to a story teased on the front page of USA Today, scientists are unthawing the body of an air force pilot who crashed in the Sierra Nevada mountains during WW II.
Unconfirmed reports state that the thawed-out pilot’s first words were: “Boy, Ted Williams is REALLY pissed!!”

October 21, 2005

Between 1 and 150,000,000 - Daily Show on the Avian Flu

If you haven’t seen the Daily Show TAKE on the Avian flu threat, you’ve missed some of the best, and of course funniest, reporting on the subject.
The clip from Bush and the bit from the CDC are worth the download (requires Quicktime).