Top 10 reasons why no ones reads this blog. Actually I like the fact no one, except my lovely wife reads this blog. It's like screaming into a crowd of billions, only to be drowned out by the screams of everyone else. I get my screaming done, and no one is at my door wanting me to explain why I don't scream like they do. Now if I could only do something about the fundamentalist Christians next door...

This is an interesting commentary on the state of the dollar as it relates to Iran. Iran may have more control over America than most people realize.

The silent killer of all office workers, meetings.

One of the frustrating things about being American is that you're expected to understand capitalism and free enterprise economics from birth. This is hardly the case. Supply and demand is the cliche that everyone knows, but most only understand the demand part. Americans learn very quickly how to be consumers, but based on our personal and national debt few of us ever understand the supply side. Well here is your chance to learn the basics for significantly less money than taking an economics course at your local college. Preston McAfee has written an economics textbook and released it under the Creative Commons license. The book is, from what I have read so far, well written and very straight forward. But best of all it's free. And free means that you can use the $111.50 (marked down of course) you would have paid for a "real" textbook and perhaps pay against the principle on your 29.8% APR VISA card. And all this understanding and extra money will in return get you more of the other free.

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Pat Robertson should become a comedian and cut out the middleman. 700 Club leader declared that Ariel Sharon was struck down by God because he divided Israel against God's will.

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Hell hath no fury... I mean really, you just can't make this stuff up. Is our country actually being run by these adolescents?

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This is some very cool technology...An intimate look at me shows the power of electron beam tomography. Very cool. via Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting

I came across this blog via a link about pens on Boing Boing. Everyday Matters. "Do not fear mistakes. there are none." Miles Davis said that. is an amazingly rich blog filled with everyday wisdom through the thoughts, observations and drawings of artist Danny Gregory. Really good stuff.

For you creative types...Mr. Picassohead.
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This has been posted on several sites but I'll link it to Boing Boing. RIAA's funny bookkeeping turns gains into losses. I think that says it all.

Ever wondered where a zip code is located? Check out zipdecode by ben fry.

Now this is funny! Medieval tapestries set to modern day themes at Something Awful. ROFLMAO!

Here's a story I saw on Slashdot that talks about the strange irony that computers are making test scores worse. "One of the most common selling points for computers in schools, even in first and second grades, is to prepare youngsters for tomorrow's increasingly high-tech jobs. Strangely, this may be the computer evangels' greatest hoax. When business leaders talk about what they need from new recruits, they hardly mention computer skills, which they find they can teach employees relatively easily on their own. Employers are most interested in what are sometimes called "soft" skills: a deep knowledge base and the ability to listen and communicate; to think critically and imaginatively; to read, write and figure, and other capabilities that schools are increasingly neglecting." I have to strongly agree.

This is pretty cool...Do you have a question that you can't find an answer to? Google Answers hires researchers to search everywhere for an answer for you; for a price. The price is set by the questioner, but a higher price usually means a faster answer. Researchers get to keep 75% of the money. And the answer is usually returned within twenty-four hours. There are some restrictions on what can be researched (no illegal stuff, porn, Google secrets), but it can be quite a handy tool when you can't seem to find that answer you need.

This is a great site for submitting all of those broken things in the world. This Is Broken is a collection of various things like signs, warnings, maps, etc that don't quite mean what they say or don't mean anything at all. Very funny.

For those of you tired of trying to get these ridiculously long URLs to work in emails, on your blogs, or in Instant Messages, try using TinyURL.com. TinyURL will give you a short URL that you can paste into emails, etc. This means you can turn this:

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Into this:

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This story I found on BoingBoing is amazing! Myths over Miami are being told by homeless children all over Miami. It is a mix of all folklore, but is something new. Really very interesting...and haunting.

Alabama has it's own great fossil site! Too bad that they are about to bulldoze it. That's right. The largest fossil area of its kind is about to be bulldozed because federal law requires that all strip mines, where the fossil site was found, be reclaimed no matter what. Here's the story: Rare fossil discovery threatened by federal law. The only thing that can stop this is an act of Congress. "U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, who represents Walker County in Congress, has introduced a bill that would give the Interior Department $500,000 to buy the site and turn it into a scientific park. But the House has taken no action on the measure and its supporters have yet to find a sponsor in the Senate." Here are links to Senator Shelby and Senator Sessions. Let them know that you would like to see them sponsor Robert Aderholt's bill in the Senate. If I've ever seen a non-partisan issue, this is it.

This is just weird...Woman Charged in Vampire Babies Biting Baby Assault